Definitions

1   In this regulation:

"Act" means the Utilities Commission Act;

"designated agreement" means an agreement designated by the Lieutenant Governor in Council under section 12.1 (2) [North Coast transmission line ownership agreements] of the Hydro and Power Authority Act;

"North Coast co-owned facility" means the part of the phase 1 project or the phase 2 project that, under a designated agreement, is owned by a North Coast limited partnership;

"North Coast limited partnership" means a limited partnership that, under a designated agreement, owns a part of one of the following, as specified in the agreement:

(a) the phase 1 project;

(b) the phase 2 project;

"phase 1 project" means the part of the North Coast transmission line project consisting of new 500 kilovolt electric transmission lines, and related facilities, from around Prince George to around Fraser Lake;

"phase 2 project" means the part of the North Coast transmission line project consisting of new 500 kilovolt electric transmission lines, and related facilities, from around Fraser Lake to around Terrace.

Exemptions

2   (1) The authority is exempt from sections 45 [certificate of public convenience and necessity], 46 [procedure on application] and 47 [order to cease work] of the Act to the extent applicable in respect of the following:

(a) the phase 1 project;

(b) the phase 2 project;

(c) upgrades to increase the thermal rating of the 500 kilovolt electric transmission lines, from around Prince George to around Terrace, existing on the date this section comes into force;

(d) upgrades, necessary because of the phase 1 project, the phase 2 project or the increase referred to in paragraph (c), to related facilities existing on the date this section comes into force.

(2) Each North Coast limited partnership is exempt from Part 3 [Regulation of Public Utilities] of the Act in respect of its ownership of a North Coast co-owned facility.