ORDER NUMBER
G-87-19
IN THE MATTER OF
the Utilities Commission Act, RSBC 1996, Chapter 473
and
British Columbia Hydro and Power Authority (BC Hydro)
Order of the Lieutenant Governor in Council No. 158 and the
Direction to the British Columbia Utilities Commission Respecting the Biomass Energy Program
BC Hydro Application for Approval of Rate Schedule 1828
BEFORE:
B. A. Magnan, Commissioner
on April 24, 2019
ORDER
WHEREAS:
A. On April 15, 2019, BC Hydro filed an application requesting a British Columbia Utilities Commission (BCUC) order approving Rate Schedule(RS) 1828 – Transmission Service – Biomass Energy Program, and other Electric Tariff updates resulting from the addition of RS 1828 (Application), filed as Attachment B to the Application;
B. On April 1, 2019, the B.C. Government issued its Direction to the BCUC Respecting the Biomass Energy Program (Order in Council No. 158, BC Reg. 71/2019) (Direction);
C. The Direction issued by the Lieutenant Governor in Council defines BCUC’s jurisdiction, the biomass facilities and allows for the recovery in rates of the authority’s costs with respect to a biomass contract; and
D. In accordance with the Direction, within 10 days of receiving an application from the authority, the BCUC must set as a rate the rate schedule that is attached as Appendix 1 to the Direction.
NOW THEREFORE pursuant to sections 58 to 61 of the Utilities Commission Act, and pursuant to the Direction to the BCUC Respecting the Biomass Energy Program, the BCUC orders that RS 1828 and the Electric Tariff updates resulting from the addition of RS 1828, filed as Attachment B to the Application, are approved effective the date of this order.
DATED at the City of Vancouver, in the Province of British Columbia, this 24th day of April 2019.
BY ORDER
Original Signed by:
B. A. Magnan
Commissioner