Orders

ORDER NUMBER

G-295-19

IN THE MATTER OF

the Utilities Commission Act, RSBC 1996, Chapter 473

and

British Columbia Hydro and Power Authority

Fleet Electrification Rate Application

BEFORE:

T. A. Loski, Panel Chair

A. K. Fung, QC, Commissioner

on November 20, 2019

ORDER

WHEREAS:

A.      On August 7, 2019, the British Columbia Hydro and Power Authority (BC Hydro) applied to the British Columbia Utilities Commission (BCUC) for approval of rates for two new services, pursuant to sections 58 to 60 of the Utilities Commission Act (Application);

B.      The Application seeks approval of new Rate Schedules (RS) for an Overnight Rate (RS 1640, 1641, 1642, 1643) and a Demand Transition Rate (RS 1650, 1651, 1652, 1653) for optional services at demand equal to or greater than 150 kilowatts (kW) to allow BC Hydro to support the electrification of fleet vehicles and vessels in its service territory, as set out in Appendix B of the Application. BC Hydro proposes that the Demand Transition Rate and the Overnight Rate be approved effective April 1, 2020 and April 1, 2021, respectively;

C.      By Order G-198-19 dated August 23, 2019, the BCUC established a pubic hearing process and the regulatory timetable for the review of the Application, which included, among other things, one round of BCUC and intervener information requests (IRs) to BC Hydro, and further process to be determined following BC Hydro’s filing of responses to IR No. 1; and

D.      The BCUC has reviewed BC Hydro’s responses to IR No. 1 and considers that a further regulatory timetable for the review of the Application is warranted.

NOW THEREFORE the BCUC establishes a further regulatory timetable, as set out in Appendix A to this order, for parties to make submissions for further process for the review of the Application.

DATED at the City of Vancouver, in the Province of British Columbia, this           20th           day of November 2019.

BY ORDER

Original Signed By:

T. A. Loski

Commissioner

Attachment

British Columbia Hydro and Power Authority

Fleet Electrification Rate Application