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· Rir · 08/04/2026
Nova Scotia Power filed responses to 12 NSEB Information Requests covering 2025 financial results, revealing cybersecurity incident impacts on receivables, weakened credit metrics, and growing renewable power purchase commitments
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- Nova Scotia Power Inc responded to 12 NSEB information requests (IR-1 through IR-12) filed August 4, 2026, covering 2025 annual and regulated financial statements in Matter M12835
- A Cybersecurity incident on April 25, 2025 was identified as the primary driver of a $140M increase in accounts receivable (from $417M to $557M), as collection activities and late payment interest were suspended; late fees are not expected to resume until October 1, 2026 (IR-5, IR-6)
- Credit Ratings from both S&P (BBB-/Stable) and DBRS Morningstar (BBB high/Stable) were filed; S&P noted 2025 FFO-to-debt of 8.5% fell materially below its 10% downgrade threshold, attributing weakness to the cybersecurity incident and delayed Securitization of thermal assets (IR-3, Attachments 1–2)
- Power Purchase Agreement commitments increased from $5.2B to $7.0B, primarily due to new 25-year IPP wind contracts executed in 2025; COMFIT commitments of $683.8M and IPP commitments of $6.23B are detailed in IR-11 Attachment 1
- NS Power's regulated equity thickness fell to approximately 34.8% against an approved 40% target, driven by an earned ROE of 8.31% and a $340M Capital Expenditures-related return of capital to parent Emera; a $36M income tax recovery in 2025 was attributed entirely to clean technology investment tax credits (IR-7, IR-1 Attachment 3)
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What was filed
Documents filed on this day
- N-4 NSPI (NSEB) RIR 1 to 12 - Redacted
- N-4(C) NSPI (NSEB) RIR 1 to 12 - Confidential
- 103059 Letter NSPI re: RIRs and Request for Confidentiality