Orders

ORDER NUMBER

E-23-24

 

IN THE MATTER OF

the Utilities Commission Act, RSBC 1996, Chapter 473

 

and

 

Pacific Northern Gas Ltd. and Pacific Northern Gas (N.E.) Ltd.

Gas Supply Contracting Report for

November 1, 2024 to October 31, 2025

 

BEFORE:

E. A. Brown, Commissioner

E. B. Lockhart, Commissioner

B. A. Magnan, Commissioner

W. E. Royle, Commissioner

 

on November 14, 2024

 

ORDER

WHEREAS:

 

A.      On October 17, 2024, pursuant to section 71 of the Utilities Commission Act (UCA), Pacific Northern Gas Ltd. and Pacific Northern Gas (N.E.) Ltd. (PNG) filed with the British Columbia Utilities Commission (BCUC) an application to accept natural gas contracts for the period November 1, 2024 to October 31, 2025 (Application);

B.      By Order G-130-06 dated October 26, 2006, the BCUC approved Rules for Natural Gas Energy Supply Contracts (Rules). Appendix A of Order G-130-06 contains the Rules, which are intended to facilitate the BCUC’s review of natural gas energy supply contracts, pursuant to section 71 of the UCA;

C.      By Letter L-23-24 dated August 8, 2024, the BCUC accepted PNG’s confidential filing of an Annual Contracting Plan for the period November 1, 2024 to October 31, 2025 (2024-2025 ACP) with respect to the PNG-West, Fort St. John/Dawson Creek and Tumbler Ridge service areas as being in the public interest;

D.      PNG requests that details of the Application be kept confidential for reasons of commercial sensitivity and submits that disclosure of this information may adversely affect PNG’s ability to secure the most competitively-priced gas supply arrangements in the future; and

E.       The BCUC has reviewed the natural gas supply contracts, as shown in Appendix A to this order, and is satisfied that they are appropriate considering market conditions at the time they were negotiated, consistent with the 2024-25 ACP, and in the public interest.

 

 

NOW THEREFORE pursuant to section 71 of the UCA and the Rules:

 

1.       The BCUC accepts the natural gas contracts shown in Appendix A to this order.

 

2.       The BCUC will hold the details of the Application and associated documents confidential as requested by PNG, as they contain commercially sensitive information, unless the BCUC determines otherwise.

 

 

DATED at the City of Vancouver, in the Province of British Columbia, this     14^th     day of November 2024.

 

BY ORDER

 

Electronically signed by Bernard Magnan

 

B. A. Magnan

Commissioner

 

 

Attachment

 

 

 

 

Pacific Northern Gas Ltd. and Pacific Northern Gas (N.E.) Ltd.

Gas Supply Contracting Report for

November 1, 2024 to October 31, 2025