BRITISH COL UMBIA UTILITIES COM MISSION ORDER NUMBER G -69-06 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 Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity Application for the Residential Unbundling Program pursuant to Section 45 of the Utilities Commission Act BEFORE: A.W.K. Anderson, Commissioner June 16, 2006 O R D E R WHEREAS: A. On November 25, 2002, the Government of British Columbia issued its energy policy, “Energy Plan for our Future: A Plan for BC.” Item 19 stated that “The Utilities Commission Act will be amended in spring 2003 to allow direct natural gas sales to low volume customers and require the licensing of gas marketers who serve these customers”; and B. On March 16, 2005, Terasen Gas Inc. (“Terasen Gas”) submitted its report entitled “Commodity Unbundling Post Implementation Review and Next Steps” (“Report”) that presented a review of the Commercial Unbundling Program to date and suggestions for improvement and refinements to enhance its effectiveness; and C. On April 8, 2005, the Commission held a workshop on the Commercial Commodity Unbundling Program at which Terasen Gas presented the Report and stakeholders were invited to provide their comments. Gas marketers requested that the Residential Unbundling Program be introduced as soon as it is feasible; and D. Commission Order No. G-66-05 approved $300,000 in deferral account funding for Terasen Gas to complete market research and the review and validation of the business rules for the Residential Unbundling Program and also the timeline leading to a Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity (“CPCN”) application by March 2006; and E. Commission Order No. G-110-05 approved additional deferral account expenditures of $1,053,800 for Terasen Gas to complete the scoping and business systems analysis work to enable the filing of a CPCN application for the Residential Unbundling Program with the Commission by March 2006; and . . ./2
2 F. On April 13, 2006, Terasen Gas submitted a CPCN application (the “Application”) for the Residential Unbundling Program, pursuant to Section 45 of the Utilities Commission Act, to implement effective November 1, 2007, unbundling for residential customers in its service territory (excluding Fort Nelson and Revelstoke). The capital expenditure is expected to be $11.1 million. The Application also requests Commission approval of a deferral account mechanism for cost recovery of the implementation and operating costs, and changes to tariffs and agreements to support the Residential Unbundling Program; and G. Commission Order No. G-46-06 established the Regulatory Timetable with an Oral Public Hearing to take place June 27, 2006; and H. Pursuant to the Regulatory Timetable, the Commission held a Workshop on June 15, 2006 and a Procedural Conference on June 16, 2006; and I. The Commission determines that a Revised Regulatory Timetable should be established for the review of the Application. NOW THEREFORE the Commission orders that the Revised Regulatory Timetable, attached as Appendix A to this Order, be established for the proceeding to review the Application. DATED at the City of Vancouver, in the Province of British Columbia, this 16 Attachment Orders/G-69-06_TGI_Residential Unbundling Program-Amended BRITISH COLUMBIA UTILITIES COMMISSION ORDER NUMBER G-69-06 th day of June 2006. BY ORDER Original signed by: A.W.K. Anderson Commissioner
SIXTH FLOOR, 900 HOWE STREET, BOX 250 VANCOUVER, B.C. V6Z 2N3 CANADA web site: http://www.bcuc.com An Application by Terasen Gas Inc. for a Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity for the Residential Commodity Unbundling Program REVISED REGULATORY TIMETABLE Action Terasen Gas update to CPCN Application Oral Public Hearing Written Argument by Terasen Gas and Intervenors Written Reply Argument by Terasen Gas and Intervenors Oral Argument Phase (if required, notification to be provided by Tuesday, July 18, 2006) * Oral Public Hearing and Oral Argument Phase to commence at the Commission’s Hearing Room at 9:00 a.m.: 12 th Floor 1125 Howe Street Vancouver, B.C. APPENDIX A to Order No. G-69-06 Page 1 of 1 TELEPHONE: (604) 660-4700 BC TOLL FREE: 1-800-663-1385 FACSIMILE: (604) 660-1102 Date Thursday, June 22, 2006 Tuesday, June 27, 2006 Thursday, July 6, 2006 Friday, July 14, 2006 Thursday, July 20, 2006
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