B R I T I S H C O L U M B I A U T IL I T I E S C O M M I S S I O N O R D ER N U M B E R G-54-00 SIXTH FLOOR, 900 HOWE STREET, BOX 250 TELEPHONE: (604) 660-4700 VANCOUVER, B.C. V6Z 2N3 CANADA BC TOLL FREE: 1-800-663-1385 web site: http://www.bcuc.com FACSIMILE: (604) 660-1102 IN THE MATTER OF the Utilities Commission Act, R.S.B.C. 1996, Chapter 473 and Recovery of Commission Costs BEFORE: P. Ostergaard, Chair ) L.R. Barr, Deputy Chair ) P.G. Bradley, Commissioner ) B.L. Clemenhagen, Commissioner ) May 18, 2000 K.L. Hall, Commissioner ) N.F. Nicholls, Commissioner ) O R D E R WHEREAS: A. Section 125 of the Utilities Commission Act (“the Act”) enables the British Columbia Utilities Commission (“the Commission”) to recover its expenses arising in each fiscal year commencing April 1 from the administration of the Act, and to fix and collect levies from public utilities and other persons so defined. B.C. Regulation 283/88, dated July 29, 1988, authorizes the Commission to collect and retain all levies collected under the Regulation; and B. The recovery of expenses is based on the Commission’s 2000/01 budget net of its carried forward 1999/00 credit and anticipated recoveries in the current fiscal year; and C. For public utilities, the amount of the levy will be calculated based on the volume of energy transmitted or distributed in the calendar year ending December 31, 1999 and will be billed by the Commission on a quarterly basis; and D. The Commission may adjust the fourth quarter fiscal year billing to utilities to account for additional revenue received or expenses incurred, during the fiscal year ending March 31, 2001. NOW THEREFORE the Commission orders as follows: 1. A levy, at the rate of $0.006782 per GJ equivalent of energy sold for the calendar year 1999, shall be paid by, and collected from, the public utilities listed below for the recovery of Commission expenses in the fiscal year commencing April 1, 2000. .../2
B R IT I S H C O LU M B I A U T IL I T IE S C O M M I S S I O N O R D ER N U M B ER G-54-00 2 2. The following public utilities shall be billed and shall pay the levy fixed for the fiscal year commencing April 1, 2000 in installments as set out in the attached Appendix. Electric Utilities British Columbia Hydro and Power Authority Princeton Light and Power Company, Limited West Kootenay Power Ltd. The Corporation of the City of Nelson Hemlock Valley Electrical Services Limited The Yukon Electrical Company Limited Silversmith Power & Light Corporation Gas Utilities BC Gas Utility Ltd. Centra Gas British Columbia Inc. Centra Gas Whistler Inc. Pacific Northern Gas Ltd. Pacific Northern Gas (N.E.) Ltd. Squamish Gas Co. Ltd. Port Alice Gas Inc. Steam Heat Utility Central Heat Distribution Limited 3. Pursuant to Levy Regulation 283/88 and Letter No. L-39-96, the following upstream natural gas processors and intraprovincial oil pipelines shall pay the following amounts for the fiscal year commencing April 1, 2000: Westcoast Gas Services Inc. $1,000 Novagas Canada Ltd. $1,000 Federated Pipe Lines (Western) Ltd. $1,000 Nevis Ltd. $1,000 Newcal Energy Inc. $1,000 Trans Mountain Enterprises of British Columbia Limited $1,000 DATED at the City of Vancouver, in the Province of British Columbia, this 18 th day of May 2000. BY ORDER Original signed by: Peter Ostergaard Chair Attachment Order/BCUC-CostRecovery2000/01
B.C. UTILITIES COMMISSION - 2000/01 LEVY CALCULATION Regulated Regulated Converted Annual Utility Sales $000 Volume Unit To GJ Assessment $ B.C. Hydro & Power Authority 2,213,555 44,908.42 GW.h 161,670,000 1,096,435 City of Nelson* 3,039 48.99 GW.h 176,000 1,194 Hemlock Valley* 219 1.51 GW.h 5,000 34 Princeton Light & Power* 3,605 57.66 GW.h 208,000 1,411 West Kootenay Power 93,923 1,763.51 GW.h 6,349,000 43,059 Silversmith Power & Light Corporation* 16 0.23 GW.h 1,000 7 Yukon Electrical Co. Ltd.* 104 0.78 GW.h 3,000 20 BC Gas Utility Ltd. Lower Mainland Division 619,794 132,925,000.00 GJ 132,925,000 901,488 Inland Division 190,669 59,120,000.00 GJ 59,120,000 400,948 Columbia Division 21,239 7,852,000.00 GJ 7,852,000 53,252 Fort Nelson Division 2,245 809,000.00 GJ 809,000 5,487 Squamish Gas Division 2,677 354,000.00 GJ 354,000 2,401 Centra Gas British Columbia Inc. Vancouver Island, Powell River and Sunshine Coast areas 90,537 27,119,000.00 GJ 27,119,000 183,919 Pacific Northern Gas (N.E.) Ltd. Dawson Creek and Fort St. John 17,093 4,847,000.00 GJ 4,847,000 32,872 Pacific Northern Gas (N.E.) Ltd. Tumbler Ridge 1,681 552,000.00 GJ 552,000 3,744 Pacific Northern Gas Ltd. 58,466 37,178,000.00 GJ 37,178,000 252,139 Centra Gas Whistler Inc. 5,388 610,000.00 610,000 4,137 Port Alice Gas Inc. 263 20,000.00 GJ 20,000 136 Central Heat Distribution Limited 5,236 1,079,000.00 GJ 1,079,000 7,317 TOTAL 3,329,749 272,511,781.10 440,877,000 2,990,000 Annual Budget less Anticipated Revenue $3,216,000 - 226,000 = $2,990,000 = $0.006782/GJ LEVY PER GJ 440,877,000 1 Credit applied to 2000/01 Q1 billing. 2 Quarterly assessments that will be billed for Q1. * Smaller utilities which paid the 1999/00 4th quarter levy in advance of billing will 3 Quarterly assessments that will be billed in Q2. be credited with this amount in the 2000/01 1st quarter invoice. 4 Quarterly assessments that will be billed in Q3 and Q4. BCUC/Admin/1-CR/Fiscal2000/01/ LevyCalc-2000/01 APPENDIX to Order No. G-54-00, Page 1 of 1Last Year's Credit Net Payable for Billing Assessment Assessment Assessment Total to be Carried Forward 1 Fiscal Year 00/01 Q1 2 Q2 3 Q3 4 Q4 Billed 50,760 1,045,675 223,349 274,109 274,109 274,109 1,045,675 55 1,139 244 298 298 299 1,139 2 32 7 8 8 9 32 65 1,346 288 353 353 353 1,346 1,993 41,066 8,772 10,765 10,765 10,765 41,066 0 7 1 2 2 2 7 1 19 4 5 5 5 19 41,734 859,754 183,638 225,372 225,372 225,372 859,754 18,562 382,386 81,675 100,237 100,237 100,237 382,386 2,465 50,787 10,848 13,313 13,313 13,313 50,787 254 5,233 1,118 1,372 1,372 1,372 5,233 111 2,290 489 600 600 600 2,290 8,515 175,404 37,465 45,980 45,980 45,980 175,404 1,522 31,350 6,696 8,218 8,218 8,218 31,350 173 3,571 763 936 936 936 3,571 11,673 240,466 51,362 63,035 63,035 63,035 240,466 192 3,945 842 1,034 1,034 1,034 3,945 6 130 28 34 34 34 130 339 6,978 1,490 1,829 1,829 1,829 6,978 138,422 2,851,578 609,079 747,500 747,500 747,502 2,851,578
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