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-52-00 SIXTH FLOOR, 900 HOWE STREET, BOX 250 VANCOUVER, B.C. V6Z 2N3 CANADA TELEPHONE: (604) 660-4700 web site: http://www.bcuc.com 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 Squamish Gas Co. Ltd. for Approval to Decrease Apartment Customer Rates BEFORE: P. Ostergaard, Chair ) L.R. Barr, Deputy Chair ) P.G. Bradley, Commissioner ) May 18, 2000 B.L. Clemenhagen, Commissioner ) K.L. Hall, Commissioner ) N.F. Nicholls, Commissioner ) O R D E R WHEREAS: A. On May 10, 2000, Squamish Gas Co. Ltd. (“Squamish Gas”) applied to the Commission for approval to decrease natural gas Apartment Customer Rates (“ACR-1”) effective June 1, 2000, consistent with the Commission’s approval of a similar rate decrease to the Pioneer ACR-1 customers for Centra Gas British Columbia Inc. (“Centra Gas”) by Order No. G-46-00; and B. As a condition of the Special Direction and the terms of the Vancouver Island Natural Gas Pipeline Act, Centra Gas monitors the prices for heating oil available to apartment customers. Centra Gas found that the prices for heating oil had decreased, resulting in a corresponding decrease to the oil-based ACR-1 rates in the Vancouver Island and Sunshine Coast service areas, effective June 1, 2000; and C. Squamish Gas adopts the same rate changes for its oil-based natural gas rates as those approved for Centra Gas; and D. The Commission has reviewed the Squamish Gas application and finds that approval is required. NOW THEREFORE the Commission orders as follows: 1. The Commission approves for Squamish Gas its May 10, 2000 application to decrease its ACR-1 rates, effective June 1, 2000. 2. Squamish Gas is to inform all ACR-1 customers of the June 1, 2000 rate decrease by way of a customer notice included in the next billing. DATED at the City of Vancouver, in the Province of British Columbia, this 18 th day of May 2000. BY ORDER Original signed by: Peter Ostergaard Chair Order/SQG-ACR-1 June Incrs
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