Topic:"Legal Procedures" in M11927

CI 50518 - HYD - Ruth Falls Main Dam Refurbishment ATO (NSUARB M11927) NSPI Responses to The Consumer Advocate Information Requests REDACTED 1 2 Request IR-13: 3 Reference: NS Power states that costs for Mi'kmaq Engagement are $ , whereas...

AI summary The document discusses responses to information requests regarding the Ruth Falls Main Dam Refurbishment ATO, including a breakdown of Mi'kmaq engagement costs, reasons for initial underbudgeting, and discrepancies in cost figures referenced in the application.

CI 50518 – HYD Ruth Falls Main Dam Refurbishment - $15,445,508 (ATO) (NSUARB M10632) Midgard Consulting Inc. Responses to Industrial Group Information Requests 1 Request IR-23: 2 Reference: N-9, page 44 lines 8-14. 3 With respect to the Mi...

AI summary Midgard Consulting Inc. responds to questions regarding the reasonableness of increased Mi'kmaw engagement costs in the Ruth Falls Main Dam Refurbishment project. It concludes that the cost increases are reasonable and unlikely to have materially affected the original approval decision.

1 February 27, 2020 and March 2, 2020? If so, please provide. If not, how 2 does Midgard know the context in which the Request for Review was 3 submitted (noted at page 12, lines 6-7)? 4 (c) Can Midgard reconcile this information provided...

AI summary The text raises multiple questions regarding the Ruth Falls project, including the context of a Request for Review, changes in the dam's footprint, implications under the Fisheries Act, and whether NSPI was aware of amendments to the Act prior to the 2019 ACE Plan filing.

The Fisheries Act amendments were, or ought to have been, contemplated Based on the evidence included in the record of this proceeding, along with concurrent hydro applications of NSPI, NSPI knew or ought to have known about the legislativ...

AI summary The document discusses NSPI's awareness of amendments to the Fisheries Act, particularly the need for a Fisheries Act Authorization (FAA) for the Ruth Falls refurbishment project. It argues that NSPI should have anticipated these legislative changes, even before they received Royal Assent, and incorporated them into its risk assessment and application process.