Orders

IN THE MATTER OF

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

and

An Application by Teck Metals Limited

for Acceptance of a Revised Mitigation Plan required for

Compliance with Mandatory Reliability Standards

FAC-001-0 Requirement 1 - Violation ID:  BCUC201000130

FAC-001-0 Requirement 2 - Violation ID:  BCUC201000131

BEFORE:               D.M. Morton, Commissioner                                      May 28, 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.      By Order R-65-12, the Commission approved Mitigation Plans with completion date of November 1, 2011, submitted by Teck Metals Ltd. (Teck) to address the alleged violation of Reliability Standards FAC-001-0 R1 and R2;

E.       On December 7, 2012, WECC requested Teck submit Revised Mitigation Plans for FAC-001-0 R1 and R2;

F.       On January 4, 2013, Teck submitted Revised Mitigation Plans to address the alleged violation of Reliability Standards FAC-001-0 R1 and R2.  The proposed completion date for both Mitigation Plans is July 2, 2013;

G.     By letters dated May 23, 2013, WECC recommended acceptance of the following Revised Mitigation Plans to bring Teck into compliance with the standards listed below:

H.        The Commission has reviewed WECC’s recommendation 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 recommendation and approves the Revised Mitigation Plans with the completion dates as identified above. 

DATED at the City of Vancouver, in the Province of British Columbia, this             28th                day of May 2013.

                                                                                                                                BY ORDER

                                                                                                                                Original Signed By:

                                                                                                                                D.M. Morton

                                                                                                                                Commissioner