IN THE MATTER OF
the Utilities Commission Act, R.S.B.C. 1996, Chapter 473
and
An Application by FortisBC Energy (Vancouver Island) Inc.
to Amend and Revise its Storage and Delivery Agreement with FortisBC Energy Inc.
Tariff Supplement No. 4
BEFORE: C.A. Brown, Commissioner
N.E. MacMurchy, Commissioner February 9, 2012
D.M. Morton, Commissioner
O R D E R
WHEREAS:
A. By Order C-9-07 dated November 15, 2007, and Reasons for Decisions dated December 14, 2007, the British Columbia Utilities Commission (Commission) granted a Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity for the Mt. Hayes Liquefied Natural Gas Storage Project and the Storage and Delivery Agreement (Agreement) between Terasen Gas (Vancouver Island) Inc. (TGVI, now FortisBC Energy [Vancouver Island] Inc., FEVI) and Terasen Gas Inc. (now FortisBC Energy Inc., FEI);
B. Approval of the Agreement was subject to the filing of a fully executed contract with amendments to provide for the filing, from time to time, of a rate schedule to be approved by the Commission, as Appendix A, establishing rates for the Agreement;
C. On January 10, 2008, TGVI filed an amended Agreement dated January 10, 2008 in compliance with Order
C-9-07;
D. By letter dated January 30, 2008, the Commission accepted the Agreement as filed, and directed TGVI to file it in standard Tariff Supplement format. TGVI filed the Agreement as Tariff Supplement No. 4 on April 2, 2008;
E. By Order G-161-11 dated September 28, 2011, the Commission approved rates for Schedule A of Tariff Supplement No. 4, effective April 1, 2011, in response to FEVI filing an amended and updated Schedule A on March 25, 2011, with subsequent supporting information and changes to the requested rates;
F. On November 1, 2011, FEVI filed an Amending Agreement to Tariff Supplement No. 4 which includes the change in company names from TGVI to FEVI and from TGI to FEI and reduction of the notification period from two years to one year for FEVI to provide written notice to FEI for the amount of supplemental LNG Service FEVI will provide to FEI;
G. On February 1, 2012, FEVI filed a subsequent revision to the Amended Agreement under Tariff Supplement No. 4 (Amending Agreement No. 2) to correct a definition reference inconsistency;
H. The Commission has reviewed the requests and finds that the Amending Agreements to Tariff Supplement No. 4 should be accepted.
NOW THEREFORE pursuant to section 59 and 61 of the Utilities Commission Act, the Commission accepts the Amending Agreement and Amending Agreement No. 2 to FEVI Tariff Supplement No. 4.
DATED at the City of Vancouver, in the Province of British Columbia, this Ninth day of February 2012.
BY ORDER
Original signed by:
D.M. Morton
Commissioner