BRITISH COLUMBIA UTILITIES COMMISSION ORDER NUMBER G-85-02 SIXTH FLOOR, 900 HOWE STREET, BOX 250 VANCOUVER, B.C. V6Z 2N3 CANADA web site: http://www.bcuc.com TELEPHONE: (604) 660-4700 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 an Agreement with Labatt’s Breweries of B.C. Ltd. as a Rate Schedule 14 Tariff Supplement BEFORE: P. Ostergaard, Chair ) P.G. Bradley, Commissioner ) R.D. Deane, Commissioner ) December 5, 2002 N.F. Nicholls, Commissioner ) O R D E R WHEREAS: A. By Commission Order No. G-32-02 dated April 25, 2002, the Commission approved for BC Gas Utility Ltd. (“BC Gas”) Rate Schedule 14, effective November 1, 2002; and B. Rate Schedule 14 provides firm term and spot gas commodity sales under several market-based gas commodity pricing options, and includes an exclusivity provision requiring the customer to purchase all gas supply under Rate Schedule 14; and C. On November 29, 2002, BC Gas requested Commission approval of an agreement with Labatt’s Breweries of B.C. Ltd. (“Labatt’s”) dated November 20, 2002 for the purchase of 211 GJ/d of gas at a fixed price for the period April through October 2003 (the “Agreement”). The Agreement waives the exclusivity provision in Rate Schedule 14, but requires the customer to take or pay for the fixed price quantity each day; and D. BC Gas has confirmed that the pricing option under the Agreement will be equivalent to the provisions of the Firm Supply – Winter Fixed Price option under Rate Schedule 14; and E. The Commission has considered the Application and is satisfied that the Agreement should be approved. NOW THEREFORE the Commission approves for BC Gas the Agreement as a Rate Schedule 14 Tariff Supplement effective April 1 to October 31, 2003. Pricing under the Tariff Supplement will be equivalent to the provisions of the Firm Supply – Winter Fixed Price option under Rate Schedule 14. DATED at the City of Vancouver, in the Province of British Columbia, this 10 th day of December 2002. BY ORDER Original signed by: BCG-Labatt’s RS#14
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