NSPI DRO Appeal - Billing Issues - Jillian Coxhead
What's happened
Filing Timeline
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21 Aug
DocumentNSEB dismisses Jillian Coxhead's billing appeal but directs NS Power to negotiate a revised payment arrangement within 30 days
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19 Aug
DocumentCustomer Jillian Coxhead appeals to NSEB disputing Nova Scotia Power's meter reading accuracy and estimated billing practices
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31 Jul
DocumentNova Scotia Power filed meter test results confirming accuracy of Jillian Coxhead's meter in NSPI DRO appeal proceeding
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13 Jul
RIRNSEB Board Staff issued two Information Requests to appellant Jillian Coxhead in a DRO billing dispute appeal, with Coxhead responding that she will pay a maximum of $400/month and contesting her metered usage figures
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10 Jul
RIRNova Scotia Power filed responses to three Board information requests in the Coxhead DRO billing appeal, addressing meter history, estimated billing during a 2025 wildfire evacuation, and a growing equal billing arrears balance exceeding $7,000.
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19 Jun
DocumentAppellant conditionally agrees to meter test in NSPI billing dispute, rejecting smart meter replacement; NS Power confirms it will proceed with digital meter swap and testing
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17 Jun
DocumentCustomer Jillian Coxhead filed an appeal correspondence alleging identical billing charges despite 60 days of disconnected electrical panel, disputing meter accuracy in Matter M12804.
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11 May
DocumentNova Scotia Power filed its response to Jillian Coxhead's DRO appeal, defending its billing practices following a manual meter mis-entry that understated consumption by approximately 10,000 kWh
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27 Apr
CorrespondenceNSEB acknowledged a customer appeal by Jillian Coxhead of a Nova Scotia Power Dispute Resolution Officer decision, directing NSPI to respond by May 11, 2026 and placing disconnection notices on hold.
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15 Apr
DocumentDRO Don Farmer issued a Final Written Decision on March 10, 2026 upholding NS Power's billing of customer Jillian Coxhead and directing review of her Equal Billing Plan under Board Regulation 5.3.
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13 Apr
DocumentJillian Coxhead appeals NS Power DRO decision to NSEB, citing estimated billing errors, wildfire evacuation charges, and analog meter dispute
The filings themselves
Documents
Exhibits
7 files
- S-1 Notice of Appeal (redacted)
- S-2 DRO Decision d. March 10, 2026 (redacted)
- S-3 NSPI Response to Appeal (redacted)
- S-4 NSPI (NSEB) RIR-1 to RIR-3 (redacted)
- S-5 COXHEAD (NSEB) RIR-1 to RIR-2 (redacted)
- S-6 NSPI Meter Test Results (redacted)
- S-7 Appellant Correspondence to NSPI (redacted)
Other documents
9 files
- 101756 Board Acknowledgment Letter (redacted)
- 101949 Appellants Email to NSPI re Response to Appeal (redacted)
- 101950 NSPI Response to Appellants Email (redacted)
- 102415 Appellants Correspondence to NSPI re Identical Bills Received (redacted)
- 102436 NSEB (NSPI) IR-1 to IR-3 (redacted)
- 102437 NSEB (COXHEAD) IR-1 to IR-2 (redacted)
- 102439 Appellants Response re Having Meter Tested (redacted)
- 102445 NSPI Response re Having Appellants Meter Tested (redacted)
- 103287 Board Decision (redacted)
What's discussed — click to drill in
Topics
Billing Procedures
39 passages across 11 documents
Appeal Processes
16 passages across 9 documents
Affordability
13 passages across 6 documents
Customer Service
12 passages across 4 documents
Complaint Resolution
8 passages across 2 documents
Regulatory Approval Processes
7 passages across 4 documents
Disconnection Procedures
6 passages across 3 documents
Grid Modernization
5 passages across 4 documents
Rate Design
4 passages across 3 documents
Public Utilities Act Nova Scotia
3 passages across 3 documents
Rates And Money
3 passages across 2 documents
Regulatory Oversight
3 passages across 2 documents
Affordable Multifamily Housing And Non Profit Organizations Amf
2 passages across 2 documents
Energy Efficiency Budgets
2 passages across 2 documents
Rate Rider
2 passages across 2 documents
Regulatory Compliance
2 passages across 2 documents
Boards Regulatory Rules
1 passages across 1 documents
Cost Recovery
1 passages across 1 documents
Cost To Customer
1 passages across 1 documents
Cybersecurity
1 passages across 1 documents
Debt Service Coverage Ratio
1 passages across 1 documents
Demand Side Management
1 passages across 1 documents
Information Disclosure
1 passages across 1 documents
Low Income Programs
1 passages across 1 documents
Rate Smoothing Adjustment
1 passages across 1 documents
Residential Demand Response Program
1 passages across 1 documents