Orders

IN THE MATTER OF

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

and

An Application by FortisBC Inc.

for a Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity

for the Purchase of Utility Assets of the City of Kelowna

BEFORE:               D.M. Morton, Commissioner

A.A. Rhodes, Commissioner                                        December 11, 2012

B.A. Magnan, Commissioner

O  R  D  E  R

WHEREAS:

A.      On November 13, 2012, FortisBC Inc. (FBC) applied to the British Columbia Utilities Commission (Commission), pursuant to sections 45 and 46 of the Utilities Commission Act (Act), for a Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity for an extension to FBC’s distribution system which would result from its proposed purchase of the electricity distribution assets of the City of Kelowna;

B.      FBC also applied pursuant to sections 59 and 60 of the Act to include the impact of the electricity distribution asset purchase in FBC’s revenue requirements;

C.      On November 27, 2012, the Commission issued Order G-178-12 establishing a Regulatory Timetable for the review of the Application, which included a December 7, 2012 deadline for Intervener registration and comment on the proposed one-day Streamlined Review Process Hearing to be held in Kelowna;

D.      The Commission received no comment or assent from three of the four registered Interveners regarding the Streamlined Review Process.  However, the Industrial Customers Group oppose the Streamlined Review Process, requesting that the Commission instead establish an Oral Hearing review process with two rounds of Information Requests;

E.       The Commission has reviewed the Intervener submissions and has determined that the Regulatory Timetable should be amended to include a Procedural Conference to be held on Wednesday, January 16, 2013, to determine the appropriate process for review of the Application.

NOW THEREFORE the Commission issues the Amended Regulatory Timetable attached as Appendix A to this Order.

DATED at the City of Vancouver, in the Province of British Columbia, this             11^th         day of December 2012.

BY ORDER

                                                                                                                                Original signed by:

                                                                                                                                D.M. Morton

                                                                                                                                Commissioner

Attachment

FORTISBC INC.

An Application

for a Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity

for the Purchase of Utility Assets of the City of Kelowna