Topic:"Generator Interconnection" in M12558

9 6.1.1 Remote Terminal Units (RTUs) - 11 2025-2029 Forecast Investment: $ 21 million - 12 2025 Anticipated Year End Investment: $2.2 million 14 Remote Terminal Units (RTUs) enhance substation reliability by enabling real-time monitoring,...

AI summary NS Power is investing $21 million between 2025 and 2029 for RTUs, which improve substation reliability. As of now, six of the 11 planned RTUs have been installed, with the remaining units expected to be completed by year-end and early 2026. The project is under regulatory review, and NS Power will update the RTU plan based on the review outcome.

4 2025-2029 Forecast Investment : $13 million 1 3 6 10 17 19 5 2025 Anticipated Year End Investment: $1.6 million 7 Fault Location, Isolation and Service Restoration (FLISR) is a system of distribution protection 8 devices sited to allow a...

AI summary NS Power is investing in FLISR initiatives to improve distribution grid reliability. In 2025, preparatory activities included submitting a Capital Work Order under matter M12417 and standardizing specifications for FLISR implementation.

NON-CONFIDENTIAL 1 2 (c) NS Power does not assess mitigation effectiveness at the level of each individual 3 Connected Asset intervention. For Fault Isolation and Service Restoration projects, please 4 see IR-58 for more details. As noted,...

AI summary NS Power does not assess the effectiveness of mitigation at the individual asset level for Fault Isolation and Service Restoration projects. Grid visibility and monitoring capabilities are limited, with most distribution feeders beyond the substation lacking real-time monitoring. Data collection is limited, and most switch operations require manual intervention.

RTU Connectivity Substation Description Substation Criticality Substation Customers Feeder Criticality 58C 58C Southwest Margaree 5 3128 4 22C 22C Cleveland 3 4291 5 4N 4N Tatamagouche 5 4811 5 16W 16W Hebron 5 3452 5 89W 89W Bridgewater E...

AI summary The document discusses RTU connectivity, focusing on substation and feeder criticality, customer counts, and requests for information regarding lessons learned from previous projects related to downline connectivity and Control Center integration.

NON-CONFIDENTIAL 1 (iii) Distributed Energy Resources (DERs) – NS Power does not currently have 2 enhanced condition data from DERs in any systematic program and DER-related 3 enhanced data is not yet a feature of NS Power's asset manageme...

AI summary NS Power lacks systematic data collection from DERs and is evaluating a DERMS platform. RTUs provide enhanced data on asset conditions, supporting outage awareness, fault detection, and asset management, which can help identify equipment deterioration and operational risks.