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· Application · 08/28/2026
NSEB Board Staff issues second set of information requests to Nova Scotia Power on the $6.96M L5031 Hubbards to East Chester transmission replacement application
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- Board Staff issued IRs 11–18 to Nova Scotia Power Inc on August 28, 2026, with responses due September 14, 2026, covering corridor sharing, mobile transformer deployment, bypass structure costs, and rock-breaking methods.
- IR-12 and IR-13 probe the decision to remove the third 25 MVA mobile transformer from L-5031 service to maintain system-wide emergency preparedness, and the subsequent need for three bypass structures — raising questions about sequencing and cost drivers.
- IR-15 flags a potential discrepancy between the $489,351 bypass structure cost cited in IR-5 responses and the approximately $1M increase in contract and materials stated in the ATO application on page 2 of 6, asking Nova Scotia Power Inc to reconcile the figures.
- IR-14 presses NSPI on whether formal environmental studies were completed to support the conclusion that widening the existing Right Of Way was infeasible, or whether sensitivities were assessed informally.
- IR-18 challenges NS Power's claim that rock drilling and controlled blasting capability does not exist in Nova Scotia, noting that multiple contractors routinely perform such work in the province, and requests supporting background material and comparative cost estimates.
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What was filed
Documents filed on this day
- 103363 NSEB (NSPI) IR 11 to 18