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FortisBC Energy Inc. ~ Section 71 Filing of Natural Gas Energy Supply Contracts for the Remaining Commodity Baseload Purchases for Summer 2020 (April 2020 to October 2020) ~ Final Order

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Date 2020-04-09
Document No. E-11-20
Order Type E-Energy Supply
Company Name FortisBC (gas – Mainland)
Primary Document Type Final Order

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ORDER NUMBER

E-11-20

 

IN THE MATTER OF

the Utilities Commission Act, RSBC 1996, Chapter 473

 

and

 

FortisBC Energy Inc.

Section 71 Filing of Natural Gas Energy Supply Contracts
for the Remaining Commodity Baseload Purchases for Summer 2020 (April 2020 to October 2020)

 

BEFORE:

B. A. Magnan, Commissioner

E. B. Lockhart, Commissioner

R. I. Mason, Commissioner

 

On April 9, 2020

 

ORDER

WHEREAS:

 

A.      On March 19, 2020, pursuant to section 71 of the Utilities Commission Act (UCA) and section 6.0 of the British Columbia Utilities Commission’s (BCUC) Rules for Natural Gas Energy Supply Contracts that are set out in Appendix A to BCUC Order G-130-06, FortisBC Energy Inc. (FEI) filed for acceptance with the BCUC its remaining commodity baseload purchases for Summer 2020 (April 2020 – October 2020) (Filing);

 

B.      By Letter L-32-19 dated June 19, 2019, the BCUC accepted the FEI Annual Contracting Plan (ACP) for the 2019/20 gas year commencing November 1, 2019, and requested that FEI file an update to the 2019/20 ACP to address transmission service customers returning to bundled service;

 

C.      By Letter L-40-19 dated August 8, 2019, the BCUC accepted the update to FEI’s 2019/20 ACP;

 

D.      FEI requests that the Filing and associated documents remain confidential due to their commercially sensitive nature; and

E.       The BCUC reviewed the Filing and is satisfied that the contracts are consistent with the 2019/20 ACP and the 2019/20 ACP update, the market factors are appropriate considering market prices at the time they were negotiated, and the contracts are in the public interest.

 

 

NOW THEREFORE pursuant to section 71 of the UCA and the BCUC Rules for Natural Gas Energy Supply Contracts, the BCUC accepts the natural gas contracts shown in Appendix A to this order. The BCUC will hold the

details of the Filing and associated documents confidential as requested by FEI as they contain commercially sensitive information.

 

 

DATED at the City of Vancouver, in the Province of British Columbia, this         9th         day of April 2020.

 

BY ORDER

 

Original signed by:

 

B. A. Magnan

Commissioner

 

 

Attachment

 

 

FortisBC Energy Inc.

Section 71 Filing of Natural Gas Energy Supply Contracts
for the Remaining Commodity Baseload Purchases for Summer 2020 (April 2020 to October 2020)

 

 

 

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