Orders

ORDER NUMBER

F-10-25

IN THE MATTER OF

the Utilities Commission Act, RSBC 1996, Chapter 473

and

British Columbia Hydro and Power Authority

Enterprise Resource Planning Projects

Participant Cost Award Application

BEFORE:

E. B. Lockhart, Panel Chair

A. C. Dennier, Commissioner

on April 17, 2025

ORDER

WHEREAS:

A.      On June 28, 2024, British Columbia Hydro and Power Authority (BC Hydro) filed an application (Application) with the British Columbia Utilities Commission (BCUC), pursuant to section 44.2(1)(b) of the Utilities Commission Act (UCA), seeking acceptance of schedules of anticipated capital expenditures for the implementation of two enterprise resource planning (ERP) projects (Projects): the SAP ERP Central Component Upgrade to S/4HANA project (S/4HANA Project) and the stations SAP project (Stations Project);

B.      The S/4HANA Project will upgrade BC Hydro’s current version of SAP ERP Central Component to the latest S/4HANA version offered by SAP. The Stations Project will replace BC Hydro’s current assets Enterprise Asset Management (EAM) system, PassPort to SAP and utilize SAP’s S/4HANA EAM;

C.      By Order G-197-24, dated July 22, 2024, the BCUC established a regulatory timetable for the review of the Application, which consisted of public notice, intervener registration, one round of information requests, letters of comment, and final and reply arguments;

D.      Residential Consumer Intervener Association (RCIA), Commercial Energy Consumers of British Columbia (the CEC), and British Columbia Old Age Pensioners’ Organization et al. (BCOAPO) registered as interveners in the proceeding;

E.       By Order G-44-25, dated February 25, 2025, the BCUC accepted BC Hydro’s capital expenditure schedules for the Projects;

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

G.      By letter dated March 20, 2025, BC Hydro provided its comments on the PCA applications. By letter dated March 27, 2025, BCOAPO provided reply comments; and

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

NOW THEREFORE pursuant to section 118 of the UCA, the BCUC orders as follows:

1.       Costs are awarded to the following participants in the listed amounts for their participation in the BC Hydro Enterprise Resource Planning Projects proceeding:

2.       BC Hydro 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 April 2025.

BY ORDER

Electronically signed by Blair Lockhart

E. B. Lockhart

Commissioner