ROBERT J. PELLATT COMMISSION SECRETARY Mr. Leon R. Cender Vice President Business and Regulatory Affairs Pacific Coast Energy Corporation Suite 17()(), 1188 West Georgia Street Vancouver, B.C. V6E4A2 Dear Mr. Cender: Re: Pacific Coast Energy Corporation Integrated Resource Planning (ffJRPff) Thank you for your letter of April 8, 1994 requesting that PCEC be granted an exemption from the Commission's IRP requirements as outlined in the February 10, 1993 Guidelines. The Commission has reviewed your request and agrees that the unique nature of PCEC indicates that the typical IRP process, particularly as related to issues such as public participation, is not fully applicable. Nonetheless, as you point out, there are certain IRP elements which are of interest to the Commission, such as the estimate of PCEC's long run avoided cost, since PCEC does interconnect with other gas utility companies. In addition, to the extent that PCEC does make sales to end-use customers, the Commission requires that IRP concepts be incorporated in dealings with these customers, e.g. the provision of appropriate DSM options. Therefore, the Commission grants PCEC's request for an exemption from filing an IRP at this time, subject to PCEC's making available whatever information may be necessary to assess properly the IRP's of those utility's with which the PCEC pipeline interconnects and the following of IRP concepts in dealings with end-use customers. In addition, the Commission requires that reports filed pursuant to Section 51(3) of the Utilities Commission Act for significant plant additions such as looping or the addition of compression reflect the application of appropriate IRP techniques. DWE/ssc PCEC/Cor/IRP Exemption LETTER NO. L-6-94 SIXTH FLOOR, 900 HOWE STREET, BOX 250 VANCOUVER, B.C. CANADA V6Z 2N3 TELEPHONE: (604) 660-4700 BC TOLL FREE: 1-800-663-1385 FACSIMILE: (604) 660-1102 June 16, 1994 Yours truly, ~M./.a:ard _ E. Sleath L. Barr = M.Payne K . WellmaA M. Donn _ Extra D. WIlson Co_Fldr. _ S.Cluk _ F. Leighton v. .G rant _K.Hali .Emes _H.Parv R. Brownell ~Ony' -~Y,Hague .FraJ« V'R. Pellatt . Gronert C.Smith Wong ."...JA-Cormack _j . Nalconeshny ll. Com.Sec.Diary B. WiUiston _ Complaint File _N.Smith ~norFil' _ B. Mc:lUnUy Centra~ _F./ames R. Rerie
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