P-884 - Nova Scotia Power Inc. (NSPI) - Integrated Resource Planning (IRP) and M08059--Generation Utilization and Optimization

What's happened

Filing Timeline

• 16 Apr
  Decision

  NSEB accepts Nova Scotia Power's 2020 Integrated Resource Plan as filed, commending the unprecedented stakeholder engagement and designating Scenario 2.0C as the IRP Reference Plan.
• 16 Feb
  Document

  NSPI files Response to Comments on its 2020 Integrated Resource Plan, addressing stakeholder feedback, FAM audit action items, and DSM avoided-cost methodology.
• 20 Jan
  Closing Evidence

  Five intervenors filed closing comments on NSPI's 2020 Integrated Resource Plan, collectively urging accelerated renewables procurement, a structured evergreen IRP process, and stronger DSM and electrification integration
• 23 Dec
  Document

  Board consultants Bates White and Synapse filed detailed comments on Nova Scotia Power's 2020 Integrated Resource Plan, raising concerns about planning reserve margin optimality, carbon valuation, wind procurement scale, and regional transmission risk
• 03 Dec
  Document

  NSEB declines formal approval process for NSPI's Integrated Resource Plan, sets comment timeline through February 2021
• 30 Nov
  Closing Evidence

  Nova Scotia Power files 2020 Integrated Resource Plan charting a 25-year path to coal elimination and deep grid decarbonization under the province's Sustainable Development Goals Act.
• 30 Oct
  Document

  NSEB approves Nova Scotia Power's request to extend IRP Final Report filing deadline to November 27, 2020
• 18 Sep
  Document

  Envigour Policy Consulting filed a letter on behalf of QUEST and Marine Renewables Canada recommending an annual stakeholder workshop process to keep Nova Scotia Power's IRP evergreen
• 25 Aug
  Document

  Nova Scotia Power notified the NSUARB of a one-week delay in circulating its Draft IRP Findings, Roadmap & Action Plan, rescheduling stakeholder distribution to September 2, 2020.
• 11 Aug
  Document

  NSEB panel denies Halifax Regional Municipality's request to extend IRP response and report filing deadlines, citing active participation and downstream proceeding dependencies.
• 10 Aug
  Document

  Halifax Regional Municipality requests extended comment deadlines in NSPI Integrated Resource Plan proceeding to align with HalifACT 2050 climate commitments
• 29 Jul
  Document

  NSUARB approves Nova Scotia Power's request to extend Final IRP Report filing deadline from September 30 to October 30, 2020
• 17 Jul
  Document

  Envigour Policy Consulting raises four unresolved analytical questions before closure of NSPI's Integrated Resource Planning scenario process
• 25 May
  Document

  NSPI filed Appendix A1 Attachment A-1 containing E3 hourly wind profile simulation data as part of the Integrated Resource Planning proceeding (M08929/P-884).
• 22 May
  Document

  Nova Scotia Power files IRP progress update with NSUARB, addressing stakeholder engagement, planning reserve margins, and clean fuel standards integration.
• 04 Mar
  Document

  Nova Scotia Power notified the Board of a one-week delay in issuing the final IRP Assumptions and Analysis Plan, now expected by March 11, 2020.
• 21 Jan
  Document

  NSEB approves Nova Scotia Power's Terms of Reference for the 2020 Integrated Resource Plan under Matter M08929.
• 17 Jan
  Document

  Nova Scotia Power filed responses to interested party comments on its 2020 Integrated Resource Plan Terms of Reference, characterizing feedback from the Small Business Advocate, Natural Forces, and Envigour as generally supportive
• 09 Jan
  Document

  Envigour Policy Consulting (for QUEST and Marine Renewables Canada) and the Small Business Advocate filed comments on NSPI's Draft IRP Terms of Reference
• 07 Jan
  Document

  Natural Forces Services Inc. filed stakeholder comments on the Draft Terms of Reference for Nova Scotia Power's 2020 Integrated Resource Plan
• 19 Dec
  Document

  NSUARB invites short-timeline public comments on Nova Scotia Power's draft Integrated Resource Planning Terms of Reference
• 16 Dec
  Document

  Nova Scotia Power filed the Draft Terms of Reference for its 2020 Integrated Resource Plan, seeking UARB approval following a multi-stakeholder consultation process.
• 13 Sep
  Document

  Nova Scotia Power filed its 2019 Ten-Year System Outlook, projecting a near-term firm capacity deficit and outlining the energy mix transition underway ahead of a directed IRP process.
• 19 Aug
  Document

  NSPI filed a confidential undertaking template governing access to designated confidential information in the 2020 Integrated Resource Plan proceeding (M08929).
• 14 Aug
  Closing Evidence

  EfficiencyOne files 2019 DSM Potential Study covering demand response and energy efficiency potential for Nova Scotia through 2045, to inform the 2020 Integrated Resource Plan.
• 17 May
  Document

  Nova Scotia Power notified the Board of pre-IRP workshops planned for May–July 2019 ahead of its mid-2020 Integrated Resource Plan completion deadline.
• 21 Dec
  Document

  NSPI files Hydro Asset Study (redacted and confidential versions) in support of Integrated Resource Planning proceeding M08929.

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