BRITISH COL UMBIA UTILITIES COM MISSION ORDER NUMBER G -56-08 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 Summitt Energy B.C. LP – Compliance Inquiry Customer Choice Program BEFORE: L.F. Kelsey, Commissioner March 25, 2008 O R D E R WHEREAS: A. By Commission Order No. C-6-06 dated August 14, 2006, the Commission granted a Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity for the Residential Commodity Unbundling Project for residential customers in all Terasen Gas Inc. service areas, excluding Fort Nelson and Revelstoke, effect November 1, 2007; and B. Section 71.1(3) of the Utilities Commission Act (“UCA” or “Act”) states that a Gas Marketer must comply with the Commission rules issued under subsection (10) and the terms and conditions, if any, attached to the Gas Marketer Licence held by the Gas Marketer; and C. Commission Order No. G-90-03 established a Code of Conduct for Gas Marketers (“Code of Conduct”), which was amended as set out and revised in Appendix B to Commission Order No. G-73-07 establishing certain other requirements, and most recently as Appendix B in Commission Order No. G-44-08; and D. Commission Order No. G-90-03 established Rules for Gas Marketers (“Rules”), which have been revised and attached as Appendix C to Commission Order No. G-44-08; and E. Section 8.0 of the Rules states that all Gas Marketers must comply with the Rules and the Code of Conduct for Gas Marketers approved by the Commission; and F. Section 82(1) of the UCA states that the Commission may, on its own motion, inquire into, hear and determine a matter that under this Act it may inquire into, hear or determine on application or complaint; and G. Section 8 of the UCA states that the Commission may appoint or engage persons having special or technical knowledge necessary to assist the Commission in carrying out its functions; and H. Section 78(2) of the UCA states that an inquiry that the Commission considers necessary may be made by a member or officer or by a person appointed by the Commission to make the inquiry, and the Commission may act on that person’s report; and
BRITISH COLUMBIA UTILITIES COMMISSION ORDER NUMBER G-56-08 2 I. The Commission has retained the services of Grant Thornton LLP to carry out regular Compliance Inquiries of all Gas Marketers to ensure full compliance with the Rules and Code of Conduct, and upon completion of each Inquiry, to file a report with the Commission, in accordance with the UCA and the Rules and Code of Conduct; and J. Section 71.1(9) of the UCA states that Section 43 applies to each gas marketer as if that gas marketer were a public utility; and K. Section 43(1) states that a public utility must provide to the Commission information required by the Commission and, for the purposes of this Act, must answer specifically all questions of the Commission. NOW THEREFORE pursuant to Section 71.1 of the Utilities Commission Act and the Code of Conduct and Rules for Gas Marketers, the Commission orders that: 1. Effective immediately, Grant Thornton LLP will perform a Compliance Inquiry of Summitt Energy B.C. LP. 2. Grant Thornton LLP will contact Summitt Energy B.C. LP as soon as possible following issuance of this Order and arrange for the Compliance Inquiry to be undertaken in an efficient and expeditious manner. 3. Grant Thornton LLP may perform Compliance Inquiries on the motion of the Commission for other Gas Marketers at a later time. DATED at the City of Vancouver, in the Province of British Columbia, this 26 th day of March 2008. BY ORDER Original signed by L.F. Kelsey Commissioner Orders/G-56-08_Summitt Energy Compliance Inquiry
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