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Order UE19-05 - Electric - Docket UE20944 - Maritime Electric
Company, Limited (July 4, 2019)
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Docket
UE20944 Order UE19-05
IN
THE MATTER of an
application by Maritime Electric Company, Limited to
approve the rates, tolls and charges for electric service for the period
beginning March 1, 2019, pursuant to section 20 of the
Electric Power Act,
R.S.P.E.I. 1988, Cap. E-4;
AND
IN THE MATTER of an
application for intervener status made by the
Prince Edward Island Energy Corporation pursuant to Rules 15 and 17 of the
Island Regulatory and Appeals Commission Rules of Practice & Procedure for
Hearings.
BEFORE THE
COMMISSION ON
Thursday,
the 4th day of July, 2019.
J. Scott MacKenzie,
Q.C., Chair M. Douglas Clow, Vice-Chair John Broderick, Commissioner
Order
WHEREAS on or about June 27, 2019, the Prince Edward Island Energy Corporation ("PEIEC") filed
with the Island Regulatory and Appeals Commission (the "Commission") an
application seeking approval to act as a "Friend of the Commission
Intervener" in the General Rate Application in Commission Docket UE20944;
AND WHEREAS the application for
intervener status complies with the requirements set forth in Rules 15 and
17 of the
Commission's Rules of Practice & Procedure for Hearings (the
"Rules");
AND WHEREAS the applicant, Maritime
Electric Company, Limited, has been served with a copy of the application
for intervener status and has been provided with the opportunity to reply,
in accordance with Rule 18;
AND WHEREAS Maritime Electric
Company, Limited has advised the Commission that it does not object to the
application for intervener status;
AND WHEREAS the Commission has
considered the application for intervener status and is satisfied that PEIEC
is an organization that represents the public interest and can meaningfully
contribute to the proceeding;
AND WHEREAS the Commission is
prepared to grant the application for intervener status;
AND WHEREAS a public hearing has
been scheduled in the General Rate Application, and the Commission has
therefore determined it is prudent to establish a timeline in which PEIEC
may file any pre-filed evidence;
NOW THEREFORE,
IT IS ORDERED THAT
1. The
application for intervener status is approved as filed and PEIEC is hereby
granted Friend of the Commission Intervener status in the General Rate
Application.2.
PEIEC shall be entitled to participate in the General Rate Application in
the manner set forth in the application for intervener status.
3. PEIEC
shall file any pre-filed evidence with the Commission on or before Monday,
July 15, 2019.
DATED
at Charlottetown, Prince Edward
Island, this 4th day of July, 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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