Orders

IN THE MATTER OF

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

and

An Application by Toba Montrose General Partnership

for Acceptance a Mitigation Plan required for

Compliance with Mandatory Reliability Standard:

PRC-023-1 Requirement 2 - Violation ID:  BCUC2014000512

BEFORE:               D.M. Morton, Commissioner                                      June 18, 2014

O  R  D  E  R

WHEREAS:

A.      Section 125.2 of the Utilities Commission Act (UCA) assigns exclusive jurisdiction to the British Columbia Utilities Commission (Commission) to determine whether a “reliability standard,” as defined in the UCA, 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 UCA;

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 (MP) with respect to an Alleged Violation may be submitted at any time, and a MP with respect to a Confirmed Violation must be submitted within ten business days following confirmation by the Commission;

D.      On May 16, 2014, Toba Montrose General Partnership (Toba Montrose) submitted a MP to address the alleged violation of Reliability Standard PRC-023-1 R2 with a proposed completion dateof May 1, 2014;

E.       By email notification dated June 16, 2014, WECC recommended acceptance of the following MP to bring Toba Montrose into compliance with the standard identified below:

F.         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 the Western Electricity Coordinating Council’s recommendation and approves the Mitigation Plan with completion date as identified above.

DATED at the City of Vancouver, in the Province of British Columbia, this                  18^th                   day of June 2014.

                                                                                                                                BY ORDER

                                                                                                                                Original Signed by:

                                                                                                                                D.M. Morton

                                                                                                                                Commissioner