Topic:"Cost Recovery" in M08059

e estimates. The ratio was also applied to the market costs of New Brunswick imports, and Surplus energy from Newfoundland, as those costs are generally tied to the price of natural gas in the region. The DSM cost accounting and the report...

AI summary The document discusses updates to DSM cost accounting, incorporating Efficiency One's preliminary estimates of incremental DSM savings. It notes that the first-year costs for these savings are around 60 cents per kWh, but adjusted downward due to expected lower-cost efficiency spending in Nova Scotia. Total DSM costs for medium scenarios are increased to ~$410 million (NPV RR).

a through a cap and trade program) and a planned natural gas regulation. NSPI has therefore indicated that it is making decisions with a strategy of achieving the “utmost flexibility” in its planning. NSPI outlined in the Technical Confere...

AI summary NSPI emphasizes flexibility in planning through cap-and-trade programs and natural gas regulations, while the Industrial Group supports optimizing thermal fleet investments. Cost allocation for legacy thermal units is debated, with the Industrial Group arguing for 100% Demand classification. The 2013 COS proceeding and pending IRP are referenced.

te that our analysis was not an IRP, it is impossible to untangle the assessment of thermal fleet economics from resource planning assumptions, the Small Business Advocate’s comments notwithstanding.4 The SBA notes concern over our analysi...

AI summary The analysis, not an IRP, integrates thermal fleet economics with resource planning. The SBA criticizes reliance on long-term metrics and common costs, while the response emphasizes long-term capital recovery and revenue requirements across scenarios, noting that excluding common costs would exaggerate cost savings for low-cost scenarios.