ORDER NUMBER
G-207-25
IN THE MATTER OF
the Utilities Commission Act, RSBC 1996, Chapter 473
and
FortisBC Alternative Energy Services Inc.
Fiscal 2025/26 Annual Cost of Service Rate for the Thermal Energy Service
to Delta School District No. 37
BEFORE:
B. A. Magnan, Commissioner
on August 26, 2025
ORDER
WHEREAS:
A. On June 16, 2025, pursuant to sections 59 to 61 and 89 of the Utilities Commission Act (UCA), FortisBC Alternative Energy Services Inc. (FAES) applied to the British Columbia Utilities Commission (BCUC) for approval, on an interim and permanent basis, to increase the cost of service (COS) rate for thermal energy service provided by FAES to the Delta School District No. 37 (DSD) for the fiscal and contract year from July 1, 2025, to June 30, 2026 (Fiscal 2025/26), from $0.235 per kilowatt-hour (kWh) to $0.246 per kWh, effective July 1, 2025 (Application);
B. FAES states that the proposed rate change is based on its forecast annual COS to serve the DSD for the Fiscal 2025/26 period;
C. By Order G-159-25 dated June 27, 2025, the BCUC, among other things, approved the requested COS rate of $0.246 per kWh, effective July 1, 2025, on an interim and refundable or recoverable basis. The order also established a regulatory timetable for the review of the Application, which included FAES providing notice to the DSD, one round of information requests to FAES, a deadline for letters of comment, and FAES’ final argument and reply to letters of comment. The BCUC did not receive any letters of comment during the proceeding; and
D. The BCUC has reviewed the Application and evidence filed in the proceeding and makes the following determinations.
NOW THEREFORE pursuant to sections 58 to 61 of the UCA, the BCUC orders as follows:
1. For Fiscal 2025/26, FAES is approved to charge the COS rate of $0.246 per kWh to the DSD on a permanent basis, effective July 1, 2025.
2. FAES is directed to file tariff pages reflecting the approved permanent COS rate for Fiscal 2025/26 for endorsement by the BCUC within 30 days of the date of this order.
DATED at the City of Vancouver, in the Province of British Columbia, this 26th day of August 2025.
BY ORDER
Electronically signed by Bernard Magnan
B. A. Magnan
Commissioner