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Title: Order UE19-01 - Electric - Maritime Electric Company, Limited -
Consolidation Order (February 4, 2019)
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Dockets
UE20944, UE22502, UE23001, UE21604, UE21222 Order UE19-01
IN
THE MATTER of an
application by Maritime Electric Company, Limited for an
Order of the Commission approving the rates, tolls and charges for electric
service for the years March 1, 2019 to February 28, 2022, pursuant to
section 20 of the
Electric Power Act,
R.S.P.E.I. 1988, Cap. E-4, and for certain approvals incidental thereto.
BEFORE THE
COMMISSION ON
Monday,
the 4th day of February, 2019.
J. Scott MacKenzie,
Q.C., Chair
M. Douglas Clow, Vice-Chair
John Broderick, Commissioner
Consolidation Order
WHEREAS
on or about April 27, 2017, Maritime Electric Company, Limited ("Maritime
Electric") filed an application with the Island Regulatory and Appeals
Commission (the "Commission") seeking, among other things, an Order
approving changes to the cost allocation study classification of costs
related to Point Lepreau, on-island generation fuel and wind power purchases
(the "Point Lepreau Cost Allocation Classification Study"), being Commission
Docket UE22502;
AND WHEREAS on or about June 28,
2018, Maritime Electric filed a Charlottetown Thermal Generating Station
Decommissioning Study, prepared by GHD Limited, with the Commission, being
Commission Docket UE23001;
AND WHEREAS on or about June 29,
2018, Maritime Electric filed a 2017 Depreciation Study, prepared by Gannett
Fleming, with the Commission,
being Commission Docket UE21604;
AND WHEREAS on or about June 29,
2018, Maritime Electric filed a 2017 Cost Allocation Study, prepared by
Chymko Consulting Ltd., with the Commission, being Commission Docket
UE21222;
AND WHEREAS on or about November 30,
2018, Maritime Electric filed an application with the Commission seeking,
among other things, an Order approving the rates, tolls and charges for
electric service for the years March 1, 2019 to February 28, 2022 (the
"General Rate Application"), being Commission Docket UE20944;
AND WHEREAS the General Rate
Application filed in Commission Docket UE20944 addresses and incorporates
certain matters raised in the Point Lepreau Cost Allocation Classification
Study (Docket UE22502), the Charlottetown Thermal Generating Station
Decommissioning Study (Docket UE23001), the 2017 Depreciation Study (Docket
UE21604), and the 2017 Cost Allocation Study (Docket UE21222) (collectively
the "Studies");
AND WHEREAS the Commission has determined that the Studies should
properly be consolidated with the General Rate Application in Commission
Docket UE20944 and heard together as a single matter;
NOW THEREFORE,
IT IS ORDERED THAT
1. Commission Dockets UE22502, UE23001, UE21604 and UE21222 shall be
consolidated with the General Rate Application in Commission Docket
UE20944, and shall be heard together as a single matter in Commission
Docket UE20944.
DATED
at Charlottetown, Prince Edward
Island, this 4th day of February, 2019.
BY THE COMMISSION:
J. Scott
MacKenzie, Q,C., Chair
M. Douglas Clow, Vice-Chair
John Broderick, Commissioner
Notice:
Section 12 of the
Island Regulatory and Appeals Commission Act
reads as follows:
12.
The Commission
may, in its absolute discretion, review, rescind or vary any order or decision made by it,
or rehear any application before deciding it.
Parties to this proceeding seeking a review of the
Commission's decision or order in this matter may do so by filing with the Commission, at
the earliest date, a written Request for Review,
which clearly states the reasons for the review and the nature of the relief sought.
Sections 13.(1),
13(2), 13(3), and 13(4) of the
Act provide as follows:
13.(1) An appeal lies from a decision or order of
the Commission to the Court of Appeal upon a question of law or
jurisdiction.
(2) The appeal shall be made by filing a notice of
appeal in the Court of Appeal within twenty days after the decision or
order appealed from and the rules of court respecting appeals apply with
the necessary changes.
(3) The Commission shall be deemed to be a party
to the appeal.
(4) No costs shall be payable by any party to an
appeal under this section unless the Court of Appeal, in its discretion,
for special reasons, so orders.
NOTE:
In accordance with IRAC's Records
Retention and Disposition Schedule, the material contained in the official
file regarding this matter will be retained by the Commission for a period
of 5 years.
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