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M12665 Open Electricity

Nova Scotia Power Inc. - Fuel Adjustment Mechanism (FAM) Audit, conducted by Bates White for 2024 and 2025

Filed 01/05/2026 24 documents 6 interventions

What's happened

Filing Timeline

  • 25 Aug
    Document
    NSEB issues public notice of hearing for Nova Scotia Power's 2024/2025 Fuel Adjustment Mechanism audit conducted by Bates White Economic Consulting, with proceedings set to begin April 12, 2027
  • 24 Aug
    Document
    Eastward Energy Incorporated files Notice of Intervention in Nova Scotia Power's FAM Audit proceeding (M12665)
  • 18 Aug
    Document
    Consumer Advocate intervenes in Nova Scotia Power's 2024/2025 Fuel Adjustment Mechanism Audit proceeding (M12665)
  • 17 Aug
    Document
    Nova Scotia Department of Energy files Notice of Intervention in Nova Scotia Power's 2024/2025 Fuel Adjustment Mechanism Audit proceeding
  • 13 Aug
    Document
    Port Hawkesbury Paper LP files Notice of Intervention in Nova Scotia Power's 2024/25 Fuel Adjustment Mechanism Audit proceeding
  • 10 Aug
    Document
    Small Business Advocate intervenes in Nova Scotia Power's 2024/2025 Fuel Adjustment Mechanism Audit proceeding
  • 06 Aug
    Order
    NSEB issues Hearing Order and Notice for the 2024/2025 FAM Audit, with the Industrial Group filing a Notice of Intervention
  • 05 Aug
    Document
    Bates White's redacted 2024–2025 FAM audit report for Nova Scotia Power is now publicly available, presenting 42 recommendations across fuel procurement, hedging, plant performance, and the ELIADC tariff
  • 02 Jul
    Document
    Nova Scotia Power filed a July 2026 action plan update reporting completion of nearly all 2022–2023 FAM Audit recommendations, while the Board notified parties that Bates White's 2024–2025 FAM Audit Report will be delayed until early August.
  • 25 Jun
    Document
    Bates White submits redacted FAM audit action plan update on Recommendation XII-1 regarding unresolved NS Block energy valuation dispute with NLH

The filings themselves

Documents

Key documents 2 files
  • 103087 Hearing Order PDF · 08/06/2026
  • 103088 Notice of Public Hearing PDF · 08/06/2026
Exhibits 11 files
  • N-1 2022-2023 FAM Audit Action Plan Update - Redacted PDF · 01/30/2026
  • N-1(C) 2022-2023 FAM Audit Action Plan Update - Confidential PDF · 01/30/2026
  • N-2 2020-2021 FAM Audit Action Plan Update on Recommendation XI-4 Update - Redacted PDF · 03/27/2026
  • N-2(C) 2020-2021 FAM Audit Action Plan Update on Recommendation XI-4 Update - Redacted PDF · 03/27/2026
  • N-3 2022-2023 FAM Audit Action Plan Update on Recommendation XI-4 Update - Redacted PDF · 06/25/2026
  • N-3(C) 2022-2023 FAM Audit Action Plan Update on Recommendation XI-4 Update - Confidential PDF · 06/25/2026
  • N-4 2022-2023 FAM Audit Action Plan Update Attachment 1 - Redacted PDF · 07/02/2026
  • N-4(C) 2022-2023 FAM Audit Action Plan Update Attachment 1 - Confidential PDF · 07/02/2026
  • N-5 2024-2025​ Bates White FAM Audit Report - Redacted PDF · 08/05/2026
  • N-5(C) 2024-2025​ Bates White FAM Audit Report - Confidential PDF · 08/05/2026
  • N-6 Proof of Advertisement PDF · 08/25/2026
Interventions 6 files
  • 103098 Notice of Intervention - IG PDF · 08/06/2026
  • 103144 Notice of Intervention - SBA PDF · 08/10/2026
  • 103202 Notice of Intervention - PHP PDF · 08/13/2026
  • 103226 Notice of Intervention - NSDOE PDF · 08/17/2026
  • 103238 Notice of Intervention - CA PDF · 08/18/2026
  • 103291 Notice of Intervention - EE PDF · 08/24/2026
Other documents 5 files
  • 100615 Board letter re: Meeting invitation PDF · 01/16/2026
  • 102584 Email NSEB re: delayed filing PDF · 07/02/2026
  • 103087 Hearing Order PDF · 08/06/2026
  • 103088 Notice of Public Hearing PDF · 08/06/2026
  • 103325 Participant List PDF · 08/25/2026

What's discussed — click to drill in

Topics

Fuel Cost Adjustment
228 passages across 19 documents
Renewable Energy
82 passages across 3 documents
Energy Efficiency Budgets
66 passages across 3 documents
Generation Grid Resources
47 passages across 2 documents
Rate Design
37 passages across 3 documents
System Reliability
32 passages across 2 documents
Rates And Money
28 passages across 5 documents
Accounting Policies
27 passages across 3 documents
Procurement Practices
27 passages across 3 documents
Energy Efficiency Resource Assessment Model
26 passages across 2 documents
Regulatory Approval Processes
26 passages across 9 documents
Demand Side Management
25 passages across 3 documents
Capacity Costs
24 passages across 3 documents
Energy Efficiency
24 passages across 2 documents
Generator Interconnection
23 passages across 3 documents
Biomass Chp
22 passages across 3 documents
Energy Efficiency Financing
22 passages across 3 documents
Infrastructure Planning
22 passages across 3 documents
Energy Management Information Systems
21 passages across 3 documents
Environmental Compliance
21 passages across 1 documents
Energy Storage
20 passages across 3 documents
Capacity Market Participation
18 passages across 3 documents
Cybersecurity
18 passages across 3 documents
Performance Monitoring
17 passages across 2 documents
Power Purchase Agreement
17 passages across 3 documents
Regulatory Oversight
17 passages across 6 documents
Cost Recovery
16 passages across 3 documents
Planned Outage
16 passages across 3 documents
Eliadc Tariff
15 passages across 4 documents
Forecasting Methodology
15 passages across 1 documents
Affordability
14 passages across 3 documents
Cost Considerations
14 passages across 2 documents
Gas Utilities Act Gua
13 passages across 3 documents
Financial Instruments
12 passages across 2 documents
Tariff Design
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Unplanned Outage
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Regulatory Compliance
11 passages across 5 documents
Renewable Electricity Regulations
11 passages across 3 documents
Asset Management
10 passages across 2 documents
Capital Expenditures
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Contract Terms
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Compliance Legislation
9 passages across 3 documents
Electricity Generation
9 passages across 1 documents
Operating Expenses
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Affiliate Transactions
8 passages across 1 documents
Revenue Requirement
8 passages across 2 documents
Power Infrastructure
7 passages across 2 documents
Public Utilities Act Nova Scotia
7 passages across 7 documents
Cost To Customer
6 passages across 1 documents
Distribution Planning
6 passages across 2 documents
Load Management
6 passages across 2 documents
Nova Scotia Greenhouse Gas Emissions Regulations
6 passages across 1 documents
Rate Smoothing Adjustment
5 passages across 2 documents
Resource Costs
5 passages across 1 documents
Stakeholder Engagement
5 passages across 3 documents
Grid Modernization
4 passages across 2 documents
Program Evaluation
4 passages across 1 documents
Prudency Reviews
4 passages across 1 documents
Comfit
3 passages across 2 documents
Confidentiality
3 passages across 3 documents
Credit Ratings
3 passages across 1 documents
Energy Efficiency Codes
3 passages across 1 documents
Energy Efficiency Resource Standards
3 passages across 1 documents
Environmental Goals And Climate Change Reduction Act
3 passages across 1 documents
Hearing Procedures
3 passages across 3 documents
Incentive Structures
3 passages across 3 documents
Jurisdictional Questions
3 passages across 2 documents
Prudency Review
3 passages across 1 documents
Rate Rider
3 passages across 3 documents
Transmission Planning
3 passages across 2 documents
Cap And Trade
2 passages across 1 documents
Debt Service Coverage Ratio
2 passages across 2 documents
Depreciation Amortization
2 passages across 1 documents
Distribution
2 passages across 1 documents
Energy Usage Patterns
2 passages across 1 documents
Legal Costs
2 passages across 2 documents
Rate Base
2 passages across 1 documents
System Benefits Charge
2 passages across 2 documents
Accounting Standards
1 passages across 1 documents
Affordable Multifamily Housing And Non Profit Organizations Amf
1 passages across 1 documents
Asset Retirement Obligation
1 passages across 1 documents
Climate Adaptation
1 passages across 1 documents
Cost Deferral
1 passages across 1 documents
Emergency Response
1 passages across 1 documents
Energy Efficiency Conservation Agreement
1 passages across 1 documents
Energy Efficiency Portfolio Standard Eeps
1 passages across 1 documents
Evidence Requirements
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Financing Alternatives
1 passages across 1 documents
Incentive Costs
1 passages across 1 documents
Information Disclosure
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Innovative Financing
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Legal Procedures
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Market Transformation
1 passages across 1 documents
Ns Nb Reliability Intertie Project
1 passages across 1 documents
Programs And Customers
1 passages across 1 documents
Prudence Reviews
1 passages across 1 documents
Return On Equity
1 passages across 1 documents
Securitization
1 passages across 1 documents
Surplus Return
1 passages across 1 documents
Transfer Function Cost Factor
1 passages across 1 documents
Upfront Costs
1 passages across 1 documents
Utility Governance
1 passages across 1 documents
Wholesale Market Operation
1 passages across 1 documents