Orders

ORDER NUMBER

G-22-21

IN THE MATTER OF

the Utilities Commission Act, RSBC 1996, Chapter 473

and

Stargas Utilities Ltd.

Delivery Rate and Regulatory Account Application

Effective November 1, 2020

BEFORE:

C. M. Brewer, Panel Chair

K. A. Keilty, Commissioner

B. A. Magnan, Commissioner

on January 21, 2021

ORDER

WHEREAS:

A.      On September 22, 2020, Stargas Utilities Ltd. (Stargas) submitted an application to the British Columbia Utilities Commission (BCUC) seeking interim and permanent approval to decrease its delivery rate from $5.77 per gigajoule (GJ) to $4.59 per GJ, effective November 1, 2020, among other requests (Application);

B.       By Order G-272-20 dated October 28, 2020, the BCUC established, among other things, a regulatory timetable for the review of the Application, which included Stargas filing supplementary information, intervener registration, one round of BCUC and intervener information requests (IRs) to Stargas, and further process to be determined following Stargas’ filing of responses to IR No. 1; and

C.       By Order G-328-20 dated December 11, 2020, the BCUC established an amended regulatory timetable in response to letters dated December 9 and 11, 2020 from Stargas requesting an extension to the filing deadline of its responses to IR No. 1;

D.      The BCUC has reviewed Stargas’ responses to BCUC and intervener IR No. 1 and determines that establishing a further regulatory timetable is warranted.

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

DATED at the City of Vancouver, in the Province of British Columbia, this        21^st     day of January 2021.

BY ORDER

Original signed by:

C. M. Brewer

Commissioner

Attachment

Stargas Utilities Ltd.

Delivery Rate and Regulatory Account Application

Effective November 1, 2020