BRITISH COL UMBIA UTILITIES COM MISSION ORDER NUMBER G -57-04 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 2004/05 Fiscal Year BEFORE: Robert Hobbs, Chair & CEO June 17, 2004 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 2004/05 approved budget minus 2003/04 deferred revenue and expected recoveries. That figure is then divided by the total energy sales of the regulated energy 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, 2005. The final adjustment for the year will occur with the first quarter billing in the following year of 2005/06. NOW THEREFORE the Commission orders as follows: 1. A levy, at the rate of $0.0089235339 per GJ equivalent of energy sold for the calendar year 2003 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, 2004. 2. The following public utilities are required to pay the levy fixed for the 2004/05 fiscal year, to be billed in installments as set out in Appendix A attached to this Order. . . . /2
BRITISH COLUMBIA UTILITIES COMMISSION ORDER NUMBER G-57-04 2 Electric Utilities British Columbia Hydro and Power Authority FortisBC Inc. Princeton Light and Power Company, Limited The Corporation of the City of Nelson Hemlock Valley Electrical Services Limited The Yukon Electrical Company Limited Silversmith Power & Light Corporation Terasen Multi-Utility Services Inc. Gas Utilities Terasen Gas Inc. Terasen Gas (Vancouver Island) Inc. Terasen Gas (Whistler) Inc. Terasen Gas (Squamish) Inc. Pacific Northern Gas Ltd. Pacific Northern Gas (N.E.) Ltd. R 334 Enterprises Ltd. (Big White Gas Utility) Port Alice Gas Inc. Sun Peaks Utilities Co. Ltd. Terasen Multi-Utility Services Inc. 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, 2004: Coastal Canada Field Services Inc. $1,000 Duke Energy Field Services Canada Ltd. $1,000 Westcoast Gas Services Inc. $1,000 Canadian Natural Resources Limited $1,000 JJH Equipment Trust $1,000 Plateau Pipeline Ltd. - Sunset Prairie Pipeline $1,000 - Taylor to Dawson Creek Pipeline $1,000 - Blueberry, Northeast BC and Boundary Lake Pipelines $1,000 - Western System $1,000 EnerMark Inc. $1,000 Terasen Pipelines (Jet Fuel) Inc. $1,000 . . . /3
BRITISH COLUMBIA UTILITIES COMMISSION ORDER NUMBER G-57-04 4 DATED at the City of Vancouver, in the Province of British Columbia, this 18 th day of June 2004. BY ORDER Original signed by: Robert Hobbs Chair & CEO Attachment Orders/BCUC-Fiscal 04-05 Recovery
BRITISH COLUMBIA UTILITIES COMMISSION - 2004/05 LEVY CALCULATION A B C Regulated Regulated Utility Sales $000 Volume B.C. Hydro & Power Authority 2,411,113.00 48,341.85 GW.h City of Nelson 3,493.00 53.68 GW.h Hemlock Valley 230.00 1.71 GW.h Princeton Light & Power 4,634.00 65.71 GW.h FortisBC Inc 2 125,951.00 1,929.00 GW.h Silversmith Power & Light Corporation 13.00 0.05 GW.h TMUS Sun Rivers (Electric) 119.00 1.78 GW.h Yukon Electrical Co. Ltd. 110.00 0.73 GW.h Insurance Corporation of British Columbia (ICBC) Terasen Gas Inc. (formerly BC Gas Utility Ltd.) Lower Mainland Division 935,558.00 115,644,000 Inland Division 290,836.00 52,960,000 Columbia Division 32,106.00 6,137,000 Fort Nelson Division 3,988.00 956,000 Terasen Gas (Squamish) Inc. (formerly Squamish Gas Co. Ltd.) 3,316.00 329,000 Terasen Gas (Vancouver Island) Inc. (formerly Centra Gas British Columbia Inc.) Vancouver Island, Powell River and Sunshine Coast areas 155,640.00 32,340,000 Pacific Northern Gas (N.E.) Ltd. Dawson Creek and Fort St. John 32,041.00 4,663,000 Pacific Northern Gas (N.E.) Ltd. Tumbler Ridge 1,930.00 719,000 Pacific Northern Gas Ltd. 99,454.00 36,845,000 R334 Enterprises (Big White) 413.00 23,000 Terasen Gas (Whistler) Inc. (formerly Centra Gas Whistler Inc.) 8,918.00 697,000 Port Alice Gas Inc. 339.00 16,000 Sun Peaks Utilities 1,100.00 73,000 Central Heat Distribution Limited 5,424.00 1,208,900 Stargas Utilities Ltd. 508.00 29,000 Terasen Multi-Utility Services 277.00 15,000 (formerly Sun Rivers (gas), Panorama & Toby Creek Utilities Co. Ltd.) TOTAL 4,117,511.00 2004/05 BCUC Budget $4,678,000.00 Less: 2003/04 Deferred Revenue (carried forward) (191,955.24) 4,486,044.76 Less estimated recoveries from: Intra-Provincial Oil Pipeline Companies & Upstream Gas Processors (11,000.00) Insurance Corporation of British Columbia (401,560.00) Expected direct recoveries from Public Hearings (200,000.00) BCUC 2004/05 Budget to be recovered through the Levy $3,873,484.76 Levy Calculation: $3,873,484.76 434,075,200 GJ = 1 Deferred Revenue applied to annual assessment. 2 On June 1, 2004 Aquila Networks Canada changed its name to FortisBC Inc. 3 Quarterly assessment will be reviewed for 4th Quarter billing.APPENDIX A to Order No. G-57-04 Page 1 of 1 D E F I J K L Converted 2004/05 Annual Billing Billing Billing Billing Unit To GJ Assessment $ 1 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 3 174,030,700 1,552,968.85 388,242.21 388,242.21 388,242.21 388,242.21 193,200 1,724.03 431.01 431.01 431.01 431.01 6,200 55.33 13.83 13.83 13.83 13.83 236,600 2,111.31 527.83 527.83 527.83 527.83 6,944,400 61,968.59 15,492.15 15,492.15 15,492.15 15,492.15 200 1.78 0.45 0.45 0.45 0.45 6,400 57.11 14.28 14.28 14.28 14.28 2,600 23.20 5.80 5.80 5.80 5.80 GJ 115,644,000 1,031,953.15 257,988.29 257,988.29 257,988.29 257,988.29 GJ 52,960,000 472,590.36 118,147.59 118,147.59 118,147.59 118,147.59 GJ 6,137,000 54,763.73 13,690.93 13,690.93 13,690.93 13,690.93 GJ 956,000 8,530.90 2,132.72 2,132.72 2,132.72 2,132.72 GJ 329,000 2,935.84 733.96 733.96 733.96 733.96 GJ 32,340,000 288,587.09 72,146.77 72,146.77 72,146.77 72,146.77 GJ 4,663,000 41,610.44 10,402.61 10,402.61 10,402.61 10,402.61 GJ 719,000 6,416.02 1,604.01 1,604.01 1,604.01 1,604.01 GJ 36,845,000 328,787.61 82,196.90 82,196.90 82,196.90 82,196.90 GJ 23,000 205.24 51.31 51.31 51.31 51.31 GJ 697,000 6,219.70 1,554.93 1,554.93 1,554.93 1,554.93 GJ 16,000 142.78 35.69 35.69 35.69 35.69 GJ 73,000 651.42 162.85 162.85 162.85 162.85 GJ 1,208,900 10,787.66 2,696.92 2,696.92 2,696.92 2,696.92 GJ 29,000 258.78 64.70 64.70 64.70 64.70 GJ 15,000 133.85 33.46 33.46 33.46 33.46 434,075,200 3,873,484.76 968,371.19 968,371.19 968,371.19 968,371.19 $0.0089235339 /GJ
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