Topic:"Cost Recovery" in M13008

Summary: RTR Market Transition Tariff - The Renewable to Retail Market Transition Tariff is meant to recover Nova Scotia Power's embedded fixed costs and deferred costs typically recovered via the Bundled Service that is not otherwise reco...

AI summary The Renewable to Retail Market Transition Tariff is designed to recover Nova Scotia Power's embedded fixed and deferred costs from Licenced Retail Suppliers. Embedded fixed costs include depreciation, financing costs, and OM&G, while deferred costs are those approved by the NSEB for future recovery.

Request IR-7: Refer to Attachment 4, pp. 2-3. - A. Please provide NS Power's current estimate of forecast administration costs underlying the DAS Administration Charge, broken down by cost category (e.g., metering/settlement systems, IT, i...

AI summary Request IR-7 asks NS Power to provide details on the DAS Administration Charge, including cost breakdowns, calculation methods, and clarification on whether the charge recovers costs already included in Distribution Tariff rates. The request also seeks safeguards against double recovery of costs.

Request IR-15: - Refer to Attachment 8, pp. 16-17, Section 14.1.2. - A. Please provide an estimate of the total incremental cost involved with AMI metering necessary to interconnect a generator to the distribution system. - B. Please clari...

AI summary Request IR-15 seeks an estimate of the incremental cost of AMI metering for interconnecting a generator to the distribution system and clarification on how these costs are recovered, including potential recovery methods such as general distribution rates or specific charges to retail-to-resale customers.

Request IR-16: - Refer to Attachment 10, redlined language for the definition of "Distribution System Access." - A. Do these changes have any implications for cost allocation? Please explain.

AI summary Request IR-16 asks whether changes to the definition of 'Distribution System Access' in Attachment 10 have any implications for cost allocation, seeking an explanation.

Request IR-20: - Refer to the 2026 NS Power Load Forecast Report, Section 4.8. Specifically, refer to lines 11-12, - which states "The peak forecast remains unchanged as NS Power is required to serve the full - peak of these customers if n...

AI summary The document requests an explanation on how Retail-to-Resale (RtR) resources will be accounted for in NS Power's planning for peak load, whether they will reduce capacity needs, and how this affects cost allocation.

Delivered by E-mail Crystal Henwood Regulatory Affairs Officer/Clerk Nova Scotia Energy Board 3rd Floor, 1601 Lower Water Street PO Box 1692, Unit "M" Halifax NS B3J 3S3 Dear Ms. Henwood: Re: M13008 – NSPI – RtR Market Elements Application...

AI summary Renewall Energy Inc. (REI) supports Nova Scotia Power Incorporated's (NSPI) application for a new Distribution-connected Aggregation Service (DAS) Tariff and related amendments to the Renewable to Retail (RtR) market elements. REI believes the proposed tariff package is reasonable and balanced, aligns with the Electricity Act , and ensures proper cost allocation between RtR and bundled service customers.

Incremental costs and cost causation Intervenors asked whether distribution-connected generation and surplus net billing in the RtR market could give rise to incremental distribution-system costs, including system-upgrade costs and changes...

AI summary Intervenors questioned whether distribution-connected generation and surplus net billing in the RtR market could lead to incremental distribution costs and who would bear them. NSPI stated that the RtR market is based on cost neutrality, with any incremental costs borne by RtR participants, not bundled service customers. REI supported NSPI's proposal to develop a DAS Administration Charge through the 2027 AAR process.