B R I T I S 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-35-03 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 for the 2003/04 Fiscal Year BEFORE: P. Ostergaard, Chair ) K.L. Hall, Commissioner ) May 16, 2003 R.H. Hobbs, 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 current year’s levy for recovering Commission expenses is based on its 2003/04 approved budget minus expected recoveries and divided by the total energy sales of the regulated utilities for the previous calendar year; and C. The Commission will recover its expenses from the levy calculation on a quarterly basis and may adjust the fourth quarter billing in order to account for additional revenues received or expenses incurred during the fiscal year ending March 31, 2004. The final adjustment for the year will occur with the first quarter billing in the following year. NOW THEREFORE the Commission orders as follows: 1. A levy, at the rate of $0.00820287 per GJ equivalent of energy sold for the calendar year 2002 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, 2003. 2. The following public utilities are required to pay the levy fixed for the 2003/04 fiscal year, to be billed in installments as set out in the attached Appendix. The first and second quarter installments will reflect the 2002/03 carried-forward credit. Electric Utilities British Columbia Hydro and Power Authority Princeton Light and Power Company, Limited Aquila Networks Canada (British Columbia) Ltd. The Corporation of the City of Nelson Hemlock Valley Electrical Services Limited The Yukon Electrical Company Limited Silversmith Power & Light Corporation Terasen Multi-Utility Services Inc. .../2
2 Gas Utilities Terasen Gas Inc. Terasen Gas (Vancouver Island) Inc. Terasen Gas (Whistler) Inc. Terasen Gas (Squamish) Inc. Pacific Northern Gas Ltd. Pacific Northern Gas (N.E.) Ltd. Port Alice Gas Inc. Sun Peaks Utilities Co. Ltd. Terasen Multi-Utility Services Inc. Stargas Utilities Ltd. Toby Creek Utilities Co. Ltd. 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, 2003: Coastal Canada Field Services Inc. Duke Energy Field Services Canada Ltd. Westcoast Gas Services Inc. Williams Energy Canada Inc. JJH Equipment Trust Plateau Pipeline Ltd. - Sunset Prairie Pipeline - Taylor to Dawson Creek Pipeline - Blueberry, Northeast BC and Boundary Lake Pipelines - Western System EnerMark Inc. Terasen Pipelines (Jet Fuel) Inc. DATED at the City of Vancouver, in the Province of British Columbia, this fifth day of June 2003. Attachment BCUC-Fiscal 2003-04 RecoveryB 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 ER G-35-03 $1,000 $1,000 $1,000 $1,000 $1,000 $1,000 $1,000 $1,000 $1,000 $1,000 $1,000 BY ORDER Original signed by: Peter Ostergaard Chair
B.C. UTILITIES COMMISSION - 2003/04 LEVY CALCULATION A B C D E Regulated Regulated Converted Utility Sales $000 Volume Unit To GJ B.C. Hydro & Power Authority 2,351,423 47,020.55 GW.h 169,274,000 City of Nelson 3,429 53.50 GW.h 192,600 Hemlock Valley 229 0.96 GW.h 3,500 Princeton Light & Power 4,380 62.71 GW.h 225,800 Aquila Networks Canada (B.C.) Ltd. 116,981 1,999.00 GW.h 7,196,400 Silversmith Power & Light Corporation 13 0.05 GW.h Terasen Multi-Utility Services (formerly Sun Rivers (gas and electric)) 113 5.40 GW.h 19,400 Yukon Electrical Co. Ltd. 120 0.75 GW.h 2,700 Terasen Gas Inc. (formerly BC Gas Utility Ltd.) Lower Mainland Division 901,259 127,874,000 GJ 127,874,000 Inland Division 270,080 55,621,000 GJ 55,621,000 Columbia Division 28,457 6,417,000 GJ 6,417,000 Fort Nelson Division 3,351 961,000 GJ 961,000 Terasen Gas (Squamish) Inc. (formerly Squamish Gas Co. Ltd.) 3,231 333,000 GJ 333,000 Terasen Gas (Vancouver Island) Inc. (formerly Centra Gas British Columbia Inc.) Vancouver Island, Powell River and Sunshine Coast areas 101,840 33,523,000 GJ 33,523,400 Pacific Northern Gas (N.E.) Ltd. Dawson Creek and Fort St. John 26,609 4,653,000 GJ 4,653,000 Pacific Northern Gas (N.E.) Ltd. Tumbler Ridge 1,505 727,000 GJ 727,000 Pacific Northern Gas Ltd. 80,053 34,067,000 GJ 34,067,000 Terasen Gas (Whistler) Inc. (formerly Centra Gas Whistler Inc.) 8,263 695,000 GJ 695,000 Port Alice Gas Inc. 335 18,000 GJ 18,000 Sun Peaks Utilities 936 62,000 GJ 62,000 Central Heat Distribution Limited 5,244 1,203,500 GJ 1,203,500 Stargas Utilities Ltd. 440 29,000 GJ 29,000 Toby Creek Utilities Co. Ltd. 4 551 39,000 GJ 39,000 TOTAL 3,908,842 443,137,500 Annual Budget less Anticipated Recoveries and ICBC 4,733,000 - 398,000 - 700,000 = $3,635,000 LEVY PER GJ $0.0082028700 BCUC 2002/03 Carry Fwd Credit $922,509 = $922,509 Notes 1 Credit fully applied to 2003/04 Q1 assessment with residual credit balance carried to Q2 billing 2 2nd Quarter Billing is quarterly assessment minus residual credit 3 Quarterly assessment will be reviewed for Q4 billing 4 Toby Creek does not qualify for last year's carry-forward credit. GJ 443,098,500 APPENDIX A to Order No. G-35-03 Page 1 of 1 F G H I J K L M Annual Last Year's Credit Net Payable for Net Billing Net Billing Billing Billing Total to be Assessment $ Carried Forward 1 Fiscal Year 03/04 Q1 1 Q2 2 Q3 Q4 3 Billed 1,388,533 352,420 1,036,113 0 341,846 347,133 347,133 1,036,113 0 1,580 401 1,179 0 389 395 395 1,179 29 7 21 0 7 7 7 21 1,852 470 1,382 0 456 463 463 1,382 59,031 14,983 44,049 0 14,533 14,758 14,758 44,049 200 1.6 0.42 1.22 0 0.40 0.41 0.41 1.22 159 40 119 0 39 40 40 119 22 6 17 0 5 6 6 17 1,048,934 266,227 782,707 0 258,240 262,233 262,233 782,707 456,252 115,800 340,452 0 112,326 114,063 114,063 340,452 52,638 13,360 39,278 0 12,959 13,159 13,159 39,278 7,883 2,001 5,882 0 1,941 1,971 1,971 5,882 2,732 693 2,038 0 672 683 683 2,038 274,988 69,794 205,194 0 67,700 68,747 68,747 205,194 38,168 9,687 28,481 0 9,397 9,542 9,542 28,481 5,963 1,514 4,450 0 1,468 1,491 1,491 4,450 279,447 70,926 208,521 0 68,798 69,862 69,862 208,521 5,701 1,447 4,254 0 1,404 1,425 1,425 4,254 148 37 110 0 36 37 37 110 509 129 379 0 125 127 127 379 9,872 2,506 7,367 0 2,430 2,468 2,468 7,367 238 60 178 0 59 59 59 178 320 0 320 80 80 80 80 320 3,634,999 922,509 2,712,490 80 894,911 908,750 908,750 2,712,490 4
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