Orders

ORDER NUMBER

G-358-21

IN THE MATTER OF

the Utilities Commission Act, RSBC 1996, Chapter 473

and

Creative Energy Vancouver Platforms Inc.

Application for a Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity for the

Core Steam System Decarbonization Project

BEFORE:

A. K. Fung, QC, Panel Chair

C. M. Brewer, Commissioner

A. C. Dennier, Commissioner

E. B. Lockhart, Commissioner

on December 6, 2021

ORDER

WHEREAS:

A.      On June 30, 2021, Creative Energy Vancouver Platforms Inc. (Creative Energy) submitted an application to the British Columbia Utilities Commission (BCUC) for a Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity (CPCN) for the Core Steam System Decarbonization Project (Project) pursuant to sections 45 and 46 of the Utilities Commission Act (UCA) (Application);

B.      The Project consists of the construction and operation of an electric steam boiler plant, an electric substation and related equipment;

C.      Creative Energy also requests approval, pursuant to section 44.2 of the UCA, of the following anticipated expenditures:

1.       $15.775 million for an electric transmission line constructed, owned and operated by the British Columbia Hydro and Power Authority (BC Hydro) from the Murrin substation to the existing Core Steam Plant; and

2.       $1.25 million for a BC Hydro Facilities Study of the transmission line to connect the electric steam plant and substation to the BC Hydro network.

D.      On September 2, 2021, by Order G-258-21, the BCUC established a regulatory timetable for the review of the Application, which included dates for intervener registration, BCUC and intervener information requests (IRs) No. 1 and Creative Energy responses to IRs;

E.       On November 19, 2021, Creative Energy filed its responses to BCUC and intervener IRs;

F.       On December 3, 2021, the BCUC requested further information from Creative Energy regarding the Project and the final adjustments to the Beatty Plant configuration; and

G.      The BCUC has reviewed the IR responses and determines that a further regulatory timetable is warranted.

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

DATED at the City of Vancouver, in the Province of British Columbia, this               6^th                day of December 2021.

BY ORDER

Original signed by:

A. K. Fung, QC

Commissioner

Attachment

Creative Energy Vancouver Platforms Inc.

Application for a Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity for the Core Steam System Decarbonization Project