Orders

ORDER NUMBER

G-71-18

IN THE MATTER OF

the Utilities Commission Act, RSBC 1996, Chapter 473

and

Nelson Hydro

2018 Rate Application

BEFORE:

A. K. Fung, QC, Panel Chair/Commissioner

on April 6, 2018

ORDER

WHEREAS:

A.      On December 8, 2017, Nelson Hydro filed an application with the British Columbia Utilities Commission (BCUC) for approval of a general rate increase of 2.25 percent, effective April 1, 2018 (Application);

B.      Nelson Hydro is owned and operated by the City of Nelson and is exempt from regulation under the Utilities Commission Act to the extent it is serving customers within its municipal boundaries. Accordingly, while the requested rate increase will be applied uniformly to all ratepayers receiving service both inside and outside the City of Nelson’s municipal boundaries,  BCUC’s review of the Application pertains solely to Nelson Hydro’s non-municipal, or rural, ratepayers;

C.      By Order G-13-18 dated January 17, 2018,  BCUC approved the applied for rate increase of 2.25 percent on an interim and refundable basis, effective April 1, 2018. BCUC also established an initial regulatory timetable, which included intervener and interested party registration and one round of BCUC and intervener information requests (IRs); and

D.      The Panel has reviewed Nelson Hydro’s responses to IR No. 1 and considers that a second round of IRs followed by written argument is warranted.

NOW THEREFORE the British Columbia Utilities Commission establishes the remainder of the regulatory timetable, attached as Appendix A to this order.

DATED at the City of Vancouver, in the Province of British Columbia, this      6^th      day of April 2018.

BY ORDER

Original signed by:

A. K. Fung, QC

Commissioner

Attachment

Nelson Hydro

2018 Rate Application