B R IT IS H C O LU M B I A U T I L I T IE S C O M M IS S I O N O R D ER N U M B ER C-16-98 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 BC Gas Utility Ltd. for Approval of a Standard Form Franchise Agreement with The Corporation of the City of Williams Lake BEFORE: P. Ostergaard, Chair ) L.R. Barr, Deputy Chair ) October 29, 1998 F.C. Leighton, Commissioner ) CERTIFICATE OF PUBLIC CONVENIENCE AND NECESSITY WHEREAS: A. On October 22, 1998, BC Gas Utility Ltd. (“BC Gas”) applied to the Commission for approval of a Standard Form Franchise Agreement (“the Agreement”), dated October 21, 1998, with The Corporation of the City of Williams Lake (“the City”) pursuant to Section 45(7) of the Utilities Commission Act (“the Act”); and B. The Agreement replaces a 21-year Gas Franchise Agreement approved by B.C. Energy Commission Order No. C-3-79, between Inland Natural Gas Co. Ltd. (a predecessor company to BC Gas) and the City, which expired January 31, 1998; and C. Municipal By-Law No. 1678, 1998 ratified the Agreement which received statutory approval under the Municipal Act on September 8, 1998; and D. The Commission has reviewed the Agreement and finds that approval is necessary and in the public interest. NOW THEREFORE pursuant to Section 45(7) of the Act, the Commission approves the October 21, 1998 Standard Form Franchise Agreement between BC Gas and the City covering the ten-year Primary Term commencing September 6, 1998 and expiring September 5, 2008, and continuing from year-to-year after the expiry of the Primary Term until terminated by either party upon 12-months written notice of termination received one year prior to the expiry of the Primary Term or any anniversary thereafter, but not longer than 21-years. DATED at the City of Vancouver, in the Province of British Columbia, this 29th day of October, 1998. BY ORDER Original signed by: Peter Ostergaard Chair Order/BCG-FrchseAgrmt-WilliamsLk
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