B R I T I S 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 ON O R D E R N U M B E R G-108-00 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 Increase Natural Gas Customer Rates BEFORE: P. Ostergaard, Chair ) L.R. Barr, Deputy Chair ) P.G. Bradley, Commissioner ) November 16, 2000 B.L. Clemenhagen, Commissioner ) K.L. Hall, Commissioner ) N.F. Nicholls, Commissioner ) O R D E R WHEREAS: A. On November 14, 2000, Squamish Gas Co. Ltd. (“Squamish Gas”) applied to the Commission for approval to increase its natural gas Large General Service (“LGS”) customer rates and Apartment Customer Rates (“ACR-1”), effective December 1, 2000, to be consistent with the rates approved by Commission Order No. G-92-00 for the Pioneer Large General Service and ACR-1 customers of Centra Gas British Columbia Inc. (“Centra Gas”); 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 customers. Under the Special Direction, the current Centra Gas Pioneer General Service and ACR-1 rates are set at the lower of a 10 percent discount to the average price of fuel oil or 67 percent of the British Columbia Hydro and Power Authority (“B.C. Hydro”) residential electricity rate. At current B.C. Hydro rates, the maximum rate that could be charged to Pioneer General Service and ACR-1 customers is $10.74 per gigajoule; and C. As a result of higher competitive fuel oil prices, the oil-based natural gas rates to Centra Gas Pioneer General Service customers were increased between 9.03 and 9.04 percent for LGS-1 to LGS-3 customers, effective November 1, 2000. Rates for the ACR-1 customers were increased between 6.83 to 12.93 percent, effective November 1, 2000; and . . ./2
2 D. Squamish Gas adopts the same rate changes for its oil-based natural gas rates as those approved for Centra Gas. The current application will make the Squamish Gas rates the same as those for Centra Gas effective December 1, 2000; and E. The Commission has reviewed the Squamish Gas application and finds that approval is required. NOW THEREFORE the Commission orders the following for Squamish Gas: 1. An increase in rates to General Service customers of between 8.99 to 9.07 percent for the LGS-1 to LGS-13 customers is approved, effective December 1, 2000. 2. An increase to the ACR-1 rate schedule of between 6.87 to 12.51 percent is approved, effective December 1, 2000. 3. Squamish Gas is to inform all customers of the December 1, 2000 rate changes by way of a customer notice included in the next billing. DATED at the City of Vancouver, in the Province of British Columbia, this 20 Order/SQG-NatGasRateIncrsB R IT I S H C O L U M B I A U T I L I T IE S C O M M IS S I O N O R D E R N U M B ER G-108-00 th day of November 2000. BY ORDER Original signed by: Lorna R. Barr Deputy Chair
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