SIXTH FLOOR, 900 HOWE STREET, BOX 250 TELEPHONE: (604) 660-4700 VANCOUVER, B.C. V6Z 2N3 BC TOLL FREE: 1-800-663-1385 CANADA FACSIMILE: (604) 660-1102 AN ORDER IN THE MATTER OF the Utilities Commission Act, S.B.e. 1980, c. 60, as amended and An Application by BC Gas Utility Ltd. Phase 3 - Integrated Resource Plan, Demand-Side Management and Main Extension Policy BEFORE: F.e. Leighton, Commissioner, August 12, 1994 ORDER WHEREAS: A. On November 22, 1993, BC Gas Utility Ltd. ("BC Gas") filed with the Commission an application based on a two-year test period to increase, on an interim and permanent basis, captive rates of customers in the Lower Mainland, Inland and Columbia Divisions effective January 1, 1994 and a further increase effective January 1, 1995 ("the Application") pursuant to Sections 64, 67 and 106 of the Utilities Commission Act; and B. The Commission, by Order No. G-120-93, approved for BC Gas an interim rate increase of 6.26 percent on gross margin revenue of the captive rate schedules effective with consumption on and after January 1, 1994; and e. The Commission, by Order No. G-1O-94, set the date of April 25, 1994 for the commencement of a public hearing into the Application, and published dates for workshops, conferences and meetings in order to expedite the public review of the Application and attain a complete or partial negotiated settlement of the issues in the Application; and D. BC Gas filed its Integrated Resource Plan ("IRP") on March 28, 1994; and E. The Commission, by Order No. G-26-94, rescheduled the commencement of the public hearing into the Application to May 2, 1994 and, by Order No. G-29-94, rescheduled the IRP segment to June 6, 1994; and F. A Negotiated Settlement process was used prior to the commencement of the public hearing into the Application; and G. The Commission, by Order No. G-37-94, identified Revenue Requirement issues on Phase 1 and issued its Decision thereon; and H. At the commencement of the hearing into the IRP segment, the Commission separated the hearing into two phases; and I. Subsequently, during the hearing, the issues were further separated, such that IRP and Demand-Side Management would be designated Phase 3 and heard separately from the proposal for a Revenue Stabilization Adjustment Mechanism and sales forecasts review to be designated Phase 2; and
2 J. The Commission, by Order No. G-59-94, issued its Decision on Phase 2; and K. The Commission has considered the Phase 3 portions of the Application and the evidence adduced thereto all as set forth in the Phase 3 Decision issued concurrently with this Order. NOW THEREFORE the Commission, for reasons stated in the Phase 3 Decision, orders BC Gas as follows: 1. Deferral accounts related to Integrated Resource Planning, Demand-Side Management and Liquefied Natural Gas plant feasibility studies may be established as set out in the Phase 3 Decision. 2. BC Gas is to file a revised main extension proposal by January 31, 1995. 3. BC Gas will comply with all directions contained in the Phase 3 Decision accompanying this Order. DATED at the City of Vancouver, in the Province of British Columbia, this of August 1994. BY ORDER Frank C. Leighton Commissioner BCUC/Orders/BCG-Ph3-IRP,DSM,MEP
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