LETTER NO. L-63-04 SIXTH FLOOR, 900 HOWE STREET, BOX 250 ROBERT J. PELLATT VANCOUVER, B.C. CANADA V6Z 2N3 COMMISSION SECRETARY TELEPHONE: (604) 660-4700 Commission.Secretary@bcuc.com BC TOLL FREE: 1-800-663-1385 web site: http://www.bcuc.com FACSIMILE: (604) 660-1102 Log No. 7683 VIA E-MAIL December 20, 2004 British Columbia Hydro and Power Authority Call for Tenders for Capacity on Vancouver Island TO: British Columbia Hydro and Power Authority Review of Electricity Purchase Agreement Registered Intervenors Exhibit No. A-13 Re: British Columbia Hydro and Power Authority Project No. 3698354 – Order No. G-99-04 Call for Tenders for Capacity on Vancouver Island Review of Electricity Purchase Agreement At a Pre-hearing Conference held on December 17, 2004, which was established by Commission Letter No. L-62-04 (Exhibit A-12), the Commission Panel heard submissions from participants as to the merits of an application (Exhibit B-8) by BC Hydro seeking an order from the Commission relieving it of an obligation to respond to questions identified in Schedule A to Exhibit B-8. BC Hydro’s application for relief of the information requests identified in Schedule A to Exhibit B-8, as amended during the Procedural Conference, is approved except as to the following information requests: BCUC 1.14.3, 1.14.4, 1.20.1, 1.24.7, 2.46.6, 2.48.1, 2.48.2, 2.48.3, 2.55.1, 2.58.8.1, 2.58.8.2, 2.60.3, 2.60.8, 2.61.1, 2.61.8, 2.65.5 2.72.0, 2.73.0 BCOAPO 1.18.1 GSXCCC 1.22.3.3 JIESC 1.1(e), 1.1(i) Gold River 1.5.18(i), 1.5.18(ii), 1.5.18(iii), 1.5.18(iv), 1.5.29(i), 1.5.29(ii), 1.5.32(i), 1.5.32(ii), 1.5.32(iii), 1.5.32(iv), 1.5.32(v) McKechnie 1.5(h) Green Island 11.1, 11.2, 11.4, 11.5, 11.8, 11.10, 13.1, 13.2 …/2
2 LETTER NO. L-63-04 For clarity, BC Hydro is relieved of the obligation to respond to only the second and third questions included in 2.70.1. Although BC Hydro is relieved of the obligation to respond to BCUC 1.27.3, BC Hydro is to file evidence that compares the reliability of Tier 1, Tier 2, and the No Award options. Although BC Hydro is relieved of the obligation to respond to BCUC 1.43.2, BC Hydro is to file evidence as contemplated at T3, p. 413. The Commission Panel will accept for further consideration revisions of BCUC information requests 1.14.3, 1.14.4, 1.20.1, 2.72.0, 2.73.0, and JIESC information request 1.1(e) as contemplated at: T3, p. 454, T3, p. 529. Information requests are to be amended so as to be consistent with the ruling found at T3, p. 453. Yours truly, Original signed by: Robert J. Pellatt cms PF/BCH-VICFT-EPA/PHC Exhibit B-8 Directive
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