Orders

IN THE MATTER OF

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

and

Recovery of Commission Costs

for the 2015/16 Fiscal Year

 

BEFORE:               L. F. Kelsey, Commissioner

                                H. G. Harowitz, Commissioner

                                K. A. Keilty, Commissioner

                                N. E. MacMurchy, Commissioner                                  May 7, 2015

                                I. F. MacPhail, Commissioner

                                B. A. Magnan, Commissioner

                                D. M. Morton, Commissioner

 

 

O  R  D  E  R

WHEREAS:

 

A.      Section 125 of the Utilities Commission Act (Act) enables the British Columbia Utilities Commission (Commission) to recover its expenses arising from the administration of the Act, in each fiscal year commencing April 1 and to fix and collect levies from public utilities and other persons so defined. B.C. Regulation 283/88 dated July 29, 1988, authorizes the Commission to collect and retain all levies collected under the Regulation and to base the amount of a levy on the value and the volume of the energy transmitted or distributed or the service furnished;

 

B.      The Commission drafted its 2015/2016 budget and will be consulting with its stakeholders regarding the implications of the provincial government’s independent review of the Commission. The results of those consultations may impact the Commission’s 2015/2016 budget and the current year’s levy for recovering Commission expenses; and

 

C.      To provide sufficient time for the budget consultation to occur, the Commission considers that it should establish a levy for the first quarter of 2015/2016 based on the levy for 2014/2015 as set by Commission Order G-64-14.

 

 

NOW THEREFORE the British Columbia Utilities Commission orders as follows:

 

1.       The levy for the first quarter of 2015/2016 shall be set at the same level as the fourth quarter installment billing of Commission Order G-64-14 and shall be paid by, and collected from, the public utilities listed below for the recovery of Commission expenses in the fiscal year commencing April 1, 2015.

 

2.    The following public utilities are required to pay the levy fixed for the first quarter of 2015/16 fiscal year as set out in Appendix A attached to this order.

 

Electric Utilities

 

British Columbia Hydro and Power Authority

FortisBC Inc.

The Corporation of the City of Nelson (rural areas)

Hemlock Utility Services Ltd.

The Yukon Electrical Company Limited

Silversmith Power & Light Corporation

Corix Multi-Utility Services Inc. – Sun Rivers

 

 

Gas Utilities

 

FortisBC Energy Inc.

Pacific Northern Gas Ltd.

Pacific Northern Gas (N.E.) Ltd.

Big White Gas Utility

Port Alice Gas Inc.

Sun Peaks Utilities Co. Ltd.

Corix Multi-Utility Services Inc. – Sun Rivers, Panorama and Sonoma Pines

Stargas Utilities Ltd.

Cal Gas Inc. – Kickinghorse/Canyon Ridge

 

 

Thermal Energy Utilities

 

Creative Energy Vancouver Platforms Inc.

Dockside Green Energy

River District Energy Inc.

Corix Multi-Utility Services Inc. - UniverCity

FortisBC Alternative Energy Services Inc. - Delta School District #37

 

3.    Pursuant to section 125 of the Utilities Commission Act and the regulation of the Insurance Corporation of British Columbia, ICBC shall pay the Commission’s first quarter 2015/16 allocated budgeted expenses of $175,000.00.

 

 

DATED at the City of Vancouver, in the Province of British Columbia, this          8^th               day of May 2015.

 

                                                                                                                                BY ORDER

 

Original signed by:

 

                                                                                                                                D. Morton

                                                                                                                                Commissioner

Attachment

British Columbia Utilities Commission

2015/2016 First Quarter Levy

 

                    Source: Order G-64-14, Appendix A