ORDER NUMBER
G-233-24
IN THE MATTER OF
the Utilities Commission Act, RSBC 1996, Chapter 473
and
British Columbia Hydro and Power Authority
Open Access Transmission Tariff
Tariff Supplement No. 79 Amendments
BEFORE:
B. A. Magnan, Commissioner
on August 26, 2024
ORDER
WHEREAS:
A. On July 4, 2024, British Columbia Hydro and Power Authority (BC Hydro), pursuant to sections 58 to 61 of the Utilities Commission Act (UCA), filed with the British Columbia Utilities Commission (BCUC) an application (Application) for amendments to Tariff Supplement No. 79 and Attachment C of the Open Access Transmission Tariff (OATT), including:
1. Administrative amendments to Attachments 1 and 2 to Tariff Supplement No. 79 to incorporate the Site C generating plant in advance of its commercial operation date;
2. Additional amendments to Tariff Supplement No. 79 of an administrative or housekeeping nature; and
3. Housekeeping amendments to Attachment C of the OATT to remove references to Mandatory Reliability Standard MOD-029-2a, which has been retired effective February 1, 2024, as well as amendments to remove URL links from Attachment C.
B. By Order G-206-24 dated July 31, 2024, the BCUC established a comment process for review of the Application;
C. By August 21, 2024, no comments were received;
D. The BCUC has reviewed the Application and considers that the following determinations are warranted.
NOW THEREFORE pursuant to sections 58 to 61 of the UCA, the BCUC orders as follows:
1. Amendments to Tariff Supplement No. 79 and Attachment C of the OATT, as shown in Appendix B of the Application, are approved effective as of the date of this order.
2. The clean version of the tariff pages set out in Appendix B of the Application are accepted as filed effective the date of this order.
DATED at the City of Vancouver, in the Province of British Columbia, this 26th day of August 2024.
BY ORDER
Original signed by:
B. A. Magnan
Commissioner