ORDER NUMBER
R-22-24
IN THE MATTER OF
the Utilities Commission Act, RSBC 1996, Chapter 473
and
Toba Montrose General Partnership
Acceptance of a Mitigation Plan for Compliance with Mandatory Reliability Standard:
PRC-005-2i Requirement 3 – Violation ID: BCUC2020000723
BEFORE:
E. A. Brown, Commissioner
A. K. Fung, KC, Commissioner
E. B. Lockhart, Commissioner
on September 11, 2024
ORDER
WHEREAS:
A. On July 29, 2024, the Western Electricity Coordinating Council (WECC), acting as the Administrator for the British Columbia Mandatory Reliability Standards Program (BC MRS Program), issued a Recommendation of Mitigation Plan (MP) Acceptance (Recommendation) to bring Toba Montrose General Partnership (TMGP) into compliance with the Reliability Standard identified above;
B. Section 125.2 of the Utilities Commission Act (UCA) assigns exclusive jurisdiction to the British Columbia Utilities Commission (BCUC) to determine whether a “reliability standard,” as defined in the UCA, is in the public interest and should be adopted in British Columbia;
C. By Order G-123-09, dated October 15, 2009, the BCUC appointed WECC as its Administrator for registration of entities and monitoring compliance pursuant to section 8 of the UCA. WECC’s role as Administrator for the BC MRS Program is pursuant to the Administration Agreement between WECC and the BCUC dated October 8, 2009, and most recently renewed on July 5, 2019;
D. Order G-123-09 also approved the Compliance Monitoring Program (CMP) for monitoring and enforcement of adopted reliability standards and the most recent revisions to the CMP were approved by Order R-40-17 dated September 1, 2017;
E. Pursuant to section 5.1.1 of the CMP, an entity subject to approved Mandatory Reliability Standards found in Confirmed Violation of a reliability standard must prepare a MP to correct the Confirmed Violation or prepare a description of how the Confirmed Violation has been mitigated. Pursuant to section 5.3.2 of the CMP, an MP with respect to a Confirmed Violation must be submitted to the Administrator within ten days following confirmation by the BCUC;
F. An MP with respect to a Possible Violation or an Alleged Violation may be submitted at any time and the BCUC encourages entities to mitigate all perceived instances of noncompliance upon detection;
G. On July 17, 2024, TMGP submitted the MP to address the Possible Violation of PRC-005-2i R3 with the proposed completion date of May 31, 2020, as shown below; and
Reliability Standard |
BCUC Violation ID |
Date MP (Version 1) Submitted to WECC |
Proposed Completion Date |
PRC-005-2i-R3 |
BCUC2020000723 |
July 17, 2024 |
May 31, 2020 |
H. The BCUC has reviewed WECC’s Recommendation and considers that acceptance of the MP for PRC-005-2i-R3 is warranted.
NOW THEREFORE pursuant to section 125.2(10) of the UCA and in accordance with the CMP, the BCUC accepts the MP with the proposed completion date as identified in recital G above.
DATED at the City of Vancouver, in the Province of British Columbia, this 11th day of September 2024.
BY ORDER
Original signed by:
E. A. Brown
Commissioner