Orders

IN THE MATTER OF

the Utilities Commission Act, RSBC 1996, Chapter 473

and

Clowhom Power L.P.

for Acceptance of Mitigation Plans required for

Compliance with Mandatory Reliability Standards:

EOP-005-1 Requirement 1 - Violation ID:  BCUC2014000504

EOP-005-1 Requirement 6 - Violation ID:  BCUC2014000505

BEFORE:               D. M. Morton, Commissioner                                     December 22, 2014

O  R  D  E  R

WHEREAS:

A.      Section 125.2 of the Utilities Commission Act (UCA) assigns exclusive jurisdiction to the British Columbia Utilities Commission (Commission) to determine whether a “reliability standard,” as defined in the UCA, is in the public interest and should be adopted in British Columbia. By Order G-123-09, the Commission approved the Compliance Monitoring Program (CMP) for monitoring and enforcement of adopted reliability standards and appointed the Western Electricity Coordinating Council (WECC) as its Administrator for registration and monitoring compliance as per section 8 of the UCA. WECC’s role as Administrator for the BC MRS Program was renewed in the first amended Administration Agreement, dated August 21, 2014;

B.      Commission Order G-67-09 requires entities subject to approved Mandatory Reliability Standards to file Mitigation Plans (MP) outlining how they plan to achieve compliance;

C.      Pursuant to section 5.3 of the CMP, an MP with respect to an Alleged Violation may be submitted at any time, and an MP with respect to a Confirmed Violation must be submitted within ten business days following confirmation by the Commission;

D.      On November 3, 2014, Clowhom Power L. P. (Clowhom) submitted MPs to address the alleged violation of the Reliability Standards noted above, with the proposed completion dates of January 30, 2015;

E.       By email notifications dated December 19, 2014, WECC recommended acceptance of the following MPs to bring Clowhom into compliance with the Reliability Standards identified below:

F.         The Commission has reviewed WECC’s recommendations and considers acceptance is warranted.

NOW THEREFORE pursuant to section 125.2(10) of the Utilities Commission Act and in accordance with the Compliance Monitoring Program, the British Columbia Utilities Commission accepts the Western Electricity Coordinating Council’s recommendations and accepts the Mitigation Plans with completion dates as identified above.

DATED at the City of Vancouver, in the Province of British Columbia, this           22^nd          day of December 2014.

                                                                                                                                BY ORDER

                                                                                                                                Original signed by:

                                                                                                                                D. M. Morton

                                                                                                                                Commissioner