ORDER NUMBER
G-204-24
IN THE MATTER OF
the Utilities Commission Act, RSBC 1996, Chapter 473
and
FortisBC Energy Inc.
Permanent Rates and Agreement for DanFoss Industries Ltd. For
Fuelling Service from the Langford CNG Station
BEFORE:
B. A. Magnan, Commissioner
W. E. Royle, Commissioner
July 31, 2024
ORDER
WHEREAS:
A. On July 18, 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 DanFoss Industries Ltd. (DanFoss) 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) (DanFoss-Langford Agreement), on a permanent basis, effective August 1, 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 two separate fuelling services agreements between FEI and ColdStar Solutions Inc. (ColdStar) and between FEI and GFL Environmental Inc. (GFL), on a permanent basis, effective January 1, 2021. This approval allows ColdStar and GFL to receive CNG fuelling services from the Langford Fuelling Station;
E. On July 15, 2024, FEI and DanFoss entered into the DanFoss-Langford Agreement, which establishes the terms, conditions, and rates for DanFoss to receive CNG fuelling services from the Langford Fuelling Station, effective August 1, 2024. The rates established in the DanFoss-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 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 DanFoss in the DanFoss-Langford Agreement are approved on a permanent basis, effective August 1, 2024.
2. FEI is to file the DanFoss-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 31st day of July 2024.
BY ORDER
Original signed by:
B. A. Magnan
Commissioner