ORDER NUMBER
G-83-24
IN THE MATTER OF
the Utilities Commission Act, RSBC 1996, Chapter 473
and
FortisBC Energy Inc.
Permanent Rates and Agreement for Calgar Electric Inc. for Fuelling Service
from the Langford CNG Station
BEFORE:
B. A. Magnan, Panel Chair
W. E. Royle, Commissioner
March 21, 2024
ORDER
WHEREAS:
A. On March 6, 2024, FortisBC Energy Inc. (FEI) applied to the British Columbia Utilities Commission (BCUC), pursuant to sections 59 to 61 of the Utilities Commission Act, for approval of the rates established in a fuelling services agreement between FEI and Calgar Electric Inc. (Calgar) for compressed natural gas (CNG) fuelling services from the fuelling station located at FEI’s Victoria Regional Office Facility in Langford, BC (Langford Fuelling Station) (Calgar-Langford Agreement), on a permanent basis, effective March 21, 2024 (Application);
B. By Order G-56-13, the BCUC accepted that the Greenhouse Gas Reduction (Clean Energy) Regulation (GGRR) established the need for CNG and Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) fuelling stations that are undertaken by FEI as prescribed undertakings as defined by the GGRR, and that these prescribed undertakings are exempt from the Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity requirements for the term of the GGRR;
C. By Order G-187-13 and decision and Order G-311-21, the BCUC found that the Langford Fuelling Station met the requirements for a prescribed undertaking as defined by the GGRR;
D. By decision and Order G-311-21, the BCUC approved the rates and rate design established in a fuelling services agreement between FEI and ColdStar Solutions Inc. (ColdStar) and between FEI and GFL Environmental Inc. (GFL) on a permanent basis, effective January 1, 2021, for ColdStar and GFL, respectively, to receive fuelling services from the Langford Fuelling Station;
E. On February 26, 2024, FEI and Calgar entered into the Calgar-Langford Agreement which establishes the terms, conditions, and rates for Calgar to receive CNG fuelling services from the Langford Fuelling Station, effective March 21, 2024. The rates established in the Calgar-Langford Agreement are consistent with the rates approved by decision and Order G-311-21; and
F. The BCUC has reviewed the Application and determines that approval of the proposed rates established for Calgar in the Calgar-Langford Agreement on a permanent basis is warranted.
NOW THEREFORE pursuant to sections 59 to 61 of the Utilities Commission Act, the BCUC orders as follows:
1. The rates established for Calgar in the Calgar-Langford Agreement are approved on a permanent basis, effective March 21, 2024.
2. FEI is to file the Calgar-Langford Agreement in tariff supplement form for endorsement by the BCUC within 15 days of the date of this order.
DATED at the City of Vancouver, in the Province of British Columbia, this 21st day of March 2024.
BY ORDER
Original signed by:
B. A. Magnan
Commissioner