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· Application · 08/28/2026
Consumer Advocate's consultant filed responses to four NSEB undertakings in the EfficiencyOne 2027–2031 DSM Plan proceeding, addressing low-income measurement methodology, rate and bill impact analysis revisions, and APEX Study comparator confirmation.
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- Undertaking U-12 reconciles the 14.9% LIM-AT low-income prevalence figure (2021 Census) used in Efficienyone's 2027-2031 Demand Side Management Preferred Resource Plan model inputs with the alternative Market Basket Measure (MBM) figure of 10.9%, confirming both are valid Statistics Canada measures but that E1 consistently relies on LIM-AT.
- Undertaking U-13 revises Tables 2 and 3 of Exhibit E-21 to reflect the full $195.1 million cost differential between the Preferred Plan and the IRP scenario (IRP EE at $464M vs. Preferred EE at $286.8M, plus IRP DR at $47M vs. Preferred DR at $29.1M); revised figures show the IRP DR component actually reduces non-participant bill impacts across all rate classes.
- Undertaking U-15 provides an updated non-participant Rates And Money impact table using E1's U-4 data, limited to a 2027–2046 average because E1 did not supply plan-period-only outputs; residential non-participant impact under the IRP EE scenario is 0.30% versus 0.46% in the original evidence.
- Undertaking U-14 confirms that none of the utility comparators used in the APEX Analytics first-year cost reasonableness study (filed May 22, 2026) overlap with the utilities listed in Exhibit E-21(iv), maintaining methodological independence between the two cost benchmarking analyses.
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What was filed
Documents filed on this day
- E-64 Response to Undertakings - CA
- E-64-(i) Response to U-12 - Attachment 1 - 2027-2031 DSM Plan
- E-64-(ii) Response to U-12 - Attachment 2 - 2027-2031 DSM Plan
- 103364 Letter CA re: Undertakings