BRIT I SH COLUMBIA UTIL I T I ES COMMISS ION ORDER NUMBER G‐123‐09 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 Reliability Standards in British Columbia Registration of Functional Entities and Monitoring and Enforcement of Reliability Standards BEFORE: D.A. Cote, Commissioner P.E. Vivian, Commissioner October 15, 2009 O R D E R WHEREAS: A. Pursuant to section 125.2(2) of the Utilities Commission Act (the “Act”) the British Columbia Utilities Commission (the “Commission”) has exclusive jurisdiction to determine whether a “reliability standard”, as defined in the Act, is in the public interest and should be adopted in British Columbia; and B. Pursuant to section 125.2(10) of the Act, the Commission may make orders providing for the administration of adopted reliability standards; and C. Pursuant to section 8 of the Act, the Commission may appoint or engage persons having special or technical knowledge necessary to assist the Commission in carrying out its functions; and D. Ministerial Order No. M039 dated February 22, 2009 made a Mandatory Reliability Standards Regulation which describes the parties that are subject to reliability standards adopted under section 125.2(6) of the Act; and E. Commission Order G‐67‐09 dated June 8, 2009 adopted 103 reliability standards for application in British Columbia; and F. Commission Order G‐67‐09 requires that entities subject to reliability standards register with the Commission as functional entities by November 1, 2009, and that registered entities file a Mitigation Plan with the Commission by December 31, 2009 confirming compliance with the applicable reliability standards and/or outlining how they plan to bring themselves into compliance; and G. The Commission and the Western Electricity Coordinating Council (“WECC”) have entered into an Administration Agreement whereby the Commission engages WECC to assist the Commission in respect of the functional registration of British Columbia entities and monitoring compliance with adopted reliability standards; and …/2
BRIT ISH COLUMBIA UTIL IT IES COMMISS ION ORDER NUMBER G‐123‐09 2 H. The Commission has determined that certain framework documents are needed to guide the registration, monitoring and enforcement process, that WECC should be appointed as the Commission’s Administrator for registration and monitoring, that the dates for registration and filing of Mitigation Plans should be extended, that compliance provisions accompanying reliability standards should be adopted, and that WECC should serve as Reliability Coordinator for British Columbia reliability standards. NOW THEREFORE pursuant to sections 8 and 125.2 of the Act the Commission orders as follows: 1. The Commission approves the Rules of Procedure, including the Registration Manual and the Compliance Monitoring Program appended thereto, which form Attachment 1 to this Order and set out the administrative framework for the registration of functional entities in British Columbia and the monitoring and enforcement of adopted reliability standards. 2. The Commission appoints the WECC as the Commission’s Administrator to assist it in carrying out its functions related to reliability standards in the manner described in the Administration Agreement between the WECC and the Commission dated October 8, 2009 which forms Attachment 2 to this Order. 3. The Commission amends paragraph 6 of Order G‐67‐09 to the extent that the date by which entities subject to adopted reliability standards must register with the Commission as functional entities (the “Registration Date”) is extended to December 31, 2009, and the date by which a registered entity must file a Mitigation Plan with the Commission is extended to March 1, 2010. 4. The Commission adopts the Compliance Provisions, as defined in the Rules of Procedure for Reliability Standards in British Columbia, that accompany each of the adopted British Columbia reliability standards, in the form posted on the WECC website, as amended from time to time, or as directed by the Commission. 5. The Commission orders that, for the purposes of the adopted reliability standards, the WECC will serve as Reliability Coordinator as that term is defined in the NERC Glossary of Terms Used in Reliability Standards dated February 12, 2008, or as adopted by the Commission from time to time. Entities registered as functional entities must follow the directions of the Reliability Coordinator as required by adopted British Columbia reliability standards, unless otherwise ordered by the Commission. DATED at the City of Vancouver, in the Province of British Columbia, this 15 th day of October 2009. BY ORDER Original signed by: D.A. Cote Commissioner Attachments Orders/G‐123‐09_MRS_WECC Appointment_Gudielines
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