Orders

IN THE MATTER OF

the Utilities Commission Act, R.S.B.C. 1996, Chapter 473

and

Pacific Northern Gas Ltd.

Section 71 Filing of 2014/2015 Natural Gas Supply Contracts

BEFORE:               L. F. Kelsey, Commissioner

                                H. G. Harowitz, Commissioner

                                K. A. Keilty, Commissioner

                                N. E. MacMurchy, Commissioner

                                I. F. MacPhail, Commissioner                                      December 4, 2014

                                B. A. Magnan, Commissioner

                                D. M. Morton, Commissioner

                                R. D. Revel, Commissioner

                                C. van Wermeskerken, Commissioner

O  R  D  E  R

WHEREAS:

A.      By Letter L-46-14 dated August 21, 2014, the British Columbia Utilities Commission (Commission) accepted the Pacific Northern Gas Ltd. (PNG) Annual Gas Contracting Plan dated June 2014 (2014 ACP), which covered the period November 2014 to October 2015 (2014/2015 Gas Year). The 2014 ACP describes PNG’s plan to meet the natural gas requirements for all service areas, including PNG West and PNG (N.E.)’s Fort St. John/Dawson Creek and Tumbler Ridge divisions, for the 2014/2015 Gas Year;

B.      On October 31, 2014, pursuant to section 71 of the Utilities Commission Act and the Commission’s Rules for Natural Gas Energy Supply Contracts, PNG filed gas supply contracts for the 2014/2015 Gas Year (Application);

C.      PNG requests that the details of the filing be kept confidential for the reasons of commercial sensitivity and submits that disclosure of this information may adversely affect PNG’s ability to secure the most competitively priced gas supply arrangements in the future; and

D.      The Commission reviewed the natural gas supply contracts, shown in Appendix A of this order, and is satisfied they are appropriate considering market conditions at the time they were negotiated, consistent with the 2014 ACP, and in the public interest.

NOW THEREFORE pursuant to section 71 of the Utilities Commission Act and the British Columbia Utilities Commission’s Rules for Natural Gas Energy Supply Contracts, the Commission accepts for filing the natural gas contracts shown in Appendix A to this order. The Commission will hold the details of the Application and related filings confidential as requested by Pacific Northern Gas Ltd. as they contain commercially sensitive information.

DATED at the City of Vancouver, in the Province of British Columbia, this      4^th         day of December 2014.

                                                                                                                                BY ORDER

Original signed by:

D. M. Morton

                                                                                                                                Commissioner

Attachment

Pacific Northern Gas Ltd.

2014/2015 Natural Gas Supply Contracts