Orders

 

ORDER NUMBER

F-9-23

 

IN THE MATTER OF

the Utilities Commission Act, RSBC 1996, Chapter 473

 

and

 

FortisBC Inc.

Application for Approval of a Deferral Account for Electric Vehicle Workplace and Fleet Charging Funding Participant Assistance/Cost Award Application

 

BEFORE:

E.B. Lockhart, Panel Chair

A.K. Fung, KC, Commissioner

 

On March 13, 2023

 

ORDER

WHEREAS:

 

A.      On May 13, 2022, FortisBC Inc. (FBC) filed an Application with the British Columbia Utilities Commission (BCUC) for the approval of a new non-rate base deferral account (Electric Vehicle (EV) Fleet and Workplace Charging Funding Account) for the EV Workplace and Fleet Charging Funding Program (Program) pursuant to sections 59 to 61 of the Utilities Commission Act (Application);

B.      By Orders G-152-22, G-261-22, and G-340-22, the BCUC established a regulatory timetable that included intervener registration, one round of BCUC and intervener information requests (IR), written final arguments and written reply argument, one round of Panel IRs, intervener written submissions on Panel IRs, and FBC written reply;

C.      The following interveners registered in the proceeding:

•         B.C. Sustainable Energy Association and Vancouver Electric Vehicle Association (BCSEA-VEVA);

•         The Commercial Energy Consumers Association of British Columbia (the CEC);

•         Donald Flintoff (Flintoff); and

•         Gary Guthrie (Guthrie).

 

D.      By Order G-11-23 issued on January 20, 2023 with Reasons for Decision issued on March 10, 2023, the BCUC approved the EV Fleet and Workplace Charging Funding Account, effective January 20, 2023, among other items as outlined in the Reasons for Decision;

E.       The following participants filed Participant Assistance/Cost Award (PACA) applications with the BCUC with respect to their participation in the proceeding:

 

F.       By letter dated February 14, 2023, FBC provided its comments on the PACA applications, stating that it has no further comment in respect of the PACA applications if the BCUC is satisfied that the participants have met the eligibility requirements, the funding days claimed are appropriate, and the level of participation has met the BCUC's criteria and requirements; and

G.      The BCUC has reviewed the PACA applications in accordance with the criteria and rates set out in the PACA Guidelines attached to BCUC Order G-97-17 and makes the following determinations.

 NOW THEREFORE pursuant to section 118(1) of the Utilities Commission Act, the BCUC orders as follows:

 

1.       Funding is awarded to the following interveners in the listed amounts for their participation in FBC EV Fleet and Workplace Charging Funding Account proceeding:

 

2.       FBC is directed to reimburse the above-noted participants for the awarded amounts in a timely manner.

DATED at the City of Vancouver, in the Province of British Columbia, this              13^th              day of March 2023.

 

BY ORDER

 

Original signed by:

 

E.B. Lockhart

Commissioner