Orders

ORDER NUMBER

P-11-19

IN THE MATTER OF

the Utilities Commission Act, RSBC 1996, Chapter 473

and

Kinder Morgan Canada (Jet Fuel) Inc.

2019 Tariff Filing Application

BEFORE:

B. A. Magnan, Panel Chair

T. A. Loski, Commissioner

C. M. Brewer, Commissioner

on November 27, 2019

ORDER

WHEREAS:

A.      On November 29, 2018, Kinder Morgan Canada (Jet Fuel) Inc. (KMJF) filed with the British Columbia Utilities Commission (BCUC) an application for approval of Tariff No. 40, which extends the existing terms of service and tolls payable for the transportation of turbine fuel to Vancouver International Airport and the Burnaby Terminal (Application), effective January 1, 2019;

B.      By Order P-1-18 dated December 14, 2018, the BCUC approved, on an interim and refundable basis, KMJF’s Application effective January 1, 2019 to the earlier of December 31, 2019, or the parties reaching a mutual agreement;

C.      By Order P-1-18, the BCUC also established a public written submission process and a regulatory timetable to explore stakeholders’ submissions or other potential issues;

D.      By Orders P-2-18, P-1-19, P-2-19, P-3-19A, P-4-19 and P-5-19, the regulatory timetable was amended to address submissions from KMJF and stakeholders regarding further regulatory process and extension of the regulatory timetable as established by Order P-1-18;

E.       By April 24, 2019, the Vancouver Airport Fuel Facilities Corporation (VAFFC) and Parkland Fuel Corporation (Parkland) registered as interveners in the proceeding;

F.       On June 28, 2019, the BCUC issued Order P-6-19 with reasons for decision, denying VAFFC’s request that the BCUC reverse its approval of KMJF’s interim rate approved by Order P-1-18, with the interim toll remaining in effect until the earlier of December 31, 2019, the date upon which parties reach a mutual agreement or the date of a further order from the BCUC;

G.     By Order P-7-19 dated August 6, 2019, the BCUC further amended the regulatory timetable as established by Order P-5-19;

H.      On September 10, 2019, VAFFC filed an application seeking further and better information request (IR) responses from KMJF (IR Application);

I.        By Orders P-8-19 and P-9-19, the BCUC amended the regulatory timetable to accommodate the IR Application;

J.        On November 19, 2019, the BCUC issued Order P-10-19 with accompanying Reasons for Decision, which BCUC directed KMJF to file further and better answers to specific IR and amended the regulatory timetable for review of the Application;

K.      On November 25, 2019, KMJF filed a letter with the BCUC seeking an extension to the deadline for filing IR responses as directed by Order P-10-19;

L.       On November 25, 2019, VAFFC filed a letter with the BCUC submitting they had no objection to KMJF’s extension request and requested an extension to the deadline to file intervener evidence; and

M.    The BCUC has reviewed the requests for an extension to file IR responses and to file intervener evidence and considers that an amendment to the regulatory timetable is warranted.

NOW THEREFORE the BCUC orders that the regulatory timetable established by Order P-10-19 is amended, as set out in Appendix A to this order.

DATED at the City of Vancouver, in the Province of British Columbia, this           27th           day of November 2019.

BY ORDER

Original signed by:

B. A. Magnan

Commissioner

Attachment

Kinder Morgan Canada (Jet Fuel) Inc.

2019 Tariff Filing Application