Orders

ORDER NUMBER

G-215-18

IN THE MATTER OF

the Utilities Commission Act, RSBC 1996, Chapter 473

and

FortisBC Energy Inc.

Rate Schedule 46 – Liquefied Natural Gas Sales, Dispensing and Transportation Service

Application for Expedited Temporary Tariff Changes

BEFORE:

D. M. Morton, Commissioner

on November 14, 2018

ORDER

WHEREAS:

A.      On November 7, 2018, pursuant to sections 59 to 61 and 89 of the Utilities Commission Act (UCA), FortisBC Energy Inc. (FEI) applied to the British Columbia Utilities Commission (BCUC) for expedited approval, on an interim and permanent basis, of temporary tariff changes to the curtailment priority in Section 5.2 and to title transfer in Section 5.4 of Rate Schedule 46 (RS 46), effective November 15, 2018 and ending March 31, 2019 (collectively, the Application).

B.      By BCUC Order G-211-13 dated December 12, 2013, RS 46 was approved in accordance with Order in Council (OIC) 557, B.C. Regulation 245/2013, deposited November 28, 2013, issuing Direction No. 5 to the BCUC, as amended by OIC 749, B.C. Regulation 265/2014, and further amended by OIC 162, B.C. Regulation 115/2017;

C.      The BCUC finds that the proposed temporary RS 46 changes to FEI’s curtailment priority in Section 5.2 and to title transfer in Section 5.4 of RS 46 effective November 15, 2018 and ended March 31, 2019 should be approved on an interim basis; and

D.      The BCUC considers that a written submission process and a regulatory timetable, attached as Appendix A to this order, are warranted for the review of the RS 46 changes on a permanent basis as proposed in the Application.

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

1.       The proposed rate schedule changes to Section 5.2 and Section 5.4 of FEI’s RS 46 are approved, on an interim basis, effective November 15, 2018.

2.       FEI is to inform all RS 46 customers, as soon as possible, of the potential gas supply constraints during the winter 2018/19 period and how the change to RS 46 and the curtailment priority will affect them should curtailment be necessary.

3.       A public written submission process and a regulatory timetable, attached as Appendix A to this order, are established for the review of the Application.

4.       FEI must provide notice of the Application and a copy of this order, electronically where possible, to all RS 46 customers by 12:00 pm on November 15, 2018.

5.       RS 46 customers of FEI are invited to provide written submissions on the Application to the BCUC by the dates established in the Regulatory Timetable attached as Appendix A to this order.

6.       The BCUC will hold Appendix C of the Application as confidential as it contains commercially sensitive information.

DATED at the City of Vancouver, in the Province of British Columbia, this           14^th            day of November 2018.

BY ORDER

Original signed by:

D. M. Morton

Commissioner

Attachment

FortisBC Energy Inc.

Rate Schedule 46 – Liquefied Natural Gas Sales, Dispensing and Transportation Service

Application for Expedited Temporary Tariff Changes