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 G-30-99 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 BC Gas Utility Ltd. for Approval of a Bypass Transportation Agreement with British Columbia Hydro and Power Authority BEFORE: P. Ostergaard, Chair ) L.R. Barr, Deputy Chair ) March 16, 1999 O R D E R WHEREAS: A. On January 13, 1999, BC Gas Utility Ltd. (“BC Gas”) applied for Commission approval of a Bypass Transportation Agreement with British Columbia Hydro and Power Authority (“B.C. Hydro”) dated November 27, 1998; and B. In a letter dated January 13, 1999, B.C. Hydro filed a CTS Support Agreement, made November 27, 1998, among B.C. Hydro, BC Gas and BC Gas Inc., and requested that the “Specified Maximum” as defined in the CTS Support Agreement be kept confidential on the basis that disclosure could adversely affect its position and that of its customers; and C. In its February 11, 1999 submission regarding BC Gas’ December 11, 1998 Southern Crossing Pipeline Application, Westcoast Energy Inc. (“Westcoast”) requested that the Commission direct BC Gas to fully disclose the “Specified Maximum” in the CTS Support Agreement; and D. Commission Order No. G-21-99 provided that B.C. Hydro would, and other parties could, file submissions by March 3, 1999 regarding the Westcoast request for disclosure of the Specified Maximum in the CTS Support Agreement. Westcoast had until March 12, 1999 to reply; and E. B.C. Hydro, BC Gas and BC Gas Inc. filed submissions dated March 3, 1999 with the Commission pursuant to Order No. G-22-99: and F. The Westcoast submission dated March 12, 1999, in reply to the March 3, 1999 submission of B.C. Hydro, states that Westcoast has not received any submission from BC Gas on the matter. .../2
2 NOW THEREFORE the Commission orders as follows: Commission Order No. G-22-99 is amended, by changing to Monday, March 22, 1999, the date by which Westcoast may file a written reply on the request for disclosure of the “Specified Maximum” in the CTS Support Agreement. DATED at the City of Vancouver, in the Province of British Columbia, this 16 Orders/BCH-Bypass Trans AgrmtB R I T I S H C O LU 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 ER N U M B E R G-30-99 th day of March, 1999. BY ORDER Original signed by: Peter Ostergaard Chair
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