BRITISH COL UMBIA UTILITIES COM MISSION ORDER NUMBER G -109-05 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 An Application by British Columbia Transmission Corporation for a Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity for Vancouver Island Transmission Reinforcement Project BEFORE: R.H. Hobbs, Chair N.F. Nicholls, Commissioner October 27, 2005 L.A. O’Hara, Commissioner O R D E R WHEREAS: A. By application dated July 7, 2005, the British Columbia Transmission Corporation (“BCTC”) requested that the British Columbia Utilities Commission (the “Commission”) grant a Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity (“CPCN”) for the Vancouver Island Transmission Reinforcement Project (“VITR”) to reinforce the electric transmission system serving Vancouver Island and the Southern Gulf Islands (the “Application”); and B. By Order No. G-72-05, the Commission Panel established the Regulatory Timetable for an oral hearing to review the Application; and C. In the letter dated August 9, 2005 that accompanied Order No. G-72-05, the Commission stated that participants in the VITR proceeding will be given an opportunity at the Pre-Hearing Conference to comment on any motion(s) by Sea Breeze; and D. The Commission by letter dated September 1, 2005 proposed a schedule for Town Hall Meetings, with the locations and times for the meetings to be discussed at the Pre-Hearing Conference scheduled for October 17, 2005; and E. On September 27, 2005, BCTC advised the Commission that it would be unable to completely respond to all the Information Requests in accordance with the Regulatory Agenda, and by letter dated September 30, 2005 requested that the filing date for responses be extended to October 10, 2005; and F. The Commission has also received requests from Mr. Hans Karow and Mr. Karsten Holmsen, Intervenors in the proceeding to extend the Regulatory Timetable; and G. On September 30, 2005 Sea Breeze filed a CPCN application for the Vancouver Island Cable Project and requested that the Commission confirm the consolidation of the review of its CPCN Application with the BCTC VITR proceeding. The Commission also issued a separate procedural Order G-97-05 to initiate the regulatory review of the Sea Breeze CPCN application; and …/2
2 H. By Order No. G-96-05, the Commission Panel revised the Regulatory Timetable and ordered Sea Breeze to file any further motion that it desired to be considered at the Pre-Hearing Conference held on October 21, 2005; and I. A the Pre-hearing Conference Sea Breeze and BCTC advised that they have jointly produced a suggested revised schedule to accommodate their concerns; and J. The Commission Panel has considered participant proposals for a revised schedule and determines that a revised schedule is necessary. NOW THEREFORE the Commission orders that the Revised Regulatory Agenda for the oral public hearing to review the Application is established as set out in Appendix A to this Order. DATED at the City of Vancouver, in the Province of British Columbia, this 27 Attachment Orders/BCTC-VITR 2 nd Revised Regulatory Timetable BRITISH COLUMBIA UTILITIES COMMISSION ORDER NUMBER G-109-05 th day of October 2005. BY ORDER Original signed by: Robert H. Hobbs Chair
British Columbia Transmission Corporation (“BCTC”) Application for a Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity (“CPCN”) Vancouver Island Transmission Reinforcement Project (“VITR”) REVISED REGULATORY TIMETABLE ACTION BCUC Information Request No. 1 to Sea Breeze with respect to the VIC Application Intervenor Evidence with respect to VITR Application Pre-Hearing Conference No. 2 BCUC and Participant Information Requests to Intervenors with respect to the VITR Application Sea Breeze Response to BCUC Information Request No. 1 with respect to the VIC Application Intervenor Responses to Information Requests with respect to the VITR Application Pre-hearing Conference No. 3 BCUC Information Request No. 2 and Intervenor Information Request No.1 to Sea Breeze with respect to the VIC Application Sea Breeze Response to BCUC Information Request No. 2 and Intervenor Information Request No. 1 with respect to the VIC Application Intervenor Evidence with respect to the VIC Application BCUC and Participant Information Requests to Intervenors with respect to the VIC Application APPENDIX A to Order No. G-109-05 Page 1 of 2 DATE (2005) Monday, October 17 Wednesday, October 19 Friday, October 21 Wednesday, October 26 Monday, November 7 Thursday, November 10 Thursday, November 10 Friday, November 18 Tuesday, December 6 Monday, December 12 Monday, December 19
British Columbia Transmission Corporation (“BCTC”) Application for a Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity (“CPCN”) Vancouver Island Transmission Reinforcement Project (“VITR”) REVISED REGULATORY TIMETABLE ACTION Intervenor Responses to Information Requests with respect to the VIC Application Town Hall Meeting (Salt Spring) Town Hall Meeting (Tsawwassen) Staff issue Hearing Issues List Town Hall Meeting (Vancouver Island) Opening Oral Submissions Proponent Consolidation of Hearing Issues List Town Hall Meeting (Surrey) Panel issues Hearing Issues List Public Hearing commences APPENDIX A to Order No. G-109-05 Page 2 of 2 DATE (2006) Friday, January 6 Saturday, January 7 Tuesday, January 10 Thursday, January 12 Saturday, January 14 Monday, January 16 Wednesday, January 18 Thursday, January 19 Friday, January 20 Monday, January 23
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