SIXTH FLOOR, 900 HOWE STREET, BOX 250 VANCOUVER, B.C. V6Z 2N3 CANADA web site: http://www.bcuc.com IN THE MATTER OF the Utilities Commission Act, R.S.B.C. 1996, Chapter 473 and An Application by Squamish Gas Co. Ltd. for Approval to Increase Natural Gas Customer Rates BEFORE: P. Ostergaard, Chair B.L. Clemenhagen, Commissioner R.D. Deane, Commissioner K.L. Hall, Commissioner N.F. Nicholls, Commissioner O R D E R WHEREAS: A. On July 4, 2001, Squamish Gas Co. Ltd. (“Squamish Gas”) applied to the Commission for approval to increase Apartment Customer Rates (“ACR-1”) effective August 1, 2001, to be consistent with the rates approved by Commission Order No. G-70-01 for the ACR-1 customers of Centra Gas British Columbia Inc. (“Centra Gas”); and B. As a condition of the Special Direction and the terms of the Vancouver Island Natural Gas Pipeline Act, Centra Gas monitors the prices for heating oil available to customers. Under the Special Direction, the current Centra Gas Pioneer General Service and ACR-1 rates are set at the lower of a 10 percent discount to the average price of fuel oil or 67 percent of the British Columbia Hydro and Power Authority (“B.C. Hydro”) residential electricity rate. At current B.C. Hydro rates, the maximum rate that could be charged to Pioneer General Service and ACR-1 customers is $10.74 per gigajoule; and C. As a result of higher competitive fuel oil prices, the oil-based natural gas rates to Centra Gas ACR-1 customers located in the Capital Regional District were increased between 2.26 and 2.43 percent, and between 2.09 and 2.34 percent for ACR-1 customers in Other Communities, effective August 1, 2001; and D. Squamish Gas adopts the same rate changes for its oil-based natural gas rates as those approved for Centra Gas. The current application will make the Squamish Gas rates the same as those for Centra Gas, effective August 1, 2001; and E. The Commission has reviewed the Squamish Gas application and finds that approval is required. NOW THEREFORE the Commission approves for Squamish Gas an increase to the ACR-1 rate schedule of between 2.09 and 2.34 percent, effective August 1, 2001. DATED at the City of Vancouver, in the Province of British Columbia, this 12 Orders/SQG – ACR-1 August RatesB R I T IS H C O L U M B I A U T I L I T IE S C O M M IS S I ON O R D E R N U M B E R G-76-01 TELEPHONE: (604) 660-4700 BC TOLL FREE: 1-800-663-1385 FACSIMILE: (604) 660-1102 ) ) July 12, 2001 ) ) ) th day of July 2001. BY ORDER Original signed by: Peter Ostergaard Chair
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