Orders

ORDER NUMBER

G-180-24

IN THE MATTER OF

the Utilities Commission Act, RSBC 1996, Chapter 473

and

British Columbia Hydro and Power Authority

Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity

for Off-Grid Electric Vehicle Charging Services Fifth Station

BEFORE:

A. K. Fung, KC, Panel Chair and Commissioner

on July 8, 2024

ORDER

WHEREAS:

A.      On April 30, 2024, by Order C-2-24 and pursuant to sections 45 and 46 of the Utilities Commission Act (UCA), the British Columbia Utilities Commission (BCUC) granted British Columbia Hydro and Power Authority
(BC Hydro) a Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity (CPCN) for the construction and operation of the following four electric vehicle (EV) charging stations that are outside of BC Hydro’s integrated area and non-integrated areas in northern BC, at the following locations: Tetsa River Lodge in Northern Rockies, BC; Liard Hot Springs Lodge in Northern Rockies, BC; Bell 2 Lodge in Kitimat-Stikine A, BC; and Buffalo Inn in Pink Mountain, BC;

B.      On June 26, 2024, BC Hydro filed an application for a CPCN, pursuant to sections 45 and 46 of the UCA, for a fifth EV charging station that is outside of BC Hydro’s integrated area and non-integrated areas located at Daylu Fuels in Lower Post, BC (Application); and

C.      The BCUC determines establishing a regulatory timetable for the review of the Application is warranted.

NOW THEREFORE the BCUC orders as follows:

1.       A written public hearing is established for the review of the Application in accordance with the regulatory timetable set out in Appendix A to this order.

2.       BC Hydro is directed to provide a copy of this order and the Application to parties in the BC Hydro Public Electric Vehicle Charging Service Rates proceeding and to local First Nation communities by Thursday,
July 11, 2024.

3.       Parties may submit letters of comment by completing a Letter of Comment Form by Thursday, July 18, 2024.

DATED at the City of Vancouver, in the Province of British Columbia, this      8^th       day of July 2024.

BY ORDER

Original signed by:

A. K. Fung, KC

Commissioner

Attachment

British Columbia Hydro and Power Authority

Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity

for Off-Grid Electric Vehicle Charging Services Fifth Station