ORDER NUMBER
G-355-22
IN THE MATTER OF
the Utilities Commission Act, RSBC 1996, Chapter 473
and
FortisBC Energy Inc.
Application for Permanent Rates and Revised Tariff Pages – Rate Schedule 46 – Liquefied Natural Gas Sales, Dispensing, Liquefied Natural Gas Transportation Services and Transportation Service, effective January 1, 2023
BEFORE:
B. A. Magnan, Panel Chair
E. B. Lockhart, Commissioner
on December 8, 2022
ORDER
WHEREAS:
A. On December 1, 2022, pursuant to sections 59 to 61 of the Utilities Commission Act (UCA), FortisBC Energy Inc. (FEI) applied to the British Columbia Utilities Commission (BCUC) seeking approval for certain charges in Rate Schedule 46 (RS 46) Table of Charges for Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) Transportation Service, the Table of Charges for LNG Service, and the Table of Charges for Transportation Service (collectively, the Tables of Charges) on a permanent basis effective January 1, 2023 (Application);
B. On December 12, 2013, the BCUC issued Order G-211-13 approving RS 46, in accordance with Order in Council (OIC) 557, British Columbia (B.C.) Regulation 245/2013, which issued Direction No. 5 to the BCUC effective December 12, 2013;
C. By Order G-207-14, effective January 1, 2015, the BCUC approved amendments to RS 46 pursuant to an amendment to Direction No. 5, in accordance with OIC 749, B.C. Regulation 265/2014;
D. By Order G-65-17, effective May 4, 2017, the BCUC approved further amendments to RS 46 pursuant to a further amendment to Direction No. 5, in accordance with section 5 (1.2) of OIC 162, B.C. Regulation 115/2017;
E. On December 10, 2021, the BCUC issued Order G-367-21, approving the revised rates to RS 46, effective January 1, 2022, on a permanent basis;
F. Certain charges contained in the Tables of Charges are to be reviewed on an annual basis and adjusted as required, using the greater of two percent or the British Columbia Consumer Price Index; and
G. The BCUC has reviewed the Application and considers the following determination is warranted.
NOW THEREFORE pursuant to sections 59 to 61 of the UCA, the BCUC orders as follows:
1. The revised rates as applied for by FEI are approved on a permanent basis, effective January 1, 2023.
2. FEI is directed to file revised RS 46 tariff pages with the BCUC within 15 days of the date of this Order.
DATED at the City of Vancouver, in the Province of British Columbia, this 8th day of December 2022.
BY ORDER
Original signed by:
B. A. Magnan
Commissioner