Topic:"Rate Design" in M12841

Why do this project? NS Power has a requirement to serve interconnection customers participating in the Government of Nova Scotia's Community Solar Program. The Minister has issued a Power Purchase Agreement for this project, in accordance...

AI summary NS Power is required to serve interconnection customers in Nova Scotia's Community Solar Program, as mandated by the Electricity Act. The Minister has issued a Power Purchase Agreement for the project, which will add 4.8 MW of solar energy to the grid.

REDACTED CI C0083589 Attachment 1 Page 6 of 40 REDACTED (CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION REMOVED) Figure 1: Proposed Solar Location The proposed development is for the installation of 4.8 MW of solar generation with inverters. The installation ha...

AI summary The document describes a proposed 4.8 MW solar generation installation approved under the Community Solar Program. The project includes inverters and is illustrated in Figure 1, which shows the proposed solar location.

CI C0083589 – IR751 Brooklyn Community Solar (NSEB M12841) NSPI Responses to NSEB Information Requests 1 Request IR-1: 2 3 What will be the estimated annual maintenance, repair and replacement costs and sustaining 4 costs for this project...

AI summary The document details NSPI's response to an information request regarding the estimated annual maintenance, repair, and replacement costs for the Brooklyn Community Solar project after commissioning. NSPI states that these costs will be the responsibility of the interconnection customer.

NON-CONFIDENTIAL 1 Request IR-7: 2 3 Once built and commissioned, will the project also provide benefits to NS Power's customers 4 generally or is it only to benefit the solar generator? 5 6 Response IR-7: 7 8 The network upgrades included...

AI summary The response to Request IR-7 indicates that the network upgrades in the project primarily benefit the solar generator interconnection customer, with marginal benefits to other NS Power customers. The project is part of the Province's Community Solar Program, and customers can subscribe to energy from the generator and receive a bill credit under the Community Solar Energy Credit Rider (M11911).

M12841 – Nova Scotia Power Inc. – CI C0083589 – IR751 – Brooklyn Community Solar - $0 (U&U) The Board has reviewed the application of Nova Scotia Power (NS Power) dated May 4, 2026. NS Power requested Board approval for IR751 Brooklyn Comm...

AI summary The Board has approved Nova Scotia Power's application for the Brooklyn Community Solar Project, confirming that ratepayers will not be responsible for capital costs. The project will be funded by the developer, with costs outlined in the executed Purchase Power Agreement and Community Solar Program regulations.

Commercial Information Items 1, 2, 3 and 4: Partial confidentiality was applied to costs associated with materials, contracts, freight, consulting, licensing and software details provided in the capital work orders. To protect value for cu...

AI summary NS Power argues that partial confidentiality for capital work order details (materials, contracts, software) is necessary to protect customer interests by preventing competitive disadvantage, ensuring fair pricing, and maintaining system security. Disclosure risks higher costs, reduced competition, and potential threats to grid reliability.