Definitions

1   In this regulation:

"Act" means the Utilities Commission Act;

"project" means the construction or operation of a public utility plant or system, or an extension of either.

Conditions

2   For the purposes of section 121 (2) (c) of the Act, a public utility must meet the following conditions with respect to its project:

(a) the public utility must have entered into an energy supply contract with the British Columbia Hydro and Power Authority, with Powerex Corporation or with FortisBC;

(b) the public utility plant or system must be located entirely on Crown land;

(c) the public utility must have, if required under the Acts referred to in the following subparagraphs, each of the following:

(i) a lease, licence or right of way granted under section 11 of the Land Act;

(ii) a permission under section 25 of the Agricultural Land Commission Act;

(iii) a licence issued under section 14 of the Water Sustainability Act;

(iv) an environmental assessment certificate issued under section 17 of the Environmental Assessment Act;

(v) a lease issued under section 8 of the Geothermal Resources Act;

(vi) a permit issued under section 14 of the Environmental Management Act;

(vii) an occupant licence to cut entered into under section 47.4 of the Forest Act and an approval of the chief forester granted under section 5 of that Act;

(viii) a permit issued under section 12 of the Heritage Conservation Act;

(ix) a pipeline permit issued under section 25 of the Energy Resource Activities Act;

(x) a written permission under section 4 of the Wildlife Act;

(xi) a park use permit referred to in section 8 or 9 of the Park Act, an approval of the minister granted under section 9 of that Act, and a resource use permit referred to in section 12 of that Act;

(xii) an authorization under section 35 (2) of the Fisheries Act (Canada);

(xiii) an approval under section 5 of the Navigable Waters Protection Act (Canada);

(xiv) permission under section 20 (1) (a) or 37 (1) (a) of the Canadian Environmental Assessment Act.

[am. B.C. Regs. 269/2010, Sch., s. 22; 41/2016, s. 26; 187/2023, Sch., s. 12.]