Orders

IN THE MATTER OF

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

and

An Application by Corix Multi-Utility Services Inc.

for a Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity

to Construct and Operate a District Energy System for the

UniverCity Neighbourhood Utility Service Project in Burnaby, BC

and

Approval of the proposed Revenue Requirement, Rate Design, Levelized Rates, and Service Agreement

BEFORE:                 D.A. Cote, Panel Chair

                                L.A. O’Hara, Commissioner                                                 February 10, 2011

                                D. Morton, Commissioner

O  R  D  E  R

WHEREAS:

A.       On November 26, 2010, Corix Multi-Utility Services Inc. (CMUS, the Company) applied to the British Columbia Utilities Commission (Commission) for a Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity (CPCN) under sections 45 and 46 of the Utilities Commission Act (Act) for the construction and operation of a district energy system (DES) for the UniverCity Neighbourhood Utility Service (NUS) in Burnaby, BC, and for approval under sections 59, 60 and 61 of the Act for the proposed revenue requirement, rate design, Service Agreements, and levelized rates (the Application);

B.       The UniverCity is a sustainable residential community, being developed by Simon Fraser University (SFU) Community Trust, that provides its residents with highly energy efficient buildings with a DES based on alternative energy sources;

C.       The UniverCity developments are being built on Burnaby Mountain adjacent to the main SFU campus, which comprises four phases.  Phase 1 and 2 have already been constructed and will not be connected to the proposed DES.  The first three buildings of Phase 3 are under development and scheduled for completion in the fall of 2011, which will be served by the proposed NUS;

D.       CMUS will be responsible for development and ownership of the NUS, a community-based utility.  The primary responsibility will be to develop, implement, operate and maintain the DES, which will provide thermal energy and domestic hot water to residents of Phase 3 and 4 of the UniverCity developments;

E.        By Order G-193-10 dated December 10, 2010, the Commission established a written public hearing process with two rounds of Information Requests (IRs) to review the Application in accordance with the regulatory timetable attached as Appendix A to that Order;

F.        Pursuant to Order G-193-10, CMUS provided their responses to the IRs on January 27, 2011, however a number of responses were incomplete;

G.       After discussions between CMUS and Commission Staff, the Company submitted the missing responses to Commission IRs on February 8, 2011, along with a proposed revision to the Regulatory Timetable;

H.       The Commission Panel has reviewed the proposal and considers that an amendment is necessary.

NOW THEREFORE the Commission orders the Regulatory Timetable provided in Appendix A to Order G-193-10 is to be amended as follows:

DATED at the City of Vancouver, in the Province of British Columbia, this    10^th    day of February 2011.

                                                                                                                                BY ORDER

                                                                                                                            Original signed by:

                                                                                                                                D.A. Cote

                                                                                                                                Commissioner