Orders

ORDER NUMBER

G-237-25

IN THE MATTER OF

the Utilities Commission Act, RSBC 1996, Chapter 473

and

FortisBC Energy Inc.

Permanent Rates and Amending Agreement No. 1 for SF Disposal Queen Ltd.

for Fuelling Service from the Burnaby Operations CNG Station

BEFORE:

B. A. Magnan, Commissioner

W. E. Royle, Commissioner

on September 26, 2025

ORDER

WHEREAS:

A.      On September 10, 2025, FortisBC Energy Inc. (FEI) applied to the British Columbia Utilities Commission (BCUC), pursuant to sections 59 to 61 of the Utilities Commission Act, for approval of the rates established in an amending agreement dated September 4, 2025 (Amending Agreement No. 1) to a fuelling services agreement executed on April 5, 2016 (Disposal Queen-Burnaby Operations Agreement) between FEI and SF Disposal Queen Ltd. (Disposal Queen), on a permanent basis, effective January 1, 2026 (Application);

B.      By Orders G-72-17 and G-73-17 dated May 17, 2017, the BCUC approved the rate design and rates established in compressed natural gas (CNG) fuelling services agreements between FEI and its two anchor customers, Canadian Linen & Uniform Services Co. (Canadian Linen) and Disposal Queen, for CNG fuelling service from the fuelling station on FEI’s property in Burnaby, British Columbia (Burnaby Operations Fuelling Station) on a permanent basis, effective July 1, 2016;

C.      By Order G-264-23 dated October 10, 2023, the BCUC approved the rate design and rates in a new fuelling service agreement with Canadian Linen dated June 1, 2023, as amended, for Canadian Linen to continue receiving CNG fuelling service from the Burnaby Operations Fuelling Station, effective July 1, 2023 (Canadian Linen-Burnaby Operations Agreement). The rates established in the Canadian Linen-Burnaby Operations Agreement are consistent with the rates approved by Orders G-72-17 and G-73-17;

D.      On September 4, 2025, FEI and Disposal Queen entered into Amending Agreement No. 1 to extend the expiry date of the Disposal Queen-Burnaby Operations Agreement from December 31, 2025 to June 30, 2028 on the existing terms, conditions and rates. FEI states that the amended expiry date aligns with the Canadian Linen-Burnaby Operations Agreement’s expiry date; and

E.       The BCUC has reviewed the Application and considers that the following determinations are warranted.

NOW THEREFORE pursuant to sections 59 to 61 of the Utilities Commission Act, the BCUC orders as follows:

1.       The rates established for Disposal Queen in the Disposal Queen-Burnaby Operations Agreement as amended by Amending Agreement No. 1 are approved on a permanent basis, effective January 1, 2026.

2.       FEI is to file Amending Agreement No. 1 in tariff supplement form for endorsement by the BCUC within 15 days of the date of this order.

DATED at the City of Vancouver, in the Province of British Columbia, this          26^th          day of September 2025.

BY ORDER

Electronically signed by Bernard Magnan

B. A. Magnan

Commissioner