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· Application · 06/24/2025
Nova Scotia Energy Board staff issued six information requests to EfficiencyOne regarding significant expense increases and fund movements in its 2024 audited financial statements
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- Board Staff issued IR-1 through IR-6 (Document 322017, filed June 24, 2025) to Efficiency One with responses due July 16, 2025, as part of the review of Efficiency One's 2024 Audited Financial Statements (Matter M12241).
- IR-1 and IR-2 probe sharp cost escalations in the Demand Side Management fund: program support expenses rose approximately 600% (~$2.6 million) and DSM incentive expenses rose 50% (~$14.7 million), with notable increases in implementation DA, upstream to DA, and customer rebate categories.
- IR-3 and IR-4 seek explanations for increased website-related costs within the DSM fund and clarification on a $3.369 million deferred revenue return recorded in 2024.
- IR-5 requests a comprehensive breakdown of approximately $18 million in future commitments related to the DSM Fund and associated programs, as disclosed in Note 11 of the financial statements.
- IR-6 asks whether a ~46% increase in salaries and benefits expenses for the Provincial Fund was partially allocated to the DSM Fund, raising questions about cost allocation between the two funds.
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What was filed
Documents filed on this day
- 98195 NSBE (E1) IR 1 to 6