IN THE MATTER OF
the Utilities Commission Act, R.S.B.C. 1996, Chapter 473
and
An Implementation Plan for Monitoring Compliance with
British Columbia Reliability Standards in 2015
BEFORE: L. F. Kelsey, Commissioner
D. M. Morton, Commissioner
C. A. Brown, Commissioner
H. G. Harowitz, Commissioner November 6, 2014
K. A. Keilty, Commissioner
B. A. Magnan, Commissioner
C. van Wermeskerken, Commissioner
O R D E R
WHEREAS:
A.
British Columbia Utilities Commission (Commission) Order G-123-09
approved Rules of Procedure, including the Compliance Monitoring Program
appended thereto, setting out the administrative framework for the monitoring
of compliance with adopted reliability standards in British Columbia;
B.
Commission Order G-12-09 appointed the Western Electricity
Coordinating Council (WECC) as the Commission’s Administrator to assist the
Commission in carrying out its functions related to reliability standards in the
manner described in the Administration Agreement between the WECC and the
Commission dated October 8, 2009, and renewed August 21, 2014;
C.
Pursuant to section 3.1 of the Compliance Monitoring Program, on
October 31, 2014, WECC proposed an Implementation Plan for the calendar year
2015 (2015 Implementation Plan) for Commission approval, including a list of
minimum reliability standards to be actively monitored, methods to be used for
monitoring, an Audit Plan, Self-Certification Program and Schedule, and Periodic
Information (Data) Submittal requirements;
D. Pursuant to section 3.1.3 of the Compliance Monitoring Program, the approved Implementation Plan is to be posted on the WECC’s website with appropriate links from the Commission’s website; and
E. The Commission reviewed and considered the Implementation Plan submitted by WECC and determined that it should be approved.
NOW THEREFORE pursuant to subsection 125.2(10) of the Utilities Commission Act and section 3.1 of the Compliance Monitoring Program, the Commission orders as follows:
1. The 2015 Implementation Plan attached as Attachment A to this order is approved.
2. Entities subject to reliability standards in British Columbia must comply with the terms of the 2015 Implementation Plan unless otherwise ordered by the Commission.
3. The 2015 Implementation Plan must be posted on the Western Electricity Coordinating Council’s website with links from the Commission’s website throughout the calendar year 2015.
4. As new and revised standards are approved by the Commission and become effective in British Columbia, the revised and additional standards may be added to the Actively Monitored Standards List for monitoring in the same manner as the standards and requirements they are replacing for the appropriate time period. The Western Electricity Coordinating Council may make minor changes to schedules or monitoring as required.
DATED at the City of Vancouver, in the Province of British Columbia, this 6th day of November 2014.
BY ORDER
Original signed by:
D. M. Morton
Commissioner
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