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Connecting to Live Hearings
Some hearings are broadcast online. For a list of current and upcoming sessions and information on how to connect to them click here.
Nova Scotia Power Incorporated Capital Expenditure Requests
Information regarding larger Nova Scotia Power Incorporated capital expenditure requests currently under review and Annual Capital Expenditure (ACE) Plans can be found here.
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.
Notice of Paper Hearing - EfficiencyOne (M12282)
IN THE MATTER OF AN APPLICATION by EFFICIENCYONE for approval of a New Benefit-Cost Analysis Test for Evaluating Demand Side Management (DSM) Plans...
Notice of Paper Hearing - Nova Scotia Power Inc. (M12247)
IN THE MATTER of NOVA SCOTIA POWER INC.'s 2025 Evergreen IRP Action Plan and Roadmap Update...
Notice of Paper Hearing - Nova Scotia Power Incorporated (M12275)
IN THE MATTER OF an application by NOVA SCOTIA POWER INCORPORATED for approval of Capital Work Order CI C0021140 - New 138KV-25KV Substation Stellarton, in the amount of $12,960,396...
Notice of Paper Hearing - EfficiencyOne (M12249)
IN THE MATTER OF an application by EFFICIENCYONE for approval of the 2026 DSM Extension for Demand-Side Management Activities between EfficiencyOne and Nova Scotia Power Inc., and for approval of the Amendment to the 2023-2025 Demand-Side Management Purchase Agreement between EfficiencyOne and Nova Scotia Power Inc...
Hearing Order - Nova Scotia Consumer Advocate and Small Business Advocate (M12231 & M12232)
IN THE MATTER OF a review of the 2024 Annual Reports of the Nova Scotia Consumer Advocate and the Small Business Advocate...
Notice of Paper Hearing - Wasoqonatl Transmission Incorporated (M12217)
IN THE MATTER OF AN APPLICATION by WASOQONATL TRANSMISSION INCORPORATED for certain approvals about a capital project for the construction of a 345 kV transmission intertie between Nova Scotia and New Brunswick...
Hearing Order - Nova Scotia Power Incorporated (M12185)
IN THE MATTER OF a review of NOVA SCOTIA POWER INCORPORATED'S 2024 Annual Performance Review Standards Report...
Notice of Paper Hearing - Nova Scotia Power Incorporated (M12178)
IN THE MATTER OF AN APPLICATION by NOVA SCOTIA POWER INCORPORATED about asset disposition relating to the Smart Grid Nova Scotia Project, including deferral of the unrecovered net book value costs of $1.7 million over an amortization period of five years and revisions to the Solar Garden Rate Rider...
Notice of Paper Hearing - Nova Scotia Power Incorporated (M12164)
IN THE MATTER OF a review of NOVA SCOTIA POWER INCORPORATED's 2024 Annual Report for the Commercial Net Metering Program in accordance with the Electricity Act and Section 37C(1) of the Renewable Electricity Regulations...
Notice of Paper Hearing - Nova Scotia Power Incorporated (M12184)
IN THE MATTER OF an application by NOVA SCOTIA POWER INCORPORATED for approval of a subsequent term for the Extra Large Industrial Active Demand Control (ELIADC) Tariff...
Notice of Paper Hearing - Nova Scotia Power Incorporated (M12149)
IN THE MATTER OF an investigation pursuant to s. 19 of the Public Utilities Act into certain matters arising from a Joint Use Agreement between NOVA SCOTIA POWER INCORPORATED and BELL ALIANT...
Notice of Paper Hearing - Nova Scotia Power Incorporated (M12117)
IN THE MATTER OF an application by NOVA SCOTIA POWER INCORPORATED for approval of Capital Work Order CI C0061284 - IT - OT Cyber Security Control Implementation Phase 1, in the amount of $6,826,426...
Notice of Paper Hearing - Nova Scotia Power Incorporated (M11927)
IN THE MATTER OF an application by NOVA SCOTIA POWER INCORPORATED (NS Power) for approval of an Authorization to Overspend (ATO) in the amount $8,201,086 on capital application CI 50518 - HYD Ruth Falls Main Dam Refurbishment, increasing the Company's request for Board approval of a total project capital cost of $15,455,508...
Oral Hearings
The following Notices provide details of upcoming oral hearings including deadlines for those wishing to participate.
June 2025
June 23 - Nova Scotia Power Incorporated (M11150) Amended
IN THE MATTER OF AN APPEAL by NOVA SCOTIA POWER INCORPORATED under a. 48 of the Renewable Electricity Regulations of the Minister's decision directing a penalty of $10 million...
July 2025
July 22 - Town of Lunenburg Electric Utility (M12179)
IN THE MATTER OF AN APPLICATION by THE TOWN OF LUNENBURG, on behalf of its ELECTRIC UTILITY for approval of Amendments to its Schedule of Rates and Charges for the provision of electric supply and services to its customers and its Schedule of Rules and Regulations...
August 2025
August 6 - Steve R. Murphy's Auto Services Ltd. and WSK Investments Limited (M11978)
IN THE MATTER OF AN INVESTIGATION by the NOVA SCOTIA UTILITY AND REVIEW BOARD under the Petroleum Products Pricing Regulations requested by Steve R. Murphy's Auto Services Ltd. and WSK Investments Limited about whether the current wholesale margin for self-service and full-service gasoline and diesel is just and reasonable...