Orders

In

IN THE MATTER OF

the Utilities Commission Act, RSBC 1996, Chapter 473

and

FortisBC Energy Inc.

Application for Approval of Rates for Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) Fueling

Service to the Corporation of the City of Victoria from the CNG Fueling Station,

Located at FEI’s Victoria Regional Office Facility in Langford

BEFORE:               K. A. Keilty, Panel Chair/Commissioner                  September 22, 2015

O  R  D  E  R

WHEREAS:

A.      On May 6, 2015, FortisBC Energy Inc. (FEI) and The Corporation of the City of Victoria (City of Victoria) entered into a Fueling Services Agreement (City of Victoria Agreement) which establishes rates for the City of Victoria to receive Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) fueling service from the CNG Station located at FEI’s Victoria Regional Office facility in Langford;

B.      On September 2, 2015, FEI applied to the British Columbia Utilities Commission (Commission), on a confidential basis for approval of the rate design and rates established in the City of Victoria Agreement (Original Application);

C.      On September 14, 2015, FEI submitted confidential and redacted versions of the Original Application and the City of Victoria Agreement. FEI requests Commission approval of the rate design and rates established in the City of Victoria Agreement on an interim and permanent basis, pursuant to sections 59 to 61 of the Utilities Commission Act, effective June 1, 2015 (Application); and

D.      The Commission has commenced review of the Application and determines interim rates should be approved.

NOW THEREFORE pursuant to sections 59–61 and 89 of the Utilities Commission Act, the Commission orders as follows:

1.       The rate design and rates established in the proposed City of Victoria Agreement for Compressed Natural Gas Fueling Service are approved on an interim basis, effective on June 1, 2015.

2.       Any variance between the interim rates and the permanent rates as determined by the Commission following final disposition of the Application are subject to refund/recovery, with interest at the average prime rate of FortisBC Energy Inc.’s principal bank for its most recent year.

DATED at the City of Vancouver, in the Province of British Columbia, this       22^nd            day of September 2015.

                                                                                                                                BY ORDER

                                                                                                                                Original signed by:

K. A. Keilty

Panel Chair/Commissioner