B R IT I S H C O L U M B I A U T IL I T I E S C O M M IS S I ON O R D E R N U M B ER C-9-98 SIXTH FLOOR, 900 HOWE STREET, BOX 250 a TELEPHONE: (604) 660-4700 VANCOUVER, B.C. V6Z 2N3 BC TOLL FREE: 1-800-663-1385 CANADA FACSIMILE: (604) 660-1102 IN THE MATTER OF the Utilities Commission Act, R.S.B.C. 1996, Chapter 473 and An Application by West Kootenay Power Ltd. for a Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity for 1998 Dam Rehabilitation Projects BEFORE: P. Ostergaard, Chair ) L.R. Barr, Deputy Chair ) June 11, 1998 CERTIFICATE OF PUBLIC CONVENIENCE AND NECESSITY WHEREAS: A. On June 4, 1998, West Kootenay Power Ltd. (ÒWKPÓ) applied to the Commission for a Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity for repairs to five of its hydroelectric generating facilities pursuant to SectionÊ45 of the Utilities Commission Act (Òthe ActÓ); and B. The projects were identified in WKPÕs 1998 Final Revenue Requirements, dated December 9, 1997, and were included in the material provided as part of the Annual Review held in Kelowna on DecemberÊ3, 1997; and C. The projects include rehabilitation at the South Slocan Dam, stabilization at Rover Creek Dam, penstock and trashrack repairs and modifications at Lower Bonnington, and intake deck repairs at Upper Bonnington. Total expenditures for the projects are estimated to be $2,868,000; and D. The Commission has reviewed the costs, timing and justification for the application and finds that it should be approved. NOW THEREFORE the Commission orders as follows: 1. Pursuant to Section 45 of the Act, a CPCN is granted to WKP to proceed with the 1998 Dam Rehabilitation projects at the South Slocan Dam, Rover Creek Dam, Lower Bonnington Dam and Upper Bonnington Dam for the total estimated amount of $2,868,000. 2. WKP is to file an accounting or project summary for each of the approved projects by SeptemberÊ30, 1998, as well as a final report on the projects when completed. DATED at the City of Vancouver, in the Province of British Columbia, this ÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊ22ndÊÊÊÊÊÊÊday of June, 1998. BY ORDER Original signed by: Peter Ostergaard Chair Orders/WKP-Dam Rehabilitation
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