Nova Scotia Power Inc. (NSPI) - 2024 Load Forecast Report

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Filing Timeline

• 22 Oct
  Decision

  NSEB issued its decision on Nova Scotia Power's 2024 Load Forecast Report, accepting the 10-year forecast while directing continued investigation into persistent residential NSR variance and multiple model improvements for the 2025 report.
• 06 Sep
  Document

  Nova Scotia Power filed rebuttal evidence in M11689 responding to 31 intervenor recommendations on its 2024 Load Forecast Report
• 11 Jul
  Document

  Consumer Advocate and Board experts filed intervenor evidence in NSPI's M11689 2024 Load Forecast proceeding, raising concerns about EV peak demand assumptions, hybrid heating progress, time-varying pricing forecasts, and inconsistencies between the load forecast and distribution planning.
• 19 Jun
  RIR

  NSPI files responses to multi-party information requests on its 2024 Load Forecast Report, revealing key assumptions on heat pump saturation, EV charging, Renewable to Retail load shifts, and time-varying pricing impacts.
• 12 Jun
  RIR

  NSPI filed responses to EfficiencyOne's six information requests on the 2024 Load Forecast Report, addressing heat pump modeling assumptions, EV managed charging targets, and ZEV adoption scenario selection.
• 29 May
  Document

  Synapse, EfficiencyOne, the Small Business Advocate, and the Consumer Advocate filed 79 combined Information Requests to Nova Scotia Power in the 2024 Load Forecast proceeding (M11689)
• 28 May
  Document

  NSUARB Board Staff issued 26 Information Requests to Nova Scotia Power on its 2024 Load Forecast Report, probing methodology changes, economic assumptions, and electrification forecasts
• 15 May
  Document

  Nova Scotia Power filed a participant list for its 2024 Load Forecast Report application before the Nova Scotia Utility and Review Board (Matter M11689).
• 14 May
  Document

  Consumer Advocate files notice of intervention in NSPI's 2024 Load Forecast Report proceeding, retaining Grid Strategies as technical consultant
• 08 May
  Document

  Eastward Energy and an eleven-member Industrial Group filed Notices of Intervention in NSPI's 2024 Load Forecast Report proceeding (M11689)
• 07 May
  Document

  EfficiencyOne filed a Notice of Intervention in NSPI's 2024 Load Forecast Report proceeding (M11689), citing its direct interest as the electricity efficiency and conservation franchise holder under the Public Utilities Act.
• 06 May
  Order

  NSUARB issues Hearing Order establishing paper hearing schedule for NSPI's 2024 Load Forecast Report, with Small Business Advocate intervening
• 30 Apr
  Document

  NS Power files 2024 ten-year load forecast projecting modest 0.2% average annual energy growth through 2034, driven by heat pump electrification, EV adoption, and new customers offset by solar, DSM, and Renewable-to-Retail migration.

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