Orders

 

ORDER NUMBER

G-305-25

 

IN THE MATTER OF

the Utilities Commission Act, RSBC 1996, Chapter 473

 

and

 

FortisBC Energy Inc.

Section 71 Filing of a Biomethane Purchase Agreement

between FEI and Evergreen Environmental (Oshawa) Inc. and Convertus York Biofuel Ltd.

 

BEFORE:

B. A. Magnan, Panel Chair

R. E. Murphy, Commissioner

 

on December 16, 2025

 

ORDER

WHEREAS:

 

A.      On October 2, 2025, FortisBC Energy Inc. (FEI) applied to the British Columbia Utilities Commission (BCUC), pursuant to section 71 of the Utilities Commission Act (UCA) and the BCUC Rules for Natural Gas Energy Supply Contracts (Rules), for acceptance of an assignment, novation and amending agreement dated September 5, 2025 (Amending Agreement) to the original biomethane purchase agreement (Original BPA) between FEI and Evergreen Environmental (Oshawa) Inc. (Evergreen) (Application);

B.      FEI submits that the Amending Agreement assigns and novates all of Evergreen’s rights, title, interests, duties, liabilities, and obligations in the Original BPA to Convertus York Biofuel Ltd. (Convertus), amends the location of the facility to a different address within the same region, and extends the start date under the agreement;

C.      By Order G-271-25 dated November 24, 2025, the BCUC established a regulatory timetable for the review of the Application which included, among other things, the filing of supplemental information by FEI;

D.      On December 8, 2025, FEI filed its supplemental information to the Application with the BCUC; and

E.       The BCUC has reviewed FEI’s supplemental information and considers that the following determination is warranted.

NOW THEREFORE the BCUC amends the regulatory timetable as set out in Appendix A to this order.

 

DATED at the City of Vancouver, in the Province of British Columbia, this      16^th      day of December 2025.

 

 

BY ORDER

 

Electronically signed by Bernard Magnan

 

B.A. Magnan

Commissioner

 

 

Attachment

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

FortisBC Energy Inc.

Section 71 Filing of a Biomethane Purchase Agreement

between FEI and Evergreen Environmental (Oshawa) Inc. and Convertus York Biofuel Ltd