ORDER NUMBER
G-101-23
IN THE MATTER OF
the Utilities Commission Act, RSBC 1996, Chapter 473
and
FortisBC Energy Inc.
Amendments to Rate Schedule 50 and Transportation Agreements Pursuant to Order in Council 177
BEFORE:
A. K. Fung, KC, Panel Chair
on May 4, 2023
ORDER
WHEREAS:
A. On March 15, 2023, the Lieutenant Governor in Council approved and ordered Order in Council (OIC) No. 177 (OIC 177/23), which amended Direction No. 5 to the British Columbia Utilities Commission (BCUC);
B. On December 19, 2014, the Government of British Columbia approved and ordered OIC No. 749 amending Direction No. 5 to the BCUC and added the Large Volume Industrial Transportation Rate Schedule 50 (RS 50) of FortisBC Energy Inc. (FEI). By Order G-10-15 dated January 29, 2015, the BCUC approved RS 50 for FEI;
C. OIC 177/23 requires the BCUC to approve an amended version of FEI’s RS 50 and two Transportation Agreements under RS 50 between FEI and, jointly, Pacific Energy Corp. (PEC) and Woodfibre LNG Ltd. (WLNG) (Transportation Agreements) within 60 days of OIC 177/23;
D. On March 28, 2023, FEI filed with the BCUC, pursuant to sections 59 to 61 of the Utilities Commission Act (UCA) and in accordance with OIC 177/23 and Direction No. 5, an application requesting the BCUC to issue orders approving RS 50 as amended by OIC 177/23 and the Transportation Agreements in the form of tariff supplements to RS 50 (Application);
E. The terms used in this Order, unless otherwise defined herein, have the same meanings given to them in OIC 177/23 and Direction No. 5 to the BCUC where applicable; and
F. The BCUC has reviewed the Application in accordance with OIC 177/23 and Direction No. 5 and considers that approval of the Application is required. The BCUC has not reviewed the Application for its regulatory justification.
NOW THEREFORE pursuant to OIC 177/23, Direction No. 5 to the BCUC, and sections 59 to 61 of the UCA, the BCUC orders as follows:
1. The FEI RS 50 – Large Volume Industrial Transportation, as amended by OIC 177/23, is approved and set as a rate for FEI, effective the date of this Order.
2. The two Transportation Agreements for RS 50 between FEI and PEC and WLNG, as set out in OIC 177/23, are approved and set as rates for FEI, effective the date of this Order.
DATED at the City of Vancouver, in the Province of British Columbia, this 4th day of May 2023.
BY ORDER
Original signed by:
A. K. Fung, KC
Commissioner