Orders

IN THE MATTER OF

the Utilities Commission Act, R.S.B.C. 1996, Chapter 473

and

An Application by FortisBC Inc.

for Approval of a Subcontractor Agreement

between FortisBC Inc. and Fortis Pacific Holdings Inc.

involving the Brilliant Expansion Power Plant

and a Supplemental Agreement for

Assignment of Mandatory Reliability Standards Responsibilities

for Brilliant Expansion Power Corporation

Filing of Management Agreement

BEFORE:               L.F. Kelsey, Commissioner

                                C.A. Brown, Commissioner                                          February 23, 2012

                                D.M Morton, Commissioner

O  R  D  E  R

WHEREAS:

A.    On December 28, 2011, FortisBC Inc. (FortisBC) applied to the British Columbia Utilities Commission (the Commission) pursuant to the applicable provisions of the Utilities Commission Act RSBC 1996, as amended by the Utilities Commission Amendment Act, 2008 (Amending Act), including section 23, for an order approving the Subcontractor Agreement dated November 1, 2011, between Fortis Pacific Holdings Inc. (FPHI) and FortisBC to perform on FPHI’s behalf all of the obligations required of FPHI to manage the Brilliant Expansion Power Corporation’s (BEPC) Brilliant Expansion power plant in accordance with the Management Agreement;

B.    Also on December 28, 2011, FortisBC filed a Brilliant Expansion Management Agreement Supplemental Agreement between FPHI and BEPC and upon approval of the Subcontractor Agreement also requests that the Subcontractor Agreement be accepted as an Assignment Agreement for the purpose of transferring responsibility for Mandatory Reliability Standards (MRS) in respect of the Brilliant Expansion to FortisBC;

C.    The Commission reviewed the Application and concludes the Brilliant Expansion Management Agreement is required to review this Application.

NOW THEREFORE pursuant to section 43 of the Utilities Commission Act, the Commission orders FortisBC Inc. to file a copy of the Brilliant Expansion Management Agreement within 10 days of the date of this Order.

DATED at the City of Vancouver, in the Province of British Columbia, this            24^th           day of February 2012.

                                                                                                                                BY ORDER

                                                                                                                                Original signed by:

                                                                                                                                D.M. Morton

                                                                                                                                Commissioner