Definitions

1   In this direction:

"Act" means the Utilities Commission Act;

"LNG customer" means a customer who receives from the authority transmission service;

"LNG facility" means

(a) a facility to liquefy natural gas that begins commercial operations after this direction comes into force, and

(b) an expansion to a facility to increase the facility's capacity to liquefy natural gas, if the expanded facility begins commercial operations after this direction comes into force;

"transmission service" means an electricity supply of 60 kV or higher provided by the authority for the operation of an LNG facility.

Application

2   This direction is issued to the commission under section 3 of the Act.

Rates

3   (1) The commission must set as a rate each of the following agreements within 10 days of the date the authority submits the agreement to the commission:

(a) the agreement, dated March 30, 2015, entitled "Electricity Supply Agreement" between British Columbia Hydro and Power Authority and FortisBC Energy Inc.;

(b) the agreement, dated March 30, 2015, entitled "Load Interconnection Agreement" between British Columbia Hydro and Power Authority and FortisBC Energy Inc.

(2) The commission may not do the following:

(a) cancel, suspend or amend the rates set under subsection (1), except on application by the authority;

(b) set any rates for transmission service, other than the rates set under subsection (1) or as directed under section 3 of the Act, for LNG customers.

(3) The commission, as soon as practicable after this direction comes into force, must issue an order so that the authority amends rate schedules 1823, 1825, 1827 and 1852 to include the following provision:

Transmission service, within the meaning of the Direction Respecting Liquefied Natural Gas Customers, may not be provided under this rate schedule.

(4) The commission must not repeal, suspend or amend the provision referred to in subsection (3), except on application by the authority.