B R I T I S H C O LU M B I A U T I L IT I E S C O M M I S S I ON O R D E R a N U M B ER G-64-98 SIXTH FLOOR, 900 HOWE STREET, BOX 250 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 Recovery of Commission Costs BEFORE: P. Ostergaard, Chair ) L.R. Barr, Deputy Chair ) July 9, 1998 F.C. Leighton, Commissioner ) P.G. Bradley, Commissioner ) O R D E R WHEREAS: A. Section 125 of the Utilities Commission Act (Òthe ActÓ) enables the British Columbia Utilities Commission (Òthe CommissionÓ) to recover its expenses arising in each fiscal year commencing AprilÊ1, from the administration of the Act, and to fix and collect levies from public utilities and other persons so defined. B.C. Regulation 283/88, dated JulyÊ29, 1988, authorizes the Commission to collect and retain all levies collected under the Regulation; and B. The recovery of expenses is based on the CommissionÕs approved 1998/99 budget net of its carried forward 1997/98 credit and anticipated recoveries in the current fiscal year; and C. For public utilities, the amount of the levy will be calculated based on the volume of energy transmitted or distributed in the calendar year ending DecemberÊ31, 1997 and will be billed by the Commission on a quarterly basis; and D. The Commission may adjust the fourth quarter fiscal year billing to utilities to account for additional revenue received or expenses incurred, during the fiscal year ending March 31, 1999. NOW THEREFORE the Commission orders as follows: 1. A levy, at the rate of $0.0070404 per GJ equivalent of energy sold for the calendar year 1997, shall be paid by, and collected from, the public utilities listed below for the recovery of Commission expenses in the fiscal year commencing April 1, 1998. .../2
B R I T IS H C O L U M B I A U T I L I T IE S C O M M I S S I O N O R D E R N U M B E R G-64-98 2 2. The following public utilities shall be billed and shall pay the levy fixed for the fiscal year commencing AprilÊ1, 1998 in installments for the second, third and fourth quarters as set out in the attached Appendix. Electric Utilities British Columbia Hydro and Power Authority Princeton Light and Power Company, Limited West Kootenay Power Ltd. The Corporation of the City of Nelson Hemlock Valley Electrical Services Limited The Yukon Electrical Company Limited Silversmith Power & Light Corporation Gas Utilities BC Gas Utility Ltd. Centra Gas British Columbia Inc. Centra Gas Whistler Inc. Centra Gas Fort St. John Inc. Pacific Northern Gas Ltd. Pacific Northern Gas (N.E.) Ltd. Squamish Gas Co. Ltd. Haywood Energy Corp. Steam Heat Utility Central Heat Distribution Limited 3. Pursuant to Levy Regulation 283/88 and Letter No. L-39-96, the following upstream natural gas processors and intraprovincial oil pipelines shall pay the following amounts for the fiscal year commencing April 1, 1998: Westcoast Gas Services Inc. $1,000 Novagas Canada Ltd. $1,000 Federated Pipe Lines (Western) Ltd. $1,000 Morrison Petroleums Ltd. $3,000 Newcal Energy Inc. $1,000 Trans Mountain Enterprises of British Columbia Limited $1,000 DATED at the City of Vancouver, in the Province of British Columbia, this ÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊ16thÊÊÊÊÊÊÊÊday of July, 1998. BY ORDER Original signed by: Peter Ostergaard Chair Attachment Order/BCUC Cost Recovery 98/99
B.C. UTILITIES COMMISSION - 1998/99 LEVY CALCULATION Regulated Regulated Converted Utility Sales $ Volume Unit To GJ Assessment $ B.C. Hydro & Power Authority 2,139,650,000 43,184.98 GW.h 155,460,000 City of Nelson 3,841,000 61.88 GW.h 223,000 Hemlock Valley 197,000 1.45 GW.h 5,000 Princeton Light & Power 3,523,000 54.76 GW.h 197,000 West Kootenay Power 91,286,000 1,741.44 GW.h 6,269,000 Silversmith Power & Light Corporation 38,000 0.36 GW.h 1,000 Yukon Electrical Co. Ltd. 105,000 0.75 GW.h 3,000 BC Gas Utility Ltd. Lower Mainland Division 552,800,000 122,423,000.00 GJ 122,423,000 Inland Division 168,670,000 62,002,000.00 GJ 62,002,000 Columbia Division 19,526,000 8,443,000.00 GJ 8,443,000 Fort Nelson Division 1,992,000 883,000.00 GJ 883,000 Squamish Gas Division 2,576,000 348,000.00 GJ 348,000 Centra Gas British Columbia Inc. Vancouver Island, Powell River and 79,122,000 25,244,000.00 GJ 25,244,000 Sunshine Coast areas Centra Gas Fort St. John Inc. (PNG) 9,003,000 2,843,000.00 GJ 2,843,000 Pacific Northern Gas (N.E.) Ltd. 6,102,000 1,743,000.00 GJ 1,743,000 Pacific Northern Gas Ltd. 60,413,000 37,709,000.00 GJ 37,709,000 Centra Gas Whistler Inc. 5,192,000 475,000.00 475,000 Haywood Energy - Port Alice 259,000 19,000.00 GJ 19,000 Central Heat Distribution Limited 4,700,000 973,000.00 GJ 973,000 TOTAL 3,148,995,000 425,263,000 Annual Budget less Anticipated Revenue $3,807,000 - 813,000 = $2,994,000 LEVY PER GJ 425,263,000GJ = $0.0070404/GJ 1 Credit applied to 1998/99 Quarterly Assessments in 1st and 2nd Quarter. 2 Quarterly assessments that will be billed for Q2. 3 Quarterly assessments that will be billed in Q3. BCUC/Admin/1-CR/1-98-99Fiscal/98-99 LevyCalc APPENDIX to Order No. G-64-98, Page 1 of 1 Page 1Annual Last Year's Credit Net Payable for Billing Assessment Assessment Total to be Carried Forward 1 Fiscal Year 98/99 Q2 2 Q3 3 Q4 Billed 1,094,501 (539,135) 555,366 8,115 273,625 273,626 555,366 1,570 (773) 797 11 393 393 797 35 (17) 18 1 9 8 18 1,387 (683) 704 11 347 346 704 44,136 (21,741) 22,395 327 11,034 11,034 22,395 7 (3) 4 1 2 1 4 21 (10) 11 0 5 6 11 861,907 (424,563) 437,344 6,391 215,477 215,476 437,344 436,519 (215,023) 221,496 3,237 109,130 109,129 221,496 59,442 (29,280) 30,162 442 14,860 14,860 30,162 6,217 (3,062) 3,155 46 1,554 1,555 3,155 2,450 (1,207) 1,243 19 612 612 1,243 177,728 (87,546) 90,182 1,318 44,432 44,432 90,182 20,016 (9,860) 10,156 148 5,004 5,004 10,156 12,271 (6,045) 6,226 91 3,068 3,067 6,226 265,486 (130,775) 134,711 1,969 66,371 66,371 134,711 3,344 (1,647) 1,697 25 836 836 1,697 134 (66) 68 0 34 34 68 6,850 (3,374) 3,476 52 1,712 1,712 3,476 2,994,021 (1474810) 1,519,211 22,204 748,507 748,507 1,519,211
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