Topic:"Capacity Costs" in M12282

Updated NSP Avoided Costs Capacity (time and seasonal U dependent) ($8.70) ($8.70) 8.70 t Generation Should be reflected in Environmental Compliance i Avoided Costs 0 0 0 l Should be reflected in RPS/CES Compliance i Avoided Costs 0 0 0 t...

AI summary The text presents an updated table of avoided costs for Nova Scotia Power (NSP), including capacity, generation, environmental compliance, RPS/CES compliance, market price effects, and transmission capacity. Specific figures and adjustments are outlined, such as the $8.70 and $1.86 values for different cost categories.

Costs Electricity System Increased Capacity Avoided Electric System Electric $/MWh MWh Energy Costs Peak kW $/kW-yr. T&D Capacity Costs System Costs

AI summary The text presents a table outlining various costs related to the electricity system, including energy costs, peak kW costs, transmission and distribution (T&D) costs, and system costs. The table includes metrics such as $/MWh, MWh, and $/kW-yr.

Reliability Impacts In response to Eastward Energy's IR-08(e) E1 stated that "reliability impacts are assumed to be embedded in the avoided cost values provided by NS Power". In its Rebuttal Evidence E1 stated that "NS Power's avoided cost...

AI summary Eastward Energy challenges NS Power's assumption that reliability impacts are embedded in avoided cost values, arguing for explicit confirmation of reliability considerations in capacity costs. It also emphasizes that natural gas benefit-cost analyses must account for lost system reliability value.