Orders

ORDER NUMBER

R-18-18

IN THE MATTER OF

the Utilities Commission Act, RSBC 1996, Chapter 473

and

V. I. Power Limited Partnership

Application for Acceptance of Mitigation Plans (Version 2) required for

Compliance with Mandatory Reliability Standards:

MOD-025-2 Requirement 1 – Violation ID:  BCUC2017000622

MOD-025-2 Requirement 2 – Violation ID:  BCUC2018000637

BEFORE:

W. M. Everett, QC, Commissioner

on April 11, 2018

ORDER

WHEREAS:

A.      On March 27, 2018, the Western Electricity Coordinating Council (WECC), acting as the Administrator for the British Columbia Mandatory Reliability Standards Program (BC MRS Program), issued Recommendations of Mitigation Plan (MP) Acceptance (Recommendations) to bring V. I. Power Limited Partnership (VIPL) into compliance with the reliability standards identified above;

B.      Section 125.2 of the Utilities Commission Act (UCA) assigns exclusive jurisdiction to the British Columbia Utilities Commission (BCUC) to determine whether a “reliability standard,” as defined in the UCA, is in the public interest and should be adopted in British Columbia;

C.      By Order G-123-09, BCUC appointed WECC as its Administrator for registration and monitoring compliance as per section 8 of the UCA. The Administration Agreement between WECC and BCUC was signed on October 8, 2009, and WECC’s role as Administrator for the BC MRS Program was renewed in the first amended Administration Agreement, dated August 21, 2014;

D.      BCUC Order G-123-09 also approved the Compliance Monitoring Program (CMP) for monitoring and enforcement of adopted reliability standards and most recent revisions to the CMP were approved by BCUC Order R-40-17, dated September 1, 2017;

E.       Pursuant to section 5.1.1 of the CMP, an entity subject to approved Mandatory Reliability Standards found in Confirmed Violation of a reliability standard must prepare an MP to correct the Confirmed Violation or prepare a description of how the Confirmed Violation has been mitigated. Pursuant to section 5.3.2 of the CMP, an MP with respect to a Confirmed Violation must be submitted to the Administrator within ten days following confirmation by BCUC;

F.       An MP with respect to a Possible Violation or an Alleged Violation may be submitted at any time and BCUC encourages entities to mitigate all perceived instances of noncompliance upon detection;

G.      On February 26, 2018, VIPL submitted MPs (Version 1) to address the self-reported Possible Violations MOD‑025‑2 R1 and R2;

H.      On March 14, 2018, VIPL submitted MPs (Version 2) to supersede MPs (Version 1) and to address the same self-reported Possible Violations MOD-025-2 R1 and R2 with the proposed completion dates as shown below; and

I.        BCUC reviewed WECC’s Recommendations and considers that acceptance of the MPs is warranted.

NOW THEREFORE pursuant to section 125.2(10) of the UCA and in accordance with the CMP, BCUC accepts the MPs with the proposed completion dates as identified in recital H above.

DATED at the City of Vancouver, in the Province of British Columbia, this                11th                 day of April 2018.

BY ORDER

Original Signed By:

W. M. Everett, QC

Commissioner