IN THE MATTER OF
the Utilities Commission Act, R.S.B.C. 1996, Chapter 473
and
FortisBC Energy Inc.
Application for Approval of Code of Conduct and Transfer Pricing Policy
for Affiliated Regulated Businesses Operating in a Non-Natural Monopoly Environment
Compliance Filing Pursuant to Commission Order G-31-15
BEFORE: L. A. O’Hara, Panel Chair/Commissioner
K. A. Keilty, Commissioner April 28, 2015
N. E. MacMurchy, Commissioner
O R D E R
WHEREAS:
A. On February 27, 2015, the British Columbia Utilities Commission (Commission) issued its decision and an accompanying Order G-31-15 to FortisBC Energy Inc. (FEI) regarding its Application for a Code of Conduct (COC) and Transfer Pricing Policy (TPP) for Affiliated Regulated Businesses operating in a Non-Natural Monopoly Environment (ARBNNM);
B. Order G-31-15 directed FEI to comply with the findings and determinations in the accompanying decision and to file for approval its COC and TPP on or before April 7, 2015. In the same order, FEI was also directed to file for approval a draft all-inclusive COC and TPP within one year of final approval of the COC and TPP for ARBNNM;
C. By letter dated April 7, 2015, FEI filed, for Commission approval, its COC and TPP based on the determinations in the decision (Compliance Filing);
D. The Commission has reviewed the Compliance Filing and concluded that approval of the COC and TPP is warranted; and
E. The Commission is cognizant that, with the final approval of FEI’s COC and TPP for ARBNNMs by this Order G-65-15, FEI is to file for approval a draft all-inclusive COC and TPP no later than April 27, 2016.
NOW THEREFORE, pursuant to sections 58-61 of the Utilities Commission Act, the Commission orders as follows:
1 FortisBC Energy Inc.’s (FEI) Code of Conduct and Transfer Pricing Policy for Affiliated Regulated Businesses Operating in a Non-Natural Monopoly Environment as filed in the Compliance Filing dated April 7, 2015 is approved.
2 FEI is to file for approval, no later than April 27, 2016, a draft all-inclusive Code of Conduct and Transfer Pricing Policy that covers the interactions between FEI and its affiliated natural monopoly utilities, FEI and its affiliated non-regulated businesses, and FEI and its affiliated regulated businesses operating in a non-natural monopoly environment.
DATED at the City of Vancouver, in the Province of British Columbia, this 28th day of April 2015.
BY ORDER
Original signed by:
L. A. O’Hara
Panel Chair/Commissioner