Nova Scotia Power and Renewall Energy filed a joint application proposing new and amended Renewable to Retail tariffs to enable distribution-connected generation and net billing under M13008

M13008 · Nova Scotia Power Inc. - RtR Market Elements Application - Approval of necessary tariffs, Terms and Conditions

AI summary

NS Power and Renewall Energy Inc jointly filed proposed tariff amendments on July 31, 2026, following a November 2025 NSEB order (M12339) directing NS Power to develop tariffs enabling distribution-connected generation and net billing in the Renewable Energy Renewable to Retail (RtR) market.
The application introduces a new Distribution-connected Aggregation Service (DAS) Tariff (Attachment 4), which establishes terms under which NS Power will separately track hourly customer imports and exports via Advanced Metering Infrastructure AMI technology to support LRS aggregation of distributed generation; the monthly administration charge will be set in the 2027 Annually Adjusted Rates application.
Amendments to the Standby Service (SS) Tariff add commercial commitment provisions — modelled on the Wholesale Market Backup/Top-up Tariff — requiring LRSs to demonstrate resource availability to receive a capacity contribution credit under the ELCC methodology before the capacity contribution factor is applied to reduce Monthly Standby Contract Demand charges.
The Energy Balancing Service (EBS) Tariff is revised to segregate LRS customer load imports from customer exports when calculating hourly top-up and spill quantities; the existing pricing (8.891 ¢/kWh total energy charge; 6.736 ¢/kWh spill credit) is unchanged pending the Board's AAR direction in M12551.
A post-2028 review of the DAS Tariff and broader RtR construct is built into the tariff, with identified issues including treatment of distribution losses, load-generation alignment, capacity contribution factors for distributed resources, and the future role of IESO Nova Scotia.

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N-1 Updates to RTR Market Elements Application exhibits