DOCU NTSUMMARY Document Id: 0328A Document N arne: DECISION - PNG Operator: Parsons/Smith/Werner Author: DBK/RJLfJDVN /RJF Comments: August l 1983 OPERATION WORKTIME KEYSTROKES 07/11/83 15: :35 5122 Last 08/1 08: 44- :01 l3 Last 08/1 08: Last Archived 08/18/83 16:06 onto 0062A Total Worktime: 12: Total 84-0 Total Keystrokes: 69663 to be printed: I
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BRITISH COLUMBIA UTILITIES COMMISSION ORDER NUMBER _G_-6 __ 3 --8 - 3 --.PROVINCE OF BRITISH COLUMBIA BRITISH COLUMBIA UTILITIES COMMISSION IN THE MATTER OF the Utilities Commission Act, S.B.C. 1980, c. 60, as amended and IN THE MATTER OF Applications for Rate Relief by Pacific Northern Gas Ltd. BEFORE: J.D.V. Newlands, Deputy Chairman: D.B. Kilpatrick, August 18, 1983 Commissioner; and R.J. Ludgate, Commissioner 0 R D E R WHEREAS a public hearing pertaining to Pacific Northern Gas Ltd. ("P.N.G.") commenced before this Commission at Prince Rupert, B.C. on Tuesday, June 27, 1983 to hear, inter alia, the following matters: (a) An Application dated December 23, 1982 for a 3.38% interim rate increase effective January 1, 1983 to its filed Tariff Rate Schedules. (b) An Application dated March 25, 1983 seeking a further 1.04% interim rate increase and permanent rate relief: and WHEREAS the Commission has considered the Applications and the evidence adduced thereon, all as set forth in a Decision issued concurrently with this Order. NOW THEREFORE the Commission hereby orders Pacific Northern Gas Ltd. as follows: 1. The interim rates currently in effect as authorized by Commission Order No. G-93-82 are hereby confirmed as permanent increases. 2. The Rate Base for the Test Year ending December 31, 1983 is approximately $88,900,000. . .. /2 TWENTY FIRST FLOon ' '• ST HASTINGS STPt' -0UVEA. B C, VI'' ~;ANAOA. TELEPHONE ffiW AA9-1S31, TELEX 04·54536
3. The Total Revenue Requirement for the Test Year ending December 31, 1983 is approximately $75,850,000. 4. The Commission will accept for filing, subject to timely presentation, revised Tariff Rate Schedules conforming to the above-noted Revenue Requirement, effective with consumption on and after September 1, 1983. amended Tariff Rate Schedules will allow P.N.G. an opportunity to earn a rate of return on common share equity of 15.87%. DATED at the City of Vancouver, in the Province of British Columb1 . a, th1 . s /" o . BRITISH COLUMBIA UTILITIES COMMISSION ORDER 2 NUMBER G-63-83 The .$ d ay o f August, 1 9 83 . BY~ 1~~~
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Pacific Northern Gas Ltd. Cosh OPERATING, MAINTENANCE & ADMINISTRATIVE STATISTICS At+r; ~u. ~I, .to_ -to BCGC. l9t} 1983 z, ,.;~:,. t;11f Operating &M aintenance Cost $ 4,194,389 $ 2,947,303 Number of Customers at Year End 9 '776 /l,l:.'Zo.ooo Volume Sold (Mcf) 22,129,567 (a) Operating & Maintenance Cost per Customer $ 129 $ (b) t Operating & Maintenance a.,zs Cost per Mcf Sold $ 0. 1895 $ 0 &M Cost per Mcf Sold - Not In-lo.oJ~ eluding Gas used in Operations $ 0.096 $ 1- 1l2.1oo Administrative & General Cost $ 1,180,585 $ 1 ,007,806 (c) Administrative & General Cost per Customer $ 121 $ (d) Administrative &G eneral J/0,01tf5 Cost per Mcf Sold $ 0.0533 $ Number of Regular Employees 72 (e) Number of Customers per Employee 136 ·1982 1981 1980 1979 1978 $ 1 ,537,606 $ 1 ,296,355 $ 1,068,950 $ 834,667 8,546 7,817 6,857 6,158 5,3 16,577,992 11 ,232 '709 11,355,129 10,677,983 9,067,387 345 $ 197 $ 189 $ 174 $ 155 0.1778 $ 0.1369 $ 0.1142 $ 0.1000 $ 0.0921 0.109 $ 0.097 $ 0.087 $ 0.072 $ 0.064 $ 789,238 $ 724,266 $ 473,942 $ 449,713 118 $ 10 1 $ 106 $ 77 $ 83 0.0608 $ 0.0703 $ 0.0638 $ 0.0444 $ 0.0496 70 65 58 52 48 122 120 118 118 112 tr:l !J::> X 1-d ::> 1-d ---'C f-'· tr:l tr' z f-'· t;t rT H X [\.) 0'\ !J::>
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