Orders

 

ORDER NUMBER

G-96-18

 

IN THE MATTER OF

the Utilities Commission Act, RSBC 1996, Chapter 473

 

and

 

British Columbia Utilities Commission

An Inquiry into the Regulation of Electric Vehicle Charging Service

 

BEFORE:

D. M. Morton, Commissioner / Panel Chair

A. K. Fung, QC, Commissioner

H. G. Harowitz, Commissioner

 

on May 18, 2018

 

ORDER

WHEREAS:

 

A.      By Order G-10-18 dated January 12, 2018, the British Columbia Utilities Commission (BCUC) established an inquiry into the regulation of electric vehicle charging service (Inquiry) pursuant to section 82 of the Utilities Commission Act (UCA);

B.      By Order G-19-18 dated January 23, 2018, the BCUC established the Regulatory Timetable for Inquiry, which included intervener and interested party registration, deadline for interveners to file written evidence and further process to be determined. The BCUC issued a preliminary scope of the Inquiry attached as Appendix B to that order;

C.      By letter dated February 7, 2018, the BCUC established the dates and locations for a series of community input sessions to hear comments from the public on the issues raised in the Inquiry;

D.      By letters dated February 7, 2018 and March 1, 2018, the BCUC extended the deadlines for intervener registration and the filing of intervener evidence, with further process to be determined;

E.       Between March 2, 2018 and March 16, 2018, the BCUC received written evidence from interveners;

F.       By Order G-67-18 dated March 29, 2018, the BCUC amended the Regulatory Timetable to include one round of information requests (IR). The Regulatory Timetable established that intervener responses to IR No. 1 will be filed by June 6, 2018, with further process to be determined; and

G.      The BCUC considers that amending the Regulatory Timetable for further process in the Inquiry is warranted.

 

NOW THEREFORE the BCUC orders as follows:

 

1.       The regulatory timetable is amended as outlined in Appendix A to this order.

2.       A Procedural Conference will be held on Wednesday, June 27, 2018, commencing at 9:00 a.m. at the BCUC Hearing Room on 12^th Floor, 1125 Howe Street, Vancouver, BC.

3.       If interveners are unable to attend the Procedural Conference in-person, they may participate either by (i) teleconference or (ii) make a written submission.

i.        Interveners wishing to participate by teleconference must register with the BCUC by email at commission.secretary@bcuc.com or by telephone at 1-800-663-1385. Registration closes on Monday, June 25, 2018.

ii.      Intervener written submissions, if any, should be eFiled with the BCUC by Monday, June 25, 2018.

 

DATED at the City of Vancouver, in the Province of British Columbia, this       18^th          day of May 2018.

 

BY ORDER

 

Original signed by:

 

D. M. Morton

Commissioner

 

 

Attachment

 

 

British Columbia Utilities Commission

An Inquiry into the Regulation of Electric Vehicle Charging Service

 

 

 

 

*Location:       BCUC Hearing Room

12^th Floor, 1125 Howe Street

Vancouver, BC