Orders

IN THE MATTER OF

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

and

An Application by Bear Mountain Wind Limited Partnership

for Acceptance of Mitigation Plans required

for Compliance with Mandatory Reliability Standards:

PRC-005-1 Requirement 1 - Violation ID:  BCUC2012000397

PRC-005-1 Requirement 2 - Violation ID:  BCUC2012000398

BEFORE:               D.M. Morton, Commissioner                                                      September 17, 2013

O  R  D  E  R

WHEREAS:

A.      Section 125.2 of the Utilities Commission Act (Act) assigns exclusive jurisdiction to the British Columbia Utilities Commission (Commission) to determine whether a “reliability standard,” as defined in the Act, is in the public interest and should be adopted in British Columbia.  By Order G-123-09, the Commission approved the Compliance Monitoring Program (CMP) for monitoring and enforcement of adopted reliability standards and appointed the Western Electricity Coordinating Council (WECC) as its Administrator for registration and monitoring compliance as per section 8 of the Act;

B.      Commission Order G-67-09 requires entities subject to approved Mandatory Reliability Standards to file mitigation plans outlining how they plan to achieve compliance;

C.      Pursuant to section 5.3 of the CMP, a Mitigation Plan with respect to an Alleged Violation may be submitted at any time, and a Mitigation Plan with respect to a Confirmed Violation must be submitted within ten business days following confirmation by the Commission;

D.      On July 25, 2013, Bear Mountain Wind Limited Partnership (BMWL) submitted a Mitigation Plan to address the alleged violation of Reliability Standard PRC-005-1 R1 with a proposed completion date of November 11, 2012;

E.       On July 31, 2013, BMWL submitted a Mitigation Plan to address the alleged violation of Reliability Standard PRC-005-1 R2 with a proposed completion date of October 31, 2013;

F.       By separate email notifications dated August 28, 2013, WECC recommended acceptance of the following Mitigation Plans to bring BMWL into compliance with the standards listed below:

G.       The Commission has reviewed WECC’s recommendations and considers approval is warranted.

NOW THEREFORE pursuant to section 125.2(10) of the Utilities Commission Act and in accordance with the Compliance Monitoring Program, the British Columbia Utilities Commission accepts Western Electricity Coordinating Council’s recommendations and approves the Mitigation Plans with the Completion Dates as listed above.

DATED at the City of Vancouver, in the Province of British Columbia, this         17th           day of September, 2013.

                                                                                                                                BY ORDER

                                                                                                                                Original Signed By:

                                                                                                                                D.M. Morton

                                                                                                                                Commissioner