Definition

"Act" means the Utilities Commission Act;

"applicable rates" means, with respect to a public utility's electricity rates, the average monthly bill for electricity, but not any other terms and conditions of those rates.

 Report requirements

2  In a report to be provided to the commission under section 43 (1.1) of the Act, the authority must do all of the following:

(a) include a comparison with at least one public utility in each of at least fifteen other jurisdictions in North America, including all of the following:

(i)  the provinces of Alberta, Quebec, Ontario and Manitoba;

(ii)  the states of Washington, Oregon and California;

(b) compare the previous year's applicable rates for residential, commercial and industrial customers with similar rates of the public utilities referred to in paragraph (a);

(c) express the monetary comparisons in Canadian currency;

(d) provide the authority's previous 5 years of applicable rates.