BR I T I S H CO L U M B I A UT I L I T I E S CO M M I S S I ON OR D E R NU M B E R G-83-05 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 Terasen Gas Inc. for Approval of a Gas Supply Mitigation Incentive Program for the 2005/06 Gas Contract Year BEFORE: L.F. Kelsey, Commissioner September 8, 2005 O R D E R WHEREAS: A. The Commission, by Order No. G-92-95, approved for Terasen Gas Inc. (“Terasen Gas”) (formerly known as BC Gas Utility Ltd.) the Off-System Incentive Program (“OSIP”) for a two-year period commencing January 1, 1996; and B. As part of its May 5, 1997 Revenue Requirements Application for 1998 to 2002, Terasen Gas filed a revised incentive plan. During the Alternative Dispute Resolution process, it was agreed by all parties to deal with the form of gas cost incentive plan(s) that would succeed OSIP in a series of separate meetings. The yearly meetings resulted in agreed to plans sent to the Commission for approval. The following Commission Orders approved a Gas Supply Mitigation Incentive Program (“GSMIP”) for each subsequent gas contract year: Order No. G-125-97 for 1997/98, Order No. G-92-98 for 1998/99, Order No. G-82-99 for 1999/2000, Order No. G-106-00 for 2000/01, Order No. G-124-01 for 2001/02 and Order No. G-79-02 for 2002/03 which included the GSMIP settlement document attached a Appendix A; and C. Order No. G-67-03 approved the continuance of the 2002/03 GSMIP for the 2003/04 gas contract year; and D. Commission Order No. G-98-04 approved the 2004/05 GSMIP for the 2004/05 gas year without any revisions to the formula or the Service Quality Indicators; and .../2
2 E. By letter dated September 1, 2005, Terasen Gas proposed that the 2004/05 GSMIP should continue for a further gas contract year for the period November 1, 2005 to October 31, 2006; and F. By letter dated September 7, 2005, the British Columbia Public Interest Advocacy Centre advised that it agreed that the 2003/04 GSMIP should continue for the 2005/06 gas contract year; and G. The Commission has reviewed the filing and is satisfied that the GSMIP Settlement document, attached as Appendix A, should be approved for the 2005/06 gas contract year. NOW THEREFORE the Commission approves for Terasen Gas the 2005/06 Gas Supply Mitigation Incentive Program that is attached as Appendix A to this Order for the gas contract year from November 1, 2005 through October 31, 2006. DATED at the City of Vancouver, in the Province of British Columbia, this 13 Attachment Orders/TGI_GSMIP 2005-06 Incentive Plan BR I T I S H CO L U M B I A UT I L I T I E S COM M I S S I ON OR D E R NU M B E R G-83-05 th day of September 2005. BY ORDER Original signed by: L.F. Kelsey Commissioner
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