Orders

ORDER NUMBER

G-229-21

IN THE MATTER OF

the Utilities Commission Act, RSBC 1996, Chapter 473

and

CB Powerline Ltd.

Application for a Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity

BEFORE:

T. A. Loski, Panel Chair

C. Brewer, Commissioner

W. M. Everett, QC, Commissioner

on July 29, 2021

ORDER

WHEREAS:

A.      On September 11, 2020, CB Powerline Ltd. (CBP) filed an application to the British Columbia Utilities Commission (BCUC) for a Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity (CPCN) for the Cosens Bay community electrification project (Project) pursuant to sections 45 and 46 of the Utilities Commission Act (Application);

B.      By Orders G-248-20, G-317-20, G-18-21 and G-47-21, the BCUC established and amended the regulatory timetable for the review of the Application, which included two rounds of information requests (IRs) to CBP from the BCUC, one round of IRs to CBP from the Panel and one round of IRs to CBP from the intervener, Okanagan Indian Band (OKIB);

C.      By Orders G-101-21 and G-128-21A, the BCUC further established the regulatory timetable for the review of the Application to include a second round of IRs to CBP from OKIB, the filing of evidence by OKIB, one round of IRs to OKIB from CBP and the BCUC on the evidence filed by OKIB, and the opportunity for CBP to file rebuttal evidence;

D.      On July 9, 2021, CBP notified the BCUC that it does not intend to provide rebuttal evidence and proposed to proceed to written final arguments;

E.       On July 15, 2021, the BCUC requested a submission from OKIB on further process. On July 22, 2021, OKIB provided its submission on further process which states it is prepared to proceed to written final argument; and

F.       The BCUC has reviewed the submissions on further process by OKIB and CBP and determines that a further regulatory timetable for the review of the Application is warranted.

NOW THEREFORE the BCUC establishes a further regulatory timetable for the review of the Application, as set out in Appendix A to this order.

DATED at the City of Vancouver, in the Province of British Columbia, this             29^th           day of July 2021.

BY ORDER

Original signed by:

T. A. Loski

Commissioner

Attachment

CB Powerline Ltd.

Application for a Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity