Orders

IN THE MATTER OF

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

and

An Application by FortisBC Energy Inc.

regarding Rate Schedule 14A

for the 2011/12 Gas Contract Year

BEFORE:               L.F. Kelsey, Commissioner

                                N.E. MacMurchy, Commissioner                               May 12, 2011

                                D. Morton, Commissioner

O  R  D  E  R

WHEREAS:

A.    By Order G-76-10, the British Columbia Utilities Commission (Commission) approved for FortisBC Energy Inc. (then Terasen Gas Inc.) market-based commodity rates under Rate Schedule 14A for the 2010/11 gas contract year;

B.    On April 18, 2011, FortisBC Energy Inc. filed an application regarding Rate Schedule 14A (the Application) for approval of the continuation of market-based commodity rates and the continuation of Rate Schedule 14A tariff unchanged for the 2011/12 gas contract year;

C.    The Commission has considered the Application and is satisfied that the Application should be approved for the 2011/12 gas contract year.  The Commission also concludes that FortisBC Energy Inc. should address whether Rate Schedule 14A tariff should be filed in a form that permits it to continue in effect from year to year.

NOW THEREFORE pursuant to sections 59 and 61 of the Utilities Commission Act the Commission orders as follows:

1.    The Commission approves the continuation of Rate Schedule 14A for the 2011/12 gas contract year commencing November 1, 2011 without changes, as set out in the Application.

2.    In the event that FortisBC Energy Inc. applies in the future to continue Rate Schedule 14A tariff beyond the 2011/12 gas contract year, it will address whether the rate schedule should be approved in a form that permits it to continue in effect from year to year.

3.    The Commission will accept, subject to timely filing, Gas Tariff Rate Schedules in accordance with this Order.

4.    FortisBC Energy Inc. will provide a copy of this Order to all current customers of Rate Schedule 14A.

5.    FortisBC Energy Inc. will continue to file a report for Rate Schedule 14A within 30 days at the end of each gas contract year that summarizes monthly gas purchase and sales quantities, and costs and revenue for each month.

DATED at the City of Vancouver, in the Province of British Columbia, this                 12^th                 day of May 2011.

                                                                                                                                BY ORDER

                                                                                                                                Original signed by:

                                                                                                                                D. Morton

Commissioner