Orders

ORDER NUMBER

G-285-20

IN THE MATTER OF

the Utilities Commission Act, RSBC 1996, Chapter 473

and

British Columbia Hydro and Power Authority

2020 Transfer Pricing Agreement Application

BEFORE:

R. I. Mason, Panel Chair

E. B. Lockhart, Commissioner

T. A. Loski, Commissioner

on November 5, 2020

ORDER

WHEREAS:

A.      On May 29, 2020, British Columbia Hydro and Power Authority (BC Hydro) filed the 2020 Transfer Pricing Agreement (TPA) Application seeking an order from the British Columbia Utilities Commission (BCUC) accepting the 2020 TPA as filed under section 71 of the Utilities Commission Act (UCA)(Application);

B.      BC Hydro states the 2020 TPA came into effect on April 1, 2020, replacing the TPA for Electricity and Natural Gas dated April 1, 2003;

C.      By Order G-61-12 dated May 17, 2012, the BCUC established the Rules for Energy Supply Contracts (ESC) for Electricity (Rules). The Rules are intended to facilitate the BCUC’s review of ESCs and proposed ESCs for electricity;

D.      By Order G-156-20 dated June 17, 2020, the BCUC established a regulatory timetable;

E.       By Order G-204-20 dated July 30, 2020, the regulatory timetable was amended with a deadline for BC Hydro to file responses to BCUC and Intervener Information Requests (IRs) No. 1 on November 19, 2020, which is six weeks following the issuance of BCUC IR No. 1;

F.       By letter dated October 30, 2020, BC Hydro requests an extension to the deadline to file responses to BCUC and Intervener IRs No. 1 to January 28, 2021. BC Hydro explains an extension will provide BC Hydro and Powerex Corp. staff with the time required to provide complete responses and will better align with the work required to complete the compliance filing to be filed by December 1, 2020 as directed by the BCUC in  the decision on BC Hydro’s Fiscal 2020 to Fiscal 2021 Revenue Requirements Application; and

G.      The BCUC has reviewed BC Hydro’s extension request and considers a deadline to file responses to BCUC and Intervener IRs No. 1, that is six weeks from the date of the December 1, 2020 compliance filing, consistent with the amount of time originally provided to BC Hydro to respond to BCUC IR No. 1 as established by Order G-204-20, to be sufficient and reasonable.

NOW THEREFORE the BCUC orders the regulatory timetable is amended, as set out in Appendix A to this order.

DATED at the City of Vancouver, in the Province of British Columbia, this               5^th          day of November 2020.

BY ORDER

Original signed by:

R. I. Mason

Commissioner

Attachment

British Columbia Hydro and Power Authority

2020 Transfer Pricing Agreement Application