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 I S S I O N O R D E R N U M B E R C-11-01 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 An Application by BC Gas Utility Ltd. for Approval to Extend the Expiry Date of the Operating Agreement with the District of Hudson’s Hope BEFORE: P. Ostergaard, Chair ) P.G. Bradley, Commissioner ) August 9, 2001 B.L. Clemenhagen, Commissioner ) CERTIFICATE OF PUBLIC CONVENIENCE AND NECESSITY WHEREAS: A. On August 3, 2001, BC Gas Utility Ltd. (“BC Gas”) applied to the Commission for approval to extend by one year the Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity (“CPCN”) No. C-21-80 which approved and incorporated within the CPCN the 21-year Operating Agreement between Inland Natural Gas Co. Ltd. (a predecessor company to BC Gas) and the District of Hudson’s Hope (“the District”); and B. BC Gas and the District have agreed to extend the expiry date of the Operating Agreement from June 30, 2001 to June 30, 2002, or sixty days after the Commission’s approval of a new operating agreement between BC Gas and the District, whichever is earlier, and to continue for that period, payment of the franchise fee equivalent to three percent of gross annual revenues of BC Gas derived from sales of natural gas within the area encompassed by the terms of the Operating Agreement; and C. The Commission has reviewed the application and finds that an extension to the expiry date of the Operating Agreement and continuation of the franchise fee to June 30, 2002 is in the public interest. NOW THEREFORE the Commission, pursuant to Section 45(7) of the Utilities Commission Act, approves for BC Gas a one-year extension to CPCN No. C-21-80 that extends the expiry date of the Operating Agreement with the District and the continuation of the payment of the franchise fee to the District of Hudson’s Hope to June 30, 2002, or sixty days after the Commission’s approval of a new operating agreement between BC Gas and the District. DATED at the City of Vancouver, in the Province of British Columbia, this 15 th day of August 2001. BY ORDER Original signed by: Peter Ostergaard Chair Order/BCG-ExtendOpAgrmt-Hudson’s Hope
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