Orders

ORDER NUMBER

G-205-23

 

IN THE MATTER OF

the Utilities Commission Act, RSBC 1996, Chapter 473

 

and

 

British Columbia Hydro and Power Authority

Transmission Service Rate Design Application

 

BEFORE:

T. A. Loski, Panel Chair

C. M. Brewer, Commissioner

A. C. Dennier, Commissioner

 

on August 2, 2023

 

ORDER

WHEREAS:

 

A.      On March 16, 2023, pursuant to sections 58 to 60 of the Utilities Commission Act (UCA), BC Hydro and Power Authority (BC Hydro) filed with the British Columbia Utilities Commission (BCUC) a Transmission Service Rate Design Application (Application), which includes a proposal to transition Rate Schedule (RS) 1823 and RS 1827 customers to a new, flat-rate structure (Rate Schedule 1830 or RS 1830) with a lower energy charge and higher demand charge over a three-year transition period;

B.      By Orders G-77-23 and G-165-23, the BCUC established the regulatory timetable for the review of the Application which included intervener registration and one round of information requests (IRs);

C.      On July 11, 2023, BC Hydro filed its IR No. 1 responses; and

D.      The BCUC has reviewed the IR responses and considers establishing a further regulatory timetable is warranted.

 

NOW THEREFORE the BCUC establishes a further regulatory timetable, as set out in Appendix A to this order.

 

 

DATED at the City of Vancouver, in the Province of British Columbia, this        2^nd      day of August 2023.

 

BY ORDER

 

Original signed by:

 

T. A. Loski

Commissioner

 

 

Attachment

British Columbia Hydro and Power Authority

Transmission Service Rate Design Application