Topic:"Stakeholder Engagement" in M12558

M11169, NSUARB Decision, Nova Scotia Power 2022 ACE Plan Distribution Routines D0008 ATO, June 27, 2024, at paras. 39-40. 1 2 3 disruptive events but could help to reduce damage and could also facilitate the 5 recovery from a disrupted sta...

AI summary The document highlights the importance of balancing investment decisions in reliability and resiliency with rate impacts, emphasizing the need for open dialogue among NS Power, customers, and government to align system performance and costs. NS Power hopes the 2022 ACE Plan and the regulatory process will facilitate this balance.

1 7.0 CONCLUSION 2 3 This Plan demonstrates NS Power's commitment to delivering reliable and resilient electrical 4 service to customers. By investing in infrastructure hardening, grid modernization, vegetation 5 management, and leveraging...

AI summary NS Power outlines its commitment to enhancing grid reliability and resilience through infrastructure investments and modernization. The Plan acknowledges potential external challenges and emphasizes flexibility, with updates to be provided in future ACE Plans as directed by the Board in M11692. NS Power also aims to engage stakeholders on the balance between reliability improvements and costs.

hours after a Major Event. Synapse was hired by the Board to assess NS Power's five-year reliability plan and summarize our findings in a report. Synapse will seek to answer key questions, including: - How did NS Power determine the type a...

AI summary Synapse was hired by the Board to evaluate NS Power's five-year reliability plan, focusing on how investments were determined, criteria used, peer utility practices, reliability issue root causes, and stakeholder input, particularly from vulnerable groups such as the Mi'kmaq of Nova Scotia and low-income customers.

gets. - Assessment of how NS Power selects and prioritizes reliability improvements in its 5-year plan. - Assessment if and how NS Power solicited input on reliability concerns and potential solutions from particular communities, customer...

AI summary The text outlines the scope of assessment for NS Power's 5-year reliability improvement plan, focusing on how input is solicited from various customer groups, prioritization criteria, and addressing reliability disparities among different communities and customer classes.

- Initial Virtual Technical Conference: A two-hour technical conference will be held to allow for discussion of issues and potential solutions after participants review the draft TOR. - Written Comments on draft TOR: Approximately three we...

AI summary The document outlines a series of steps in the regulatory process for NS Power's reliability plan, including technical conferences, written comments, and the development of a final report by Synapse. The process involves stakeholder engagement and the refinement of the reliability plan ahead of the 2027 ACE Plan filing.

- 1 before they occur, while reactive investments are essential to address unavoidable failures and 1 Request IR-7: 12 Plan and how? 13 14 (c) If not, why not? 15 16 Response IR-11: 17 18 (a) Yes, NS Power has solicited input on reliabilit...

AI summary NS Power has engaged with communities across Nova Scotia to gather input on reliability concerns and inform their reliability investment plans. They have conducted outreach sessions with over 80 communities and have a dedicated Mi'kmaq Relations team to engage with Mi'kmaw communities and organizations.

1 Request IR-34: 9 criteria and a comprehensive list of critical facilities in the province are not available to NS 10 Power. During storm response, NS Power coordinates with the provincial Department of 11 Emergency Management to identify...

AI summary The text discusses NS Power's response to requests regarding critical infrastructure identification during storm response, the absence of backup power consideration in risk ratings, and the lack of specific plans to address reliability disparities for certain populations, including the Mi'kmaq of Nova Scotia. NS Power refers to Synapse reports for further details on reliability and asset management strategies.

Request IR-11: - Did NS Power solicit input on reliability concerns from particular communities, customer types, or - customers classes, including but not limited to the Mi'kmaq of Nova Scotia, customers who are - medically-dependent on el...

AI summary Request IR-11 asks NS Power whether they solicited input on reliability concerns from specific customer groups, including the Mi'kmaq, low-income customers, and critical facilities, and whether these concerns were incorporated into the Reliability Plan.