ORDERS
ISSUED BY THE BOARD DURING 2000-2001
UNDER
THE
PUBLIC UTILITIES ACT
CHAPTER P- 47, 1990
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Newfoundland Power Inc.
P.U. 1 (2000-2001)
Application:
Application to amend the Contribution in Aid of
Construction (CIAC) Policy approved by Order No. P.U. 7 (1997-98) pursuant to
Section 41 of the Act.
Decision:
Approval
granted, as requested, as a result of a meeting of the Board.
Date Issued:
April 4,
2000
Newfoundland Power Inc.
P.U. 2 (2000-2001)
Application:
Application for approval of (i) revised distribution line cost per metre for CIACs; (ii) revised
distribution plant upgrade cost for CIACs; and (iii) revised CIAC cost factors.
Decision:
Approval
granted, as requested, as a result of a meeting of the Board.
Date Issued:
April 4,
2000
Newfoundland Power Inc.
P.U. 3 (2000-2001)
Application:
Application for approval of a Contribution in Aid of
Construction (CIAC) for a line extension to serve the Town of Stephenville.
Decision:
Approval
granted, as requested, as a result of a meeting of the Board.
Date Issued:
May 1, 2000
Newfoundland Power Inc.
P.U.4 (2000-2001)
Application:
Application to vary an Order prescribing the
conditions and compensation for the use by Glovertown Cable TV Ltd. of NP’s
poles pursuant to Section 53 (2) of the Act.
Decision:
Approval granted:
1.
The rate that NP
shall charge Glovertown Cable for the use of NP’s poles shall be calculated in
accordance with the Formula as attached to the application forming part of
Schedule “A” of the application;
2.
NP is not discharged
from its obligation to supply Glovertown Cable with electricity in the event of
non-payment of the amounts calculated in accordance with the Formula;
3.
The parties
shall, within three weeks from the date herein, file with the Board an
agreement reflecting the decisions of the Board as set out in this Order. The rates shall become effective on the date
that the Board approves of the content of the Agreement, or such date as the
Board may deem appropriate; and
4.
The costs of this
hearing shall be borne equally between the parties.
Date Issued:
May 1, 2000
Newfoundland and Labrador Hydro
P.U. 5 (2000-2001)
Application:
Application by Newfoundland and Labrador Hydro (“Hydro”), pursuant to S.
38 of the Act, to abandon the Roddickton diesel generating plant.
Decision:
1.
Hydro is hereby
authorized, under section 38 of the Public Utilities Act, to abandon the
Roddickton diesel plant and to write off the undepreciated value of the assets
that are no longer used and useful, subject to the following conditions:
(a) Hydro will put in place a supply of emergency
power by November 1, 2000 in the amount of 1500 – 2000 kW, in addition to the
mini-hydro plant, with any future discontinuance of this service to be
authorized by the Board pursuant to an application by Hydro to be filed on or
after July 1, 2003;
(b) Hydro will decide on the staffing it deems
necessary in accordance with good management practice to make emergency power
available on a timely basis;
(c) Outages, other than failures specific to the
distribution system, which affect the area north of the terminal station in
Hawke’s Bay, will be monitored, and a record kept of their causes, their
duration and the number of customers affected, along with the complaints
received and damage claims filed. These
records are to be summarized in a quarterly report to be filed with the Board,
along with Hydro’s regular quarterly report, beginning with the third quarter
in the year 2000. In each quarterly
report on the performance of the electrical system in the area north of Hawke’s
Bay, Hydro will advise the Board of any generation units which have been
relocated from, or into, the region for a period of more than 60 days and Hydro
will advise whether such relocation has been undertaken as a temporary measure
or on a permanent basis, along with the reasons therefore;
(d)
Hydro is to
conduct a study into the reliability of the transmission line serving the Great
Northern Peninsula and will identify the amount of emergency power
required. The study is to draw upon the
information acquired by Hydro through the monitoring activities initiated
pursuant to this Order. The study will
also identify the role of mobile, transportable, and fixed generation units and
where these units should be placed, recognizing the history of reliability and
the performance of the transmission lines.
This study shall be conducted by an independent consultant and the
report should be submitted to the Board no later than July 1, 2003, reflecting
the performance of the electrical system and its reliability up to May 31,
2003.
2. Hydro is hereby authorized, under section 38 of the
Act, to include the 450 kW auxiliary diesel which was used within the
Roddickton woodchip fired thermal plant as part of the plant covered by the
authority to abandon given in P.U. 26 (1999-2000). The previous Order is amended accordingly.
3. Hydro
will pay the costs of the Board.
Date Issued:
May 12, 2000
Newfoundland Power Inc.
P.U. 6 (2000-2001)
Application:
For approval of the balance of the weather
normalization reserve as of December 31, 1999 pursuant to Sections 69(3) and 78
of the Act
Decision:
Approval
granted, as requested, as a result of a meeting of the Board.
Date Issued:
May 30,
2000
Newfoundland Power Inc. P.U. 7 (2000-2001)
Application:
For approval of Rate Stabilization and Municipal Tax
Adjustments to be applied to the rates of Newfoundland Power Inc., for the
period July 1, 2000 to June 30, 2001 pursuant to Section 71 of the Act
Decision:
Approval
granted, as requested, as a result of a meeting of the Board.
Date Issued:
June 8,
2000
Newfoundland Power Inc. P.U. 8 (2000-2001)
Application:
Agreement filed on May 23, 2000, setting out the Rates
and other matters relating to the pole attachments of Glovertown Cable, as
ordered in P.U. 4 (2000-2001) to vary
and Order prescribing the conditions and compensation for the use by Glovertown
Cable TV Ltd. (“Glovertown Cable”) of the Applicant’s poles pursuant to Section
53(2) of the Act.
Decision:
1.
The Agreement is
hereby approved by the Board and shall
be binding between the parties until either amended by the consent of the
parties or altered by the Board.
2.
The Agreement
shall be deemed to come into effect as of the date of this Order.
Date Issued:
June 9,
2000
Newfoundland and Labrador Hydro P.U. 9 (2000-2001)
Application:
Application for approval, pursuant to Section 41 of
the Act, for the lease of computer equipment to upgrade office technology.
Decision:
1. Section A of P.U. 19 (1999-2000) is amended such that
the figure for Upgrade Office Technology shall be $40,000.
2. The Board approves the Applicant’s proposal to enter
into a lease along the terms set out in Schedule A, attached hereto.
Date Issued:
June 16,
2000
Newfoundland Power Inc. P.U.10 (2000-2001)
Application:
Application for approval of a Contribution in Aid of
Construction for Seasonal customers located on Goose Pond, east of Whitbourne.
Decision:
Approval granted, as requested, pursuant to Section 41(5) of the Act,
for the CIAC in the amount of $2,803.13,
including HST, as calculated under the policy, as a result of a meeting of the
Board.
Date Issued:
June 28,
2000
Newfoundland and Labrador Hydro P.U. 11 (2000-2001)
Application:
For approval of a contribution in aid of construction
for the supply of single phase electrical service to a pumphouse at
Fleur-de-Lys, Newfoundland
Decision:
Approval granted to the application of $35,300.00 for a contribution in
aid of construction for the supply of single phase electrical service to a
pumphouse at Fleur-de-Lys, Newfoundland.
Date Issued:
June 28,
2000
Newfoundland Power Inc. P.U. 12 (2000-2001)
Application:
Application for approval of a contribution in aid of
construction (CIAC) for a line extension to serve Seasonal Customers located on
Beachy Cove Road near the community of Tors Cove pursuant to Section 41(5) of
the Act
Decision:
Approval granted, as follows:
1.
the CIAC in the
amount of Three thousand seven hundred and three dollars ($3,703.00), including
HST, for the five Group A customers;
2.
the CIAC in the amount
of Four thousand six hundred twenty-three dollars and fifty-two cents
($4,623.52) including HST, for the six Group B customers;
3.
the suspension of
refunds in accordance with Clause 6 of the Policy to the six Group B customers
until the shortfall related to the deviation from the Policy is recovered,
as a result of a meeting of the
Board.
Date Issued:
July 7,
2000
Newfoundland Power Inc. P.U. 13 (2000-2001)
Application:
Application for approval of a contribution in aid of
construction for a line extension to serve Seasonal Customers located in an
area known as Second Junction Pond, Jack’s Pond and Whelan’s Pond near Brigus
Junction, pursuant to Section 41(5) of the Act.
Decision:
Approval granted, as follows:
- the CIAC in
the amount of Five thousand three hundred seventh-three dollars and forty-two
cents ($5,373.42), including HST, as calculated under the Policy,
as a result of a meting of the
Board.
Date Issued:
July 7,
2000
Newfoundland Power Inc. P.U. 14 (2000-2001)
Application:
Application for approval of a contribution in aid of
construction for a line extension to serve Rotary Club of Avalon Northeast,
pursuant to Section 41(5) of the Act.
Decision:
Approval granted, as follows:
- the CIAC
in the amount of Three thousand eight hundred thirty-seven dollars and
fifty-five cents ($3,837.55), including HST, as calculated under the Policy,
as a result of a meeting of the
Board
Date Issued:
July 7,
2000
Newfoundland Power Inc. P.U. 15 (2000-2001)
Application:
Application for approval of a contribution in aid of
construction for a line extension to serve NewTel Communications Inc., pursuant
to Section 41(5) of the Act.
Decision:
Approval granted, as follows:
- the CIAC
in the amount of Two hundred twenty-eight thousand one hundred thirty dollars
($228,130), including HST, as calculated under the Policy,
as a result of a meeting of the
Board
Date Issued:
July 26,
2000
Newfoundland and Labrador Hydro P.U. 16 (2000-2001)
Application:
Application for approval of an amendment
to Order P.U. 19 (1999-2000) pursuant to Section 41(3)(b) and 76 of the Act.
Decision:
1. Approval granted, as follows:
a. the relocation of
the diesel generator from St. Anthony to the Roddickton wood chip site;
b. the modification
of the black start system at St. Anthony to wok in the absence of the 850 kW
mobile generator;
c. the provision of
protection/control devices and automated plant programming changes for St.
Anthony; and
d. the installation
of additional tankage and the upgrading of the fuel system at the Roddickton
Terminal Station; at a cost of $84,000.
2.
Order P.U. 19 (1999-2000), as amended by P.U. 9 (2000-2001), is hereby
amended, mutates mutandis.
Date Issued:
July 31,
2000
Newfoundland Power Inc. P.U. 17 (2000-2001)
Application:
Application for
approval of a contribution in aid of construction (CIAC) for a line extension
to serve the Town of Heart’s Delight-Islington (“the Customer”) pursuant to
Section 41 (5) of the Act.
Decision:
Approval granted, pursuant to Section
41(5) of the Act for a contribution in aid of construction in the amount of
Twenty-two thousand fifty-one dollars and twenty-five cents ($22,051.25),
including HST, as calculated under the Policy.
Date Issued:
August 10,
2000
Newfoundland Power Inc. P.U. 18 (2000-2001)
Application:
Application for approval of a contribution in aid of
construction (CIAC) for a line extension to serve seasonal customers (“the
Customers”) located at Old Man’s Pond, pursuant to Section 41 (5) of the Act.
Decision:
Approval granted, pursuant to Section 41(5) of the Act for a
contribution in aid of construction in the amount of Four thousand one hundred
sixty dollars and thirteen cents ($4,160.13), including HST, as calculated
under the Policy.
Date Issued:
August 29,
2000
Newfoundland Power Inc. P.U. 19 (2000-2001)
Application:
Application for an Order rescinding Order No. P.U. 13
(2000-2001), pursuant to Section 76 of the Act, and approving a revised
contribution in aid of construction for a line extension to serve Seasonal
Customers located in an area known as Second Junction Pond, Jack’s Pond and
Whelan’s Pond near Brigus Junction, pursuant to Section 41(5) of the Act.
Decision:
Approval granted
1. Pursuant to Section 76 of the Act, Order No. P.U.
13 (2000-2001) is rescinded; and
2(a) the CIAC in the amount of Five thousand sixty
dollars and forty-six cents ($5,060.46), including HST, as calculated under the
Policy; and
(b)
the suspension of
the payment of refunds to the Customers until the shortfall of $311.96 per
customer is recovered.
Date Issued:
August 29,
2000
Newfoundland and Labrador Hydro P.U. 20 (2000-2001)
Application:
Application for approval of an amendment to Order P. U. 19 (1999-2000) pursuant to Sections 41
(3) (b) and 76
of the Act.
Decision:
Approval granted
1. Pursuant to Section 41 (3) of
the Act, the Board approves:
(i)
the upgrade to
the generation and distribution facilities at Charlottetown;
(ii)
the additional
generation and fuel storage capacity at Davis Inlet; and
(iii)
changes to the
diesel plant substation transformer capacity at Black Tickle at a cost of
$1,404,600.
2.Order P. U. 19 (1999-2000), as amended by Orders No. P. U. 9 & 16
(2000-2001), is hereby amended, mutatis mutandis.
Date Issued:
August 30,
2000
Newfoundland and Labrador Hydro P.U. 21 (2000-2001)
Application:
Application for approval to decommission the diesel
generating station at La Poile.
Decision:
Approval granted, as resulted, as a result of a meeting of the Board.
Date Issued:
September
8, 2000
Newfoundland Power Inc. P.U. 22 (2000-2001)
Application:
Application for approval of a contribution in aid of
construction (CIAC) for a line extension to serve Seasonal Customers at Goulds
Big Pond, off the Trans Canada Highway near Roaches Line.
Decision:
Approval granted, pursuant to Section 41(5) of the Act for a CIAC in the
amount of Nine thousand four hundred sixty-five dollars and ninety-four cents
($9,465.94), including HST, as calculated under the Policy.
Date Issued:
September
27, 2000
Newfoundland Power Inc. P.U. 23 (2000-2001)
Application:
Application for approval of a contribution in aid of
construction (CIAC) for a line extension.
Decision:
Approval granted,.
Date Issued:
September
27, 2000
Newfoundland Power Inc. P.U. 24 (2000-2001)
Application:
Application for approval of:
(a)
(i) its 2001
capital budget; (ii) approving leases for 2001 in excess of $5,000 per year;
and (iii) approving; and
(b)
(i) fixing and
determining its average rate base for
1999 in the amount of $505,688,000; (ii)
approving its revised forecast average rate base for 2000 in the amount of
$518,724,000; and (iii) approving its forecast average rate base for 2001 in
the amount of $526,065,000; and
(c)
approving revised
values for rate base and invested capital for use in the automatic adjustment
formula (the “Automatic Adjustment Formula”) for the calculation of return on
rate base for 2001 pursuant to Order No. P.U. 16 and 36 (1998-99) and No. P.U.
18 (1999-2000).
Decision:
Approval of the Applicant’s capital budget in the amount of $39,109,000,
inter alia, as a result of a hearing of the Board
Date Issued:
October 6,
2000
Newfoundland and Labrador Hydro P.U. 25 (2000-2001)
Application:
On the Board’s Own Initiative
Finalization of rates applicable to the Island
Industrial Customers of Newfoundland and Labrador Hydro, approved on an Interim
basis pursuant to Order No. P. U. 23 (1999-2000)
Decision:
1.
Hydro is ordered
to file a general rate application no later than May 1, 2001 (the “Rate
Application”) using forecast data.
2.
In preparing the
Rate Application, Hydro will use the Generic Methodology
3.
Industrial rates
will be finalized pursuant to a hearing based upon the Rate Application
4.
The interim rates
approved by Order No. P. U. 23 (1999-2000) are hereby extended to December 31,
2001.
5.
By November 30, 2000 Hydro will file with the Board a schedule (i.e., a
“critical path”), indicating significant milestones and activities it must
undertake in order to file the Rate Application by May 1, 2001.
6.
The Board will be
requesting progress reports from Hydro from time to time as to the progress
made in reference to the schedule filed with the Board.
7.
The Board will grant Newfoundland Power Inc. and the Industrial Customers
intervenor status in the Rate Application.
8.
The schedule and progress reports to be filed by Hydro will also be
provided by Hydro to Newfoundland Power Inc and the Industrial Customers.
Date Issued:
October 27,
2000
Newfoundland Power Inc. P.U. 26 (2000-2001)
Application:
Application for approval of a contribution in aid of
construction (CIAC) for a line extension.
Decision:
Approval granted.
Date Issued:
October 31,
2000
Newfoundland Power Inc. P.U. 27 (2000-2001)
Application:
Application for approval of a contribution in aid of
construction (CIAC) for a line extension to serve seasonal customers located
near Loon Pond, off Deer Park Road, Salmonier Line pursuant to Section 41 (5)
of the Act.
Decision:
Approval granted pursuant to Section 41 (5) of the Act for a
contribution in aid of construction in the amount of Two thousand seven hundred
eighty-one dollars and fifty-six cents ($2,781.56), including HST, per customer
as calculated under the Policy.
Date Issued:
October 31,
2000
Newfoundland Power Inc. P.U. 28 (2000-2001)
Application:
Application for an Order rescinding Order No. P. U. 19
(2000-2001), pursuant to Section 76 of the Act, and approving a contribution in
aid of construction for a line extension to serve seasonal customers located in
an area known as Second Junction Pond, Jack’s Pond and Whelan’s Pond near
Brigus Junction pursuant to Section 41 (5) of the Act.
Decision:
Approval granted
1.Pursuant to Section 76 of the Act, Order No. P. U. 19 (2000-2001) is
rescinded, and
2. Pursuant to Section 41 (5) of the Act
(i)
for a
contribution in aid of construction in the amount of Five thousand sixty
dollars and forty-six cents ($5,060.46), including HST, per customer as
calculated under the Policy, and
(ii)
the suspension of the payment of refunds to the customers until the
shortfall is recovered.
Date Issued:
October 31,
2000
Newfoundland Power Inc. P.U. 29 (2000-2001)
Application:
Application for approval of a contribution in aid of
construction for a line extension.
Decision:
Approval granted.
Date Issued:
October 31,
2000
Newfoundland Power Inc. P.U. 30 (2000-2001)
Application:
In the matter of an automatic adjustment mechanism to
adjust the rates of Newfoundland Power Inc., based on variations in rate base
as established by the Board in Order No. 16 (1998-99) and Order No. P. U. 36
(1998-99).
Decision:
1.
Pursuant to Order
No. P. U. 36 (1998-99) there shall be no change in electrical rates charged by
the Company for the year 2001; and
2.
The allowable
rate of return for the Company for the year 2001 shall remain within the range
of 10.10% to 10.46%.
As a result of a meeting of the Board Panel
Date Issued:
November
28, 2000
Newfoundland and Labrador Hydro P.U. 31 (2000-2001)
Application:
Application for approval of:
a.
its 2001 Capital
Budget pursuant to S. 41(1) of the Act;
b.
its 2001 capital
purchases and construction projects in excess of $50,000 pursuant to S. 41 (3)
(a) of the Act;
c.
its leases for
2001 in excess of the Act; and
d. its estimated contribution in aid of construction for
2001 pursuant to S. 41 (5) of the Act..
Decision:
Approval of the
Applicant’s capital budget for 2001 in the amount of $54,681,000, inter alia,
as a result of a hearing of the Board.
Date Issued:
December
18, 2000
Newfoundland and Labrador Hydro P.U. 32 (2000-2001)
Application:
Application for approval of a contribution in aid of construction (CIAC)
for the supply of three-phase primary electrical service to the Hammerdown Gold
Mine site near King’s Point, Newfoundland
Decision:
Approval granted
for a contribution in aid of construction in the amount of Sixty-eight thousand
four hundred and thirty-five dollars ($68,435.00), plus HST, as calculated
under the Policy.
Date Issued:
January 12,
2001
Newfoundland Power Inc. P.U. 33 (2000-2001)
Application:
Application for approval of of (i) revised
distribution line cost per metre for CIACs; (ii) revised distribution plant
upgrade cost for CIACs; and (iii) revised CIAC cost factors.
Decision:
Approval granted, as requested, as a result of a meeting of the Board.
Date Issued:
January 12,
2001
Newfoundland Power Inc. P.U. 34 (2000-2001)
Application:
Application for approval of a contribution in aid of
construction for a line extension to serve the Town of Pouch Cove.
Decision:
Approval granted pursuant to Section 41 (5) of the Act for a
contribution in aid of construction in the amount of Thirty-four thousand eight hundred eighty-six
dollars and sixty-nine cents ($34,886.69) including HST, as calculated under
the Policy.
Date Issued:
January 12,
2001
Newfoundland Power Inc. P.U. 35 (2000-2001)
Application:
Application for relief from the statutory obligation to supply
electrical energy pursuant to Section 54(4) of the Public Utilities Act.
Decision:
Approval granted, as follows:
1.
Pursuant to
Section 54(4) of the Act, the Applicant is relieved from the obligation to
provide electrical service to the Customer in the circumstances set out in the
letter of arrangement between the Applicant and the Customer dated December 20,
2000 and attached as Schedule A and as accepted by the Customer as set out in
Schedule B to this Order, except that the Applicant shall give the Customer at
least twenty-four hours notice prior to disconnecting the Customer’s electrical
service for failure to comply with the terms and conditions set out in Schedule
A.
2.
This Order shall
govern the provision of electrical service by the Applicant to the Customer
until such time as the Customer complies with the requirements of the Customer
Deposit Policy of the Applicant as approved by the Board.
Date Issued:
February 8,
2001
Newfoundland and Labrador Hydro P.U. 36 (2000-2001)
Application:
Ex Parte Application for approval, pursuant to Section 41 of the Act,
for the lease of upgrades to certain computer equipment.
Decision:
1.
The Applicant’s
proposed lease for the disk upgrade for the IBM AS/400 Development Computer is
hereby approved.
2.
PU 19(1999-2000)
is hereby amended such that the amount of $103,000 previously approved shall be
excluded from the approved expenditures for 2000 and not allowed as a carryover
to 2001.
3.
The Applicant
shall file an amended Section D “2001Leasing Costs” to form part of the 2001
Capital Budget as approved by Order No. P.U. 31 (2000-2001)
Date Issued:
February
22, 2001
Newfoundland Power Inc. P.U. 37 (2000-2001)
Application:
For an Order, pursuant to Sections 58 and 80 and all other enabling
powers of the Act and Orders of the Board, approving the disposition of revenue
credited to the Applicant’s excess revenue account through a rebate to
customers.
Decision:
1.
The balance in
the Excess Revenue Account, as at December 31, 2000, of $6,733,000 be rebated
to customers; together with HST of $1,010,000, through a one-time credit to
each of its customers on their April 2001 electric service bills of 1.90% of
the customer’s total billing amounts on electric service bills issued during
the period January 2000 to December 2000.
2.
The Applicant
file with the Board on or before June 30, 2001 a report showing the actual
disposition by rate class of the Excess Revenue Account and any amounts not
distributed.
3.
The Applicant
file with the Board in advance of the first April billing in which the rebate
will be credited , a copy of the Customer Information Pamphlet as well as
copies of any other public communiqué or press release to be distributed in
connection with this matter.
4.
The
Applicant shall pay the expenses of the
Board arising out of this application.
Date Issued:
March 15,
2001
Newfoundland and Labrador Hydro P.U. 38 (2000-2001)
Application:
Request for an
amendment to Paragraph 1 of Order No. PU 25 (2000-2001) to extend the date for
the filing of a General Rate Application from May 1, 2001 to May 31, 2001;
Decision:
1.
Paragraph 1 of
Order No. P.U. 25 (2000-2001) be and it is hereby amended to extend the date
for the filing of a General Rate Application from May 1, 2001 to May 31, 2001.
2.
Hydro is required
to provide progress reports commencing March 23, 2001 and bi-weekly thereafter
as to the progress made in meeting the timelines set by the Rate Hearing
Schedule filed previously with the Board.
At the same time, Hydro shall also advise the Board of any issues which
may affect the Rate Hearing Schedule and an explanation as to how Hydro intends
to overcome these issues.
Date Issued:
March 16,
2001
Newfoundland and Labrador Hydro P.U. 39 (2000-2001)
Application:
Contribution
in aid of construction for the supply of single-phase electrical service to the
Deadman’s Cove Ecotourism Park for the Town of Harbour Breton.
Decision:
Pursuant to
Section 41(5) of the Act, the Board approves the CIAC in the amount of
Twenty-nine thousand, eight hundred and eight dollars ($29,808.00), including
HST, for the supply of single-phase primary electrical service to the RV site
and Convenience Store at Deadman’s Cove Ecotourism Park, Harbour Breton,
Newfoundland.
Date Issued:
March 28,
2001
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