Manitoba Public Utilities Board

By this Order, the Public Utilities Board (“Board”):
approves new Primary Gas, Supplemental Gas, Transportation (to Centra) and Distribution (to Customers) Sales and Transportation rates for Centra Gas Manitoba Inc. (Centra) effective November 1, 2015, as applied for by Centra;
• approves the recovery of the balances in Centra’s Purchased Gas Variance Accounts through rate riders commencing November 1, 2015 and ceasing October 31, 2016;
• approves the recovery of the remainder of the balance accrued in Centra’s Supplemental Gas Purchased Gas Variance Account in relation to the 2013/14 gas year over a 12-month period based on the Board’s finding that such costs were prudently incurred;
• approves as final Centra’s gas costs for the 2012/13 and 2013/14 gas years (the gas year begins November 1 and ends October 31) on a final basis;
• finalizes a number of Centra’s franchise applications previously approved on an interim ex parte basis;
•directs Centra to file a report on the potential benefits of sourcing Primary Gas from locations other than Western Canada;
• directs Centra to file a General Rate Application by no later than January 20, 2017; and
•subject to any further Order of the Board, directs the non-gas components embedded in Centra’s rates to revert back to the levels approved as interim in Order 66/11 and subsequently finalized in Order 85/13, effective August 1, 2017.