British Columbia Utilities Commission

This is a reconsideration of a Decision of the British Columbia Utilities Commission (Commission) that denied the application of the FortisBC Energy Utilities (FEU or the Utilities) to amalgamate and adopt common rates for natural gas delivery. Given the FEU’s stated position that it would not amalgamate in the absence of postage stamp rates, the Commission first analyzed the proposal to adopt postage stamp rates across the utilities in the context of the separate utilities. The Commission denied that proposal. Consequently, the Commission did not consider whether the proposed amalgamation of the companies comprising the FEU and Terasen Gas Holdings Inc. was “beneficial in the public interest” (the Original Decision1). This Decision is in the context of Phase II of the reconsideration process, which was approved by Commission Order G-100-13 dated June 26, 2013.