Orders

 

ORDER NUMBER

G-248-24

 

IN THE MATTER OF

the Utilities Commission Act, RSBC 1996, Chapter 473

 

and

 

British Columbia Hydro and Power Authority

Application for a Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity

for the 1L243 Transmission Load Increase (Highland Valley Copper) Project

 

BEFORE:

M. Jaccard, Panel Chair

E. A. Brown, Commissioner

 

 

on September 19, 2024

 

ORDER

WHEREAS:

 

A.      On May 23, 2024, British Columbia Hydro and Power Authority (BC Hydro) filed an application with the British Columbia Utilities Commission (BCUC) for a Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity (CPCN) pursuant to sections 45 and 46 of the Utilities Commission Act for the 1L243 Transmission Load Increase (Highland Valley Copper) Project (Project) (Application);

B.      By Orders G-156-24 dated June 7, 2024 and G-187-24 dated July 11, 2024, the BCUC established and amended a regulatory timetable for the review of the Application, which included public notice, intervener registration, one round of BCUC and intervener information requests (IRs), BC Hydro responses to IRs, letters of comments, and final and reply arguments;

C.      On September 4, 2024, BC Hydro filed its responses to BCUC and intervener IR No. 1;

D.      The BCUC has reviewed the information from BC Hydro and finds that an amended regulatory timetable is warranted.   

 

NOW THEREFORE the BCUC orders that an amended regulatory timetable is established, as set out in Appendix A to this order.

 

DATED at the City of Vancouver, in the Province of British Columbia, this      19^th      day of September 2024.

 

BY ORDER

 

Original signed by:

 

M. Jaccard

Commissioner

 

 

Attachment

British Columbia Hydro and Power Authority

Application for a Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity

for the 1L243 Transmission Load Increase (Highland Valley Copper) Project