Orders

 

ORDER NUMBER

G-131-24

 

IN THE MATTER OF

the Utilities Commission Act, RSBC 1996, Chapter 473

 

and

 

Cambie Gardens Energy Limited Partnership 

Complaint filed by S.U.C.C.E.S.S. Affordable Housing Society and the City of Vancouver

 

BEFORE:

D. A. Cote, Panel Chair

E. A. Brown, Commissioner

M. Jaccard, Commissioner

 

on May 14, 2024

 

ORDER

WHEREAS:

 

A.      On June 30, 2023, the British Columbia Utilities Commission (BCUC) received a complaint filed by S.U.C.C.E.S.S Affordable Housing Society (SUCCESS) and the City of Vancouver (City) (collectively, the Complainants), regarding the inability to reach an agreement with Cambie Gardens Energy Limited Partnership (CGE) on the rates and terms for the delivery of thermal energy services from the CGE Thermal Energy System (TES) (Complaint);

B.      By Order G-271-23 dated October 12, 2023, and as amended by G-306-23 dated November 10, 2023, G-5-24 dated January 11, 2024, and G-47-24 dated February 23, 2024, the BCUC established a regulatory timetable to hear the Complaint. The timetable consisted of two rounds of information requests (IRs) and final and reply arguments;

C.      On March 19, 2024, CGE and the Complainants filed their respective final arguments;

D.      By letter dated April 2, 2024, the BCUC requested that CGE file specific information;

E.       On April 5, 2024, CGE filed information in response to the BCUC’s April 2, 2024 request;

F.       Also on April 5, 2024, the Complainants filed a letter requesting an opportunity to file IRs on the new information filed by CGE, or alternatively the opportunity to file supplemental argument on the additional evidence;

G.      By order G-109-24, dated April 12, 2024, the BCUC ordered CGE to file the additional information as set out in the letter included as Appendix A;

H.      On April 29, 2024, CGE filed its response to Order G-109-24; and

I.         The BCUC finds that further IRs are not warranted. However, parties may provide further argument on the additional evidence that was filed on April 5 and April 29, 2024 prior to filing their respective reply arguments. Accordingly, the BCUC determines the establishment of a further regulatory timetable is warranted. 

 

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

 

 

 

DATED at the City of Vancouver, in the Province of British Columbia, this       14^th       day of May, 2024.

 

BY ORDER

 

Original signed by:

 

D. A. Cote

Commissioner

 

 

Attachment

Cambie Gardens Energy Limited Partnership 

Complaint filed by S.U.C.C.E.S.S. Affordable Housing Society and the City of Vancouver