Orders

ORDER NUMBER

E-24-23

 

IN THE MATTER OF

the Utilities Commission Act, RSBC 1996, Chapter 473

 

and

 

Pacific Northern Gas Ltd.

Gas Supply Contracting Report for

November 1, 2023 to October 31, 2024

 

BEFORE:

B. A. Magnan, Panel Chair

E. B. Lockhart, Commissioner

E. A. Brown, Commissioner

 

on November 23, 2023

 

ORDER

WHEREAS:

 

A.      On October 18, 2023, pursuant to section 71 of the Utilities Commission Act (UCA), Pacific Northern Gas Ltd. (PNG) filed with the British Columbia Utilities Commission (BCUC) an application to accept natural gas contracts for the period November 1, 2023 to October 31, 2024 (Application);

B.      By Order G-130-06 dated October 26, 2006, the BCUC approved Rules for Natural Gas Energy Supply Contracts (Rules). Appendix A of Order G-130-06 contains the Rules, which are intended to facilitate the BCUC’s review of natural gas energy supply contracts, pursuant to section 71 of the UCA;

C.      By Letter L-41-23 dated August 8, 2023, the BCUC accepted a confidential filing from PNG and Pacific Northern Gas (N.E.) Ltd. of an Annual Contracting Plan for the period November 1, 2023 to October 31, 2024 (2023-24 ACP) as in the public interest, and with respect to the PNG-West, Fort St. John/Dawson Creek and Tumbler Ridge service areas;

D.      PNG has requested that details of the filing be kept confidential for reasons of commercial sensitivity and submits that disclosure of this information may adversely affect PNG’s ability to secure the most competitively priced gas supply arrangements in the future; and

E.       The BCUC has reviewed the natural gas supply contracts, as shown in Appendix A to this order, and is satisfied that they are appropriate considering market conditions at the time they were negotiated, consistent with the 2023-24 ACP, and in the public interest.

 

 

NOW THEREFORE pursuant to section 71 of the UCA and the BCUC Rules for Natural Gas Energy Supply Contracts:

 

1.       The BCUC accepts the natural gas contracts shown in Appendix A to this order.

2.      The BCUC will hold the details of the Application and associated documents confidential as requested by PNG, as they contain commercially sensitive information until the BCUC determines otherwise.

 

DATED at the City of Vancouver, in the Province of British Columbia, this         23^rd       day of November 2023.

 

BY ORDER

 

Original signed by:

 

B. A. Magnan

Commissioner

 

 

Attachment

                                                                                                                                                       

 

Pacific Northern Gas Ltd.

Gas Supply Contracting Report for

November 1, 2023 to October 31, 2024