Orders

IN THE MATTER OF

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

and

An Application by Catalyst Paper Port Alberni Division

for Acceptance of a Mitigation Plan required for

Compliance with Mandatory Reliability Standard:

PRC-008-0 Requirement 1 - Violation ID:  BCUC2014000500

BEFORE:               D. M. Morton, Commissioner                                     March 16, 2015

O  R  D  E  R

WHEREAS:

A.      Section 125.2 of the Utilities Commission Act (UCA) assigns exclusive jurisdiction to the British Columbia Utilities Commission (Commission) to determine whether a “reliability standard,” as defined in the UCA, is in the public interest and should be adopted in British Columbia. By Order G-123-09, the Commission approved the Compliance Monitoring Program (CMP) for monitoring and enforcement of adopted reliability standards and appointed the Western Electricity Coordinating Council (WECC) as its Administrator for registration and monitoring compliance as per section 8 of the UCA. WECC’s role as Administrator for the BC MRS Program was renewed in the first amended Administration Agreement, dated August 21, 2014;

B.      Pursuant to section 5 of the CMP, an entity subject to approved Mandatory Reliability Standards found in Confirmed Violation of a reliability standard must prepare a Mitigation Plan (MP) to correct the Confirmed Violation or prepare a description of how the Confirmed Violation has been mitigated. An MP with respect to a Confirmed Violation must be submitted to the Administrator within ten business days following confirmation by the Commission;

C.      An MP with respect to an Alleged Violation may be submitted at any time and the Commission encourages entities to mitigate all perceived instances of noncompliance upon detection;

D.      On September 29, 2014, Catalyst Paper Port Alberni Division submitted an MP (Version 1) to address the alleged violation of Reliability Standard PRC-008-0 R1 with the proposed completion date of February 3, 2015;

E.       By email notification dated March 4, 2015, WECC recommended acceptance of the following MP to bring Catalyst Paper Port Alberni Division into compliance with the Reliability Standard identified below:

F.         The Commission has reviewed WECC’s recommendation and considers acceptance is warranted.

NOW THEREFORE pursuant to section 125.2(10) of the Utilities Commission Act and in accordance with the Compliance Monitoring Program, the British Columbia Utilities Commission accepts the Western Electricity Coordinating Council’s recommendation and accepts the Mitigation Plan with completion date as identified above.

DATED at the City of Vancouver, in the Province of British Columbia, this            16th                 day of March 2015.

                                                                                                                                BY ORDER

                                                                                                                                Original Signed By:

                                                                                                                                D. M. Morton

                                                                                                                                Commissioner