Orders

ORDER NUMBER

G-184-21

IN THE MATTER OF

the Utilities Commission Act, RSBC 1996, Chapter 473

and

Vancouver Airport Fuel Facilities Corporation

Complaint Regarding Jet Fuel Line Abandonment of Service

BEFORE:

D. M. Morton, Panel Chair

on June 11, 2021

ORDER

WHEREAS:

A.      By letter dated April 30, 2021, PKM Canada (Jet Fuel) Inc. (PKMJF) informed the British Columbia Utilities Commission (BCUC) that the company’s approximately 41 kilometer long pipeline used to transport aviation turbine fuel (jet fuel) from the Westridge Marine Terminal in Burnaby to the Vancouver International Airport (the Jet Fuel Line, or JFL) had been shutdown effective immediately;

B.      By letter dated May 14, 2021, PKMJF informed the BCUC of its intention to permanently discontinue service on the JFL;

C.       By letter dated May 14, 2021, the Vancouver Airport Fuel Facilities Corporation (VAFFC) filed a complaint with the BCUC regarding the current abandonment of service of the JFL and PKMJF’s intention to permanently abandon service;

D.      On May 27, 2021, pursuant to Order G-154-21, PKMJF filed a return to service plan for the JFL (Plan) with the BCUC;

E.       By June 4, 2021, Parkland Refining B.C. Ltd., Vancouver Airport Authority, Shell Canada Products, and Transmountain Pipeline LP had registered as interveners in the proceeding;

F.       On June 11, 2021, the BCUC informed parties in the proceeding that it had contracted with Dynamic Risk Assessment Systems Inc. (Dynamic Risk) to act as an independent expert consultant;

G.      On June 11, 2021, the BCUC hosted a workshop regarding the Plan. During the workshop, parties requested an opportunity to ask PKMJF confidential questions at a subsequent in-camera workshop. Dynamic Risk also requested an opportunity to pose written information requests to PKMJF; and

H.      The BCUC has considered the above requests and considers that further regulatory process is warranted.

NOW THEREFORE the BCUC orders that the regulatory timetable established by Order G-174-21 is further amended, as set out in Appendix A to this order.

DATED at the City of Vancouver, in the Province of British Columbia, this                 11^th              day of June 2021.

BY ORDER

Original signed by:

D. M. Morton

Commissioner

Attachment

Vancouver Airport Fuel Facilities Corporation

Complaint Regarding Jet Fuel Line Abandonment of Service

REGULATORY TIMETABLE