Orders

ORDER NUMBER

F-2-25

 

IN THE MATTER OF

the Utilities Commission Act, RSBC 1996, Chapter 473

 

and

 

Wyse Meter Solutions Inc.

Submetering Systems and Rates for Service

Participant Cost Award Application

 

BEFORE:

E. B. Lockhart, Panel Chair

B. A. Magnan, Commissioner

 

on January 17, 2025

 

ORDER

WHEREAS:

 

A.      On November 30, 2023, Wyse Meter Solutions Inc. (Wyse) filed an application (Application) with the British Columbia Utilities Commission (BCUC) seeking, among other things, approval of its rates, tariff, terms and conditions, and submetering systems;

B.      The regulatory process for review of the Application included public notice, intervener registration, BCUC and intervener information requests, panel information requests, and final and reply arguments;

C.      The Residential Consumer Intervener Association (RCIA), the British Columbia Old Age Pensioners’ Organization, Active Support Against Poverty, Disability Alliance BC, Council of Senior Citizens’ Organizations of BC, and Tenant Resource and Advisory Centre (BCOAPO), and British Columbia Hydro and Power Authority registered as interveners in the proceeding;

D.      On November 27, 2024, the BCUC issued Order G-312-24 with accompanying Decision that, among other things, granted Wyse a Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity for its existing electricity submetering systems, and approved Wyse’s applied-for rates for the provision of electricity submetering service and rate design;

E.       The following interveners filed Participant Cost Award (PCA) applications with the BCUC with respect to their participation in the proceeding:

                                                       

F.       By letter dated December 19, 2024, Wyse provided its comments on the PCA applications, stating that it has no comment concerning either of the two PCA applications; and

G.      The BCUC has reviewed the PCA applications in accordance with the criteria and rates set out in the Rules of Practice and Procedure and determines that the PCA applications should be approved.

 

NOW THEREFORE pursuant to section 118 of the Utilities Commission Act, the BCUC orders as follows:

 

1.       Costs are awarded to the following participants in the listed amounts for their participation in the Wyse Submetering Systems and Rates for Service proceeding:

 

2.       Wyse is directed to reimburse the above-noted participants for the awarded amounts in a timely manner.

 

DATED at the City of Vancouver, in the Province of British Columbia, this            17^th           day of January 2025.

 

BY ORDER

 

Electronically signed by Blair Lockhart

 

E. B. Lockhart

Commissioner