B R IT IS 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 E R N U M B E R C-3-99 SIXTH FLOOR, 900 HOWE STREET, BOX 250 VANCOUVER, B.C. V6Z 2N3 CANADA TELEPHONE: (604) 660-4700 web site: http://www.bcuc.com a BC TOLL FREE: 1-800-663-1385 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 Life Extension to Unit No. 3 of the Corra Linn Generating Plant BEFORE: P. Ostergaard, Chair ) L.R. Barr, Deputy Chair ) K.L. Hall, Commissioner ) January 28, 1999 F.C. Leighton, Commissioner ) CERTIFICATE OF PUBLIC CONVENIENCE AND NECESSITY WHEREAS: A. On November 30, 1998, West Kootenay Power Ltd. (“WKP”) applied to the Commission for a Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity (“CPCN”) for approval to undertake a major refurbishment and overhaul of Unit No. 3 at the Corra Linn generating station (“the Life Extension Project”) which is located on the Kootenay River between Castlegar and Nelson, B.C.; and B. Unit No. 3 at Corra Linn will be taken out of service during the Summer and Fall of 1999 and will undergo a general overhaul of all unit components, which will replace 66 year old equipment with new components and will undertake other improvements and enhancements; and C. The estimated cost of the Life Extension Project is $7,700,000 and was included in WKP’s 1998 to 2003 Capital Plan that was part of the 1998 Annual Review; and D. The Commission has reviewed the costs, timing and justification for the Life Extension Project 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 Life Extension Project for a total estimated cost of $7,700,000. 2. WKP is to file with the Commission an accounting or final project report and summary on completion of the Life Extension Project. DATED at the City of Vancouver, in the Province of British Columbia, this 4th day of February 1999. BY ORDER Original signed by: Lorna R. Barr Deputy Chair Orders/WKP-CPCN-Corra Linn #3
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