BRITISH COL UMBIA UTILITIES COM MISSION ORDER NUMBER G -58-05 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, RSBC 1996, Chapter 473, as amended and British Columbia Transmission Corporation Application for an Open Access Transmission Tariff and British Columbia Hydro and Power Authority Interconnected Operations Services to British Columbia Transmission Corporation BEFORE: R.H. Hobbs, Chair L.A. O’Hara, Commissioner June 19, 2005 O R D E R WHEREAS: A. British Columbia Transmission Corporation (“BCTC”) filed, on August 3, 2004, an application for an Open Access Transmission Tariff (“the OATT Application”) pursuant to Sections 58, 59 and 60 of the Utilities Commission Act (“the Act”); and B. British Columbia Hydro and Power Authority (“BC Hydro”) filed, on August 3, 2004, an application to establish rates, terms and conditions for Interconnected Operations Services (“the IOS Application”) to be offered to BCTC once it becomes responsible for offering and providing transmission services through the OATT; and C. Order No. G-81-04, dated August 20, 2004, directed that the IOS Application would be heard at the same time as the BCTC OATT Application and that there would be one record for both Applications; and D. Order No. G-81-04 established a Regulatory Timetable for the Applications leading to an oral public hearing to commence on Tuesday, January 4, 2005; and E. Order No. G-92-04, dated October 7, 2004, amended the Regulatory Timetable in response to a BCTC request for an extension to the deadline for its response to information requests; and
BRITISH COLUMBIA UTILITIES COMMISSION ORDER NUMBER G-58-05 2 F. Order No. G-120-05, dated December 24, 2004, amended the Regulatory Timetable to resolve a scheduling conflict with another Commission proceeding; and G. An oral public hearing proceeded in Vancouver, BC on February 28, 2005 through March 8, 2005; and H. Written Final Arguments and Reply Arguments were completed by April 12, 2005; and I. The Commission Panel heard Oral Argument by parties on April 19, 2005. NOW THEREFORE the Commission orders as follows: 1. The OATT Application, as revised by Exhibits B1-7 and B1-27, including the OATT Terms and Conditions of Service, rate design and new Interconnection Tariff, is approved subject to the determinations and directions contained in the attached Decision. 2. Industrial customers served under BC Hydro Rate Schedule 1821 or a successor to Rate Schedule 1821 are Eligible Customers under the OATT. 3. BC Hydro’s Tariff Supplement No. 30 and Rate Schedules 3003 to 3010 are closed as at the effective date of the OATT. 4. BC Hydro Rate Schedule 3011, as amended in Exhibit B2-19, and Rate Schedules 3012, 3013, 3014 and 3015 are approved. 5. The Commission will accept, subject to timely filing, amended tariff pages from BCTC and BC Hydro, which conform to the attached Decision. 6. BCTC and BC Hydro are to comply with the respective directions contained in the attached Decision. DATED at the City of Vancouver, in the Province of British Columbia, this 19 day of June, 2005. BY ORDER Original signed by: R.H. Hobbs Chair Orders/BCTC/BCTC OATT-BCH IOS
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