Topic:"Grid Modernization" in M12247

For Action Plan/Roadmap Items with the most recent updates included in the Path to 2030 document filed with the 2025 ACE Plan in December of 2024, please see the references below (UARB Matter M12012): Action Plan/Roadmap Item Topic Path to...

AI summary The document outlines updates to the Action Plan/Roadmap Items included in the Path to 2030 document, filed with the 2025 ACE Plan. It references specific sections and pages from the document, including topics such as regional integration, electrification strategy, wind procurement, and demand response programming.

Regional Integration Strategy Action Plan Item 1 This strategy will identify methods of gaining access to firm capacity and low-carbon energy while increasing the reliability of Nova Scotia's interconnection with North America. The key com...

AI summary The Regional Integration Strategy aims to enhance Nova Scotia's access to firm capacity and low-carbon energy while improving interconnection reliability with North America. Key components include monitoring firm capacity imports and advancing the reliability tie project.

Regional Integration Strategy Action Plan Item 1a: Reliability Tie - On April 9th, NS Power filed the Reliability Tie application with the Nova Scotia Energy Board (NSEB) - The scope of the application is to seek approval for the capital s...

AI summary NS Power submitted an application to the Nova Scotia Energy Board (NSEB) on April 9th to approve capital expenditures for constructing a 345kV transmission line and associated infrastructure connecting Onslow, NS to Salisbury, NB.

Electrification Impacts – T&D System Action Plan Item 2c & Roadmap Item 6 As outlined in Roadmap Item 6 , NS Power continues to monitor electrification and load growth, to reflect these impacts in developed load forecasts for Nova Scotia....

AI summary NS Power is analyzing electrification impacts on its transmission and distribution system, leveraging SCADA and AMI data to refine load forecasts, model system peaks, and identify overloaded equipment. Improved modelling techniques now capture varied peak patterns (morning, afternoon, summer) and enable granular feeder-level load reallocation.

2025 Evergreen IRP Action Plan and Roadmap Update (NSEB M12247) NSPI Responses to Consumer Advocate Information Requests 1 Request IR-2: 2 3 RE: Action Plan Item 2b 4 5 Please provide a description of data that NS Power monitors, or antici...

AI summary NSPI responds to a request for information on data monitored to understand electrification impacts. The response references the 2025 IRP Action Plan Update and mentions the use of annual load forecasts, SCADA, and AMI data for monitoring. Some data, like interconnection requests, are accessible on the NS Power Oasis site.

NON-CONFIDENTIAL 1 Request IR-6: 2 3 Please provide an update on the status of dynamic line ratings and other grid-enhancing 4 technologies. In your response, please indicate what role these technologies may play (and at 5 what level of ma...

AI summary The Dynamic Line Ratings Project and Ambient Adjusted Ratings Project are underway, involving the deployment of 129 sensors on six critical transmission lines and using weather data to provide real-time transmission capacity data. These projects aim to identify additional transmission capacity and are expected to be completed by the end of 2025.

NON-CONFIDENTIAL 1 Request IR-1: 3 Automatic Generation Control (AGC) functionality required from new wind farms 4 (beginning with the Rate Base Procurement projects), which will reduce curtailment 5 relative to what would be achieved by f...

AI summary The document discusses requests related to Automatic Generation Control (AGC) functionality for new wind farms and modeling of transmission and distribution systems. It includes questions about system modeling, feeder peak patterns, and data usage, along with responses from NSPI regarding modeling practices and data collection plans.

[nspi-combined-interconnection-request-queue(pdf).pdf](https://www.nspower.ca/docs/default-source/pdf-to-upload/nspi-combined-interconnection-request-queue(pdf).pdf?sfvrsn=d56d149_88) IR SIS Status COD 27 1. Jurisdictional Scan 28 • Review...

AI summary The document outlines a series of tasks related to hybrid-heating programs, customer research, electric-system modelling, program operationalization, and reporting. Net Zero Atlantic is coordinating the work with the Department of Energy, Nova Scotia Power, and Efficiency Nova Scotia. The final study report is expected in Q1 2026.

39 Request IR-6: 41 Please provide an update on the status of dynamic line ratings and other grid-enhancing 42 technologies. In your response, please indicate what role these technologies may play (and at what 43 level of materiality) to a...

AI summary Request IR-6 seeks an update on dynamic line ratings and grid-enhancing technologies, asking about their role in achieving Integrated Resource Plan (IRP) objectives. The request emphasizes materiality levels and potential contributions to IRP action plans.

2.BACKGROUND On April 30, 2025, NSPI filed its 2025 Evergreen IRP Action Plan and Roadmap Update. In this update, NSPI provided an update on electricity planning environment changes, an update on the Action Plan and Roadmap items to date,...

AI summary NSPI filed its 2025 Evergreen IRP Action Plan Update, referencing the Path to 2030 document and relying on prior modeling. The update includes resource pathway planning, electrification strategies, wind procurement, battery storage, and demand response. Resource trajectories are updated based on load forecasts from 2022–2025, with no new capacity modeling conducted.

those activities, such that there is no gap in work required to set-up the NSIESO for success. Namely, NS Power will continue to advance work on the Effective Load Carrying Capacity (ELCC) study, as well as continued participation in the N...

AI summary NS Power highlights ongoing efforts to prepare the NSIESO for success, including the ELCC study and participation in the Net Zero Atlantic Hybrid Peak study. It also references the Evergreen IRP and PLEXOS modeling from previous proceedings, such as the Reliability Intertie application (M12217), to support its planning assumptions and modeling accuracy.