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· Decision · 08/06/2026
NSEB issues decision letter approving Nova Scotia Power's $2,431,095 L7005 Canso Crossing Vibration Mitigation project as a Planned and Advanced Capital expenditure
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- The now-available Decision Letter (Document 332197), signed August 6, 2026 by Board Member Richard J. Melanson, formally approves Nova Scotia Power's subsequent application for the Capital Expenditures authorization of the L7005 Canso Crossing Vibration Mitigation project at a total cost of $2,431,095.
- The Nova Scotia Energy Board found the project "appears to have been necessary," citing conductor and damper deterioration driven by aeolian vibration and conductor galloping on transmission line L7005 — one of two critical crossings linking Cape Breton Island to mainland Nova Scotia — where actual wind and ice loading conditions exceeded original engineering design assumptions.
- The Board accepted that the work, carried out between July 2023 and May 2026, was supported by an external engineering review from Havard Engineering and that the cost, a significant portion of which relates to third-party expert consulting, installation, and materials, is considered justified given the System Reliability and public safety risks of a conductor failure at the Strait of Canso.
- In response to IR-4, NS Power distinguished L7005 from the adjacent L8004 crossing (which had airflow spoilers retrofitted after galloping-related phase slapping in 1984), noting L7005's primary concern was uncontrolled aeolian vibration rather than phase slapping, supporting the tailored Asset Management approach taken.
- The approved expenditure profile shows costs concentrated in 2025 ($2,105,997), with earlier spending in 2023 ($93,386) and 2024 ($273,790) and a minor credit in 2026 (−$42,079), totalling $2,431,095 against a $0 pre-authorized budget, reflecting the subsequent approval nature of the filing.
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What was filed
Documents filed on this day
- 103095 Decision Letter
- 103095 Decision Letter