<o~ COl. ~\ ~ ~<$> g l' " :~ ! """';""'" """"".."..~ C, ~ t';'t~ ", ROBERT J. PELLATT COMMISSION SECRETARY ? "/ ~ .. ~ ,.' ", ,', '/~ /~s··~·~~~\ Mr. David M. Masuhara Vice President Legal and Regulatory Affairs BC Gas Utility Ltd. 1111 West Georgia Street Vancouver, B.C. V6E4M4 Dear Mr. Masuhara: Re: BC Gas Utility Ltd. Integrated Resource Plan In your letter of September 30, 1996, BC Gas requested an extension to the deadline for the required filing of a DSM shareholder incentive proposal and suggested that a fuller discussion on the issue be incorporated in BC Gas's next supply side resource plan to be filed later this year. The Commission has considered your request and approves the requested extension. The letter also included a brief action plan regarding BC Gas' involvement in the market for natural gas fireplaces. The Commission finds the general direction of the action plan to be appropriate, but is concerned that the progress suggested by the action plan does not match the degree of progress anticipated in the Commission's July 2, 1996 BC Gas IRP Decision. For instance, the Commission is not convinced that efficiency standards must have been already established prior to encouraging consumers to purchase higher efficiency fireplaces in corporate advertising brochures. Therefore, BC Gas is directed to submit a proposal by January 1, 1997 indicating how BC Gas's natural gas fireplace marketing can be tailored to recognize the benefits and costs of fireplaces with different efficiency levels. JWF/ssc BCGICor/DSM Incentive Delay u LETTER No. L-45-96 : ~ J~-~ ~ SIXTH FLOOR, 900 HOWE STREET. BOX 250 :z: VANCOUVER, B.C. CANADA V6Z 2N3 0 TELEPHONE: (604) 660-4700 BC TOLL FREE: 1-800-663-1385 ~ ~ , , ," " cf r ) _ J FACSIMILE: (604) 660-1102 October 15, 1996 Yours truly,
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