IN THE MATTER OF
the Utilities Commission Act, R.S.B.C. 1996, Chapter 473
and
An Application by Powell River Energy Inc.
for Registration as Responsible Entities for Certain Functions
Required for Compliance with Mandatory Reliability Standards
BEFORE: A.A. Rhodes, Commissioner September 16, 2010
O R D E R
WHEREAS:
A. British Columbia Utilities Commission (Commission) Order G-123-09 approved the Registration Manual for entities subject to adopted Mandatory Reliability Standards and required that entities subject to the standards register with the Commission by December 31, 2009;
B. The Registration Manual requires that the Western Electricity Coordinating Council (WECC), in its role as the Mandatory Reliability Standards Administrator, review and recommend registration for all applicable Entities and allow 21 days for Entities to provide comments to the Commission on WECC’s recommendations;
C. Commission Order G-67-09 adopted the North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC) Glossary of Terms in effect as of 12 February 2008 and the NERC functional Model version 3;
D. On May 14, 2010, WECC recommended that the Commission approve Catalyst Paper’s (Catalyst) registration for the Crofton Division Entity, the Elk Falls Division Entity, the Port Alberni Division Entity and the Powell River Division Entity for the functions of Transmission Owner, Transmission Operator, Distribution Provider, and Load Serving Entity. In addition, WECC recommended that the Powell River Division register for the functions of Generator Operator and Generator Owner;
E. On June 3, 2010, Catalyst wrote to the Commission disputing WECC’s recommendations;
F. On June 24, 2010, WECC responded to Catalyst’s letter of dispute. WECC noted that with respect to the Generator Owner and Generator Operator functions for Powell River, all generation is connected to the grid at the Powell River substation and on occasion Powell River has supplied power to the grid. WECC also notes that Powell River Energy Inc. is the operator of the generation and therefore agrees with Catalyst that the Generator Operator function should be assigned to Powell River Energy Inc.;
G. On August 11, 2010, WECC revised its recommendations for Catalyst Powell River and recommended that Powell River Energy Inc. be registered for the Generator Operator and Generator Owner functions instead of Catalyst Powell River;
H. Neither Powell River Energy Inc. nor Catalyst disputed this recommendation;
I. The Commission has considered WECC’s recommendation that Powell River Energy Inc. be registered for Generator Operator and Generator Owner instead of Catalyst Powell River.
NOW THEREFORE the Commission orders as follows:
1. Functional registration for Powell River Energy Inc. for the Functions of Generator Owner and Generator Operator is approved as recommended by WECC.
2. Powell River Energy Inc. is required to file mitigation plans with WECC for any standards that it is in violation of by 90 days from the date of this Order.
DATED at the City of Vancouver, in the Province of British Columbia, this 16th day of September 2010.
BY ORDER
Original signed by:
A.A. Rhodes
Commissioner