Orders

IN THE MATTER OF

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

and

FortisBC Energy Inc.

2014 Customer Choice Program Seventh Annual General Meeting

BEFORE:               D.A. Cote, Commissioner                                                             February 26, 2015

O  R  D  E  R

WHEREAS:

A.      FortisBC Energy Inc. (FEI) obtained a Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity (CPCN) on August 14, 2006, for the Commodity Unbundling Project for Residential Customers (Customer Choice), in accordance with the government’s 2002 energy policy, allowing for the direct sale of natural gas to residential and small volume commercial customers through gas marketing companies licensed by the British Columbia Utilities Commission (Commission);

B.      Article 34 of the Code of Conduct for Gas Marketers requires the Commission to hold an annual general meeting to discuss program improvements or enhancements. The annual general meeting can take place by written or in-person process as determined by the Commission; and

C.      The Commission has determined that the establishment of the seventh Customer Choice Program Annual General Meeting proceeding is warranted.

NOW THEREFORE the Commission orders as follows:

1.       A hearing process is established for the seventh Customer Choice Program Annual General Meeting, following the preliminary Regulatory Timetable attached as Appendix A to this order.

2.       The hearing will follow the same process as the Customer Choice Program Sixth Annual General Meeting with the following addition: the Commission will release the standard dispute statistics prior to the deadline for submission of issues, by Friday, March 6, 2015.

3.       FEI is to file the Customer Choice program statistics for the life of the program to the Commission by electronic submission by Friday, March 6, 2015.

4.       Parties wishing to participate as interveners must register with the Commission in writing or by electronic submission by Friday, March 6, 2015.

DATED at the City of Vancouver, in the Province of British Columbia, this           26^th            day of February, 2015.

                                                                                                                                BY ORDER

                                                                                                                                Original signed by:

                                                                                                                                D.A. Cote

                                                                                                                                Commissioner

Attachment

FortisBC Energy Inc.

2014 Customer Choice Seventh Annual General Meeting

Regulatory Timetable