ORDER NUMBER
G-266-25
IN THE MATTER OF
the Utilities Commission Act, RSBC 1996, Chapter 473
and
FortisBC Energy Inc.
Permanent Renewal Rates and Amending Agreement No. 1 for the City of Vancouver
at the City of Vancouver CNG Fuelling Station
BEFORE:
B. A. Magnan, Commissioner
W. E. Royle, Commissioner
on November 13, 2025
ORDER
WHEREAS:
A. On October 29, 2025, FortisBC Energy Inc. (FEI) applied to the British Columbia Utilities Commission (BCUC), pursuant to sections 59 to 61 and 89 of the Utilities Commission Act, for approval of the rate design and rates established in the amending agreement dated October 27, 2025 (Amending Agreement No. 1) to the Fueling Station Licence and Use Agreement between FEI and the City of Vancouver (CoV) (FEI-CoV Agreement) on an interim and permanent basis, effective November 1, 2025 (Application);
B. By Order G-105-15 dated June 18, 2015, the BCUC found that the compressed natural gas (CNG) fuelling station located on the CoV’s premises in Vancouver, BC (CoV Fuelling Station) met the requirements for a prescribed undertaking as defined by the Greenhouse Gas Reduction (Clean Energy) Regulation and approved, on a permanent basis, the rate design and rates established in the FEI-CoV Agreement. The FEI-CoV Agreement expired on October 31, 2025;
C. Amending Agreement No. 1 establishes an amended rate design and rates over a 10-year renewal term, commencing November 1, 2025, for FEI to continue providing CNG fuelling service to the CoV at the CoV Fuelling Station;
D. FEI requests that the live financial model provided in Appendix C to the Application be held confidential by the BCUC in perpetuity on the basis that the formula and configuration of the model are commercially sensitive; and
E. The BCUC has commenced its review of the Application and considers that the following determinations are warranted.
NOW THEREFORE pursuant to sections 59 to 61 and 89 of the Utilities Commission Act, the BCUC orders as follows:
1. The rate design and rates established for the CoV in the FEI-CoV Agreement as amended by Amending Agreement No. 1 are approved on an interim and refundable/recoverable basis, effective November 1, 2025.
2. Any variance between the interim and permanent rates, as determined by the BCUC following its final determination on the Application, is subject to refund to or recovery from the CoV, with interest calculated at the average prime rate of FEI’s principal bank for its most recent year.
3. The live financial model provided in Appendix C of the Application will be kept confidential unless the BCUC orders otherwise.
4. FEI is to file Amending Agreement No. 1 in tariff supplement form for endorsement by the BCUC within 15 days of the date of this order.
DATED at the City of Vancouver, in the Province of British Columbia, this 13th day of November 2025.
BY ORDER
Electronically signed by Bernard Magnan
B. A. Magnan
Commissioner