Storm Outage Analysis Report December 3, 2025 IR-01 Confidential Attachment 1 has been filed electronically. 1 Request IR-1: 10 from approximately $32 million in 2023 to $45 million in 2024 and 2025, enabling 11 expanded line clearance and...
AI summary The document discusses NS Power's efforts to manage vegetation-related outages through an asset management framework and enhanced inventory systems. It highlights increased expenditures on line clearance and hazard tree removal, and the use of risk-based prioritization strategies to address vegetation-related risks.
NON-CONFIDENTIAL 1 Request IR-4: 25 and generally, targeted assets have experienced degradation in performance manifesting in 26 decreased reliability, increased maintenance frequency and cost, or reduced functionality. 27 These effects ar...
AI summary The text discusses the degradation of targeted assets, noting decreased reliability, increased maintenance frequency and cost, and reduced functionality. These issues are identified through reliability tracking and field inspections rather than just the age of the assets.
Asset age is a concern when the frequency of required maintenance is increased, the availability of replacement parts or critical spares is limited, or performance is negatively impacted. This information can be used to inform project prio...
AI summary The document discusses concerns related to asset age and maintenance, noting that while asset age is a factor in project prioritization, it is not the sole determinant in risk-based decisions. NS Power's inspection program only records defects when identified, and outage data lacks facility IDs, impacting the ability to fully analyze equipment failures.