Nova Scotia Power Inc. (NSPI) - 2026 Load Forecast Report
What's happened
Filing Timeline
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08 Sep
DocumentNS Power filed rebuttal evidence in M12861 accepting several intervenor recommendations on its 2026 Load Forecast while defending its hybrid heating forecast and requesting Board acceptance of the Report as filed
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21 Jul
DocumentConsumer Advocate and Synapse file critical intervenor evidence challenging NS Power's heat pump intensity, hybrid heating, and demand reduction forecasts in M12861 2026 Load Forecast proceeding
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07 Jul
RIRNSPI files responses to 21 intervenor information requests on its 2026 Load Forecast, with intense scrutiny focused on unproven hybrid heating assumptions, updated peak modelling, and cyber-incident data gaps.
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15 Jun
DocumentFour intervenors filed 53 combined Information Requests to Nova Scotia Power on its 2026 Load Forecast, pressing hardest on hybrid heating assumptions, EV and solar forecasting, and the exclusion of trade tariff impacts.
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12 Jun
DocumentNSEB Board Staff issued ten information requests to Nova Scotia Power on its 2026 Load Forecast Report, probing forecast methodology, EV assumptions, demand response targets, and data discrepancies.
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02 Jun
DocumentNova Scotia Power filed its participant list for the 2026 Load Forecast Report proceeding before the Nova Scotia Energy Board
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01 Jun
DocumentFour intervenors — Small Business Advocate, EfficiencyOne, the Nova Scotia Department of Energy, and Solar Nova Scotia — filed Notices of Intervention in NSPI's 2026 Load Forecast Report proceeding (M12861).
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29 May
DocumentEastward Energy Incorporated filed a Notice of Intervention in NSPI's 2026 Load Forecast Report proceeding (M12861)
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28 May
DocumentThree parties — Port Hawkesbury Paper LP, the Consumer Advocate, and Renewall Energy Inc. — filed Notices of Intervention in NSPI's 2026 Load Forecast proceeding (M12861)
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25 May
DocumentIESO Nova Scotia and a ten-member Industrial Group filed Notices of Intervention in NSPI's 2026 Load Forecast Report proceeding (M12861)
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20 May
OrderNSEB issued a Hearing Order establishing a paper hearing process for Nova Scotia Power's 2026 Load Forecast Report filed May 15, 2026.
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19 May
DocumentNova Scotia Power requested confidential treatment of customer-specific load data in its 2026 Load Forecast Report, with the NSEB approving the form of the Confidentiality Undertaking on May 19, 2026
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15 May
DocumentNSPI files 2026 Load Forecast Report with NSEB as IESO Nova Scotia assumes responsibility for future 10-Year System Outlook reporting.
The filings themselves
Documents
Key documents
1 file
- 102046 Hearing Order
Exhibits
21 files
- N-1 2026 Load Forecast Report - Redacted
- N-1(C) 2026 Load Forecast Report - Confidential
- N-1(C)-(ii) Attachment 4 - Confidential
- N-1-(i) Attachments 1-3 & amp 5-10 Excels
- N-2 NSPI (CA) RIR 1 to 6
- N-2-(i) NSPI (CA) IR-05 Attachment 01 - Excel
- N-3 NSPI (E1) RIR 1 to 11
- N-4 NSPI (NSEB) RIR 1 to 10
- N-4-(i) NSPI (NSEB) IR-06 Attachment 01 - Excel
- N-4-(ii) NSPI (NSEB) IR-10 Attachment 01 - Excel
- N-5 NSPI (SBA) RIR 1 to 8
- N-5-(i) NSPI (SBA) IR-02 Attachment 01 - Excel
- N-6 NSPI (SNS) RIR 1 to 7
- N-7 NSPI (Synapse) RIR 1 to 21 - Redacted
- N-7(C) NSPI (Synapse) RIR 1 to 21 - Confidential
- N-7(C)-(i) NSPI (Synapse) RIR 1 Attachment 01 - Confidential
- N-7-(ii) NSPI (Synapse) IR Attachments - Excels
- N-8 Evidence - J. Wilson - CA
- N-8-(i) Attachment 1 - J. Wilson - Grid Strategies - CV
- N-9 Evidence - Synapse
- N-10 Rebuttal Evidence - NS Power
Interventions
9 files
- 102120 Notice of Intervention - IESO
- 102124 Notice of Intervention - IG
- 102170 Notice of Intervention - PHP
- 102171 Notice of Intervention - CA
- 102176 Notice of Intervention - Renewall Energy
- 102192 Notice of Intervention - Eastward Energy
- 102229 Notice of Intervention - SBA
- 102232 Notice of Intervention - E1
- 102235 Notice of Intervention - DOE
Other documents
17 files
- 102027 Letter IESO re: 2026 Load Forecast and 10 Year System Outlook Reports – IESO Nova Scotia Approach
- 102031 Letter NSPI re: Requests approval of the attached Confidentiality Undertaking
- 102032 Confidential Undertaking
- 102035 Email NSEB re: Approves form of the Confidential Undertaking
- 102046 Hearing Order
- 102248 Notice if Intervention - SNS
- 102251 Participant List
- 102364 NSEB (NSPI) IR 1 to 10
- 102381 Synapse (NSPI) IR 1 to 21
- 102386 E1 (NSPI) IR 1 to 11
- 102387 Letter E1 re: IRs
- 102388 CA (NSPI) IR 1 to 6
- 102392 SBA (NSPI) IR 1 to 8
- 102393 SNS (NSPI) IR 1 to 7
- 102662 Letter NSPI re: RIRs and confidential material
- 102867 Submission - SBA -Redacted
- 102868 Submission - SBA - Confidential
What's discussed — click to drill in
Topics
Demand Side Management
220 passages across 20 documents
Load Management
212 passages across 21 documents
Forecasting Methodology
114 passages across 18 documents
Energy Efficiency Resource Assessment Model
93 passages across 16 documents
Energy Efficiency
85 passages across 15 documents
Renewable Energy
64 passages across 11 documents
Rate Design
45 passages across 11 documents
Energy Efficiency Budgets
43 passages across 10 documents
Infrastructure Planning
41 passages across 13 documents
Residential Programs
38 passages across 8 documents
Grid Modernization
31 passages across 10 documents
Heat Pumps
29 passages across 10 documents
Distribution Planning
22 passages across 3 documents
Residential Demand Response Program
19 passages across 5 documents
Regulatory Approval Processes
17 passages across 15 documents
System Reliability
16 passages across 7 documents
Public Utilities Act Nova Scotia
14 passages across 13 documents
Confidentiality
11 passages across 6 documents
Electricity Generation
10 passages across 5 documents
Regulatory Oversight
9 passages across 7 documents
Demand Side Management Resource Plan
8 passages across 6 documents
Energy Storage
8 passages across 5 documents
Energy Usage Patterns
8 passages across 2 documents
Renewable Electricity Regulations
8 passages across 2 documents
Energy Efficiency Financing
7 passages across 3 documents
Rates And Money
7 passages across 6 documents
Commercial Industrial Programs
6 passages across 3 documents
Program Evaluation
6 passages across 4 documents
Revenue Requirement
6 passages across 4 documents
Stakeholder Engagement
6 passages across 5 documents
Capacity Costs
5 passages across 3 documents
Cost Effectiveness
5 passages across 5 documents
Intervenor Participation
5 passages across 4 documents
Affordability
4 passages across 4 documents
Capacity Market Participation
4 passages across 4 documents
Cost Considerations
4 passages across 3 documents
Distribution
4 passages across 2 documents
Information Disclosure
4 passages across 3 documents
Integrated Resource Plan
4 passages across 2 documents
Rate Rider
4 passages across 4 documents
Residential Energy Affordability Program
4 passages across 3 documents
Standardized Filing
4 passages across 4 documents
Tariff Design
4 passages across 3 documents
Financial Instruments
3 passages across 2 documents
Regulatory Compliance
3 passages across 3 documents
2025 Ace Plan
2 passages across 2 documents
2026 DSM Extension
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Asset Management
2 passages across 2 documents
Dcrr
2 passages across 2 documents
Electric Resource Assessment Model
2 passages across 1 documents
Energy Efficiency Portfolio Standard Eeps
2 passages across 2 documents
Energy Efficiency Resource Standards
2 passages across 2 documents
Environmental Goals And Climate Change Reduction Act
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Fuel Cost Adjustment
2 passages across 2 documents
Generator Interconnection
2 passages across 1 documents
Hearing Procedures
2 passages across 2 documents
Net To Gross Evaluation
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Performance Monitoring
2 passages across 2 documents
Transmission Planning
2 passages across 2 documents
2023-2026 DSM Plan
1 passages across 1 documents
Capital Expenditures
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Climate Adaptation
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Cost Deferral
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Cost Recovery
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Cost To Customer
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Customer Research
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Demand Side Management Advisory Group
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Energy Efficiency Codes
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Energy Efficiency Conservation Agreement
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Energy Management Information Systems
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Environmental Compliance
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Generation Grid Resources
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Green Careers
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Incentive Structures
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Jurisdictional Questions
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Multi Year Planning Cycle
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Policy And Legislation
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Power Infrastructure
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Procurement Practices
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Program Requirements
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Prudency Review
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Rate Base
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Rate Smoothing Adjustment
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Resource Costs
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