Orders

IN THE MATTER OF

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

and

Application by British Columbia Hydro and Power Authority

to Amend Tariff Supplement No. 74

Customer Baseline Load Determination Guidelines for RS 1823

Customers with Self-Generation Facilities

BEFORE:                 A. A. Rhodes, Panel Chair/Commissioner

                                C. van Wermeskerken, Commissioner                                             June 12, 2013

O  R  D  E  R

WHEREAS:

A.       On November 27, 2009, the British Columbia Utilities Commission (Commission) issued Letter L-106-09 asking British Columbia Hydro and Power Authority (BC Hydro) to provide draft guidelines for the determination of Generator Baselines (GBL);

B.       On June 20, 2012, BC Hydro submitted an Information Report which, among other things set out certain principles related to GBL establishment, and GBL establishment considerations for Energy Purchase Agreement (EPA) customers;

C.       On November 2, 2012, BC Hydro filed an Application with the Commission under sections 58-61 of the Utilities Commission Act to Amend Tariff Supplement No. 74 (TS No. 74) effective April 1, 2013 (the Application);

D.       The Application seeks approval for the addition of Attachment B Guidelines (the Proposed Guidelines) to TS No. 74.  The Proposed Guidelines address the determination, adjustment and reset of the Customer Baseline Load (CBL) for Rate Schedule 1823 customers with electrical power self-generation facilities which are installed at the same site as the customer’s plant, on the customer’s side of the point of delivery, and which are used to supply a portion of the customer’s load;

E.        The Application also seeks approval for some ancillary amendments to the body of TS No. 74;

F.        BC Hydro states that it undertook consultation with Transmission Service Rate (TSR) customers and the Association of Major Power Consumers (AMPC) on the proposed changes, including holding workshops and tariff reviews, which continued through October 2012.  In addition, BC Hydro held a Pre-filing Workshop on October 12, 2012 which was attended by AMPC, TSR customers, Commission staff and several other interested parties;

G.       The Association of Major Power Customers of BC (AMPC) and Zellstoff Celgar Partnership Limited (Celgar) registered as Interveners in this proceeding;

H.       BC Hydro proposed that the Application be heard by way of a Written Hearing Process with a Regulatory Timetable that contemplated one round of Commission and Intervener Information Requests (IRs);

I.         The Commission considered BC Hydro’s proposed  timetable and issued Order G-172-12 on November 14, 2012 establishing a Preliminary Regulatory Timetable which provided  for one round of IRs with any further regulatory process to be determined at a future time;

J.         On January 13, 2013, by Letter L-1-13, the Commission established a further Preliminary Regulatory Timetable to allow for a second round of IRs.

NOW THEREFORE the Commission orders as follows:

1.       The Application will be heard by way of a Written Hearing Process.

2.       The Regulatory Timetable for the review of the Application is as set out in Appendix A to this Order. 

DATED at the City of Vancouver, in the Province of British Columbia, this              12^th                day of June 2013.

                                                                                                                                BY ORDER

Original signed by:

                                                                                                                                A. A. Rhodes

                                                                                                                                Panel Chair/Commissioner

Attachment

British Columbia Hydro and Power Authority

Application to Amend Tariff Supplement No. 74

Customer Baseline Load Determination Guidelines for RS 1823

Customers with Self-Generation Facilities