Topic:"Planning Reserve Margin" in M12696

dates have been completed on the Maritime Link since its commissioning in 2018. [38] Mr. Wilson's opinion is that the July 2023 outage meets the Board's standard for relief for good utility practice. [39] Bates White, however, was more nua...

AI summary The July 2023 outage is being evaluated for compliance with good utility practice. While Mr. Wilson believes it meets the standard, Bates White suggests that the assessment is subjective and that some issues could have been addressed before commissioning. Concentric disagrees, arguing that post-commissioning activities are separate from those needed to place a facility into service.

ing the period. This is effectively the same level of availability that actually occurred during that period, as the LIL was entirely offline and unavailable to provide capacity to the Maritime Link. [66] In effect, and as noted by NSPML,...

AI summary The Board found that NSPML's decision not to complete its own bipole outage during the September 2023 monopole outages was prudent, as it preserved Maritime Link availability. The outage was planned, coordinated with NL Hydro, and scheduled during a lower-load period, consistent with good utility practice. The Board granted holdback relief for the event.

3.3.1 Findings [30] While the experts and parties sometimes had different ways of expressing the meaning of good utility practice and exceptional circumstances, it appeared to the Board that there were many common elements across those exp...

AI summary The Board acknowledges that good utility practice involves assessing the reasonableness of actions in specific circumstances, and that it is both objective and subjective. Exceptional circumstances are judged based on how far they deviate from normal conditions. The Board will apply these principles to the case, noting that planned outages are part of good utility practice but not always consistent with it.

ing the period. This is effectively the same level of availability that actually occurred during that period, as the LIL was entirely offline and unavailable to provide capacity to the Maritime Link. [66] In effect, and as noted by NSPML,...

AI summary The Board found that NSPML's decision not to complete its own bipole outage during the Maritime Link monopole outages in September 2023 was prudent, as it maintained energy availability. The outage was planned, coordinated, and scheduled during a lower-load period, aligning with good utility practice. The Board granted holdback relief for the event.