ORDER NUMBER
G-124-17
IN THE MATTER OF
the Utilities Commission Act, RSBC 1996, Chapter 473
and
FortisBC Inc.
Application for Approval to Exempt from Applicable Residential and Commercial Tariff Charges
for Customers Under Evacuation Orders Due to Wildfires
BEFORE:
D. M. Morton, Commissioner/Panel Chair
D. J. Enns, Commissioner
W. M. Everett, Commissioner
H. G. Harowitz, Commissioner
M. Kresivo, Commissioner
B. A. Magnan, Commissioner
R. I. Mason, Commissioner
on August 17, 2017
ORDER
WHEREAS:
A. On August 3, 2017, FortisBC Inc. (FBC) applied to the British Columbia Utilities Commission (Commission) pursuant to Section 63 of the Utilities Commission Act (UCA) (the Application), to provide a credit to customers who receive service under FBC Electric Tariff Rate Schedules 1, 2A, 3, 3A, 20, 21, 22A, 23A, 60, 61 and 95 for the 2017 charges that would otherwise have applied under those rate schedules(the Applicable Charges) during the period the customer was under an Evacuation Order due to wildfires(the Applicable Period) applicable to that customer(the Evacuee Customers); and
B. The Commission reviewed the Application and considers that approval is warranted.
NOW THEREFORE pursuant to section 63 of the UCA, the Commission approves FBC’s application to provide a credit for the Applicable Charges that would otherwise have applied during the Applicable Period for the Evacuee Customers.
DATED at the City of Vancouver, in the Province of British Columbia, this 25th day of August 2017.
BY ORDER
Original signed by:
D. M. Morton
Commissioner