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· Application · 08/07/2026
NSEB accepts Nova Scotia Power's 2025 Commercial Net Metering Program Annual Report, noting cybersecurity incident impacts on service standard compliance and hosting capacity data
AI summary
- NS Power met four of six Class 1 service standards under the Commercial Net Metering CNMP in 2025; both metrics in the Finalization & Authorization category were not achieved, with average Participant Agreement execution at 13 business days against a 10-business-day target (improved from 18 days in 2024).
- A cybersecurity incident materially affected program operations, preventing recovery of timestamp data needed to satisfy outstanding IR directives on 2024 service levels, disrupting GIS hosting capacity map data, and requiring manual bi-directional meter configuration for all new net metering participants pending restoration of over-the-air AMI reconfiguration expected by end of Q2 2026.
- NS Power quantified 2025 CNMP avoided costs at $374,189 for behind-the-meter solar consumption and $244,335 for exported surplus generation, against $474,758 in incremental costs to serve bill-credit redemptions, yielding a net incremental cost of $230,423; the Board directed NS Power to repeat this analysis in the 2026 Annual Report.
- The Board rejected the Small Business Advocate's request for a hosting capacity map webinar, finding it would not provide significant customer benefit, but directed NS Power to convene a technical session with interested parties jointly across this matter (M12782) and the 2025 Net Metering Report matter M12783.
- The hosting capacity map restoration is now expected by September 2026, with additional enhancements scheduled for Q4 2026, contingent on recovery of the GIS platform and re-integration with CYME software.
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Documents filed on this day
- 103105 Board letter re: Accepted as filed