IN THE MATTER OF
the Utilities Commission Act, R.S.B.C. 1996, Chapter 473
and
a Joint Filing by FortisBC Energy (Vancouver Island) Inc. and FortisBC Energy Inc.
for Approval of a Gas Liquefaction, Storage and Dispensing Service Agreement
between FortisBC Energy (Vancouver Island) Inc. and FortisBC Energy Inc.
BEFORE: L.F. Kelsey, Commissioner
D.M. Morton, Commissioner
N.E. MacMurchy, Commissioner December 12, 2013
C.A. Brown, Commissioner
R.D. Revel, Commissioner
B.A. Magnan, Commissioner
O R D E R
WHEREAS:
A. On November 28, 2013, the Province of British Columbia deposited Order in Council No. 557, dated November 27, 2013, as B.C. Regulation 245/2013, Special Direction No. 5 to the British Columbia Utilities Commission (Commission);
B. Section 5 (1) of Special Direction No. 5 provides:
5 (1) Within 20 days of the date this direction comes into force, the commission must do all of the following:
(a) issue an order setting the LNG rate schedule as a rate for FortisBC Energy Inc. effective on the date the order is issued;
(b) accept for filing under section 71 of the Act the Gas Liquefaction, Storage and Dispensing Service Agreement between FortisBC Energy (Vancouver Island) Inc. and FortisBC Energy Inc. as set out in Appendix 2 attached to this direction;
(c) issue an order setting the agreement referred to in paragraph (b) as a rate for FortisBC Energy (Vancouver Island) Inc.
C. On December 4, 2013, FortisBC Energy Inc. (FEI) and FortisBC Energy (Vancouver Island) Inc. (FEVI) jointly filed with the Commission a fully executed copy of the Gas Liquefaction, Storage and Dispensing Service Agreement (the Agreement) between FEVI and FEI;
D. Pursuant to Section 5(1)(b) of Special Direction No. 5, FEI filed the Agreement for acceptance by the Commission under section 71 of the Utilities Commission Act;
E. Pursuant to Section 5(1)(c) of Special Direction No. 5, FEVI filed the Agreement for approval by the Commission as a rate, under Tariff Supplement No. 6 for Commission endorsement; and
F. The Commission has reviewed Special Direction No. 5 and the Agreement and finds that approval is required.
NOW THEREFORE pursuant to Special Direction No. 5 the Commission makes the following orders:
1. The Commission accepts the Gas Liquefaction, Storage and Dispensing Service Agreement between FortisBC Energy (Vancouver Island) Inc. and FortisBC Energy Inc. pursuant to section 71 of the Utilities Commission Act.
2. The Commission approves and endorses the Gas Liquefaction, Storage and Dispensing Service Agreement between FortisBC Energy (Vancouver Island) Inc. and FortisBC Energy Inc as FortisBC Energy (Vancouver Island) Inc.’s Tariff Supplement No. 6.
DATED at the City of Vancouver, in the Province of British Columbia, this 12th day of December 2013.
BY ORDER
Original Signed by:
D.M. Morton
Commissioner