IN THE MATTER OF
the Utilities Commission Act, RSBC 1996, Chapter 473
and
Creative Energy Vancouver Platforms Inc.
Application for a Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity
for Northeast False Creek and Chinatown Neighbourhood Energy System
BEFORE: D. M. Morton, Panel Chair/Commissioner
C. A. Brown, Commissioner July 21, 2015
I. F. MacPhail, Commissioner
O R D E R
WHEREAS:
A. On July 17, 2015, FortisBC Energy Inc. (FEI) submitted a letter to the British Columbia Utilities Commission (Commission) noting its concern with Creative Energy Vancouver Platforms Inc. (Creative Energy) not providing responses to information requests (IRs) that Creative Energy had agreed to undertake (Exhibit C7‑5). In the letter, FEI requested the Commission direct Creative Energy to provide responses and submitted that the Regulatory Timetable should be adjusted. FEI submitted that parties should be provided with three business days after Creative Energy files the outstanding supplemental responses to ask round two IRs on those particular responses, and the date for filing intervener evidence should be commensurately extended;
B. On July 20, 2015, the Commission requested parties to provide comment on FEI's submission by noon on Tuesday, July 21, 2015 (Exhibit A-9). FEI is to provide a reply by the end of day on Tuesday, July 21, 2015;
C. On July 20, 2015, Creative Energy filed responses to the information requests that Creative Energy had agreed to undertake and submitted that the FEI request for an amendment to the Regulatory Timetable should be denied (Exhibit B-20);
D. On July 21, 2015, in accordance with the Commission’s request for comment, Creative Energy reiterated that FEI’s request for an amendment to the Regulatory Timetable should be denied (Exhibit B-21);
E. On July 21, 2015, FEI provided its reply and submitted its request is a practical means to get the timetable back on track, while ensuring that all parties are treated fairly (Exhibit C7-6); and
F. The Commission has reviewed the submissions and has determined that the Regulatory Timetable should be adjusted to allow for an IR No. 2 on Creative Energy’s July 20, 2015 IR responses, but should not be adjusted to extend the intervener evidence filing deadline.
NOW THEREFORE, with Reasons for Decision to follow, the Commission orders as follows:
1. The Regulatory Timetable is amended to allow all parties to file information requests on Creative Energy’s July 20, 2015 Information Request No. 1 responses by Thursday, July 24, 2015.
2. Any party requesting an extension to the intervener evidence filing deadline must include the reasons for the request.
DATED at the City of Vancouver, in the Province of British Columbia, this 21st day of July 2015.
BY ORDER
Original Signed By:
D. M. Morton
Commissioner