Orders

ORDER NUMBER

G-268-19

IN THE MATTER OF

the Utilities Commission Act, RSBC 1996, Chapter 473

and

British Columbia Hydro and Power Authority

Fiscal 2020 to Fiscal 2021 Revenue Requirements Application

BEFORE:

D. M. Morton, Panel Chair

A. K. Fung, QC, Commissioner

E. B. Lockhart, Commissioner

R. I. Mason, Commissioner

on November 1, 2019

ORDER

WHEREAS:

A.      On February 25, 2019, the British Columbia Hydro and Power Authority (BC Hydro) filed its Fiscal 2020 to Fiscal 2021 (F2020–F2021) Revenue Requirements Application (Application) with the British Columbia Utilities Commission (BCUC) pursuant to sections 44.2, 58 to 61 and 99 of the Utilities Commission Act requesting, among other things:

1.       approval of a reduction of the Deferral Account Rate Rider from 5 percent to 0 percent effective April 1, 2019;

2.       approval of an increase in rates by 6.85 percent effective April 1, 2019;

3.       approval of an increase in rates by 0.72 percent effective April 1, 2020; and

4.       approval of the F2020–F2021 Open Access Transmission Tariff rates as set out in Table 9‑8 of the Application effective April 1, 2019 and April 1, 2020, respectively;

B.      On March 1, 2019, by Order G-45-19, the BCUC established a Regulatory Timetable for the initial review of the Application;

C.      By Orders G-146-19 and G-218-19, the Panel established and later amended a further Regulatory Timetable for the review of the Application which provided for, among other things, responses to information requests (IR) on intervener evidence and BC Hydro rebuttal evidence, if any, to be filed on January 10, 2020 and January 15, 2020, respectively;

D.      By letter dated October 23, 2019, the Association of Major Power Customers of BC (AMPC) requested an extension to January 13, 2020 to file the portion of its responses to IRs on intervener evidence that may require input from its expert as its expert has limited availability prior to this date. AMPC also requested that BC Hydro’s deadline to file rebuttal evidence be extended to January 17, 2020 for the portion of the rebuttal evidence, if any, that relates to AMPC’s IR responses that are to be filed on January 13, 2020. AMPC submits that BC Hydro has agreed to AMPC’s proposed schedule; and

E.       The BCUC has considered AMPC’s letter dated October 23, 2019 and finds that an amendment to the Regulatory Timetable for the review of the Application is warranted.

NOW THEREFORE, the BCUC further amends the Regulatory Timetable amended by Order G-218-19. The further amended Regulatory Timetable is set out in Appendix A to this order.

DATED at the City of Vancouver, in the Province of British Columbia, this            1st             day of November 2019.

BY ORDER

Original Signed By:

D. M. Morton

Commissioner

Attachment

British Columbia Hydro and Power Authority

Fiscal 2020 to Fiscal 2021 Revenue Requirements Application

* All parties may ask IRs on the intervener evidence filed