Orders

ORDER NUMBER

G-173-23

 

IN THE MATTER OF

the Utilities Commission Act, RSBC 1996, Chapter 473

 

and

 

British Columbia Hydro and Power Authority

Application for a Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity

for the Lower Mainland Reactive Power Reinforcement Project

 

BEFORE:

A. K. Fung, KC, Panel Chair

A.C. Dennier, Commissioner

 

on July 4, 2023

 

ORDER

 

WHEREAS:

 

A.      On November 22, 2022, British Columbia Hydro and Power Authority (BC Hydro) filed an application with the British Columbia Utilities Commission (BCUC) pursuant to section 45 and 46 of the Utilities Commission Act (UCA) seeking a Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity (CPCN) for the Lower Mainland Reactive Power Reinforcement Project (Application);

B.      In the Application, BC Hydro proposes to install reactive power compensation equipment at the Meridian, Ingledow, McLellan and Clayburn substations and stop using the Burrard Synchronous Condenser Station to manage reactive power on BC Hydro’s transmission system; 

C.      By Order G-363-22, dated December 15, 2022, the BCUC established a regulatory timetable for a review of the Application;

D.      By Order G-8-23, dated January 16, 2023, and Order G-127-23, dated June 2, 2023, the BCUC established further regulatory timetables, including a second round of information requests (IRs) to BC Hydro;

E.       On June 29, 2023, BC Hydro filed a letter, requesting an extension to the deadline for BC Hydro’s response to IR No. 2, and subsequent extension to the deadlines for final and reply arguments; and

F.       The BCUC has reviewed the request and determines that an amendment to the regulatory timetable is warranted.

 

NOW THEREFORE the BCUC amends the regulatory timetable as set out in Appendix A to this order.

 

 

DATED at the City of Vancouver, in the Province of British Columbia, this          4^th          day of July 2023.

 

BY ORDER

 

Original signed by:

 

A. K. Fung, KC

Commissioner

 

 

British Columbia Hydro and Power Authority

Application for a Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity

for the Lower Mainland Reactive Power Reinforcement Project