Topic:"Rate Base" in M12784

the performance standards by 2029. The Board acknowledges that NS Power's Five‑Year Reliability Plan investment and its impact on customer rates are currently under review to address these questions. [76] The problem circuits identified in...

AI summary The Board acknowledges improvements in performance standards and reliability plan investments by NS Power, though some circuits remain problematic. The Five-Year Reliability Plan's impact on customer rates is under review, and the Board notes concerns about the optimality of performance measures and capital expenditures.

pital expenditures are truly optimal. The Board further recognizes that the performance standards NS Power now seeks to meet are the same standards the utility originally committed to achieve in 2017. [80] The Board understands NS Power's...

AI summary The Board acknowledges NS Power's efforts to balance low customer rates with climate change challenges but emphasizes the need for empirical evidence to ensure the Five-Year Reliability Plan is effective and in customers' best interests. The Board also defers judgment on NS Power's failure to meet two reliability standards due to a cybersecurity incident, directing those issues to be addressed in separate proceedings.