BRITISH COL UMBIA UTILITIES COM MISSION ORDER NUMBER G -72-05 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 August 9, 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. The VITR consists of a new 67 kilometer 230 kilovolt (“kV”) transmission line between South Delta and North Cowichan that will replace an existing 138 kV line, plus certain upgrading of the second existing 138 kV line; and C. BCTC proposes to construct the new 230 kV line entirely within the existing 138 kV right-of-way, and to place underground 3.7 km of the new 230 kV line in the community of Tsawwassen ; and D. The VITR is estimated to cost $245 million, and is scheduled to be in service by October 2008; and E. In the Application, BCTC also requests approval, contingent upon confirmation of external funding, to underground the VITR in public streets and/or to advance the underground replacement of the second 138 kV line in the Tsawwassen area; and F. The Commission held a Procedural Conference on August 4, 2005 to hear submissions on the regulatory process for the review of the Application; and G. At the Procedural Conference, Sea Breeze Pacific Regional Transmission System, Inc. (“Sea Breeze”) advised that it may file a CPCN application for an alternative transmission project; and …/2
2 H. The Commission considers that an oral hearing should be established for the Application. NOW THEREFORE the Commission orders as follows: 1. An oral public hearing to review the Application will commence at 9:00 a.m. on Wednesday, November 23, 2005 on the Second Floor, 855 Homer Street, Vancouver, BC. The Regulatory Agenda for the hearing is established as set out in Appendix A to this Order. 2. A Pre-hearing Conference regarding the regulatory process for the review of the Application will be held on Monday, October 17, 2005 commencing at 9:00 a.m. on the Third Floor, 855 Homer Street, Vancouver, BC. 3. Town Hall Meetings will be held at locations that will be established after the Pre-hearing Conference. 4. Participant Funding/Cost Award Budgets will be filed with the Commission by Friday, September 16, 2005. DATED at the City of Vancouver, in the Province of British Columbia, this 9 Attachment Orders/BCTC-VITR PHC Ntc & Regulatory Timetable BRITISH COLUMBIA UTILITIES COMMISSION ORDER NUMBER G-72-05 th day of August 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”) REGULATORY TIMETABLE ACTION BCTC Response to BCUC Information Request No. 1 BCUC Information Request No. 2 and Intervenor Request No. 1 Intervenor and Interested Party Registration Participant Assistance/Cost Award Budgets BCTC Responses to Information Requests Intervenor Evidence Pre-hearing Conference BCUC and Participant Information Requests to Intervenors Intervenor Responses to Information Requests Staff issue Hearing Issues List Opening Oral Submissions BCTC Consolidation of Hearing Issues List Town Hall Meeting Panel issues Hearing Issues List Town Hall Meeting Public Hearing commences APPENDIX A to Order No. G-72-05 Page 1 of 1 DATE (2005) Friday, August 26 Wednesday, September 7 Friday, September 16 Friday, September 16 Tuesday, September 27 Friday, October 7 Monday, October 17 Monday, October 17 Wednesday, November 2 Monday, November 7 Wednesday, November 9 Thursday, November 10 Saturday, November 12 Wednesday, November 16 Saturday, November 19 Wednesday, November 23
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