Topic:"Capital Expenditures" in M12784

2 NS Power is already seeing positive results from the $206 million invested in the first year of 3 the reliability plan. There was a 19 percent reduction in outages due to trees coming into 4 contact with power lines in 2025 compared to 2...

AI summary NS Power reports a 19% reduction in tree-related outages and 18% reduction in equipment failure outages in 2025, attributed to $206M in reliability plan investments. Performance metrics SAIFI (1.57) and SAIDI (4.79) show improved reliability, with vegetation management investments reaching $45M in 2025, up 80% from 2019-2023 averages. The 2026 ACE Plan aims to balance reliability improvements with rate affordability.

esenting a 80 26 percent increase over the 2019-2023 five-year annual average of ~$25 million. 27 28 • NS Power’s investment in tree trimming has grown steadily — from $25 million in 29 2022 to $32 million in 2023, and now $45 million each...

AI summary NS Power increased tree-trimming investments from $25M in 2022 to $45M annually since 2024, representing an 80% rise over the 2019-2023 five-year average of ~$25M. This reflects a strategic focus on infrastructure maintenance and reliability improvements.

now under way for 22 3 additional devices for substations in 2026. Grid Modernization upgrades such as these are 4 proven methods to decrease the duration of outages for customers. 5 Nova Scotia Power is committed to meeting the establishe...

AI summary Nova Scotia Power is investing in grid modernization to improve reliability and reduce outages, targeting a 20% reduction in SAIDI by 2029 and enhancing resilience against climate change. The Five-Year Reliability Plan, detailed in the 2025 and 2026 ACE Plans, focuses on operational improvements and targeted investments to meet performance standards.

, there was a year-over-year 6 improvement that is aligned with NS Power’s Five-Year Reliability Plan and reliability is 7 improving for customers. 8 9 Five-Year Reliability Plan 10 The 2025 Performance Standards results for SAIDI and SAIF...

AI summary NS Power reported year-over-year reliability improvements aligned with its Five-Year Reliability Plan, citing 2025 SAIDI/SAIFI performance results and budget adherence for the first year of the 2025 ACE Plan. Investments targeted outage-impact areas, with the 2025 and 2026 ACE Plans ensuring on-budget execution.

1,500 200,000 1,000 100,000 500 0 0 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 Customer Outage Hours Outage Event Count 2 3 Figure 30 shows the Equipment Failure outage event count dropping each year and the outage 4 hours being the lowest since 2021....

AI summary NS Power completed reliability upgrades on 46 priority feeders in 2025, including equipment replacements and vegetation management. Outage hours reached their lowest level since 2021, with equipment failure events declining annually. The work is detailed in Appendix G of the 2026 Annual Capital Expenditure Plan (M12619).

15 2025 Annual Performance Standards Report Non-Confidential 1 (d) Build-to-Roadside 2 (e) Vegetation Management 3 These feeders were identified through inspections, engineering studies, field discussions and 4 outage history. These target...

AI summary The 2025 Annual Performance Standards Report outlines NSP's targeted investments in feeders, substation upgrades, and FLISR technology to improve reliability. Upgrades include remote control and telemetry for 23 protective devices, with $10.7M allocated in the 2026 ACE Plan for communication enhancements. The FLISR project is filed with the NSEB under matter M12417.

on of the vegetation management plan, highlighting all 4 the areas across the province where tree trimming and clearing are planned to occur. 5 6 Reliability Focus and Next Steps in 2026 7 NS Power has committed to executing on the $234 mi...

AI summary NS Power has increased its 2026 budget for the Five-Year Reliability Plan to $234 million, up from $206 million in 2025 and $185 million annually previously. The document also references CKAIDI and CKAIFI standards in the 2025 Annual Performance Standards Report.

the province 4 terminating at the 3W Substation on the south side of Lake Rossignol. Several distribution 5 substations are supplied by L-5532, including sources for feeders 57W-402 and 91W-411. 6 When an outage occurs on L-5532, customers...

AI summary NS Power plans two 2026 projects on L-5532 transmission line and 91W substation to improve reliability, with total costs of $5.5M. Projects aim to replace aging assets, enhance protection systems, and reduce outage impacts. Prior investments included $530k upgrades (2024-2025) and $4M vegetation management on L-5532.

Switching 1/5/2025 22V-313 22:33 22:44 10 85.50 500 Switching 1/6/2025 50V-402 02:40 05:32 171 1,993.49 698 Switching 1/6/2025 50V-402 02:40 03:59 78 2,265.03 1,733 Switching 1/6/2025 22N-402 13:14 13:47 33 34.90 63 Reliability 1/6/2025 22...

AI summary The text presents a table of events with dates, codes, durations, costs, and categories such as 'Switching,' 'Reliability,' 'Capital,' and 'Cap.' It includes timestamps, financial figures, and event classifications, likely related to utility operations and infrastructure management.

105 5.25 3 Capital 1/9/2025 77V-301 06:01 06:17 16 298.55 1,114 Capital 1/9/2025 88W-323 09:02 11:40 158 31.66 12 Reliability 1/9/2025 36V-303 09:59 11:57 118 3,550.91 1,808 Capital 1/9/2025 56N-414 11:22 12:38 75 17.61 14 Reliability 1/9/...

AI summary The text presents a table of events with dates, durations, and categories such as 'Reliability,' 'Capital,' 'Switching,' and 'Tree Trimming,' alongside numerical data. These entries likely represent outage incidents, maintenance activities, or infrastructure-related events, with metrics like duration and cost implications.

33 3.29 6 Reliability 1/14/2025 79V-401 20:18 21:31 73 82.42 68 Switching 1/15/2025 50V-402 08:30 08:59 29 0.48 1 Reliability 1/15/2025 50V-401 09:30 14:00 270 121.58 27 Reliability 1/15/2025 59C-402 09:52 10:49 57 1.90 2 Reliability 1/15/...

AI summary The text presents a table of outage events with dates, times, and metrics, categorized under 'Reliability' and 'Capital'. It includes details such as event identifiers, start/end times, and numerical values possibly representing interruption durations or counts. The data appears to track system reliability performance and capital-related activities.

18.01 13 Capital 2025 Performance Standards Report Appendix K Page 2 of 25

AI summary The text references a section heading '18.01 13 Capital' from the 2025 Performance Standards Report Appendix K, page 2 of 25. The content is minimal, consisting of a page reference and a section label, with no substantive discussion or arguments provided in the chunk.

81S-306 00:09 00:11 1 39.58 1,649 Planned Transmission 1/26/2025 81S-307 00:09 00:11 2 19.03 732 Planned Transmission 1/26/2025 81S-305 00:09 00:11 2 43.60 1,677 Planned Transmission 1/26/2025 81S-304 00:09 00:11 2 26.74 955 Planned Transm...

AI summary The text presents a table of events with dates, codes, time intervals, durations, costs, and categories such as 'Planned Transmission,' 'Reliability,' 'Switching,' 'Capital,' and 'Tree Trimming.' Metrics include interruption durations, costs, and event types, reflecting operational and infrastructure-related activities.

6 41.33 9 Capital 1/27/2025 4N-312 13:38 16:24 166 49.70 18 Tree Trimming 1/27/2025 126H-311 14:08 15:55 108 17.96 10 Reliability 1/28/2025 62N-415 09:52 11:24 92 162.60 106 Capital 1/28/2025 87H-312 10:01 11:51 110 27.42 15 Reliability 1/...

AI summary The text lists incident records with dates, durations, and categories such as 'Reliability,' 'Switching,' and 'Capital.' Entries include timestamps, outage durations, and associated costs or activities, suggesting operational data related to utility service disruptions and maintenance actions.

411 14:13 16:03 110 1.84 1 Capital 2/1/2025 37N-412 09:59 11:43 104 781.26 449 Reliability 2/1/2025 87W-311 14:45 15:05 21 2.76 8 Reliability 2/1/2025 74N-412 16:59 17:21 22 81.40 223 Capital 2/2/2025 1N-402 13:30 14:34 64 161.12 151 Relia...

AI summary The text presents a table with dates, times, and metrics related to 'Capital' and 'Reliability' categories, likely from a performance report. The reference to '2025 Performance Standards Report Appendix K' indicates discussion of operational metrics and infrastructure performance standards.

11:38 16:43 306 433.16 85 Capital 2/4/2025 4N-313 11:43 14:01 138 2.30 1 Reliability 2/4/2025 81S-304 12:35 16:15 220 29.35 8 Reliability 2/4/2025 59C-402 13:38 14:43 66 6.58 6 Reliability 2/4/2025 2C-402 17:15 18:21 67 94.69 85 Capital 2/...

AI summary The text presents a table of events from February 4-6, 2025, including timestamps, durations, numerical values, and categories like 'Reliability,' 'Tree Trimming,' and 'Capital.' It appears to track incidents or maintenance activities with associated metrics, though specific context or claims are not explicitly stated.

Start Time (24- Restore Time (24- Duration Customer Hours of Customers Date Feeder CEA Subcause hour clock) hour clock) (Minutes) Interruption Interrupted 2/24/2025 2C-402 18:03 18:48 45 11.27 15 Reliability 2/25/2025 1N-402 10:21 14:57 27...

AI summary The table lists power outage events from February 24–27, 2025, detailing start/restore times, durations, customer hours of interruption, and affected customers. Subcauses include 'Reliability,' 'Switching,' and 'Capital,' with the longest interruption (241.53 customer hours) on 2/25/2025 for feeder 103C-311. Data highlights reliability challenges and infrastructure-related disruptions.

17:44 68 1.13 1 Reliability 3/24/2025 87H-311 08:20 12:34 254 12.71 3 Capital 3/24/2025 87H-311 08:22 12:33 252 25.16 6 Capital 3/24/2025 87H-311 08:23 12:32 249 29.11 7 Capital 3/24/2025 87H-311 08:24 12:32 248 41.29 10 Capital 3/24/2025...

AI summary The text lists outage events on March 24, 2025, with details on start/end times, affected customers, interruption duration, and categories (e.g., 'Reliability', 'Capital'). Data includes metrics like customer hours of interruption and event frequency, reflecting reliability and capital-related performance indicators.

73 87.05 14 Reliability 3/25/2025 63V-311 10:12 15:12 300 74.97 15 Reliability 3/25/2025 40H-305 10:18 15:22 304 50.72 10 Capital 3/25/2025 25W-301 12:56 13:22 26 2.64 6 Reliability 3/25/2025 57S-401 12:57 15:50 173 28.75 10 Reliability 3/...

AI summary The text presents a table of events with dates, codes, start/end times, durations, and categories like 'Reliability' and 'Capital.' It appears to document outage or incident records, including metrics such as interruption frequency and duration, though specific discussion of reliability or capital expenditures is not elaborated.

Start Time (24- Restore Time (24- Duration Customer Hours of Customers Date Feeder CEA Subcause hour clock) hour clock) (Minutes) Interruption Interrupted 3/28/2025 40H-302 11:08 16:40 332 121.79 22 Reliability 3/28/2025 111S-311 12:52 13:...

AI summary The table presents outage data from NS Power, detailing interruptions by date, feeder, duration, customer impact, and subcauses like reliability and capital. It includes metrics such as customer hours of interruption and subcause categories (e.g., Reliability, Capital, Switching).

16.30 12 Reliability 4/3/2025 89W-303 10:02 12:20 138 11.49 5 Reliability 4/3/2025 88H-401 10:21 13:03 162 27.02 10 Reliability 4/3/2025 57S-401 11:29 12:48 79 7.86 6 Reliability 4/3/2025 22C-404 12:48 13:10 22 0.37 1 Reliability 4/4/2025...

AI summary The text presents a table of data entries with dates, identifiers, time intervals, durations, costs, and categories such as 'Reliability', 'Capital', and 'Switching'. It appears to document service interruptions, capital expenditures, and switching events, likely related to utility operations and regulatory reporting.

Start Time (24- Restore Time (24- Duration Customer Hours of Customers Date Feeder CEA Subcause hour clock) hour clock) (Minutes) Interruption Interrupted 4/14/2025 62N-416 10:04 12:42 158 26.34 10 Reliability 4/14/2025 87H-311 13:22 16:08...

AI summary The table lists power outage events from April 14-16, 2025, including start/restore times, durations, customer hours of interruption, and subcauses (e.g., Reliability, Switching, Capital). Data highlights varying outage durations and customer impacts across different feeders.

265.92 222 Reliability 4/16/2025 101H-423 10:17 17:42 445 22.27 3 Switching 4/16/2025 77V-301 10:26 12:07 101 42.21 25 Capital 4/16/2025 40H-303 11:04 11:35 30 13.13 26 Reliability 4/16/2025 20H-304 11:17 12:07 50 2,786.40 3,339 Switching...

AI summary The table lists reliability and maintenance events with dates, incident identifiers, durations, and categories like 'Reliability,' 'Switching,' and 'Capital.' Metrics include interruption durations, costs, and event types, reflecting NS Power's operational performance and infrastructure management.

15:44 94 4.69 3 Reliability 4/22/2025 58H-421 14:12 15:16 65 6.46 6 Reliability 4/23/2025 87H-312 09:05 10:54 110 5.49 3 Capital 4/23/2025 55V-314 09:57 10:08 11 0.38 2 Capital 4/23/2025 101H-422 10:21 14:30 249 33.20 8 Reliability 4/23/20...

AI summary A table listing dates, incident identifiers, time intervals, numerical values, and categories such as 'Reliability,' 'Capital,' and 'Switching.' The data appears to track events or metrics related to system performance, capital activities, and switching operations.

3.87 6 Capital 2025 Performance Standards Report Appendix K Page 10 of 25

AI summary The text references a section titled 'Capital' within the 2025 Performance Standards Report Appendix K, though no substantive content or analysis is provided in the excerpt. The context suggests a focus on capital-related metrics or requirements.

Start Time (24- Restore Time (24- Duration Customer Hours of Customers Date Feeder CEA Subcause hour clock) hour clock) (Minutes) Interruption Interrupted 4/30/2025 88W-313 21:20 00:02 162 24.33 9 Capital 4/30/2025 20H-301 22:37 23:53 76 1...

AI summary The table details power outage incidents between April 30 and May 4, 2025, including start/restore times, durations, customer hours of interruption, affected customers, and causes (e.g., Reliability, Capital, Planned Transmission). Metrics highlight significant disruptions, such as 479.67 customer hours for one incident linked to Planned Transmission.

284 99.48 21 Reliability 5/7/2025 89W-302 09:50 10:33 43 1.44 2 Reliability 5/7/2025 81S-305 10:58 12:19 82 12.28 9 Reliability 5/7/2025 56N-414 12:52 15:23 151 72.78 29 Reliability 5/8/2025 70W-321 07:38 15:12 454 15.12 2 Reliability 5/8/...

AI summary The text presents a table of events from May 7-9, 2025, categorized under 'Reliability,' 'Capital,' and 'Tree Trimming,' with metrics such as interruption duration, frequency, and associated costs. Events include power outages, capital-related activities, and tree-trimming incidents, highlighting system performance and infrastructure issues.

Tree Trimming 5/9/2025 92H-331 12:41 16:10 210 38.44 11 Tree Trimming 5/9/2025 65V-302 13:24 16:50 207 3.45 1 Reliability 5/11/2025 2H-411 08:26 17:23 537 8.95 1 Capital 5/12/2025 50N-411 08:53 14:48 355 41.47 7 Capital 5/12/2025 81S-301 1...

AI summary The document presents a table of events with dates, identifiers, time intervals, costs, and categories such as 'Tree Trimming,' 'Reliability,' and 'Capital.' It highlights high-cost entries under 'Capital' and multiple reliability-related incidents, suggesting focus areas for infrastructure and operational management.

Reliability 5/27/2025 99H-311 06:24 06:40 16 1.89 7 Switching 5/27/2025 73W-411 07:46 13:13 327 5.45 1 Capital 5/27/2025 73W-411 07:48 13:13 325 16.25 3 Capital 5/27/2025 81S-305 08:11 09:15 64 9.62 9 Capital 5/27/2025 37N-413 08:56 12:11...

AI summary The data presents outage events on May 27, 2025, detailing durations, affected customers, and causes (e.g., switching, capital, reliability, tree trimming). Key metrics include SAIDI and SAIFI, highlighting reliability challenges and capital-related disruptions.

Start Time (24- Restore Time (24- Duration Customer Hours of Customers Date Feeder CEA Subcause hour clock) hour clock) (Minutes) Interruption Interrupted 5/29/2025 81S-307 08:21 09:54 92 13.85 9 Reliability 5/29/2025 73W-411 08:56 16:00 4...

AI summary The table details power outage events on May 29-30, 2025, including start/restore times, durations, customer hours impacted, and CEA subcauses (e.g., Reliability, Capital, Switching). Outages range from 53 to 4,803 customers affected, with durations between 53 minutes and 412 minutes, highlighting reliability and infrastructure challenges.

y 5/30/2025 78W-301 10:55 11:32 37 6.70 11 Reliability 5/30/2025 126H-311 11:20 14:21 181 6.03 2 Reliability 5/30/2025 82V-422 13:32 14:23 51 22.25 26 Reliability 5/31/2025 56N-414 23:26 23:59 34 1,805.11 3,193 Switching 6/1/2025 77V-301 0...

AI summary The text presents a table of incident records with dates, durations, costs, and categories (e.g., Reliability, Switching, Capital). It highlights outage events, infrastructure-related costs, and planned transmission activities, reflecting operational and reliability metrics for a utility provider.

1,214.84 3,630 Switching 6/3/2025 88W-314 01:23 04:49 206 15,350.44 4,476 Planned Transmission 6/3/2025 101H-411 08:59 15:55 416 1,579.36 228 Capital 6/3/2025 46W-301 09:16 17:27 491 8.18 1 Reliability 6/3/2025 62H-304 10:02 11:15 72 3,031...

AI summary A table listing multiple entries with dates, matter numbers, time intervals, and costs categorized under 'Switching,' 'Planned Transmission,' 'Capital,' 'Reliability,' and other terms, likely related to infrastructure planning and capital expenditures in a regulatory proceeding.

Start Time (24- Restore Time (24- Duration Customer Hours of Customers Date Feeder CEA Subcause hour clock) hour clock) (Minutes) Interruption Interrupted 6/10/2025 113H-434 09:05 16:04 419 1,150.93 165 Tree Trimming 6/10/2025 55V-313 09:0...

AI summary The table lists power outage events from June 10–11, 2025, with details on start/restore times, durations, customer hours of interruption, and subcauses (e.g., Tree Trimming, Capital, Reliability). Metrics include 1,150.93 customer hours of interruption and 165 affected customers for one event, highlighting reliability and capital-related issues.

09:39 17 0.86 3 Reliability 6/12/2025 91W-411 09:30 10:29 58 3.89 4 Reliability 6/12/2025 126H-312 10:13 10:28 15 0.97 4 Reliability 6/12/2025 87H-312 11:10 12:34 84 8.38 6 Reliability 6/12/2025 15S-301 11:27 12:10 44 11.61 16 Reliability...

AI summary The text lists reliability and switching events with dates, durations, and categories, including entries under 'Reliability,' 'Switching,' and 'Capital.' Data includes outage durations, customer hours, and incident classifications, suggesting analysis of power system performance and infrastructure issues.

247.89 896 Switching 6/15/2025 88W-313 04:59 10:03 305 324.87 64 Capital 6/15/2025 23H-304 09:02 13:37 275 916.93 200 Capital 6/16/2025 81S-307 09:16 12:24 188 28.15 9 Capital 6/16/2025 56N-414 09:59 12:16 137 15.98 7 Capital 6/16/2025 11S...

AI summary The document presents a table of events from June 15-17, 2025, categorized under 'Capital,' 'Reliability,' 'Tree Trimming,' and 'Switching,' with associated metrics like duration, cost, and event type. These entries likely relate to utility operations, infrastructure maintenance, and service interruptions.

09:17 09:22 6 5.30 56 Capital 6/17/2025 82V-422 09:43 15:32 349 151.17 26 Reliability 6/17/2025 113H-431 10:28 11:55 87 4.37 3 Capital 6/17/2025 111S-312 10:44 11:56 72 8.37 7 Reliability 6/17/2025 104H-421 10:55 12:08 73 12.18 10 Capital...

AI summary A table listing events with dates, durations, and categories such as 'Capital,' 'Reliability,' and 'Planned Transmission.' Entries include timestamps, numerical values, and descriptions, potentially reflecting operational or infrastructure-related activities by Nova Scotia Power.

Start Time (24- Restore Time (24- Duration Customer Hours of Customers Date Feeder CEA Subcause hour clock) hour clock) (Minutes) Interruption Interrupted 6/19/2025 15S-303 10:38 16:07 329 60.37 11 Capital 6/19/2025 101H-421 10:57 11:57 60...

AI summary The text presents a table of power interruption events from June 2025, detailing start/restore times, durations, customer hours of interruption, and subcauses (e.g., Capital, Reliability, Switching). Metrics include customer hours affected, feeder identifiers, and event durations, highlighting system reliability and capital expenditure-related disruptions.

16:07 427 540.97 76 Tree Trimming 6/26/2025 50W-412 09:45 14:46 301 65.31 13 Reliability 6/26/2025 57S-401 09:51 11:00 69 100.95 88 Reliability 6/26/2025 4N-312 10:59 15:10 251 29.34 7 Reliability 6/26/2025 4N-312 10:59 11:36 37 26.77 43 R...

AI summary A table lists events with dates, durations, costs, and categories (e.g., 'Reliability', 'Switching', 'Capital'). Entries include incident details like outage durations, costs, and actions (e.g., 'Tree Trimming'). The data appears to track utility operations, potentially related to NS Power's service disruptions and maintenance activities.

2.12 2 Capital 6/30/2025 30N-412 13:12 13:35 24 206.19 526 Switching 6/30/2025 57S-402 14:34 15:40 66 14.28 13 Reliability 7/2/2025 22N-402 09:26 12:41 195 9.76 3 Capital 7/2/2025 22C-404 10:51 11:24 33 218.59 399 Reliability 7/2/2025 56N-...

AI summary The text presents a table tracking events with dates, durations, costs, and categories such as 'Reliability' and 'Capital.' It appears to document system interruptions, their frequency, and associated costs, potentially related to grid reliability and capital expenditures.

pital 7/3/2025 96H-411 12:10 12:49 39 0.65 1 Reliability 7/3/2025 57W-401 12:18 16:15 237 19.78 5 Capital 7/3/2025 4S-321 13:27 13:39 13 1.92 9 Reliability 7/3/2025 4S-321 13:32 13:51 20 9.22 28 Reliability 7/3/2025 81N-412 14:50 15:50 60...

AI summary The text presents a table of events with dates, durations, and categories such as 'Reliability' and 'Capital' from the 2025 Performance Standards Report. It includes metrics like interruption durations and frequencies, indicating performance monitoring for utility operations.

Reliability 7/8/2025 62N-416 17:40 18:04 25 1.24 3 Reliability 7/9/2025 77V-302 08:38 15:46 428 71.35 10 Reliability 7/9/2025 59C-403 09:02 10:25 83 5.56 4 Reliability 7/9/2025 57S-402 09:21 11:29 128 23.51 11 Capital 7/9/2025 99H-311 11:5...

AI summary The text presents a table of events with dates, codes, times, numerical metrics, and categories such as 'Reliability,' 'Capital,' and 'Switching.' It includes data points like interruption durations, frequencies, and associated costs, potentially related to utility operations and infrastructure management in Nova Scotia.

1,350 67.52 3 Switching 7/21/2025 46W-303 08:59 11:15 136 4.53 2 Reliability 7/21/2025 40H-302 11:09 13:43 154 48.74 19 Reliability 7/22/2025 57S-402 08:51 12:00 188 332.89 106 Capital 7/22/2025 62N-416 09:01 16:41 460 22.99 3 Capital 7/22...

AI summary The text presents data points from a 2025 Performance Standards Report Appendix K, including dates, time intervals, numerical values, and categories like 'Reliability' and 'Capital'. These entries appear to track performance metrics, potentially related to service interruptions or capital project timelines.

Start Time (24- Restore Time (24- Duration Customer Hours of Customers Date Feeder CEA Subcause hour clock) hour clock) (Minutes) Interruption Interrupted 7/22/2025 62N-413 09:37 12:48 191 28.67 9 Reliability 7/22/2025 81S-302 10:46 13:40...

AI summary The table presents data on power outage events from July 22-24, 2025, including feeder identifiers, interruption durations, customer hours of interruption, and causes (e.g., Reliability, Capital, Tree Trimming). It highlights system performance metrics and outage management during a regulatory proceeding.

59C-402 15:13 15:41 28 85.05 180 Capital 7/29/2025 22C-404 19:02 19:29 27 173.44 384 Reliability 7/30/2025 50N-410 07:39 13:43 365 42.55 7 Reliability 7/30/2025 57S-402 08:54 09:51 57 44.70 47 Reliability 7/30/2025 104H-442 10:12 15:58 346...

AI summary The text presents a table of events with dates, durations, costs, and categories such as 'Reliability,' 'Capital,' 'Switching,' and 'Planned Transmission.' It includes data on interruptions, costs, and durations associated with various incidents and infrastructure activities.

2,164 Planned Transmission 7/31/2025 126H-313 23:54 04:37 282 8,586.77 1,826 Planned Transmission 7/31/2025 126H-311 23:54 04:37 282 7,578.95 1,611 Planned Transmission 8/3/2025 62N-414 13:44 14:45 62 7.18 7 Reliability 8/4/2025 13V-303 09...

AI summary The text presents a table of outage events with dates, durations, costs, and categories such as 'Planned Transmission,' 'Reliability,' and 'Capital.' It highlights infrastructure planning, reliability management, and capital expenditures related to power system operations in Nova Scotia.

Planned Transmission 8/25/2025 55V-322 23:04 23:35 31 704.84 1,362 Planned Transmission 8/25/2025 55V-323 23:05 23:36 31 610.72 1,179 Planned Transmission 8/26/2025 73W-411 08:45 13:14 269 17.94 4 Reliability 8/26/2025 59C-402 10:15 11:50...

AI summary A log of events with dates, durations, and categories such as 'Planned Transmission,' 'Reliability,' 'Switching,' and 'Capital,' including metrics like duration, quantity, and cost. Entries detail operational activities and infrastructure-related events.

7 133 57.75 26 Capital 8/28/2025 89W-302 09:40 15:23 343 22.84 4 Capital 8/28/2025 104H-433 09:54 11:26 91 21.32 14 Reliability 8/28/2025 37N-412 10:32 13:54 201 26.86 8 Reliability 8/28/2025 57S-402 12:44 14:49 125 284.85 137 Capital 8/29...

AI summary The text presents a table of outage events with dates, durations, and categories (e.g., 'Capital,' 'Reliability,' 'Switching'). It highlights interruptions affecting customers, including durations, numbers of customers impacted, and associated costs, reflecting operational challenges in grid management and infrastructure maintenance.

ng 9/8/2025 58C-405 08:09 08:52 43 119.27 167 Switching 9/8/2025 15N-403 10:28 17:19 412 27.45 4 Reliability 9/9/2025 40H-305 08:47 13:30 283 132.06 28 Reliability 9/9/2025 79V-401 09:21 12:24 183 12.22 4 Reliability 9/9/2025 83V-303 10:03...

AI summary The document contains a table of event records with dates, times, and metrics (e.g., interruptions, durations) categorized under 'Switching,' 'Reliability,' and 'Capital.' It references the '2025 Performance Standards Report Appendix K,' indicating evaluation of operational performance and compliance with regulatory benchmarks.

Reliability 9/29/2025 111S-312 09:46 12:28 162 56.64 21 Reliability 9/29/2025 50W-412 10:53 11:40 48 141.30 178 Reliability 9/29/2025 124H-301 15:41 17:53 1,572 471.56 18 Switching 9/30/2025 4C-430 03:00 08:06 305 9,321.85 2,513 Reliabilit...

AI summary The text presents a table of event records from October 2025, categorizing incidents by type (e.g., Reliability, Switching, Tree Trimming) with timestamps, durations, and associated metrics. Key themes include reliability performance, infrastructure-related events, and planned transmission activities.

05:45 07:16 91 473.26 313 Planned Transmission 10/2/2025 14V-303 05:45 06:42 57 11.35 12 Planned Transmission 10/2/2025 96H-411 08:14 11:46 212 14.14 4 Capital 10/2/2025 101H-413 09:00 15:10 370 641.25 104 Reliability 10/2/2025 131H-423 10...

AI summary The text lists outage events with timestamps, durations, costs, and categories (e.g., 'Planned Transmission,' 'Reliability,' 'Tree Trimming'). Entries include dates (10/2/2025–10/4/2025), event identifiers (e.g., 14V-303), durations (57–720 minutes), costs (e.g., $1,307.35), and classifications (e.g., 'Customer Requested').

.65 33 Capital 10/8/2025 96H-411 09:50 13:56 246 28.71 7 Capital 10/9/2025 6W-201 07:25 07:38 13 1.70 8 Capital 10/9/2025 46W-301 09:27 13:55 268 22.32 5 Capital 10/9/2025 99V-312 10:24 12:13 109 19.91 11 Reliability 10/9/2025 127H-411 13:...

AI summary The text presents a table of events with dates, times, durations, and categories such as 'Capital,' 'Reliability,' and 'Switching.' It references the '2025 Performance Standards Report Appendix K Page 21 of 25,' indicating data related to operational performance and standards in a regulatory context.

40 200 Capital 10/24/2025 23H-304 08:50 17:12 503 134.02 16 Capital 10/24/2025 23H-304 08:50 17:12 502 125.44 15 Capital 10/24/2025 23H-304 08:50 17:09 499 91.54 11 Capital 10/24/2025 23H-304 08:50 17:10 501 33.37 4 Capital 10/24/2025 57C-...

AI summary The text contains a table with timestamps, event codes, and metrics (e.g., 'Capital', 'Switching'), followed by a reference to '2025 Performance Standards Report Appendix K Page 22 of 25'. The data appears to relate to operational or regulatory performance tracking, though no explicit arguments or entities are discussed.

291 43.59 9 Reliability 10/30/2025 15S-301 11:12 12:30 78 19.61 15 Reliability 10/30/2025 37N-414 11:48 13:26 98 4.91 3 Capital 10/30/2025 103H-434 17:10 17:27 17 3.33 12 Reliability 10/31/2025 40H-302 09:36 09:48 12 0.98 5 Switching 10/31...

AI summary The text presents a table of events with dates, times, durations, and categories (Reliability, Capital, Switching). Metrics include interruption durations, customer impacts, and event types, suggesting analysis of service reliability, capital projects, and switching incidents. No explicit arguments or claims are discussed.

/10/2025 13V-303 18:27 19:17 50 206.67 249 Switching 11/12/2025 91W-411 04:06 11:17 431 301.89 42 Reliability 11/12/2025 91W-411 04:06 11:41 456 22.78 3 Reliability 11/12/2025 1W-411 08:41 16:22 461 61.43 8 Tree Trimming 11/12/2025 57C-422...

AI summary A table listing events with dates, times, durations, and categories such as 'Reliability,' 'Capital,' and 'Tree Trimming.' The data highlights interruptions, expenditures, and operational activities related to Nova Scotia Power's grid management and infrastructure.

13 16 Reliability 11/14/2025 102W-312 09:08 09:52 44 21.24 29 Capital 11/14/2025 102W-312 09:53 12:35 162 8.10 3 Capital 11/14/2025 21W-311 10:11 13:25 195 12.98 4 Reliability 11/14/2025 62N-414 11:07 11:26 19 2.83 9 Reliability 11/15/2025...

AI summary The text presents a table of events with dates, times, and metrics categorized under 'Reliability,' 'Capital,' and 'Switching.' Entries include durations, interruption frequencies, and associated numbers, likely related to utility operations and infrastructure management in Nova Scotia.

73 2.88 1 Reliability 11/25/2025 82V-402 09:18 16:24 426 660.72 93 Reliability 11/25/2025 62N-416 09:49 15:55 366 6.10 1 Capital 11/25/2025 87W-312 14:55 15:39 44 3.64 5 Capital 11/26/2025 126H-311 21:18 00:02 163 29.96 11 Reliability 11/2...

AI summary The text presents a table of performance metrics from 2025, including dates, times, numerical values, and categories like 'Reliability' and 'Capital.' It appears to track events with associated durations, costs, and classifications, likely related to utility operations and regulatory compliance.

Start Time (24- Restore Time (24- Duration Customer Hours of Customers Date Feeder CEA Subcause hour clock) hour clock) (Minutes) Interruption Interrupted 11/27/2025 99H-311 10:13 10:46 32 3.74 7 Reliability 11/27/2025 62N-416 10:26 12:25...

AI summary The table lists power interruption events with details on start/restore times, durations, customer impact, and causes (e.g., reliability, capital, tree trimming). Data highlights interruptions affecting 7–101 customers, durations ranging from 14–205 minutes, and subcauses like reliability and capital expenditures. NS Power likely faces scrutiny over service reliability and capital-related outages.

886 Switching 12/11/2025 46W-301 09:36 09:43 7 48.78 426 Reliability 12/11/2025 46W-301 09:36 13:11 216 833.96 232 Reliability 12/11/2025 23H-304 09:49 11:57 128 57.55 27 Capital 12/11/2025 92H-331 09:57 10:03 6 6.20 67 Reliability 12/11/2...

AI summary The text presents a table of events with dates, durations, and categories (e.g., Reliability, Capital, Switching). Metrics include interruption durations, costs, and event types, likely related to power system performance and infrastructure projects on specific dates in December 2025.

1 Request IR-2: 2 3 Reference: SAIDI and SAIFI Standards, p. 47. 4 5 Preamble: Target SAIDI was ≤ 4.29 and the result was 4.79. SAIDI has now missed target 6 in multiple recent years. 7 8 (a) Please identify any structural factors preventi...

AI summary The response to IR-2 addresses concerns about SAIDI missing targets despite capital investments, attributing delays to long-term reliability improvements. NSPI explains that SAIFI improvements stem from outage reduction strategies, while SAIDI lags due to the time required for duration metrics to reflect systemic changes.

2025 Annual Performance Standards Report (NSEB M12784) NSPI Responses to NSEB Information Requests NON-CONFIDENTIAL 1 Request IR-9: 2 3 Page 9 of the report states: 4 5 “Outages caused by trees making contact with power lines were at the 6...

AI summary The NSEB requested NSPI to provide data on tree-related outages and vegetation management investments from 2020 to 2025, including customer interruptions, hours of interruption, and average duration. NSPI invested $45 million in 2025, with an 80% increase compared to the 2019-2023 average, aiming to reduce tree-related outages.

2025 Annual Performance Standards Report (NSEB M12784) NSPI Responses to NSEB Information Requests NON-CONFIDENTIAL 1 (d) Period Year 1 CHI Year 2 CHI % Change 2020-2025 265,629 330,618 -24% 2023-2024 421,160 408,063 3% 2024-2025 408,063 3...

AI summary NSPI provides data on vegetation management performance metrics and spending (2019-2025), noting inconsistencies in year-over-year comparisons due to varying line work volumes. Tables show O&M and capital expenditures, with NS Power questioning the relevance of the analysis to vegetation management effectiveness.

1 Request IR-10: 2 3 Page 9 of the report, when discussing the Five-Year Reliability Plan, states: 4 5 The commitment to the Plan, included in NS Power’s 2026 Annual 6 Capital Expenditure (ACE) Plan, will help continue improving 7 reliabil...

AI summary NS Power balances low rates with reliability improvements through stakeholder collaboration, Board approvals of ACE Plans, risk-based prioritization, and performance tracking. Rate impact analysis involves revenue requirement calculations for capital projects and aggregate costs addressed via General Rate Applications, rather than individual project-specific analyses.

2025 Annual Performance Standards Report (NSEB M12784) NSPI Responses to NSEB Information Requests NON-CONFIDENTIAL 1 Request IR-12: 2 3 Page 10 of the report states: 4 5 “Targeted reliability work on 46 priority feeders across the provinc...

AI summary The NSEB requested NSPI to provide data on outages caused by equipment failure (excluding MEDs and EEDs) from 2020–2025, including customer interruptions, interruption hours, and CAIDI. NSPI also requested expenditure data on capital spending related to T&D equipment failure from 2019–2025, as part of the 2025 Annual Performance Standards Report (NSEB M12784).

red by the D005-Unplanned 17 Replacement Deteriorated Equipment distribution routine. Total expenditure in the D005 18 routine for the years 2020 to 2025 is provided below. 19 20 21 Date Filed: May 29, 2026 NSPI (NSEB) IR-12 Page 2 of 3 20...

AI summary The document provides expenditure data for NSPI's D005-Unplanned Replacement Deteriorated Equipment distribution routine from 2020 to 2025, showing逐年 increases and decreases in spending. This data is part of the 2025 Annual Performance Standards Report (NSEB M12784) submitted by NSPI in response to NSEB information requests.

e work is advanced 25 selectively in the highest-impact and most practical locations. 26 27 NS Power will continue to assess the remaining off-road sections through inspections, 28 engineering studies, and outage analysis, and will advance...

AI summary NS Power plans to advance infrastructure projects in high-impact locations, using inspections and engineering studies to assess remaining off-road sections. Projects must meet reliability, feasibility, and cost-effectiveness criteria through the Annual Capital Expenditure Plan process, as outlined in NSPI's response to the Nova Scotia Energy Board.

Document: 330133 Date Filed: May 7, 2026 Page 5 1 d) Please identify the percentage reduction/increase in customer hours of interruption 2 resulting in outages due to tree contacts only on lines on which NS Power completed 3 vegetation man...

AI summary The document requests data on outage reduction from vegetation management, capital expenditures for vegetation management (2019–2025), and analysis of NS Power’s balance between reliability improvements and rate affordability under climate change. It also seeks five-year average outage metrics for areas invested in the $206M reliability plan.

Document: 330133 Date Filed: May 7, 2026 Page 6 1 a) For each year from 2020 to 2025, for outages caused by equipment failure only (exclusive 2 of those associated with MEDs and EEDs) please provide a table identifying the following: 3 i....

AI summary The document contains requests for data on outage performance, capital expenditures, and infrastructure investments by Nova Scotia Power (NSP). It seeks metrics on customer interruptions, expenditure breakdowns for T&D equipment, and performance tracking for reliability upgrades. The Nova Scotia Energy Board (NSEB) is referenced as the regulatory body overseeing these matters.

2025 Results and shows 24 that SAIDI, CKAIDI and CKAIFI thresholds for 2026 were not met. 25 26 a) Please provide the customer count by rate class that are served by Feeder 85S-401, if possible. M12784 – SBA IRs – May 7, 2026 Page 3 of 4 1...

AI summary The SBA requests detailed information on reliability metrics (SAIDI, CKAIDI, CKAIFI) for Feeder 85S-401, including customer counts, FLISR device investments, cost-effectiveness, and reliability improvement plans for Wreck Cove. It also seeks an explanation for improved 2025 reliability data in the PSR Report.