IN THE MATTER OF
the Utilities Commission Act, R.S.B.C. 1996, Chapter 473
and
An Application by Powell River Energy Inc.
for Dismissal of Possible Violation of Mandatory Reliability Standard
BAL-005-0.1b R1 – Violation ID: BCUC201000163
BEFORE: L.F. Kelsey, Commissioner
N.E. MacMurchy, Commissioner March 1, 2012
R.D. Revel, Commissioner
O R D E R
WHEREAS:
A. Section 125.2 of the Utilities Commission Act (Act) assigns 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 to the British Columbia Utilities Commission (Commission). By Order G-123-09, the Commission approved the Compliance Monitoring Program (CMP) for monitoring and enforcement of adopted reliability standards and appointed the Western Electricity Coordinating Council (WECC) as its Administrator for registration and monitoring compliance as per section 8 of the Act;
B. Commission Order G-67-09 required entities subject to approved Mandatory Reliability Standards to file mitigation plans outlining how they plan to meet compliance with standards they were not in compliance with;
C. Section 5.1.1 of the CMP requires that an entity file a mitigation plan for every confirmed violation to a standard requirement and that WECC review the mitigation plan and make a recommendation to the Commission;
D. On December 14, 2010, Powell River Energy Inc. (PREI) submitted a Mitigation Plan addressing a possible noncompliance with BAL-005-0.1b;
E. On January 21, 28, and 31, 2012, WECC determined that PREI did not violate the subject requirement at the time it originally reported the possible noncompliance;
F. On February 17, 2012, WECC recommended the Commission approve the dismissal of the possible noncompliance for PREI for the following standard including any related mitigation plan:
• BAL-005-0.1b R1 – Violation ID: BCUC201000163 by Self-Report submitted on June 29, 2010
NOW THEREFORE pursuant to section 125.2 (10) of the Act, the Commission accepts the WECC recommendations and approves the dismissal of records for the possible violation as identified above.
DATED at the City of Vancouver, in the Province of British Columbia, this 30th day of April 2012.
BY ORDER
Original signed by:
L.F. Kelsey
Commissioner