Orders

ORDER NUMBER

G-276-20

IN THE MATTER OF

the Utilities Commission Act, RSBC 1996, Chapter 473

and

Corix Multi-Utility Services Inc.

Application for Corporate Cost Allocation Methodology

BEFORE:

T. A. Loski, Panel Chair

C. Brewer, Commissioner

M. Kresivo, Commissioner

on November 2, 2020

ORDER

WHEREAS:

A.      On June 5, 2020, pursuant to sections 59 to 60 of Utilities Commission Act (UCA), Corix Multi-Utility Services Inc. (Corix) applied to the British Columbia Utilities Commission (BCUC) seeking approval for a methodology for allocating corporate costs to its utility operations; the creation of a deferral account to capture the costs associated with the regulatory review of this application; and the subsequent allocation of the deferred costs to individual deferral accounts created for each of the utilities by using the Composite Allocator described in the Application (Application);

B.       By Order G-229-20A dated September 3, 2020, the BCUC established an updated regulatory timetable;

C.       On September 28, 2020, Corix filed its final argument. On October 13, 2020, British Columbia Old Age Pensioners’ Organization et al. filed its final argument. On October 26, 2020, Corix filed its reply argument; and

D.      The BCUC has determined that further regulatory process is warranted for the review of the Application.

NOW THEREFORE the BCUC orders further regulatory process is established for Panel information requests, in accordance with the Regulatory Timetable attached as Appendix A to this order.

DATED at the City of Vancouver, in the Province of British Columbia, this      2^nd     day of November 2020.

BY ORDER

Original signed by:

T. A. Loski

Commissioner

Attachment

Corix Multi-Utility Services Inc.

Application for Corporate Cost Allocation Methodology

Note that supplementary arguments should only address matters related to Corix’s responses to Panel IRs.