B R I T I S H C O L U M B I A U T IL I T I E S C O M M IS S I ON O R D ER N U M B E R G-33-02 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 Recovery of Commission Costs for the 2002/03 Fiscal Year BEFORE: P. Ostergaard, Chair ) R.D. Deane, Commissioner ) K.L. Hall, Commissioner ) May 2, 2002 N.F. Nicholls, Commissioner ) O R D E R WHEREAS: A. Section 125 of the Utilities Commission Act (“the Act”) enables the British Columbia Utilities Commission (“the Commission”) to recover its expenses arising in each fiscal year commencing April 1 from the administration of the Act, and to fix and collect levies from public utilities and other persons so defined. B.C. Regulation 283/88, dated July 29, 1988, authorizes the Commission to collect and retain all levies collected under the Regulation; and B. The current year’s levy for recovering Commission expenses is based on its 2002/03 budget minus expected recoveries and divided by the total energy sales of the regulated utilities for the previous calendar year; and C. The Commission will recover its expenses from the levy calculation on a quarterly basis and may adjust the fourth quarter billing in order to account for additional revenues received or expenses incurred during the fiscal year ending March 31, 2003. The final adjustment for the year will occur with the first quarter billing in the following year. NOW THEREFORE the Commission orders as follows: 1. A levy, at the rate of $0.0077334691 per GJ equivalent of energy sold for the calendar year 2001 shall be paid by, and collected from, the public utilities listed below for the recovery of Commission expenses in the fiscal year commencing April 1, 2002. 2. The following public utilities are required to pay the levy fixed for the 2002/03 fiscal year, to be billed in installments as set out in the attached Appendix. The first quarter installment will reflect the 2001/02 carried- forward credit. British Columbia Hydro and Power Authority Princeton Light and Power Company, Limited UtiliCorp Networks Canada (British Columbia) Ltd. The Corporation of the City of Nelson Hemlock Valley Electrical Services Limited The Yukon Electrical Company Limited Silversmith Power & Light Corporation Sun Rivers Services Corp. .../2
2 Gas Utilities BC Gas Utility Ltd. Centra Gas British Columbia Inc. Centra Gas Whistler Inc. Pacific Northern Gas Ltd. Pacific Northern Gas (N.E.) Ltd. Squamish Gas Co. Ltd. Port Alice Gas Inc. Sun Peaks Utilities Co., Ltd. Sun Rivers Services Corp. Stargas Utilities Ltd. Steam Heat Utility Central Heat Distribution Limited 3. Pursuant to Levy Regulation 283/88 and Letter No. L-39-96, the following upstream natural gas processors and intraprovincial oil pipelines shall pay the following amounts for the fiscal year commencing April 1, 2002: Coastal Canada Field Services Inc. Duke Energy Field Services Canada Ltd. Westcoast Gas Services Inc. Williams Energy Canada Inc. JJH Equipment Trust Plateau Pipeline Ltd. - Sunset Prairie Pipeline - Taylor to Dawson Creek Pipeline - Blueberry, Northeast BC and Boundary Lake Pipelines - Western System EnerMark Inc. Trans Mountain Enterprises of British Columbia Limited DATED at the City of Vancouver, in the Province of British Columbia, this ninth day of May 2002. Attachment BCUC 2002/03 Cost RecoveryB 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 O N O R D ER N U M B ER G-33-02 $1,000 $1,000 $1,000 $1,000 $1,000 $1,000 $1,000 $1,000 $1,000 $1,000 $1,000 BY ORDER Original signed by: Peter Ostergaard Chair
A B C D E 1 B.C. UTILITIES COMMISSION - 2002/03 LEVY CALCULATION 2 3 Regulated Regulated Converted 5 Utility Sales $000 Volume Unit To GJ 6 B.C. Hydro & Power Authority 2,299,990 46,425.86 GW.h 167,133,000 7 8 City of Nelson 3,262 51.89 GW.h 186,800 9 1 0 Hemlock Valley 154 0.96 GW.h 3,500 1 1 Princeton Light & Power 4,059 60.12 GW.h 216,400 1 2 UtiliCorp Networks Canada (British Columbia) Ltd. 109,408 1,885.00 GW.h 6,786,000 1 3 Silversmith Power & Light Corporation 5 0.05 GW.h 200 1 4 Sun Rivers 63 3,700.00 3,700 1 5 Yukon Electrical Co. Ltd. 122 0.75 GW.h 2,700 1 6 1 7 BC Gas Utility Ltd. 1 8 Lower Mainland Division 1,029,140 117,148,000.00 GJ 117,148,000.00 1 9 Inland Division 310,374 53,899,000.00 GJ 53,899,000.00 2 0 Columbia Division 38,551 7,381,000.00 GJ 7,381,000.00 2 1 Fort Nelson Division 3,802 879,000.00 GJ 879,000.00 2 2 Squamish Gas Division 3,225 329,000.00 GJ 329,000.00 2 3 2 4 Centra Gas British Columbia Inc. 2 5 Vancouver Island, Powell River and 2 6 Sunshine Coast areas 113,118 27,075,000.00 GJ 27,075,000.00 2 7 2 8 Pacific Northern Gas (N.E.) Ltd. 2 9 Dawson Creek and Fort St. John 30,271 4,238,000.00 GJ 4,238,000.00 3 0 Pacific Northern Gas (N.E.) Ltd. 3 1 Tumbler Ridge 1,614 745,000.00 GJ 745,000.00 3 2 Pacific Northern Gas Ltd. 81,091 26,797,000.00 GJ 26,797,000.00 3 3 3 4 Centra Gas Whistler Inc. 10,134 686,000.00 686,000.00 3 5 Port Alice Gas Inc. 276 18,000.00 GJ 18,000.00 3 6 Sun Peaks Utilities 840 48,000.00 48,000.00 3 7 Central Heat Distribution Limited 5,301 1,218,000.00 GJ 1,218,000.00 3 8 Stargas Utilities Ltd. 423 27,000.00 GJ 27,000.00 3 9 4 0 4 1 TOTAL 4,045,223 240,540,124.63 414,820,300 4 2 4 3 Annual Budget less Anticipated Revenue $3,294,000 $86,000 = $3,208,000 4 4 LEVY PER GJ $0.0077334691 4 5 4 6 BCUC 2001/02 Carry Fwd Credit $711,838.00 4 7 1 Credit applied to 2002/03 Q1 billing. 4 8 2 Quarterly assessment that will be billed for Q1. 4 9 3 Quarterly assessment that will be billed in Q2 and Q3 5 0 4 Quarterly assessment will be reviewed for Q4 billing 5 1 414,793,300 1. 1. StarGas does not qualify for last year's carry-forward credit. 5 2 5 3APPENDIX A to Order No. G-33-02 Page 1 of 1 F G H I J K L M Annual Last Year's Credit Net Payable for Billing Assessment Assessment Assessment otal to be 1 2 3 Assessment $ Carried Forward Fiscal Year 02/03 Q1 Q2 3 Q3 Q4 4 Billed 1,292,518 286,821 1 , 005 , 696 36,308.01 323,129 323,129 323,129 1 , 005 , 696 1,445 321 1 , 1 2 4 40.58 361 361 361 1 , 1 2 4 27 6 2 1 0.76 7 7 7 2 1 1,674 371 1 , 3 0 2 47.01 418 418 418 1 , 3 0 2 52,479 11,646 4 0 , 8 3 4 1,474.19 13,120 13,120 13,120 4 0 , 8 3 4 2 0 2 2.00 0 0 0 2 29 6 2 3 1.15 7 7 7 2 3 21 5 1 6 0.59 5 5 5 1 6 905,960 201,041 704 , 920 25,449.26 226,490 226,490 226,490 704 , 920 416,826 92,498 324 , 329 11,709.03 104,207 104,207 104,207 324 , 329 57,081 12,667 4 4 , 4 1 4 1,603.45 14,270 14,270 14,270 4 4 , 4 1 4 6,798 1,508 5 , 2 8 9 190.95 1,699 1,699 1,699 5 , 2 8 9 2,544 565 1 , 9 8 0 71.47 636 636 636 1 , 9 8 0 209,384 46,464 162 , 920 5,881.78 52,346 52,346 52,346 162 , 920 32,774 7,273 2 5 , 5 0 1 920.66 8,194 8,194 8,194 2 5 , 5 0 1 5,761 1,279 4 , 4 8 3 161.84 1,440 1,440 1,440 4 , 4 8 3 207,234 45,987 161 , 247 5,821.39 51,808 51,808 51,808 161 , 247 5,305 1,177 4 , 1 2 8 149.03 1,326 1,326 1,326 4 , 1 2 8 139 31 1 0 8 3.91 35 35 35 1 0 8 371 82 2 8 9 10.80 93 93 93 2 8 9 9,419 2,090 7 , 3 2 9 264.60 2,355 2,355 2,355 7 , 3 2 9 209 0 2 0 9 53.00 52 52 52 2 0 9 3,208,000 711,837.28 2 , 496 , 163 90,165.47 801,999 801,999 801,999 2 , 496 , 164 $0.0077334691
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