Orders

IN THE MATTER OF

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

and

Cape Scott Wind L.P.

Confirmation of Alleged Violation of Mandatory Reliability Standard:

VAR-002-1.1b Requirement 1 – Violation ID:  BCUC2014000550

BEFORE:               D. M. Morton, Commissioner                                     March 11, 2015

O  R  D  E  R

WHEREAS:

A.      Order G-123-09 approved the Compliance Monitoring Program (CMP), which provides a process for dealing with violations to Mandatory Reliability Standards (MRS) adopted by the British Columbia Utilities Commission (Commission);

B.      On February 3, 2015, the Western Electricity Coordinating Council (WECC), acting as the Commission’s MRS Administrator, issued a Notice of Alleged Violation (NOAV) to Cape Scott Wind L.P. (Cape Scott) for the alleged violation of the Reliability Standard listed above. The NOAV described the nature of the Alleged Violation and provided an assessment of the severity of the Alleged Violation;

C.      On February 3, 2015, WECC also advised Cape Scott of its rights under section 4.2 of the CMP, pursuant to which the Applicable Entity has 30 days to respond to the NOAV. The CMP also states if the Applicable Entity fails to respond within 30 days, the Commission may consider the Alleged Violation in the absence of a submission;

D.      Pursuant to section 5.1.1 of the CMP, the Applicable Entity is not required to, but may, prepare a Mitigation Plan for an Alleged Violation at any time. Pursuant to section 5.3.2 of the CMP, the Applicable Entity must submit a Mitigation Plan for a Confirmed Violation within 10 business days following confirmation by the Commission;

E.       On February 26, 2015, Cape Scott responded to the NOAV, submitted a Mitigation Plan and proposed to implement the Mitigation Plan to correct the Alleged Violation and its underlying causes; and

F.       The Commission has reviewed WECC’s recommendation and considers confirmation of the Alleged Violation is warranted.

NOW THEREFORE pursuant to section 125.2 of the Utilities Commission Act and section 4.1 of the Compliance

Monitoring Program, the British Columbia Utilities Commission confirms the Alleged Violation identified above. 

DATED at the City of Vancouver, in the Province of British Columbia, this            11^th               day of March 2015.

                                                                                                                                BY ORDER

                                                                                                                                Original signed by:

                                                                                                                                D. M. Morton

                                                                                                                                Commissioner