Orders

ORDER NUMBER

G-162-17

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 McRae’s Environmental Ltd. from the CNG Fueling Station

Located at FortisBC Energy Inc.’s Victoria Regional Office Facility in Langford

BEFORE:

B. A. Magnan, Commissioner

W. M. Everett, QC, Commissioner

on October 31, 2017

ORDER

WHEREAS:

A.      On October 26, 2017, FortisBC Energy Inc. (FEI) applied to the British Columbia Utilities Commission (Commission), pursuant to sections 59 to 61 and 89 of the Utilities Commission Act (UCA), for approval of the rates established in the fueling services agreement between FEI and McRae’s Environmental Ltd. (McRae’s) (McRae’s-Langford Agreement) on an interim and permanent basis, effective November 1, 2017 (Application);

B.      On October 5, 2017, FEI and McRae’s entered into the McRae’s-Langford Agreement which established the terms, conditions and rates for McRae’s to receive CNG fueling service from the CNG station located at FEI’s Victoria regional office facility in Langford; and

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

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

1.       The rates established in the McRae’s-Langford Agreement are approved on an interim basis, effective November 1, 2017.

2.       FEI is directed to refund/recover the variance between the interim rates and the permanent rates, as determined by the Commission following the final determination of the Application, with interest calculated at the average prime rate of FEI’s principal bank for its most recent year.

3.       FEI is to file the McRae’s-Langford Agreement in tariff supplement form for endorsement by the Commission within 30 days of the date of this order.

DATED at the City of Vancouver, in the Province of British Columbia, this            1^st         day of November 2017.

BY ORDER

Original signed by:

B. A. Magnan

Commissioner