Topic:"Tariff Design" in M08929

Initiate a Thermal Plant Retirement, Redevelopment and Replacement Plan including: - Develop a plan for the retirement and replacement of Trenton 5, targeting 2023, while identifying required replacement capacity and energy in parallel. Be...

AI summary The document outlines a plan to retire and replace thermal plants, including a depreciation study, redevelopment of natural gas turbines, wind procurement targeting 50-100 MW by 2025, and a demand response strategy targeting 75 MW by 2025. It also mentions the calculation of avoided costs for DSM scenarios.

IRP process is completed, NS Power will revisit justification for the continued applicability of the 32 percent capacity contribution factor for BUTU billing purposes.” We wish to specifically note that the 2020 IRP process is not the appr...

AI summary The document discusses the inappropriateness of using the Integrated Resource Plan (IRP) process to determine the capacity contribution factor for the Back-Up/Top-Up (BUTU) Tariff. It emphasizes that the IRP is a generic planning tool and not a rate design process. The BUTU Tariff is tied to specific non-Nova Scotia Power generation facilities and should be addressed separately.

Hour of the Day charging, thereby increasing the Digby load and decreasing the net Fig. 3. Nova Scotia Power domestic service time-of-day electricity tariff schedule. electricity export. To model the effects of such a strategy, each 24 h p...

AI summary The text discusses the impact of time-of-day (TOD) electricity tariff schedules on charging behavior and electricity export, specifically focusing on Nova Scotia Power's domestic service. It models the effects of smart charging strategies by analyzing 24-hour periods and controlling charging during times of high export.

r’s Smart Grid Project, NS Power’s Time Varying Pricing application, the DR Joint Working Group between NS Power and Efficiency One, the ELIADC tariff, and the Large Industrial Interruptible Rider. Page 39 of 43 Nova Scotia Power IRP Final...

AI summary The text references several initiatives and programs related to energy efficiency, grid modernization, and regulatory proceedings, including NS Power's Smart Grid Project, Time Varying Pricing application, and the ELIADC tariff. It also mentions a DR Joint Working Group and the Large Industrial Interruptible Rider, along with a summary of stakeholder comments on an action plan and roadmap.

Request / Directive Originator Status NS Power Comments 2018 FAM Audit Recommendation IX-1 Bates White Complete PHP is no longer served on the Load Retention Tariff. Subsequent to this FAM Audit (f) Explicitly address the effect of PHP loa...

AI summary The 2018 FAM Audit Recommendation IX-1 discusses the effect of PHP load on resource planning and tariff structures. NS Power notes that PHP is no longer served under the Load Retention Tariff and is now served under the Extra-Large Industrial Active Demand Control Tariff. PHP is considered a priority interruptible customer and does not contribute to firm capacity requirements.

mptions Set, January 20, 2020. 26 See, for example, 2020 IRP Report, section 1.9.1. 9 Bates White Comments On NSPI Final IRP Report Explicitly address the effect of PHP load. The LRT requires that NSPI exclude PHP from its planning conside...

AI summary Bates White urges NSPI to assess the long-term impacts of PHP load on FAM customers after NSPI replaced the LRT with the ELIADC Tariff, which models PHP's load as demand response. NSPI argues PHP's load is shaped to reduce peak demand and does not contribute to firm peak load, as PHP is a Priority Interruptible customer.