Orders

IN THE MATTER OF

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

and

AltaGas Ltd.

Application for Renewal of its Gas Marketer Licence

under the Customer Choice Program

BEFORE:               L.F. Kelsey, Commissioner

                                B.A. Magnan, Commissioner                                       October 7, 2013

                                C. van Wermeskerken, Commissioner

O  R  D  E  R

WHEREAS:

A.      On August 28, 2013 AltaGas Ltd. (AltaGas), applied to the British Columbia Utilities Commission (Commission) for renewal of its Gas Marketer Licence.  The Application for renewal of its Licence to Market Natural Gas (Application) included the payment of the $1,000 Application Fee and a $250,000 proof of security, pursuant to Sections 2 and 4 respectively of the Licence Requirements; and

B.      The Commission has reviewed AltaGas’s Application and relying upon the information and representations made by AltaGas, finds that renewal of its Gas Marketer Licence, subject to certain conditions, is warranted.

NOW THEREFORE pursuant to section 71.1(6) of the Utilities Commission Act, the Commission orders as follows:

1.    A Gas Marketer Licence is issued to AltaGas Ltd. for the period of November 1, 2013 to October 31, 2014.

2.    This licence is subject to the following conditions:

a.       AltaGas must carry out the undertakings as provided in its Application for a Gas Marketer Licence and as set out in the Rules for Gas Marketers established by Order A-11-11.

b.      AltaGas must comply with the Code of Conduct for Gas Marketers and Rate Schedule 36 of FortisBC Energy Inc.  AltaGas shall ensure that its employees, salespersons or other representatives of its products and services comply with the standards required of a Gas Marketer as set out in the Code of Conduct for Gas Marketers and AltaGas shall be responsible for any non-compliance of its employees, salespersons or other representatives of its products and services.

c.       AltaGas must maintain a $250,000 performance security in full force and effect for the duration of the Licence.

d.      AltaGas must file with the Commission, pursuant to item 10.0 of the Rules for Gas Marketers, the following information:

i.         Unaudited quarterly financial statements, no later than 45 days after the end of each quarter;

ii.       The most recent version of the documents submitted to satisfy Section 7, Financial Qualifications, of the Licence Requirements;

iii.      The most recent version of the documents submitted under Sections (8), (9), (10), (11) and (12) of the Licence Requirements, for the Commission’s comment and approval, prior to commercial distribution and/or use.

e.      The Commission may, at any time and without prior notice to AltaGas, amend or impose new terms and conditions on, suspend, or cancel the Gas Marketer Licence for reasons the Commission, in its sole discretion, considers sufficient.

f.        The Gas Marketer Licence and all copies of it shall remain the property of the Commission.  AltaGas will return these documents forthwith upon written request from the Commission.

g.       AltaGas is not permitted to market to and/or enroll Residential and Commercial Consumers enrolled under FortisBC Energy's Rate Schedules 1, 2 or 3.

DATED at the City of Vancouver, in the Province of British Columbia, this         8^th            day of October 2013.

                                                                                                                                BY ORDER

Original signed by:

                                                                                                                                C. van Wermeskerken

                                                                                                                                Commissioner

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