A
three-person crew had to enter Lepreau's reactor building last Thursday
to fix a heavy water leak. Access to the building is through an airlock
door like this one at the Bruce nuclear generating station in Ontario. (Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission)
A
leak of heavy water at the Point Lepreau nuclear generating station
last week required three plant employees to enter the reactor building
to fix the problem manually, according to new information about the
incident released by N.B. Power.
In response to a series of
questions about the heavy water spill, N.B. Power's Dominique Couture
said in a statement "three authorized and qualified staff" were
outfitted to enter the reactor containment building where an unknown
amount of heavy water was escaping from a tube about half the width of a
household garden hose.
"The leak was stopped manually by crimping the tubing, which took a little over 30 minutes," according to Couture.
"All safety precautions were taken and safety protocols were followed."
The
Point Lepreau nuclear generating station remains offline a week after a
pair of incidents at the plant. A partial loss of power followed by the
discovery of a heavy water leak hours later remain under investigation. (Submitted by NB Power)
A
pair of events at the nuclear plant last week forced the generator
offline indefinitely with no clear explanation yet of exactly what
happened.
Official accounts from N.B. Power and the Canadian
Nuclear Safety Commission have been light on details, and to
date include no mention of a crew needing to enter the reactor building
to manually fix a leaking pipe.
Volume of heavy water involved unclear
In
the early morning hours of Dec. 14 N.B. Power reported that a "partial
loss of power" to the station, which at the time was running at full
capacity, initiated a complete shutdown. Several hours later it was
discovered heavy water was also leaking from a pipe inside the reactor
building.
According to Couture, it is still unclear whether the two events are connected to each other or coincidental.
"The investigation is still ongoing," she wrote.
Also
unclear is how much heavy water was involved in the leak which occurred
in what N.B. Power called a 3/8ths-inch diameter "instrument line" that
is part of the station's "heat transport system."
Heavy water is
similar to ordinary water, but is about 10 per cent more dense because
of a difference in the makeup of its hydrogen atom. It is not
radioactive, but can be contaminated with tritium after prolonged use in
an operating nuclear plant. Tritium can be hazardous if ingested or
inhaled.
N.B.
Power has been relying on the Coleson Cove oil-fired generating station
in Saint John to replace some of the power normally generated by Point
Lepreau. Utility figures show electricity from oil is almost 20 times
more expensive to produce than from nuclear fuel. (Roger Cosman/CBC)
When
it is running, the Lepreau heat transport system circulates something
under 200,000 litres of heavy water, at high pressure, through an
elaborate piping system that allows it to take heat generated in the
reactor and transport it to a set of steam boilers in a
continuous loop. Normal water in the boilers is turned into steam, which
is used to rotate the station's electricity-producing turbines.
Inside
the transport system, heavy water reaches temperatures above 250 C and
operates under pressures of 1,200 pounds per square inch, about 20 times
greater than an average kitchen tap.
Radiation fields in 'normal range'
Couture
said the leak was fixed "within hours" of being identified, but says
how much heavy water escaped before that happened has not been
calculated. Complicating the measurement, she said, was that spilled
heavy water has been collected and returned into the heat transport
system.
"The specific quantity is not known, but an inventory will be done," she said
Radiation
fields inside the reactor building during the repair were "in the
normal range," according to Couture, but there were elevated levels of
"airborne tritium" from the heavy water spill.
She said the
three employees sent to fix the leak were each wearing protective
plastic suits with independent air supplies for safety and had radiation
survey instrumentation with them.
Charles
Firlotte, N.B. Power chairman, blamed a 39-day unscheduled shutdown of
Lepreau in January and February 2021 for the utility missing its profit
and debt reduction targets that year. The utility estimates a mid-winter
outage at the plant costs it up to $8 million a week. (CBC)
"All radiation protection procedures and dose limits for staff were adhered to during this work." she said.
It is at least the second heavy water spill at Lepreau.
In 2011, "between four and six litres" of heavy water were dropped in the reactor building as it was being refilled.
The incident caused
problems when an air lock door malfunctioned and could not be opened
for two hours, with the crew cleaning the spill still inside.
However,
that spill occurred while the reactor was still being refurbished and
had not been operational for more than three years.
N.B. Power has
not said yet how long it expects the nuclear plant to be offline. It is
normally the utility's largest generator of electricity and outside of
N.B. Power's fleet of hydro electric dams is the cheapest to operate.
Over
the last week much of Lepreau's normal output has been replaced by more
expensive power generated at the Coleson Cove oil-fired generating
station in Saint John.
According to figures filed with the New
Brunswick Energy and Utilities Board in October, it is costing an
estimated $121.75 for oil at Coleson Cove to produce one megawatt hour
of electricity this year, compared to $6.57 of nuclear fuel at Lepreau.
Robert
Jones has been a reporter and producer with CBC New Brunswick since
1990. His investigative reports on petroleum pricing in New Brunswick
won several regional and national awards and led to the adoption of
price regulation in 2006.
Methinks everybody knows the EUB, Higgy, Mikey Holland and Chucky
Firlotte the latest Chairman the NB Power Board of Directors have a
problem N'esy Pas?
Danielle Charron
Executive Director
Association of Municipal Administrators of New Brunswick
20, Courtney Street
Douglas, NB, E3G 8A1
Telephone: 506-453-4229
Fax: 506-444-5452
E-mail: amanb@nb.aibn.com
The
Union of Municipalities of New Brunswick executive director Margot
Cragg says NB Power is charging municipalities too much for street
lights. (CBC)
The Union of Municipalities of New Brunswick says NB Power needs to stop raising the rates it charges for street lights.
In fact, executive director Margot Cragg said the utility not only needs to stop raising rates — it needs to reduce them.
Cragg says the EUB should make NB Power follow the standard it set for rate charges for street lights. (Cindy Grant/CBC)
Cragg made
a presentation to the Energy and Utilities Board in early February
after the City of Fredericton wrote a letter about the rates for street
lights and the union decided to take on the fight for all
municipalities.
"For Fredericton, the cost in 2017 was over a
million dollars," she said. "For other municipalities in the area, like
Oromocto, it was $340,000 and even for a rural community like Hanwell,
it was over $41,000 … that's a pretty hefty bill."
Cragg said money spent on street lights can't be spent elsewhere.
Another increase
She added the EUB has set a standard to determine the charges to each rate class.
"So
what the EUB has said is that the rate charge for each class should be
about equal to the cost of supply of the service, within a range of
reasonableness."
But Cragg said NB Power is proposing to increase it to 195 per cent of that cost.
"That's almost double the cost of actually providing the service."
Cragg pointed
out the present rate is too high and has been getting worse year over
year. She said in 2015-2016 it was 176 per cent of the cost of supplying
the service.
In 2017-2018 it was 192 per cent of the cost.
"That
cost to revenue ratio has been getting worse year over year," Cragg
said, adding that if the proposed rate is accepted, the ratio will be
even more punitive.
'Optional' service
At its rate hearing
last year, NB Power said it considered street light service optional
and not subject to the EUB's fair price guidelines. It also said the
higher prices it charges for street lights help it to keep prices it
charges other customers, such as homeowners, lower.
At
hearings this week, both public intervener Heather Black and EUB lawyer
Ellen Desmond pressed NB Power rate design managers to explain why they
ignore the board's fair price guidelines in setting charges for both
street lights and water heater rentals.
"NB Power doesn't really
view street lights as a rate class," said the utility's rate design
specialist Kevin Gibson. But he said it would follow whatever direction
the EUB gives it on the issue.
Follow the standard
Cragg said it's up to the EUB to make NB Power follow the standard it set.
"What
the heck, you've set a standard for what should be charged for each
rate class, this is pretty clearly not falling within that, what are you
going to do about it?"
Cragg said the group asked the EUB to
set the rate at one that provides fair pricing for street-lighting
services within all municipalities.
"Any dollar that is
spent on excessive pricing for street lighting is money the municipality
can't spend fixing the road, can't spend on the water services, can't
spend on the services and infrastructure you and I use every single day
in our communities," she said.
IN THE MATTER OF an application by New Brunswick Power Corporation for
approval of the schedules of the rates for the fiscal year commencing
April 1, 2018.
Public Session
held at the Delta Hotel, Saint John, New Brunswick, on February 7th
2018 at 6:00 p.m.
BEFORE: Francois Beaulieu - Vice-Chairman
Michael Costello - Member
Patrick Ervin - Member
NB Energy and Utilities Board
- Counsel - Ms. Ellen Desmond, Q.C.
- Staff - David Young
- John Lawton
- Michael Dickie
Henneberry Reporting Service
INDEX
Ross Galbraith – page 12
David Amos – page 30
Margot Cragg – page 44
Stephen Hartley – page 50
Josee Bourque – page 55
Larry Shaw – page 65
David Beauvais – page 71
Keelen Gagnon – page 79
VICE-CHAIRMAN: Thank you very much. Thank you, Mr. Amos. So our
next presenter is Margot Cragg from the Union of Municipalities of New
Brunswick? Ms. Cragg?
MS. CRAGG: Thank you very much. And I promise to take considerably
less than 21 minutes.
So -- and again, thank you very much for the opportunity to speak
here today.
As you mentioned, my name is Margot Cragg and I am here on behalf
of the Union of Municipalities of New Brunswick.
Now the focus of our presentation is the cost of service and
proposed increase for the rate class street lights and unmetered.
Specifically, NB Power is requesting a 2 percent average increase in
rates effective April 1st 2018, including a 2 percent increase for
street lights. At specific issue is the revenue to cost ratio for
street lights when compared with the range of reasonableness as
defined by the EUB.
So as background, the Union of Municipalities of New Brunswick or
UMNB represents 61 member municipalities and rural communities
throughout New Brunswick. UMNB advocates on behalf of our members
with the goal of building strong sustainable and viable municipalities
throughout our province.
Most New Brunswick municipalities rely on NB Power for street
lights. And according to the City of Fredericton's document -- and
thanks to my colleague who is on the phone right now -- municipalities
provide street lights in a variety of forms. So for lights and davits
installed on utility poles owned by NB Power and/or Bell Aliant which
are rented on a monthly basis from NB Power at unmetered rates
depending on the wattage, if the pole on which the light is mounted is
only used for street lights there is a fee for the -- rental fee for
the pole as well. Lights and poles also owned by municipalities, such
as decorative lights, NB Power provides electricity on either -- on a
metered or unmetered basis. And there are other lights operated by NB
-- New Brunswick's Department of Transportation and infrastructure
along major highways.
So in many communities well-lit roads are considered a rather
important part of safety for both the drivers and pedestrians. Street
lighting is also one of municipalities more expensive bills. For a
city like Fredericton, the approximate cost of street lighting in 2017
was over a million dollars. For a town like Sackville, the cost was
approximately $157,000 or two and a half cents on a 2017 property tax
rate of $1.55 per $100 of assessment paid by residents like you and I.
For a small village like Tide Head with a population of less than
1,000 people, street lights cost approximately $40,000 or 4.24 percent
of its 2017 operating budget. And even for an incorporated rural
municipality like Hanwell, the street lights cost approximately over
$41,000.
While a small number of municipalities operate their own
electrical service, the vast majority of municipalities do not have
the option of shopping around for a better deal and must rely on NB
Power for their street lights. For this reason the existing cost of
service and the proposed increase being discussed at this rate hearing
are of significant interest to UMNB's members.
In its 2016 decision -- by the way, I seem to be cutting in and
out. In the event that you can't hear me please let me know.
In its 2016 decision on Matter 271, the EUB stated -- and I will
quote -- on a system wide basis the revenues to be obtained through
approved rates from all customer classes should be equal to the sum of
the cost apportionments for each customer class. To state this
another way, the system revenue to cost ratio should equal 1.0 or
unity. In theory, a revenue to cost ratio of 1.0 should apply for
each class. There may be valid reasons however why rates would
produce projected revenues higher than allocated costs for some
classes offset by rates for other classes that will produce revenues
lower than allocated costs.
In a decision of December 21st 2005, the New Brunswick Board of
Commissioners of Public Utilities indicated that a long-term range of
.95 to -- to 1.05 for the revenue to cost ratio for each class is
reasonable. This continues to be the view of the Board. In other
words, the EUB has already stated that the rate charged to each rate
class should be approximately equal to the cost of supplying the
service with a range of reasonableness of .95 to 1.05 or 95 to 105
percent. I note that NB Power acknowledged the range of
reasonableness in its document evidence presented as part of the
current general rate application.
In section 10.1 it states that the goal is to adjust rates such
that the revenue to cost ratio for each class is within the range of
reasonableness of -- .95 and 1.05 according to the evidence presented
by NB Power as part of this -- this Matter. However, the revenue to
cost ratio for street lights is significantly outside that range of
reasonableness. This is an understatement.
According to NB Power's document evidence in table 9.1(a), the
recommended 2018/19 CCA asset uniform 2 percent rates, the revenue to
cost ratio for street lights and unmetered based on NB Power's
proposed rate would be 1.954 or 195 percent. In other words, NB Power
is proposing to bill almost double the cost of providing the service.
Furthermore, contrary to EUB's direction, the revenue to cost ratio
for street lights is getting worse not better. According to documents
from past EUB matters, recent revenue to cost ratios were as follows.
In 2015 to 2016, 1.76 or 176 percent of costs. In 2017 to 2018,
1.915 or 192 percent of costs. And once again, in the current
proposed rates, 1.954 or 195 percent of costs.
In short, the recent current and proposed revenue to cost ratios
for street lighting are unreasonable by the EUB's own standard. It
begs the question why the EUB approved rate increases that made this
disparity worse despite its part direction. And based on the numbers
presented, it appears municipalities are being egregiously over billed
for this service. This has significant financial implications for
municipalities and it affects their capacity to provide other services
that citizens need and expect.
Money spent on excessive costs for street lighting is money that
cannot be spent on well-maintained roads or parks or on essential
services like waste management and public safety that people rely on.
It's also money that ultimately comes from residents in the form of
taxes.
NB Power's 2018 -- 2017 to 2018 evidence document in section 11.0
stated that differential rate increases were not considered for street
lights because their services are optional services for customers and
benefit the other customer classes through their contribution to net
earnings. That statement suggests that New Brunswick's towns,
villages, cities and rural communities are expressly being over
charged for street lighting to subsidize other rate classes and to
improve NB Power's bottom line. This is unjust and is not consistent
with the principle of the range of reasonableness.
Furthermore, the definition of optional in this case is not
reasonable. We live in a province where daylight hours are limited
for a significant part of each year and where the standard work and
school day in winter often starts and ends in the dark. To assess
whether street lights are genuinely simply optional for municipalities
that -- for the municipalities that provide them, please imagine the
impact on safety and public opinion if a city decided to save money by
turning off the lights on a busy road or consider the impact of street
lights on the safety of pedestrians such as children walking home from
school or woman walking alone in the dark.
In summary, the cost of revenue ratio for streetlighting is
significantly and disproportionately outside the range of
reasonableness identified by the EUB. The disparity has worsened over
time, rather than improving. Contrary to past direction, the
disparity imposes a significant financial burden on municipalities and
the proposed 2 percent increase for 2018 and 2019 would exacerbate
rather than correcting that problem.
So our request and recommendation is that the EUB direct NB Power
to adjust the rates for streetlights and unmetered from 2018 onward to
a level that provide fair pricing for streetlight service within all
municipalities. So, thank you. I suspect, as mentioned, that's less
than 21 minutes. And are there any questions?
VICE-CHAIRMAN: No. Thank you, Ms. Cragg, for your presentation and
we will consider your comments.
MS. CRAGG: Thank you very much.
I am attaching a presentation that might interest some of you. It
discusses the forces that are shaping the future of electric
utilities. These forces are going to disrupt the existing utility
business model. In order to get ahead of change, utilities will have
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I wish o remind the EUB et al that I took no part in the creation of
any "strawman" report and also have quoted from the transcript of when
we last met to discuss this matter on the Public Record
Board staff have only one comment related to the draft report. We
believe it is important to that during the discussion of scorecard
that it be mentioned that some parties, including Board Staff, did not
participate in the scoring exercise.
David Young
Senior Advisor
New Brunswick Energy and Utilities Board
(506)643-7573
October 12th 10 2018.
CHAIRMAN: “I think it really goes back almost to the first 5 question
that appeared in our August 23rd letter was 6 whether or not the
matter should be commenced anew or if 7 the existing evidentiary
record continues.”
MR. AMOS Yes. The record of this matter clearly shows it's been
delayed long enough. I -- as you know, I opposed when it was adjourned
or whatever in 2017. I believe it should begin right where we left
off. We already went through the first round of interrogatories, or
however you say the word. Right now the current government has
promised to freeze the rates for four years. NB Power has a huge
problem. We don't know who has the next mandate. But if the current
government maintains that mandate, I am surprised to see that you are
the Chair of the Board. I thought that you were gone, but apparently
you have been reappointed. Anyway, I think we should begin where we
left off. All the documents that are in the records should be added
to. There is no need to consult with anyone. The matter is clear. NB
Power has to come up with a way to design rates that satisfies the
Board, and the government and the people of this province. I think we
should start again right now.”
CHAIRMAN: Okay. Just to clarify then. You are suggesting that NB Power
really put forward their position on where this should go before we --
we would engage all of the parties with an independent facilitator to
talk about the strawman, if you will, that they have put up?
MR. STEWART: Right. And I would think that it would be -- I think a
strawman is an appropriate characterization that -- I mean, I -- in
that context, you know, whether it is a without prejudice proposal or
one subject to further discussion, but in order for the technical
conference that they propose to actually really achieve substantive
results quickly about defining the scope and what order and what time
table, we have to start somewhere. And any discussion is going to
start with the utility. So if they want to have a technical conference
to decide where their rate design application should go, then it seems
to me that they should come forward with some basic proposals of --
you know, the easy and obvious example is both the existing
evidentiary record and the rationale for the adjournment, you know,
turn on AMI.
And so there is not much point in us talking about where we will go
with rate design necessarily if that is in immediate play. So there is
some very basic unanswered questions that in order for a technical
conference to succeed on a reasonable time table, the utility needs to
come forward and give us that information to make a proposal as to
where they see it going, what their strawman is and then we can all
sit down and work froM that.
CHAIRMAN: Thank you, Mr. Stewart. Union of Municipalities 16 of New
Brunswick, Ms. Cragg?
MS. CRAGG: Thank you. I will speak specifically to the question of
whether the matter should be commenced anew or if the existing
evidentiary record suffices. As a new intervener, our evidence and
information would not be included in that record. And so it is
certainly our opinion that there should be an opportunity for us to
present additional information. I will note that it was at the order
of the Board in Matter 375 that the issues presented by the Union of
Municipalities of New Brunswick at that -- at the rate application be
dealt with in this rate hearing. So the ability to present
information, to present our evidence to this rate design hearing is
quite important for it to be able to be considered in a genuine way.
So we would support the folks who have spoken previously and indicated
there should be an opportunity for a new hearing rather than
continuing purely on the basis of what was already presented.
CHAIRMAN: Maybe I can clarify that for you a little bit. The proposal
really was whether or not the existing record would continue with the
probability of new or additional evidence from NB Power and then the
opportunity for evidence from interveners. And so at this stage, no
matter which way we proceed, you would have an opportunity to file
evidence in this matter.
MS. CRAGG: I think that -- I think that my statement in support of the
previous speakers still stands but I appreciate that clarification.
CHAIRMAN: Okay. Thank you. Utilities Municipal, Mr. Stoll?
MR. STOLL: Good morning, Mr. Chair. There are I guess a few points. We
think there is some value in retaining the 1 evidentiary record and
then expanding on it. So I guess you would phrase that as a
continuation rather than starting anew.
In your exchange with Mr. Stewart regarding like a strawman type
approach, there may be some benefit in that. From a general
perspective, and I think this was evident in the letter we wrote in
August, is we see a need for some rescoping more to a kind of a
broader approach to really provide some of the benefit we think this
hearing should be trying to achieve. I think if you look at some of
the evidence that was filed, Mr. Christensen in the Christensen
report, that it raises some fundamental issues around rate
classification and where NB Power sits regarding the industry at large
and some other issues. I think also he raises some other questions
about the philosophy behind the approach to rates and rate setting.
And we also saw in 375 that rates -- and this was in the Dunsky report
-- that rates and rate policies such as net metering impact investment
decisions. I think that is one of the concerns my client has is we are
in the business of long-term investments, the dynamics are changing
and we need a rate structure that is going to be predictable for the
longer term and is going to send signals that achieves the objectives
we want. So we would like to continue.
We don't see this as a three month or a four month exercise in coming
to a decision. We see this as there may be some things that we can
deal with in the short-term. But we do feel that this -- to do things
right that this will be a longer term process. And that it may take a
year or in excess of a year to go through each of the various
components and come to resolution. And there may be a bit of an
iterative approach I think as we started down the path. We went to the
Christensen report and there were some issues raised. And so as we
take some steps forward, we may learn some things that we hadn't
considered before. So I think the parties should be aware of that and
they should be expecting that.
And with respect to collaboration and facilitation, we are in support
of that. We do agree that there would be benefit of an independence in
the facilitation. That it is not just one party's facilitator. That it
is a neutral facilitator that is helping guide the various parties
through the process. I think those are my submissions.
CHAIRMAN: “Thank you, Mr. Stoll. And I have to say that I think your
letter that we received in August was very helpful and obviously you
had put a lot of time in to thinking that one through.’
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Subject: Auto-reply/Réponse automatique Re: YO Higgy Do you and Mikey
Holland or Chucky Firlotte the latest Chairman the NB Power Board of
Directors have any idea how offensive I found the EUB Decision in the
497 Matter to be???
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Perhaps you all should review all the documents that I filed in the
357 Matter and the two orther EUB Matters that I was barred from that
Mr Furey and Mr Firlotte find to be oh so irrelevant
Veitas Vincit
David Raymond Amos
Board of Directors Members
Charles V. Firlotte, Chairman of the Board of Directors
Charles "Chuck" Firlotte is the principal of Laurent Maxime
Consultancy, a management consulting firm dedicated to helping
businesses thrive. He has worked with company leaders in Canada, the
United States and the Caribbean, guiding them through strategic
planning and leadership development. Mr. Firlotte honed his expertise
over the course of three-plus decades, including more than 15 years as
President and CEO of Aquarion Company, the seventh largest, private
water utility in the United States. He previously held positions of
director, vice president, senior vice president and chief operating
officer in the United States and the United Kingdom for the Kelda
Group, a UK-based regulated utility. Born and raised on the north
shore of New Brunswick, Mr. Firlotte earned undergraduate and graduate
degrees from St. Thomas University in Fredericton and the University
of Ottawa, and he is a graduate of the Advanced Management Program at
the Harvard School of Business. He serves on the board of Sacred Heart
University in Fairfield, Connecticut, and the HAB Group, a property
and asset management firm in the Turks and Caicos, British West
Indies.
Ms. Athaide is the President and CEO of The Cogent Group Inc, an
independent, energy advisory firm. Her experience in the energy
industry has spanned the value chain from wells to the wall socket.
She has a Bachelor of Commerce degree (Honours), a Masters of Business
Administration in Finance, a Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical
Engineering and has been awarded the designation of ICD.D by the
Institute of Corporate Directors. Ms. Athaide serves on the Board of
Directors of Phoenix Energy Services where she chairs the Nomination &
Governance Committee, the Board of Trisummit Utilities where she
chairs the Health, Safety and Environment Committee, the Board of CMG
Limited, the Board of HSBC Canada and the Board of Sustainable
Development Technology Canada.
Anne E. Bertrand, Q.C.
Ms. Bertrand hails from the Acadian Peninsula and was educated in
French and English. She studied Biology and Law, and has been
practicing law since 1986. In 2010, she was appointed the Province of
New Brunswick’s first Access to Information and Privacy Commissioner.
In that role for seven years, she oversaw government, municipalities,
crown corporations and the private health care sector. In private
practice, Ms. Bertrand sat as an adjudicator on various administrative
tribunals at both provincial and federal levels, and she appeared
before all levels of court including the Supreme Court of Canada.
Ms. Bertrand has held several board positions, among which: President
of the Conseil Économique du Nouveau-Brunswick, National Vice
President of the Mounted Police Foundation, Chair of the New Brunswick
Foundation for the Arts, President of the York Sunbury Law Society;
Director of the Greater Fredericton Economic Development Corporation.
In business, she managed her husband’s group of environmental
engineering and consulting companies. In 2011, she was inducted in the
Réseau des femmes d’affaires francophone du Canada for her vision and
exceptional leadership in business and in her community. Ms. Bertrand
was appointed in 2018 as Ad hoc Information Commissioner as well as Ad
hoc Privacy Commissioner for Canada.
Alain Bossé
Mr. Bossé is the President and Chief Operating Officer of Groupe
Savoie Inc. located in St-Quentin, NB. Mr. Bossé is in his 35th year
with this very dynamic organization involved in the fabrication of
value-added products and employing over 600 individuals in sawmills
located in St-Quentin, Kedgwick, Moncton, and Westville, Nova Scotia.
Throughout his career he served on many associations including:
Enterprise Restigouche, Restigouche Community Business Development
Corporation, Governor’s Council at Université de Moncton, Board Chair
of Efficiency New Brunswick and the Economic Council of NB as Director
and as President. He was nominated for the Alumnus of the Year in 2013
from the Faculty of Administration at the University of Moncton,
Manager of the Year award in 1990 and Gilbert-Finn Manager Emeritus
award in 2009. He is a director of Bégin & Bégin Inc., Institut de
Recherche sur les Feuillus Nordiques, New Brunswick Forest, New
Brunswick Business Council and Assomption Vie.
Andrew MacGillivray
Mr. MacGillivray is the retired President and CEO of Gay Lea Foods, a
large Canadian dairy co-operative. He also serves as the Chair of the
Moosehead and Crosby Advisory Boards, Director of the Saint John
Airport and Ganong Boards, a member of the Board of the Wallace McCain
Institute and is actively engaged in advising and supporting local
businesses and community programs. Prior to his 12 years with Gay Lea,
Andrew held leadership roles with both private and public companies
including Saputo, Agrifoods, Baxter Foods and Nestle. He is a graduate
with a BBA from St. Francis Xavier University and an MBA from York
University.
Paul McCoy, P. E.
Mr. McCoy provides consulting services through McCoy Energy Consulting
LLC. He co-founded Trans-Elect, an independent transmission company in
1999, and was the company’s president. Prior to Trans-Elect, he had
spent his career at Commonwealth Edison lastly as Senior Vice
President, and President of ComEd’s Transmission Group. Mr. McCoy has
held numerous leadership positions in major transmission industry
organizations and has significant experience working with state and
federal utility regulators in the United States. He is a member of the
Wanger Institute of Sustainable Energy Resources (WISER) and the
Electrical and Computer Engineering Department's Board of Advisors at
the Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT). He is also the Chair of
the Board of Directors at De La Salle Institute in Chicago. He has a
Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering from IIT.
Scott Northard, P.E.
Mr. Northard is President of Due North Energy Consulting, LLC, which
provides consulting services to energy and other technology-related
businesses. Mr. Northard retired in 2018 as Fleet Vice President,
Nuclear with Xcel Energy Nuclear Generation Department in Minneapolis,
Minnesota. Over the course of his more than 40 years in the utility
industry, Mr. Northard held positions including Site Vice President,
Vice President – Nuclear Operations, Regulatory Affairs Manager,
Nuclear Safety Assurance Manager and various roles in finance, human
resources, materials management and project management. Mr. Northard
holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Nuclear Engineering from the
University of Wisconsin-Madison. He completed the INPO Senior Nuclear
Plant Manager course and is a graduate of NMC Nuclear Management
Development Program at the University of Minnesota – Carlson School of
Management and the Executive Development Program at Northwestern
University – Kellogg School of Management. Mr. Northard is a
Registered Professional Engineer and a former licensed Senior Reactor
Operator.
Mark E. Reddemann
Mr. Reddemann retired as Chief Executive Officer of Nawah Energy
Company after delivering the first unit of the Barakah Nuclear Energy
Plant, located in Abu Dhabi, UAE. Prior to this role, he was the Chief
Executive Officer of Energy Northwest where he was responsible for
providing energy services to 27 member utilities, and the reliable
generation of electric capacity from nuclear, wind, hydro and solar
facilities. He previously served as a vice president with Xcel Energy,
Nuclear Management Company, Institute of Nuclear Power Operations and
Wisconsin Electric and also served on numerous Corporate Nuclear
Safety Review Boards. He holds a bachelor's degree in applied
mathematics, engineering and physics from the University of
Wisconsin-Madison and is a graduate of the Minnesota Management
Institute at the University of Minnesota Curtis L. Carlson School of
Management. Mr. Reddemann has served on a number of boards of
directors including the Nuclear Energy Institute, Association of
Washington Business, Volpentest Hazardous Materials Management and
Emergency Response Federal Training Center, and the Tri-City
Development Council.
Barbara Trenholm
Ms. Trenholm is a professor emerita at the University of New Brunswick
(UNB) and holds an ICD.D with the Institute of Corporate Directors and
a FCPA, FCA with CPA New Brunswick. Ms. Trenholm is currently a member
of the Plaza Retail REIT board of trustees and the International
Development Research Centre board of governors. She is a past board
member of AECL and the Canadian Institute of Chartered Accountants
(now known as CPA Canada), past-president of the New Brunswick
Institute of Chartered Accountants (now known as CPA New Brunswick)
and past acting dean of the Faculty of Business Administration at UNB.
In addition, she has chaired or served as a member of a number of
other international, national, regional as well as local boards and
committees.
Nancy Whipp
Mrs. Whipp is a FCPA, CA. She recently obtained her ICD. D. In 2018
she retired as the President and Chief Executive Officer of CPA New
Brunswick where she was responsible for the merger of the CA, CGA and
CMA accounting bodies. Prior to this appointment, Mrs. Whipp has
served as a professional consultant for many companies in New
Brunswick and Ontario. In addition, she provided transformational
leadership to the Greater Moncton Chamber of Commerce as their CEO.
Before moving to New Brunswick in 2009, Mrs. Whipp held various
positions in financial management at JTI-McDonald Corp., Unsworth and
Associates Luxembourg, KPMG, CN, BCE Inc. and Pirelli Cables Inc. Mrs.
Whipp got her CA designation with Ernst & Young in Montreal in 1989.
She currently is the Chair of the Board Directors of the Greater
Moncton International Airport Authority and of the Fondation du
Théâtre l’Escaouette and sits on the Audit Committee of the Federal
Privy Council.
Mike Wilson
Mr. Wilson is CEO of the AIL Group of Companies, headquartered in
Sackville, NB. The AIL Group is a world leader in delivering
infrastructure solutions through manufacturing plants across North
America, and licensees in Australia and Europe. Mr. Wilson is active
in research and development and has developed several international
patents. He is the past Chairman of the New Brunswick Business
Council, Past President of the Canadian Manufacturers & Exporters, New
Brunswick Chapter and is also a current member of the board of
directors for Medavie Blue Cross. In 2013, he was inducted into the
New Brunswick Business Hall of Fame, and named “Atlantic Entrepreneur
of the Year” in 2005.Mr. Wilson is a graduate of UNB's Civil
Engineering program.
Keith Cronkhite, NB Power President and CEO
Keith Cronkhite was appointed NB Power President and Chief Executive
Officer on April 1, 2020. A lifelong New Brunswicker, Keith has more
than 30 years’ industry experience. He has held positions of
increasing responsibility within NB Power operations and corporate,
including his most recent role of Senior Vice President, Business
Development and Strategic Planning. He is well known within the energy
industry, and throughout his career has established strong working
relationships with industry, government and business leaders.
Keith’s vision for NB Power includes a nimble, customer-focused NB
Power that is well positioned to serve New Brunswickers while
responding to a rapidly changing industry. He is committed to ensuring
the customer is at the centre of NB Power’s business decisions, and
that the utility ensures New Brunswickers have clean, reliable energy
at stable prices for generations to come.
Keith has a Bachelor of Business Administration degree from the
University of New Brunswick, has completed the Reactor Technology
course for Utility Executives at the Massachusetts Institute of
Technology. He holds an ICD.D with the Institute of Corporate
Directors and is board member on the Energy Council of Canada as well
as the Atlantica Centre for Energy. He is also a member of the
Canadian Standards Association Technical Committee.
MEDIA CONTACT: Sheila Lagacé, Communications, NB Power, 506-458-2345
or SLagace@nbpower.com.
June 16, 2021
NEW BRUNSWICK ENERGY AND UTILITIES BOARD
VARIANCE OF A DECISION
IN THE MATTER OF an application by New Brunswick Power Corporation
requesting a variance of the decision in Matter 357, in accordance
with section 43 of the Energy and Utilities Board Act, S.N.B. 2006, c.
E-9.18 and Rules 1.2.5 and 8.1.1 of the Rules of Procedure. (Matter
No. 497)
NEW BRUNSWICK ENERGY AND UTILITIES BOARD:
Acting Chairperson:
François Beaulieu
Members:
Michael Costello
Patrick Ervin
John Patrick Herron
Board Counsel:
Katherine McBrearty
Counsel for Board Staff:
Matthew Letson
Chief Clerk:
Kathleen Mitchell
APPLICANT:
New Brunswick Power Corporation:
John Furey
PARTICIPANTS:
David Amos:
Per se
Liz Kramer:
Per se
Dr. Roger Richard:
Per se
Utilities Municipal:
Scott Stoll
PUBLIC INTERVENER:
Heather Black
A. Introduction
[1] This decision arises out of an application filed by the New
Brunswick Power Corporation (NB Power) on May 5, 2021 (Application)
pursuant to section 43 of the Energy and Utilities Board Act, S.N.B.
2006, c. E-9.18 (Act) and Rules 1.2.5 and 8.1.1 of the Board’s Rules
of Procedure (Rules of Procedure).
[2] NB Power requests that the Board vary its decision of August 4,
2020 (Matter 357
Decision), by granting an extension of the time required for it to
file an application
regarding the first phase of the rate design process from June 30,
2021, to a date no later than June 30, 2022.
[3] In the Matter 357 Decision, the Board directed NB Power to
commence a new proceeding to include three distinct phases: first, to
file an application by June 30, 2021, to address certain issues
identified in the decision; second, to provide details of the timing
and issues to be resolved, which would identify rate design options
and determine the rate structure; and third, to establish and
implement a new rate design.
[4] On May 12, the Board ordered that NB Power serve the Application
and supporting
materials on all parties in Matter 357 and post them on its website.
NB Power filed an
affidavit, sworn on June 3, confirming that the Application and the
Notice of the
Application were posted in accordance with the Board’s Order. The Notice of the
Application was also published on May 13 in four daily provincial newspapers.
[5] At the hearing on June 8, Mr. Furey confirmed that NB Power
complied with Rules 8.2.3 and 8.2.6 of the Rules of Procedure with
respect to service and filing.
[6] Written submissions were received from Mr. Scott Stoll, as counsel
for Utilities Municipal, and Ms. Heather Black, the Public Intervener.
[7] Written submissions were also received from Mr. David Amos, Ms.
Liz Kramer, and Dr. Roger Richard. The Board finds that none of these
written submissions addressed the merits of the issue at hand, whether
the Board should vary the Matter 357 Decision, as described in the
Application.
B. Issues
[8] The key issue in this matter is whether the Board should vary its
Matter 357 Decision as described above and, if so, under what
conditions.
C. Analysis
[9] The Board held a hearing on June 8 by video conference and heard
oral submissions on behalf of NB Power, Dr. Richard, Utilities
Municipal, and the Public Intervener.
[10] Mr. Furey submitted that there are new facts since the Matter 357
Decision that have resulted in changed circumstances that, in the
overall context of these rate design
proceedings, make up sufficient grounds to vary the decision. He
further submitted that the expected easing of restrictions, referred
to by the provincial government as the “Path to Green”, is not the end
of business impacts as a result of the pandemic.
[11] Mr. Furey stated that the Board should consider the following
“four contextual factors” in its decision to extend the time to file
an application with respect to rate design:
(1) In the Matter 357 Decision, the Board identified that rate design
proceedings will move forward in a three-phase approach and that, in
NB Power’s submission, the Board correctly characterized this first
phase as laying a foundation for future rate design proceedings.
(2) The Board has recognized that decisions in this round of rate
design proceedings
would likely have long-term impacts for all customers, in particular,
the commercial and industrial classes. Mr. Furey submitted that NB
Power is required to bring forward proposals with respect to customer
classification, including an action plan for the elimination of the
General Service II class.
(3) Proposed changes to rate design impacts on the rates and bills of certain
customers, especially in the commercial and industrial classes.
(4) The importance assigned by the Board to the ability, through advocates, of
under-represented customers, to make submissions, which would contribute to
the rate design process.
[12] Dr. Richard submitted that he had no objection to extending the
time to file an application to June 30, 2022.
[13] Utilities Municipal supported the Application, subject to two
comments. First, Mr. Stoll expressed a concern that there may be a
strain on the resources of some regular participants in Board
proceedings, given the number of potential hearings within the next 18
months.
Second, he stated that he does not wish to see this proceeding
“languish for another year.” Mr. Stoll suggested that NB Power
continue with any work using an “[…] incremental approach to the rate
design process so that we don’t inadvertently end up circling back or
redoing certain things […].”
[14] In its submission, Utilities Municipal stated that it was not
able to identify specific work, but rather requested that the Board
seek input from NB Power about what would be possible to advance the
proceeding during any extension of time.
[15] In its reply of June 4, NB Power responded to Mr. Stoll’s
comments, agreeing that efforts should be made to avoid overlapping of
proceedings before the Board. It suggested that its proposed deadline
of June 30, 2022, would accomplish that objective. It noted that, in
the meantime, it could advance work on certain issues and utilize a
more up-to-date budget and load data.
[16] In her written submission dated May 27, Ms. Black supported the
Application stating that she had no objection to the extension of time
requested. Ms. Black stated that she supported the suggestion that NB
Power file a plan to overcome what was referred to as the
“representation gap” to ensure that, for example, residential
customers’ interests are adequately represented.
[17] Section 43 of the Act states:
43 The Board may review, rescind or vary any order made by it.
[18] Rules 1.2.5 and 8.1.1 of the Rules of Procedure state:
1.2.5. The Board may in its discretion extend or abridge the time
fixed by these Rules or by the Board, on its own initiative or in
response to a request by a party, either before or after the time so
fixed has expired.
8.1.1. An application to review, rescind, or vary an order under section 43 of
the Act, or to rehear an application under section 44 of the Act shall contain:
a) a concise statement of the facts;
b) the grounds that the applicant considers sufficient, including:
i. any error of law or of jurisdiction,
ii. changed circumstances or new facts that have arisen since the
close of the original proceeding, or
iii. facts that were not placed in evidence in the original proceeding
and that were then not discoverable by reasonable diligence;
c) any prejudice or damage that has resulted or will result from the order;
and
d) the relief sought.
[19] Accordingly, the Board has the discretion to vary its Matter 357
Decision by granting an extension of the time required for NB Power to
file its rate design application.
[20] In making a determination with respect to a variance, the Board
must consider the criteria set out under Rule 8.1.1 of the Rules of
Procedure, and owes a duty of fairness to those who are affected by
its decisions.
[21] As stated in the Matter 357 Decision, the Board needs to consider
how the views of
consumer groups will be represented in relation to rate design. The
Board’s hearing
procedure encourages public participation to provide a meaningful
opportunity to present
their case fully and fairly.
[22] Due to the continuing impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, however,
the Board recognizes that some people may not have this opportunity,
should the proceeding continue as currently scheduled.
D. Conclusion
[23] In light of these circumstances, the Board varies the Matter 357
Decision and grants an extension of time, as requested. NB Power is to
file an application to address the issues identified as the first
phase in the Matter 357 Decision to a date no later than June 30,
2022, subject to the direction below.
[24] The Board directs NB Power to file a proposal to address any gap
in relation to under-represented customers, as referenced in the
Matter 357 Decision, by October 31, 2021.
Dated at Saint John, New Brunswick, this 16th day of June, 2021.
François Beaulieu
Acting Chairperson
Michael Costello
Member
Patrick Ervin
Member
John Patrick Herron
Member
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Date: Fri, 4 Jun 2021 18:59:09 +0000
Subject: RE: Matter 497 - NB Power Application for a variance of a
decision / Instance 497 - Demande d'Énergie NB pour une modification
d'une décision
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Date: Fri, 4 Jun 2021 18:58:16 +0000
Subject: RE: Matter 497 - NB Power Application for a variance of a
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effacer ce courriel, ainsi que les pièces jointes, de votre système
informatique et de vos dossiers. Merci.
Mr Petrie informed me out of the gate that you and your old boss
Madame Harrison were no longer employed by NB Power So now I must ask
the latest CEO Keith Cronkhite and the new NB Power Board (corrected)
have they hired Harrison back to stand in Mr Petrie's stead while you
continue to act
against my interests and concerns under a private contract???
Veritas Vincit
David Raymond Amos
On 6/4/21, Furey, John <john.furey@mcinnescooper.com> wrote:
> Dear Ms. Mitchell,
>
> In accordance with the Board Order dated May 12, 2021, please find attached
> the Submissions of NB Power in this matter.
>
> As required by the Board Order, all parties to Matter 357 are being served.
> Ms. Liz Kramer is also being served through the email address utilized by
> the Board to distribute instructions for the hearing.
>
> Regards,
>
> John
>
> [McInnes Cooper]
> John Furey
> Counsel
> McInnes Cooper
>
> tel +1 (506) 458 1628 | fax +1 (506) 458 9903 | mobile +1 (506) 282 0380
>
> Barker House, Suite 600
> 570 Queen Street
> PO Box 610 Fredericton, NB, E3B 5A6
>
> asst Nanette Phillips | +1 (506) 458 1629
>
---------- Original message ----------
From: "Higgs, Premier Blaine (PO/CPM)" <Blaine.Higgs@gnb.ca>
Date: Fri, 30 Apr 2021 19:20:33 +0000
Subject: RE: Filing of Motion from NB Power in relation to the Board's
Decision of August 4, 2020 Methinks Mr Petrie should have done his
homework N'esy Pas Higgy?
To: David Amos <david.raymond.amos333@gmail.com>
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---------- Original message ----------
From: "Russell, David (DTI/MTI)" <David.Russell@gnb.ca>
Date: Fri, 30 Apr 2021 19:20:34 +0000
Subject: Automatic reply: Filing of Motion from NB Power in relation
to the Board's Decision of August 4, 2020 Methinks Mr Petrie should
have done his homework N'esy Pas Higgy?
To: David Amos <david.raymond.amos333@gmail.com>
I will be out of the office until Monday, May 3rd, 2021. I will reply
to your message at that time.
The
Point Lepreau nuclear generating station remains offline a week after a
pair of incidents at the plant. A partial loss of power followed by the
discovery of a heavy water leak hours later remain under investigation. (Submitted by NB Power)
N.B.
Power has been relying on the Coleson Cove oil-fired generating station
in Saint John to replace some of the power normally generated by Point
Lepreau. Utility figures show electricity from oil is almost 20 times
more expensive to produce than from nuclear fuel. (Roger Cosman/CBC)
Charles
Firlotte, N.B. Power chairman, blamed a 39-day unscheduled shutdown of
Lepreau in January and February 2021 for the utility missing its profit
and debt reduction targets that year. The utility estimates a mid-winter
outage at the plant costs it up to $8 million a week. (CBC)
Cragg says the EUB should make NB Power follow the standard it set for rate charges for street lights. (Cindy Grant/CBC) 
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