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.C. 1980, c. 60, as amended and An Application by BC Gas Utility Ltd. Phase 2 - Revenue Stabilization Adjustment Mechanism and Sales Forecasts BEFORE: M.K. Jaccard, Chairperson; and ) F,C. Leighton, Commissioner ) August 4, 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 C. 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. 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 Integrated Resource Plan ("IRP") segment to June 6, 1994; and E. A Negotiated Settlement process was used prior to the commencement of the public hearing into the Application; and F. At the commencement of the hearing into the IRP segment, the Commission separated that hearing into two phases; and G. Subsequently, during the hearing, the issues were further separated, such that IRP and Demand-Side Management would be heard separately from the proposal for a Revenue Stabilization Adjustment Mechanism ("RSAM") and the sales forecasts contained in the Application. H. The Commission has determined that separate decisions into the BC Gas Application will be issued as follows: Phase 1 Decision 1994/95 Revenue Requirements issues dealt with in the May 2, 1994 hearing; Phase 2 Decision Revenue Stabilization Adjustment Mechanism and Sales Forecasts; Phase 3 Decision IRP and Demand-Side Management; and ... /2
I. The Commission has considered the Application and the evidence adduced thereto all as set forth in the Phase 2 Decision issued concurrently with this Order. NOW THEREFORE the Commission, for reasons stated in the Phase 2 Decision, orders BC Gas as follows: 1. RSAM deferral accounts will be established, and the RSAM will be implemented with no deadband, as set out in the Phase 2 Decision. 2. BC Gas will comply with all directions contained in the Phase 2 Decision accompanying this Order. DATED at the City of Vancouver, in the Province of British Columbia, this BCUC/Orders/BCG·Ph2·RSAM SalesFrcsl2 G-59-94 day of August 1994. BY ORDER Dr. Mark K. Jac:C:l!"Q Chairperson
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