BC Hydro

BC Hydro ~ Transmission Service Rates & Customer Baseline Load Application Adjustment Tariff Practices ~ Project No. 3698422

Completed: 2006

Hearing and Other Documents

Title Document Description
*_Exhibit List Updated: November 27, 2006 @ 9:42 am
G-138-06 Application by British Columbia Hydro and Power Authority Filing the Transmission Service Rates & Customer Baseline Load Application / Order G-138-06 and Reasons for Decision
G-156-06

Arguments/Submissions

Title Document Description
BC Hydro - Final Submission / CanFor Pulp - September 22, 2006 CONFIDENTIAL
BC Hydro - Final Submission / HVC - September 22, 2006 CONFIDENTIAL
BC Hydro - Final Submission / CanFor Prince George - September 22, 2006 CONFIDENTIAL
JIESC - Final Submission - September 21 2006

Exhibits

A Exhibits - BCUC Documents

Date Title Document Description
May 30, 2006 A-1 Letter dated March 24, 2006 to BC Hydro & Power Authority filing Commission Order G-27-06
May 30, 2006 A-2 Letter dated March 31, 2006 to Intervenors filing Order G-27-06 and interim approval effective March 21, 2006
May 30, 2006 A-3 Letter dated April 13, 2006 to BC Hydro & Power Authority requesting their response to JIESC’s comments and request for filing additional information
June 06, 2006 A-4 Letter dated June 2, 2006 to BC Hydro & Power Authority approving the extension of filing date to June 16, 2006 for the Customer Baseline Loads (Exhibit B-4)
June 23, 2006 A-5 Letter dated June 22, 2006 issuing Commission Information Request No. 1 and granting approval of filing date extension to June 30, 2006 for the remaining CBL adjustments
June 27, 2006 A-6 Letter dated June 26, 2006 filing response and comments to Ridley Terminal’s letter on the initial CBL from BC Hydro (Exhibit C5-1)
August 03, 2006 A-7 Letter dated July 7, 2006 and Information Request to all Rate Schedule 1823 customers
August 03, 2006 A-8 Letter dated July 28, 2006 with Order No. G-92-06 setting Regulatory Schedule
August 25, 2006 A-9 CONFIDENTIAL - Letter dated August 25, 2006 issuing Commission Information Request No. 1 to West Fraser-Cariboo Pulp & Paper
August 25, 2006 A-10 CONFIDENTIAL - Letter dated August 25, 2006 issuing Commission Information Request No. 1 to BC Hydro regarding the Canfor Plateau Sawmill Upgrade
August 25, 2006 A-11 CONFIDENTIAL - Letter dated August 25, 2006 issuing Commission Information Request No. 1 to BC Hydro regarding the Canfor Taylor Pulp Mill
August 25, 2006 A-12 CONFIDENTIAL - Letter dated August 25, 2006 issuing Commission Information Request No. 1 to Canadian Forest Products regarding the Plateau Sawmill
August 25, 2006 A-13 CONFIDENTIAL - Letter dated August 25, 2006 issuing Commission Information Request No. 1 to Canadian Forest Products regarding theTaylor Pulp Mill
August 25, 2006 A-14 CONFIDENTIAL - Letter dated August 25, 2006 issuing Commission Information Request No. 1 to Highland Valley Copper
September 11, 2006 A-15 Letter dated September 11, 2006 responding to Canadian Forest Products’ request and granting an extension for filing responses to Commission’s Information Request No. 1
October 03, 2006 A-16 CONFIDENTIAL - Letter dated October 3, 2006 filing response for the proposed amendment for the Canfor Prince George Pulp
October 30, 2006 A-17 Letter dated October 4, 2006 to Taseko Mines refiling its September 21, 2006 letter (Exhibit C14-1) as a Letter of Comment (Exhibit E-2)
October 30, 2006 A-18 Letter dated October 6, 2006 to BC Hydro approving the requested amendment to file the amended CBL Guidelines as a Tariff Supplement
November 08, 2006 A-19 Letter dated November 8, 2006 filing response to BC Hydro regarding adjusted Tariff Practices to Customer Baseline Loads for new customers

B Exhibits - Applicant Documents

Date Title Document Description
May 30, 2006 B-1B CONFIDENTIAL - Letter dated March 17 filing BC Hydro Transmission Service rate Customer Baseline Load (CBL) Application with confidential Attachment B, C and D
May 30, 2006 B-1A Letter dated March 17 filing BC Hydro Transmission Service rate Customer Baseline Load (CBL) Application with Attachment A
May 30, 2006 B-2 Letter dated April 19, 2006 filing response to Commission’s request and concerns raised by the JIESC
June 06, 2006 B-3B CONFIDENTIAL - Letter dated May 5, 2006 filing copies of customer letters with description of CBL adjustment requests as Attachment 2
June 06, 2006 B-3A Letter dated May 5, 2006 filing sample copy of its letter to customers as Attachment 1
June 06, 2006 B-4 Letter dated May 29, 2006 regarding meeting with customers and interested parties and request for an extension to June 16, 2006 for filing additional CBL adjustment requests
June 06, 2006 B-5-B CONFIDENTIAL – June 16, 2006 filing of Appendices B to E
June 06, 2006 B-5-A Letter dated June 16, 2006 filing Customer Baseline Loads for final approval and Appendix A
June 29, 2006 B-6 Letter dated June 29, 2006 filing response to Commission’s Information Request No. 1
June 30, 2006 B-7 CONFIDENTIAL – Letter dated June 30, 2006 filing the remaining and finalized Customer Baseline Loads, and revised Summary of Customer Baseline Load Information Table with attachments for final approval
July 28, 2006 B-8 CONFIDENTIAL – Letter dated July 21, 2006 filing an Errata to the calculations of the Customer Base Loads (CBL)’s for three customers
August 11, 2006 B-9 CONFIDENTIAL – Letter dated August 11, 2006 filing copies of BC Hydro's submission to the six disputed CBL’s (Exhibit A-8)
August 22, 2006 B-10 CONFIDENTIAL – Letter dated August 22, 2006 response and comments to dispute on the disputed Customer Base Loads for Federated Cooperative (Exhibit C6-2)
August 25, 2006 B-11 CONFIDENTIAL – Letter dated August 25, 2006 filing Information Request No. 1 to Highland Valley Copper
August 25, 2006 B-12 CONFIDENTIAL – Letter dated August 25, 2006 filing filing Information Request No. 1 to West Fraser Cariboo Pulp
September 08, 2006 B-13 CONFIDENTIAL – Letter dated September 8, 2006 regarding the CBL for Canfor Plateau Sawmill Division
September 08, 2006 B-14 CONFIDENTIAL – Letter dated September 8, 2006 filing responses to Commission Information Request No. 1 regarding Canfor Taylor Pulp Division
September 08, 2006 B-15 CONFIDENTIAL – Letter dated September 8, 2006 filing responses to Highland Valley Copper Information Request No. 1
September 29, 2006 B-16 Letter dated September 28, 2006 providing an update as to the status of the CBL approval process (Attachment A – CONFIDENTIAL)
November 27, 2006 B-17 Letter dated November 24, 2006 responding to Commission Letter No. L-69-06 (Exhibit A-19) regarding the CBL Adjustment Tariff Practices Application

C Exhibits - Intervener Documents

JOINT INDUSTRY ELECTRICITY STEERING COMMITTEE (JIESC) – Received letter dated April 10, 2006 from Brian Wallace of Bull, Housser & Tupper filing comments and request for clarification on process
HIGHLAND VALLEY COPPER – Received fax dated April 11, 2006, filing its dispute of the initial CBL from BC Hydro
CATALYST PAPER CORPORATION - Received letter dated April 27, 2006 regarding the resubmission of previously rejected adjustment requests with BC Hydro
RIDLEY TERMINALS INC. – Received fax dated June 20, 2006, filing its dispute and comments on the initial CBL from BC Hydro
FEDERATED CO-OPERATIVES LIMITED – Received letter from W.A. Van Bergeyk, Senior Vice President, Forest Products, filing request to appeal the CBL adjustments presented on June 16, 2006
SCOTT PAPER – Received letter from Rick Kilian, P. Eng. Engineering Manager, filing comments on process
CONFIDENTIAL – ELK VALLEY COAL CORPORATION (EVCC) – Received email from J. Newlands filing amendment on CBL adjustment being applied from Bryon Creek and confirming amendment to be applied to Elkview Operation
IMPERIAL OIL RESOURCES – Received faxed dated July 19, 2006 filing response to Commission’s letter of July 7, 2006 and their comments
HOWE SOUND PULP & PAPER LIMITED PARTNERSHIP – Received letter dated July 20, 2006 filing response to Commission’s letter of July 7, 2006 and their comments
CARIBOO PULP AND PAPER COMPANY – Received email dated July 21, 2006 filing dispute to Commission’s letter of July 7, 2006 and their comments
WESTSHORE TERMINALS – Email dated July 20, 2006 filing response to Commission’s letter of July 7, 2006 and their comments
COLUMBIA BASIN TRUST – Email dated July 24, 2006 from Joanne Jones filing contact information and request as Registered Intervenor
CONFIDENTIAL – CANADIAN FOREST PRODUCTS LTD. & AFFILIATED COMPANIES (CANFOR) – Received letter dated April 11, 2006 advising the Commission of discussions regarding the proposed Plateau Sawmill Upgrade and BC Hydro Stepped Rates
TASEKO MINES LTD. – Received letter dated September 21, 2006 filing comments on Customer Base Load adjustment and stepped rate mechanism for mining operations


Date Title Document Description
July 28, 2006 C1-1 JOINT INDUSTRY ELECTRICITY STEERING COMMITTEE (JIESC) – Received letter dated April 10, 2006 from Brian Wallace of Bull, Housser & Tupper filing comments and request for clarification on process
July 28, 2006 C1-2 Letter dated July 5, 2006 from Brian Wallace of Bull, Housser & Tupper requesting an extension for filing submissions
July 28, 2006 C1-3 Letter dated July 21, 2006 from Brian Wallace of Bull, Housser & Tupper filing comments on the CBL determination
July 28, 2006 C2-1 HIGHLAND VALLEY COPPER – Received fax dated April 11, 2006, filing its dispute of the initial CBL from BC Hydro
July 28, 2006 C2-2 Received fax dated June 22, 2006, from Charles W. Bois, Barrister & Solicitor, of Miller Thomson, filing additional comments on its dispute of the initial CBL from BC Hydro and recommendations
July 28, 2006 C2-3 Received fax dated July 19, 2006, from Charles W. Bois, Barrister & Solicitor, of Miller Thomson, filing response to Commission’s request with comments and recommendations on how to process the Application (Exhibit A-7)
August 25, 2006 C2-4 Letter dated August 24, 2006, from Charles W. Bois, Barrister & Solicitor, of Miller Thomson, filing Information Request No. 1 to BC Hydro
September 08, 2006 C2-5 CONFIDENTIAL – Highland Valley Copper Letter dated September 8, 2006 filing responses to Commission Information Request No. 1
September 08, 2006 C2-6 CONFIDENTIAL – Highland Valley Copper Letter dated September 8, 2006 filing responses to BC Hydro Information Request No. 2
July 28, 2006 C3-1 CONFIDENTIAL – CANADIAN FOREST PRODUCTS LTD. & AFFILIATED COMPANIES (CANFOR) – Received letter dated April 11, 2006 advising the Commission of discussions regarding the proposed Plateau Sawmill Upgrade and BC Hydro Stepped Rates
July 28, 2006 C3-2 Letter dated June 28, 2006 filing letter to Lyle McClelland of BC Hydro as second request for clarification on BC Hydro’s extension of the blended rate
July 28, 2006 C3-3 Letter dated July 21, 2006 filing letter of dispute and submission regarding the determination of initial Customer Baseline Load
September 08, 2006 C3-4 CONFIDENTIAL - Letter dated September 8, 2006 regarding the Plateau Sawmill CBL
September 11, 2006 C3-5 Email dated September 11, 2006 requesting extension to September 13, 2006 for filing response to Information Request No. 1
September 12, 2006 C3-6 CONFIDENTIAL - Letter dated September 11, 2006 filing response to Commission’s Information Request No. 1
July 28, 2006 C4-1 CATALYST PAPER CORPORATION - Received letter dated April 27, 2006 regarding the resubmission of previously rejected adjustment requests with BC Hydro
July 28, 2006 C4-2 CONFIDENTIAL - Received email dated May 1, 2006 filing comments and requests for additional information
July 28, 2006 C4-3 Received letter dated July 21, 2006 filing response to Commission’s letter of July 7, 2006 and their comments
July 28, 2006 C5-1 RIDLEY TERMINALS INC. – Received fax dated June 20, 2006, filing its dispute and comments on the initial CBL from BC Hydro
July 28, 2006 C5-2 Received letter from Matthew Ghikas, of Fasken Martineau, dated June 26, 2006, filing comments on proposed process
July 28, 2006 C5-3 Letter dated July 11, 2006 from Cam McIntyre, Chief Financial Officer filing dispute and submission regarding the determination of initial Customer Baseline Load
August 23, 2006 C5-4 CONFIDENTIAL - Letter dated August 22, 2006 from Matthew Ghikas, of Fasken Martineau filing comments on BC Hydro’s proposal to resolve the CBL dispute (Exhibit B-9)
July 28, 2006 C6-1 FEDERATED CO-OPERATIVES LIMITED – Received letter from W.A. Van Bergeyk, Senior Vice President, Forest Products, filing request to appeal the CBL adjustments presented on June 16, 2006
July 28, 2006 C6-2 Letter dated July 6, 2006 appealing the adjustment and requesting that the CBL be amended by the capacity increase that resulted from a kiln expansion project
August 24, 2006 C6-3 CONFIDENTIAL - Letter dated August 23, 2006 advising the Commission of the agreement reached with BC Hydro in response to their appeal (Exhibit C6-2)
July 28, 2006 C7-1 SCOTT PAPER – Received letter from Rick Kilian, P. Eng. Engineering Manager, filing comments on process
July 28, 2006 C8-1 CONFIDENTIAL – ELK VALLEY COAL CORPORATION (EVCC) – Received email from J. Newlands filing amendment on CBL adjustment being applied from Bryon Creek and confirming amendment to be applied to Elkview Operation
July 28, 2006 C8-2 Received email from J. Newlands filing letter of support of Highland Valley Copper Corporation’s comment on BC Hydro’s determination on increased electricity requirement created from its mining operation as a necessary and appropriate and be incorporated as an adjustment to the currently established CBL
July 28, 2006 C9-1 IMPERIAL OIL RESOURCES – Received faxed dated July 19, 2006 filing response to Commission’s letter of July 7, 2006 and their comments
July 28, 2006 C10-1 HOWE SOUND PULP & PAPER LIMITED PARTNERSHIP – Received letter dated July 20, 2006 filing response to Commission’s letter of July 7, 2006 and their comments
July 28, 2006 C11-1 CARIBOO PULP AND PAPER COMPANY – Received email dated July 21, 2006 filing dispute to Commission’s letter of July 7, 2006 and their comments
September 08, 2006 C11-2 CONFIDENTIAL - Cariboo Plup & Paper Letter dated September 8, 2006 regarding its CBL
July 28, 2006 C12-1 WESTSHORE TERMINALS – Email dated July 20, 2006 filing response to Commission’s letter of July 7, 2006 and their comments
July 28, 2006 C13-1 COLUMBIA BASIN TRUST – Email dated July 24, 2006 from Joanne Jones filing contact information and request as Registered Intervenor
September 22, 2006 C14-1 TASEKO MINES LTD. – Received letter dated September 21, 2006 filing comments on Customer Base Load adjustment and stepped rate mechanism for mining operations

D Exhibits — Interested Party Documents

Date Title Document Description
August 22, 2006 D-1 MARSHAL, M.L. (LAYNE) – Received online web registration August 22, 2006, requesting Interested Party status

E Exhibits - Letters of Comment

Date Title Document Description
August 01, 2006 E-1 Letter dated July 28, 2006, filing Letter of Comment from The Mining Association of British Columbia

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