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· Application · 07/23/2026
NSPML and Industrial Group file competing reply submissions on whether the Maritime Link holdback mechanism conditions have been satisfied in M12696
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- NSPML's Final Reply (filed July 23, 2026) argues that both Board-set conditions to end the Holdback have been met: the net undelivered NS Block energy fell below the 10% threshold in March 2024 (confirmed by Bates White at 9.0%), and the four months during the 12-month Compliance Period that missed the 90% monthly delivery threshold qualify for good utility practice (July and September 2023, March 2024) or exceptional circumstances (April 2024) relief.
- The Consumer Advocate and its expert John Wilson expressly support terminating the holdback, while Bates White (Board's consultant) concluded that NSPML met the undelivered-energy condition but declined to make a definitive recommendation on the consistent-deliveries condition, citing ambiguity around the Planned Outage and Unplanned Outage relief claims.
- The central dispute over the March–April 2024 ice-storm outage turns on the relevance of the Haldar Report: the Industrial Group and Bates White argue the LIL's known vulnerabilities to unbalanced ice loading (documented pre-2024) preclude an 'exceptional circumstances' finding, while NSPML characterizes the Haldar Report as a forward-looking probability study, not a design-deficiency finding, and notes the storm's ice thickness (79–99 mm) was roughly four times that of the December 2022 event.
- The Industrial Group's Reply (also July 23, 2026) contests NSPML's claim that the Maritime Link and LIL bipole outages were concurrent in September 2023, citing Bates White evidence that the LIL bipole outage (September 17–26) began only after the Maritime Link outages concluded, representing a missed optimization opportunity that should weigh against relief.
- NSPML requests an Order vacating the Holdback as of end of April 2024 and releasing all accumulated holdback amounts with WACC; in the alternative, if the Board continues the Holdback, NSPML asks for a redesigned mitigation mechanism applied retroactively to July 2024.
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What was filed
Documents filed on this day
- 102899 Reply Submission - IG
- 102909 Reply Submission - NSPML