Orders

ORDER NUMBER

G-206-21

IN THE MATTER OF

the Utilities Commission Act, RSBC 1996, Chapter 473

and

Oakridge Energy LP/GP Inc.

Application for a Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity for a District Energy System

BEFORE:

R. I. Mason, Panel Chair

E. B. Lockhart, Commissioner

T. A. Loski, Commissioner

on July 7, 2021

ORDER

WHEREAS:

A.      On June 1, 2021, Oakridge Energy LP/GP Inc. (Oakridge Energy) submitted an application to the British Columbia Utilities Commission (BCUC) pursuant to sections 45 and 46 of the Utilities Commission Act seeking a Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity (CPCN) to construct and operate a District Energy System (DES) for the provision of thermal energy service to the Oakridge Centre Redevelopment project in Vancouver, B.C. (Application);

B.      Oakridge Energy is a Limited Partnership of entities within the Corix Group of Companies and the Creative Energy group, established to meet the thermal energy needs of the Oakridge Centre Redevelopment project;

C.      The proposed DES has been designed as a low-carbon energy system that provides thermal energy through a combination of multiple heating and cooling energy sources, including a closed loop Geo-Exchange field, a waste heat recovery system, electric boilers, electric chillers, and natural gas boilers;

D.      By Order G-194-21 dated June 24, 2021, the BCUC established a regulatory timetable for the review of the Application, which included Oakridge Energy filing of further information, public notification, intervener registration, one round of BCUC and intervener information requests (IRs) and further process to be determined;

E.       By Letter dated June 29, 2021, Oakridge Energy filed a submission with the BCUC, which included a request to extend the deadline to file further information on the Application from July 8, 2021 to July 20, 2021 (Extension Request); and

F.       The Panel has reviewed the Extension Request and considers that an amendment to the regulatory timetable is warranted.

NOW THEREFORE the BCUC amends the regulatory timetable established by Order G-194-21. The amended regulatory timetable for the review of the Application is attached as Appendix A to this order.

DATED at the City of Vancouver, in the Province of British Columbia, this     7^th      day of July 2021.

BY ORDER

Original signed by:

R. I. Mason

Commissioner

Attachment

Oakridge Energy LP/GP Inc.

Application for a Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity for a District Energy System