Paper Hearings

Matters not requiring in-person oral hearings are listed below. Those wishing to participate in these proceedings should respond by the dates indicated in the notices.

• Hearing Order - Nova Scotia Power Incorporated (M12833)

  IN THE MATTER OF THE NOVA SCOTIA POWER INCORPORATED 2025 Annual Report respecting the Decarbonization Deferral Account...

• Notice of Paper Hearing - Berwick Electric Commission (M12795)

  This is a hearing on Berwick Electric Commission's application to spend $6,000,000 to refurbish its Factorydale hydropower plant.

• Hearing Order - Nova Scotia Power Incorporated (M12782)

  This is a hearing to review Nova Scotia Power's 2025 Annual Report for the Commercial Net Metering Program.

• Hearing Order - Nova Scotia Power Incorporated (M12743)

  This is a hearing on Nova Scotia Power's application to spend $6,756,522 on a project to improve its Identity and Access Management (IAM) procedures and tools.

• Hearing Order - Nova Scotia Power Incorporated (M12784)

  This is a hearing to review Nova Scotia Power's 2025 Annual Performance Standards Report.

  Under s. 52D(4) of the Public Utilities Act, if the Board determines that NS Power has failed to achieve any performance standard, it may order the utility to pay an administrative penalty or to develop and file a plan for bringing itself into compliance with a performance standard, or both.

• Hearing Order - NSP Maritime Link Inc. (M12696) Amended

  This is a hearing on NSP Maritime Link (NSPML)'s request to end the financial holdback that the Board put in place in 2022 to account for delays in the delivery of hydroelectricity from Muskrat Falls via the Maritime Link. It is asking the Board to remove the holdback as of April 2024 and release all holdback funds accumulated from that date.

  The timetable applied to this proceeding has been updated.  

• Notice of Paper Hearing - Nova Scotia Power Incorporated (M12661)

  This is a hearing on Nova Scotia Power's application requesting approval of a new electricity rate plan for Port Hawkesbury Paper (PHP). The utility is proposing that PHP would subscribe to the new rate plan beginning on or before January 1, 2027, as the current rate plan is set to expire at the end of 2026.

• Hearing Order - Nova Scotia Power Incorporated (M12588)

  This is a hearing on Nova Scotia Power's application to spend $5,644,468 on its Renewable to Retail Implementation Project.

Oral Hearings

The following notices provide details of upcoming oral hearings. Those wishing to participate in these proceedings should respond by the dates indicated in the notices.

June 2026

• June 17 - Nova Scotia Independent Energy System Operator (M12663) Amended

  This is a hearing on IESO Nova Scotia's proposed $14.9-million budget for its 2026-27 fiscal year (which began on April 1, 2026). It is requesting $950,000 per month from NS Power to meet upcoming financial obligations. The payments would continue until March 31, 2027, or until a permanent fee recovery mechanism is developed, whichever comes first.

  Any approved costs would ultimately be recovered from ratepayers through electricity rates.

  This hearing was previously scheduled as a paper hearing, but will now proceed as a formal oral hearing. 

• June 22 - Eastward Energy Incorporated (M12691)

  This is a hearing on Eastward Energy's application to adjust its rates for delivering natural gas. The utility is proposing to increase delivery rates for residential customers by 7% in 2027, 8% in 2028, and 9% in 2029. There are no changes proposed to rates for commercial and industrial customers over the three-year period.

July 2026

• July 27 - Nova Scotia Power Incorporated (M12600)

  This is a public hearing to review the reasonableness of NS Power’s actions before, during, and after the cybersecurity incident discovered in April 2025.

  Issues to be considered include the collection and retention of customer information, measures implemented to mitigate risk to customers from fraud and identity theft, billing accuracy and estimations, customer communications, and other business and regulatory impacts.

August 2026

• August 4 – EfficiencyOne (M12780)

  This is a hearing on EfficiencyOne's application requesting approval of its 2027-2031 Demand-Side Management Purchase Agreement with Nova Scotia Power, the establishment of a final agreement between the parties, and approval of a 2027-2031 Demand-Side Management (DSM) Resource Plan.