Topic:"Capacity Costs" in M11689

r Advocate. Reasonableness of biomass fuel costs. Shortfall in expected customer benefits from Maritime Link transmission project. Regional joint dispatch. Accounting issues related to coal supplies and wind farm tax credits. Impact of dem...

AI summary The text discusses biomass fuel cost reasonableness, shortfall in benefits from the Maritime Link project, regional dispatch accounting issues, and demand response impacts on fuel costs. It references Nova Scotia UARB Matters M11009 and M11017, along with Kentucky PSC Case 2022-00402, addressing fossil fuel unit retirements and regulatory processes for capital expenditures.

NS Power agreed to monitor several of the model’s inputs, including EV adoption, solar generation, battery storage deployment and bi-directional EV charging, and the associated load impacts for each. NS Power agreed to review pricing innov...

AI summary NS Power agreed to monitor EV adoption, solar generation, battery storage, and bi-directional EV charging impacts. It will review pricing innovations, update DSM Program savings, and analyze demand response capacity value. NS Power disagreed with removing TVP benefits from peak forecasts and adding certain weather metrics to the SAE model, but agreed to study temperature and cloud cover trends.

Date Filed: May 29, 2024 CA (NS Power) Page 3 of 6 1 (c) Please provide system-coincident peak impact per vehicle data from the SGNS Project 2 (M11621). 3 4 Request IR-5: 5 6 References: Exhibit N-1, 2024 ACE Plan, M11458, p. 70, lines 9-2...

AI summary The text requests data on system-coincident peak impact per vehicle from the SGNS Project (M11621) and discusses discrepancies between the Load Forecast and budgeting for new customer routines. The Load Forecast focuses on housing starts, excluding non-housing customer requests like detached garages, leading to budget variances. NS Power plans to refine forecasting methods using shorter-term trends to improve accuracy.

he variance between the 2024 Load Forecast Report and the 26 D061 forecast. 27 28 (a) Please explain how the Load Forecast accounts for additional energy and peak demand 29 from requests “to connect an existing building as a dedicated serv...

AI summary The text requests explanations on how load forecasts account for non-housing-related new loads and unmetered services, and why NS Power's 2024 residential forecast (2,017 single-family and 3,765 multi-family units) differs from the D061 forecast (4,374 customer installs). It highlights discrepancies in forecasting methods and capital upgrade assumptions.