B R I T I S H C O LU M B I A U T I L I T I E S C O M M IS S I O N O R D E R N U M B E R G-88-01 SIXTH FLOOR, 900 HOWE STREET, BOX 250 VANCOUVER, B.C. V6Z 2N3 CANADA TELEPHONE: (604) 660-4700 web site: http://www.bcuc.com BC TOLL FREE: 1-800-663-1385 FACSIMILE: (604) 660-1102 IN THE MATTER OF the Utilities Commission Act, R.S.B.C. 1996, Chapter 473 and An Application from British Columbia Hydro and Power Authority for an Adjusted Customer Baseline Load Calculation for a Rate Schedule 1854 Industrial Customer BEFORE: P. Ostergaard, Chair ) B.L. Clemenhagen, Commissioner ) July 30, 2001 O R D E R WHEREAS: A. Commission Order No. G-65-01 approved for British Columbia Hydro and Power Authority (“B.C. Hydro”) Rate Schedule 1854 – Power Smart Industrial Rate as a pilot program effective July 1, 2001 to July 31, 2002. Order No. G-65-01 also approved Tariff Supplement No. 59, the Power Smart Industrial Rate Pilot Program Agreement; and B. Rate Schedule 1854 states that the Customer Baseline Load (“CBL”), as set out in Tariff Supplement No. 59, contains three items that are determined in general by averaging the customer’s electricity use history over the most recent three years; and C. On July 25, 2001, B.C. Hydro, on behalf of Norske Skog, Elk Falls (“Norske Skog”), applied to the Commission for approval to determine Norske Skog’s CBL based on its electricity use over a 6-month period starting November 2000. B.C. Hydro also proposed CBL adjustments to net out the consumption of TimberWest and to reflect increased purchases from B.C. Hydro once steam sales commence around August 1, 2001; and D. Norske Skog provided independent demand and energy information to verify the CBL adjustments requested; and E. The Commission has reviewed the B.C. Hydro application and finds that approval is in the public interest. NOW THEREFORE the Commission approves for B.C. Hydro the adjusted CBL calculations for Norske Skog under Rate Schedule 1854 and Tariff Supplement No. 59, as filed on July 25, 2001. DATED at the City of Vancouver, in the Province of British Columbia, this 31 st day of July 2001. BY ORDER Original signed by: Barbara L. Clemenhagen Commissioner Order/BCH-NorskeSkog RS 1854 CBL
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