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 - Nova Scotia Independent Energy System Operator (NSIESO) (M12412)

  This is a paper hearing on the proposed initial test year budget for the Nova Scotia Independent Energy System Operator, a non-profit tasked with directing the operation of the transmission grid and ensuring the province has enough electricity to meet current and future demand.

  The rates to recover these costs will be decided in a future application.

• Notice of Paper Hearing - Nova Scotia Power Incorporated (M12386)

  IN THE MATTER OF NOVA SCOTIA POWER INCORPORATED's 2025 10-Year System Outlook Report...

• Hearing Order - Nova Scotia Power Incorporated (M12349)

  IN THE MATTER OF NOVA SCOTIA POWER INCORPORATED's 2025 Load Forecast Report...

• Notice of Paper Hearing - Town of Berwick (M12308)

  This is a paper hearing on the Town of Berwick's application to approve the cost of building its community solar garden.

• Notice of Paper Hearing - Town of Mahone Bay (M12307)

  This is a paper hearing on the Town of Mahone Bay's application to approve the cost of building its community solar garden.

• Notice of Paper Hearing - Town of Antigonish (M12306)

  This is a paper hearing on the Town of Antigonish's application to approve the cost of building its community solar garden.

• Notice of Paper Hearing - NSP Maritime Link Inc.(M12285)

  This is a paper hearing on an application from NSP Maritime Link Inc. (NSPML), the company operating the Maritime Link, for approval to spend an estimated $33 million to protect its underwater cables.  

  The application requests that, if approved by the Board, the amount be paid for by electricity customers via rates.

• Hearing Order - Nova Scotia Power Incorporated (M12303)

  IN THE MATTER OF THE NOVA SCOTIA POWER INCORPORATED 2024 Annual Report respecting Decarbonization Deferral Account...

• 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...

• Notice of Paper Hearing - Wasoqonatl Transmission Incorporated (M12217)

  This is a paper hearing on Wasoqonatl Transmission Inc.'s application seeking certain approvals related to 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)

  This is a paper hearing on Nova Scotia Power Inc.’s application to extend the Extra Large Industrial Active Demand Control Tariff for Port Hawkesbury Paper LP for a one-year term beginning January 1, 2026.

• 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...

Oral Hearings

The following Notices provide details of upcoming oral hearings including deadlines for those wishing to participate.

September 2025

• September 22 - EfficiencyOne (E1) (M12282) Amended

  IN THE MATTER OF AN APPLICATION by EFFICIENCYONE (E1) for approval of a New Benefit-Cost Analysis Test for Evaluating Demand Side Management (DSM) Plans...

December 2025

• December 15 - NSP Maritime Link Incorporated - 2026 Assessment Application (M12394)

  This is a public hearing on an application from NSP Maritime Link Inc. (NSPML), the company operating the Maritime Link, for approval of its 2026 revenue requirement and a cost assessment.  

  The cost assessment is the amount that will be paid by Nova Scotia Power Inc. and recovered from its customers to finance the Maritime Link, which carries renewable electricity to Nova Scotia from the Muskrat Falls hydroelectric plant in Newfoundland and Labrador. NSPML is proposing to set its 2026 cost assessment at $198.7 million, payable monthly by NS Power in 2026.