Orders

IN THE MATTER OF

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

and

A Filing by British Columbia Hydro and Power Authority of

Amendments to Electricity Purchase Agreements with Valisa Energy Incorporated for the

Bone Creek Hydro Project; Sakwi Creek Power Corp. for the Sakwi Creek Project; and

Bear Mountain Wind Limited Partnership for the Bear Mountain Wind Park Project

BEFORE:               L.F. Kelsey, Commissioner

                                D.M. Morton, Commissioner

                                B.A. Magnan, Commissioner                                       May 30, 2013

                                N.E. MacMurchy, Commissioner

                                C. van Wermeskerken, Commissioner

O  R  D  E  R

WHEREAS:

A.      Pursuant to section 71 of the Utilities Commission Act, on March 1, 2013, British Columbia Hydro and Power Authority (BC Hydro) filed the following amendments (Amendments) to the previously accepted Energy Purchase Agreements (EPAs):

EPA Amendments

B.      On March 1, 2013, BC Hydro filed un-redacted copies of the Amendments (Filing).  BC Hydro requested that the un-redacted copy of the Amendments and the Filing, be kept confidential due to the commercially sensitive nature of certain information.  BC Hydro also filed a copy of the Amendments and Filing that redacts the confidential information and that is intended for public disclosure;

C.      BC Hydro also files with the British Columbia Utilities Commission (Commission) from time to time descriptions of contractual developments in its EPA amendment filings.  These contractual developments do not constitute EPA amendments and are proved in Appendix A to this order for information purposes only;

D.      The Commission has considered this Filing by BC Hydro in relation to section 71(2.2) of the Utilities Commission Act;

E.       The Commission has reviewed the Filing and determined that the Amendments are in the public interest.

NOW THEREFORE pursuant to section 71 of the Utilities Commission Act the Commission orders as follows:

1.      The BC Hydro Electricity Purchase Agreement Amendments with Valisa Energy Incorporated for the Bone Creek Hydro Project (effective June 1, 2012), Sakwi Creek Power Corp. for the Sakwi Creek Project (effective October 12, 2012) and Bear Mountain Wind Limited Partnership for the Bear Mountain Wind Park Project (effective October 24, 2012), are accepted for filing.

2.       The Commission will hold the un-redacted copy of the BC Hydro Electricity Purchase Agreement Amendments with Valisa Energy Incorporated, Sakwi Creek Power Corp. and Bear Mountain Wind Limited Partnership confidential as a result of the commercially sensitive nature of price and monthly energy volume information.

DATED at the City of Vancouver, in the Province of British Columbia, this          30^th            day of May 2013.

                                                                                                                                BY ORDER

Original signed by:

                                                                                                                                D.M. Morton

                                                                                                                                Commissioner

Attachment

British Columbia Hydro and Power Authority

Electricity Purchase Agreements

Contractual Developments for Information