B R I T I S H C O L U M B I A U T IL I T I E S C O M M I S S I O N O R D ER N U M B E R G-63-99 SIXTH FLOOR, 900 HOWE STREET, BOX 250 TELEPHONE: (604) 660-4700 VANCOUVER, B.C. V6Z 2N3 CANADA BC TOLL FREE: 1-800-663-1385 web site: http://www.bcuc.com 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 ) P.G. Bradley, Commissioner ) June 3, 1999 B.L. Clemenhagen, Commissioner ) K.L. Hall, Commissioner ) F.C. Leighton, Commissioner ) O R D E R WHEREAS: A. Section 125 of the Utilities Commission Act (“the Act”) enables the British Columbia Utilities Commission (“the Commission”) to recover its expenses arising in each fiscal year commencing April 1 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 July 29, 1988, authorizes the Commission to collect and retain all levies collected under the Regulation; and B. The recovery of expenses is based on the Commission’s 1999/00 budget net of its carried forward 1998/99 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 December 31, 1998 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, 2000. NOW THEREFORE the Commission orders as follows: 1. A levy, at the rate of $0.007203 per GJ equivalent of energy sold for the calendar year 1998, 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, 1999. .../2
B R I T IS H C O L U M B I A U T I L IT I E S C O M M IS S I ON O R D ER N U M B E R G-63-99 2 2. The following public utilities shall be billed and shall pay the levy fixed for the fiscal year commencing April 1, 1999 in installments 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. Port Alice Gas Inc. 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, 1999: Westcoast Gas Services Inc. $1,000 Novagas Canada Ltd. $1,000 Federated Pipe Lines (Western) Ltd. $1,000 Morrison Petroleums Ltd. $1,000 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 11 th day of June 1999. BY ORDER Original signed by: Lorna R. Barr Deputy Chair Attachment Order/ BCUC-CostRecovery 99/00
B.C. UTILITIES COMMISSION - 1999/00 LEVY CALCULATION Regulated Regulated Converted Annual Utility Sales $ Volume Unit To GJ Assessment $ B.C. Hydro & Power Authority 2,248,000,000 64,231.30 GW.h 159,233,000 1,146,982 City of Nelson* 2,912,000 46.32 GW.h 167,000 Hemlock Valley* 204,000 1.39 GW.h 5,000 Princeton Light & Power* 3,483,000 54.68 GW.h 197,000 West Kootenay Power 92,385,000 1,743.45 GW.h 6,276,000 Silversmith Power & Light Corporation* 32,000 0.41 GW.h 1,000 Yukon Electrical Co. Ltd.* 103,000 0.77 GW.h 3,000 BC Gas Utility Ltd. Lower Mainland Division 534,000,000 120,367,000.00 GJ 120,367,000 867,024 Inland Division 165,740,000 58,002,000.00 GJ 58,002,000 417,798 Columbia Division 18,539,000 7,857,000.00 GJ 7,857,000 Fort Nelson Division 2,331,000 975,000.00 GJ 975,000 Squamish Gas Division 2,378,000 326,000.00 GJ 326,000 Centra Gas British Columbia Inc. Vancouver Island, Powell River and Sunshine Coast areas 80,662,000 24,223,000.00 GJ 24,223,000 174,482 Centra Gas Fort St. John Inc. (PNG) 9,601,000 3,051,000.00 GJ 3,051,000 Pacific Northern Gas (N.E.) Ltd. 6,386,000 1,781,000.00 GJ 1,781,000 Pacific Northern Gas Ltd. 55,705,000 34,427,000.00 GJ 34,427,000 247,983 Centra Gas Whistler Inc. 5,998,000 549,000.00 549,000 Port Alice Gas Inc. 280,000 20,000.00 GJ 20,000 Central Heat Distribution Limited 4,688,000 967,000.00 GJ 967,000 TOTAL 3,233,427,000 252,611,078.32 418,427,000 3,014,000 Annual Budget less Anticipated Revenue $3,274,000 - 260,000 = 3,014,000 = $0.007203/GJ LEVY PER GJ 418,427,000 1 Credit applied to 1999/00 Q1 billing. 2 Quarterly assessments that will be billed for Q1. * Smaller utilities which paid the 1998/99 4th quarter levy in advance of billing will 3 Quarterly assessments that will be billed in Q2. be credited with this amount in the 1999/00 1st and 2nd quarter invoices. 4 Quarterly assessments that will be billed in Q3 and Q4. BCUC/Admin/1-CR/1-99-00Fiscal/99-00 LevyCalc APPENDIX to Order No. G-63-99, Page 1 of 1 Page 1Last Year's Credit Net Payable for Billing Assessment Assessment Assessment Total to be 4 Carried Forward 1 Fiscal Year 99/00 Q1 2 Q2 3 Q3 Q4 Billed (154,941) 992,041 131,804 286,745 286,746 286,746 992,041 1,203 (162) 1,041 139 300 301 301 1,041 36 (5) 31 4 9 9 9 31 1,419 (192) 1,227 163 354 355 355 1,227 45,208 (6,107) 39,101 5,195 11,302 11,302 11,302 39,101 7 (1) 6 1 1 2 2 6 22 (7) 15 1 4 5 5 15 (117,123) 749,901 99,633 216,756 216,756 216,756 749,901 (56,439) 361,359 48,011 104,450 104,449 104,449 361,359 56,595 (7,645) 48,950 6,503 14,149 14,149 14,149 48,950 7,023 (949) 6,074 806 1,756 1,756 1,756 6,074 2,348 (317) 2,031 270 587 587 587 2,031 (23,570) 150,912 20,050 43,620 43,621 43,621 150,912 21,977 (2,969) 19,008 2,525 5,495 5,494 5,494 19,008 12,829 (1,733) 11,096 1,475 3,207 3,207 3,207 11,096 (33,499) 214,484 28,496 61,996 61,996 61,996 214,484 3,955 (534) 3,421 454 989 989 989 3,421 144 (19) 125 17 36 36 36 125 6,965 (941) 6,024 801 1,741 1,741 1,741 6,024 (407,153) 2,606,847 346,348 753,497 753,501 753,501 2,606,847
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