N-12025 Report
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Commercial Net Metering Program – 2025 Annual Report NS Power March 31, 2026 NON-CONFIDENTIAL
AI summary The 2025 Annual Report for Nova Scotia's Commercial Net Metering Program, submitted by NS Power on March 31, 2026, provides an overview of the program's performance and compliance with regulatory requirements. The report is marked as non-confidential and focuses on the program's operational and financial aspects.
DATE FILED: March 31, 2026 Page 3 of 13 1 1.0 INTRODUCTION 2 3 This annual report was established in accordance with Section 37E of the Renewable Electricity 4 Regulations (RE Regulations) and the Nova Scotia Energy Board's (NSEB, Board) N...
AI summary This document outlines the requirements for NS Power's annual reporting under the Renewable Electricity Regulations and the Nova Scotia Energy Board's directives. It includes updates on the Commercial Net Metering Program and the Board's approval of the 2023 Report, with directions for future reporting improvements.
DATE FILED: March 31, 2026 Page 4 of 13 M11872 – Board Order, NS Power Commercial Net Metering Program Application, 308596, November 1, 2023. M11626 – Board letter, NS Power Commercial Net Metering Program – 2023 Annual Report, 314325, pag...
AI summary The document outlines the NS Power Commercial Net Metering Program (CNMP) 2025 Annual Report, which includes updates on reporting metrics, revisions to service standards, and information related to a cybersecurity incident. The Board has directed NS Power to use business days instead of calendar days in future CNMP reports and to provide an update in the 2025 report on information not previously available due to a cybersecurity incident.
M10905 – NS Power Interconnection Processes Compliance Report, Section 3.10, pages 28-32. November 29, 2024. M10905/M12174 – Board Decision, 325725, page 6-7. November 14, 2025. M10905 – Compliance Report, Reply Comments, page 10. January...
AI summary The document outlines NS Power's compliance report related to the Commercial Net Metering Program (CNMP), including updates on service standards, hosting capacity analysis, and reporting under the Renewable Electricity Regulations. It also references a cybersecurity incident that impacted NS Power's ability to provide certain data.
DATE FILED: March 31, 2026 Page 9 of 13 10 M10872 – Board Decision, 308250, page 4, October 20, 2023. 11 In its September 10, 2025 letter on the 2024 Report, the Board provided "[t]he Board finds that the proposed revisions to the Executio...
AI summary NS Power faced delays in executing CNMP Participant Agreements and account setup due to a cyber security incident, which impacted document retrieval and meter configuration. The Board acknowledged the delays but noted that service level targets were met when excluding outlier cases. NS Power committed to monitoring and reducing delays in future reporting.
y Synapse in Item 2 of its response to question 23 under M10872,[19](#page-11-4) and the following additional metrics (as noted in Section 2.4 of NS Power's Reply to Closing Submissions under M11626): DATE FILED: March 31, 2026 Page 12 of...
AI summary The document discusses updates to hosting capacity analysis, including metrics from Synapse and NS Power's reply. It references the Renewable Electricity Regulations and details on energy storage, net metering projects, and CNMP's contribution to RES. The Company agreed to update the Board on RECs and excluded interconnection requests without CNMP applications due to staging processes.
2025 Commercial Net Metering Report Appendix A has been filed electronically only.
AI summary The 2025 Commercial Net Metering Report Appendix A has been submitted electronically, as indicated in the document header. No further details or analysis are provided in the text.
N-4NSPI (NSEB) RIR 1 to 9
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NON-CONFIDENTIAL 1 Request IR-1: 2 3 In the 2023 Commercial Net Metering Program (CNMP) Report, matter M11626, Nova 4 Scotia Power Inc. (NS Power) outlined joint work on an audit model that sought to improve 5 inspection times with the Dep...
AI summary The response to Request IR-1 discusses the status of the virtual inspection process model for the Commercial Net Metering Program (CNMP). The model is in the final phase of a pilot with 30 electrical contractors participating, aiming for full implementation by Q3 2026. The pilot is being tested with a technology-based submittal process, and results are reviewed weekly by the project team and the Provincial Chief Electrical Inspector.
Option (NM) customers only.[1](#page-7-0) 1 Commercial net metering impacts were inferred from the NM Report analysis, using relative solar array sizes and program sample sizes to estimate results.[2](#page-7-1) 2 3 4 Total estimated solar...
AI summary The text discusses the methodology used to estimate the impacts of commercial net metering, including the calculation of displaced energy, avoided fuel costs, and incremental costs to serve. It uses relative solar array sizes, irradiance-based weighting, and hourly marginal fuel prices to model these effects.
1 Customers who added generation or who began service partway through the 2025 are not included in the calculation of a representative customer. 1 indicative estimate of the associated costs and benefits in response to parts (b) to (d) of...
AI summary The text discusses the calculation of a representative customer for the Commercial Net Metering Program (CNMP) in 2025, excluding those who added generation or began service mid-year. It outlines estimated costs and benefits, including avoided costs of energy displaced by solar generation behind-the-meter and exported to the grid.
value of the avoided costs of CNMP customer exported energy (part (c)), the value of the credits provided exceeded the system savings by $231,000.9 Metrics and results by representative customer segment are provided in Table 1. 3 4 5 1 2
AI summary The value of credits provided through the Commercial Net Metering Program (CNMP) exceeded system savings by $231,000, with metrics and results by customer segment detailed in Table 1.
Table 1: Summary of CNMP Analysis Metrics and Results, by Representative Customer Metric Domestic Standard Offer Domestic Time-of- Day Small General General Small Industrial Total Participants 7 1 14 33 6 61 Average solar array size (kWac)...
AI summary Table 1 summarizes the Commercial Net Metering Program (CNMP) analysis metrics and results by customer type, including participant numbers, average solar array sizes, percent share of annual solar energy production, and various cost calculations such as avoided costs and incremental costs to serve energy.
8 \ \ Medium industrial rate class excluded due to insufficient data during the AMI sample year (2024). 1 Request IR-7: 14 Interconnection Requests. 15 16 More generally, when a required network upgrade is identified, NS Power engages with...
AI summary The text discusses NS Power's process for handling interconnection requests, including customer engagement during network upgrades and the evaluation of least-cost solutions. It also references a request regarding the withdrawal of CNMP applications in 2025.
101871SBA (NSPI) IR-1 to IR-5
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1 M12782 2 3 NOVA SCOTIA ENERGY BOARD 4 5 IN THE MATTER OF: The Electricity Act, S.N.S. 2004, c. 25, as amended. 6 7 IN THE MATTER OF: A review of Nova Scotia Power Incorporated's 2025 Annual 8 9 Report for the Commercial Net Metering Prog...
AI summary The Nova Scotia Energy Board is reviewing Nova Scotia Power Incorporated's 2025 Annual Report for the Commercial Net Metering Program under the Electricity Act and the Renewable Electricity Regulations. A request for information has been sent to Karynne Munroe, Manager of Regulatory Affairs at NS Power, with responses due by May 26, 2026.
Refer to M12782, Exhibit N-1, Nova Scotia Power Incorporated ("NS Power"). Commercial Net Metering Program – 2025 Annual Report, March 31, 2026, (the "2025 Report"), Section 3.2 Updates & Refinements to Hosting Capacity Analysis, page 12 o...
AI summary The document references a report by Nova Scotia Power regarding the restoration of hosting capacity data and maps by the end of Q2 2026, which depends on GIS recovery and integration with CYME software. Several questions are raised about the timeline, responsibilities, and potential delays.
Request IR-3: Refer to M12782, Exhibit N-1(i), NS Power 2025 Commercial Net Metering Report, Appendix A EO, (the "2025 Report Appendix A"), which includes two tabs entitled "2025 CNMP Applications" and "2025 CNMP In Progress" and answer th...
AI summary Request IR-3 seeks clarification on NS Power's 2025 Commercial Net Metering Report, focusing on data grouping, DGIP Stage status differences, required analyses for incomplete projects, and delays in In Progress projects. Questions address data interpretation, service provision timelines, and procedural compliance.
Request IR-5: Refer to M12782, Exhibit N-1, the 2025 Report, page 13 of 13 at lines 11 -16, which states: The CNMP estimated contribution to 2025 RES and a RECs status update (i.e. number of opt-ins and annual REC volumes) is provided in A...
AI summary The text references M12782, Exhibit N-1, and the 2025 Report, discussing the exclusion of interconnection requests without CNMP applications, particularly for Class 2 applicants. It raises three questions about program options for Class 2 applicants, the meaning of 'consistent with prior reports,' and the impact of RES and RECs on peak demand and other customer classes.