ORDER NUMBER
E-3-23
IN THE MATTER OF
the Utilities Commission Act, RSBC 1996, Chapter 473
and
FortisBC Energy Inc.
Filing of a Storage Agreement between
FortisBC Energy Inc. and Aitken Creek Gas Storage ULC
BEFORE:
B. A. Magnan, Panel Chair
T. A. Loski, Commissioner
A. Pape-Salmon, Commissioner
on March 16, 2023
ORDER
WHEREAS:
A. On February 8, 2023, pursuant to section 71 of the Utilities Commission Act (UCA), FortisBC Energy Inc. (FEI) filed with the British Columbia Utilities Commission (BCUC) an executed copy of the Aitken Creek Gas Storage ULC Agreement (Agreement) negotiated between FEI and Aitken Creek Gas Storage ULC (Aitken Creek) for the period of April 1, 2023, to March 31, 2028 (Filing);
B. By Order G-130-06, dated October 27, 2006, the BCUC established the Rules for Natural Gas Energy Supply Contracts (Rules). The Rules are intended to facilitate the BCUC’s review of natural gas energy supply contracts;
C. By Letter L-21-22, dated June 3, 2022, the BCUC accepted the FEI 2022/2023 Annual Gas Contracting Plan (ACP);
D. FEI requests that the Filing and associated documents remain confidential due to their commercially sensitive nature; and
E. The BCUC has reviewed the Filing and is satisfied that the Agreement is consistent with the 2022/2023 ACP and is in the public interest.
NOW THEREFORE pursuant to section 71 of the UCA and the BCUC’s Rules:
1. The BCUC accepts for filing the executed copy of the Storage Agreement between FEI and Aitken Creek, effective April 1, 2023.
2. The BCUC will keep the filing including the Agreement confidential as requested by FEI due to their commercially sensitive nature.
DATED at the City of Vancouver, in the Province of British Columbia, this 16th day of March 2023.
BY ORDER
Original signed by:
B. A. Magnan
Commissioner