Via E-Mail November 29, 2012
gas.regulatory.affairs@fortisbc.com
Ms. Diane Roy
Director, Regulatory Affairs – Gas
FortisBC Energy Inc.
16705 Fraser Highway
Surrey, BC V4N 0E8
Dear Ms. Roy:
Re: FortisBC Energy Inc.
Revelstoke Service Area
2012 Fourth Quarter Gas Cost Report
Further to your November 22, 2012 filing of the 2012 Fourth Quarter Gas Cost Report (the Report) for the Revelstoke Service Area, the British Columbia Utilities Commission (Commission) acknowledges receipt of the Report and accepts the recommendation that the propane reference price remain unchanged at January 1, 2013.
Customer rates for the Revelstoke Service Area will include delivery rates, including delivery related riders, approved to be effective January 1, 2013, pursuant to Commission Order No. G-44-12 and, subject to Commission approval, the proposed Revenue Stabilization Adjustment Mechanism (RSAM) Rate Rider 5 decrease to be effective January 1, 2013, as requested in the FortisBC Energy Inc. 2012 Fourth Quarter Gas Cost Report, dated November 22, 2012.
The Commission will hold confidential the information in Tab 2 of the Report.
Yours truly,
Erica Hamilton
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