ORDER NUMBER
G-210-25
IN THE MATTER OF
the Utilities Commission Act, RSBC 1996, Chapter 473
and
Creative Energy Vancouver Platforms Inc.
2025 Core TES Fuel Cost Adjustment Charge
BEFORE:
E. B. Lockhart, Commissioner
B. A. Magnan, Commissioner
W. E. Royle, Commissioner
on August 27, 2025
ORDER
WHEREAS:
A. On July 15, 2025, Creative Energy Vancouver Platforms Inc. (Creative Energy) submitted an application (Application) to the British Columbia Utilities Commission (BCUC) requesting the following changes to the Fuel Cost Adjustment Charge (FCAC) and FCAC Rate Rider for the thermal energy system comprising the Core steam distribution network serving downtown Vancouver and the hot water distribution networks serving Northeast False Creek (NEFC) and the Butterfly Development (together, Core TES), effective from August 1, 2025, through December 31, 2025:
i. to set the FCAC at $18.55 per thousand pounds steam (M#) and the FCAC Rate Rider at ($14.93) per M#, for customers connected to the Core steam distribution network;
ii. to set the FCAC at $53.46 per megawatt hour (MWh) and the FCAC Rate Rider at ($43.02) per MWh, for customers connected to the NEFC and the Butterfly Development hot water distribution networks; and
iii. to realign the Gas Year to match the calendar year, from January to December each year, beginning in 2026.
B. By Order G-189-25 dated July 31, 2025, the BCUC approved the above-noted rates on an interim and refundable/recoverable basis pending the BCUC’s final determinations;
C. By Order G-199-25 dated August 13, 2025, Creative Energy was approved on a permanent basis, effective November 1, 2024, through July 31, 2025, to charge customers of the Butterfly Development the same FCAC and FCAC Rate Rider as those approved for the NEFC hot water distribution network;
D. In the Application, Creative Energy states the total monthly bill impact for customers would decrease by 44.5 percent from August through December 2025, if all other charges remain unchanged; and
E. The BCUC has reviewed the Application and considers the following determinations are warranted.
NOW THEREFORE pursuant to sections 58 to 61 of the Utilities Commission Act the BCUC orders as follows:
1. The FCAC of $18.55 per M# and the FCAC Rate Rider of ($14.93) per M#, for customers connected to the Core steam distribution network is approved on a permanent basis effective August 1, 2025.
2. The FCAC of $53.46 per MWh and the FCAC Rate Rider ($43.02) per MWh, for customers connected to the NEFC and the Butterfly Development hot water distribution networks are approved on a permanent basis effective August 1, 2025.
3. Creative Energy is approved to realign the Gas Year to match the calendar year, from January 1 to December 31 each year, effective January 1, 2026.
4. Creative Energy is directed to file revised tariff pages reflecting the permanent approvals in Directives 1 and 2 above for BCUC endorsement within 45 days of the date of this order.
DATED at the City of Vancouver, in the Province of British Columbia, this 27th day of August 2025.
BY ORDER
Electronically signed by Bernard Magnan
B. A. Magnan
Commissioner