2019 Legislative Session: 4th Session, 41st Parliament

THIRD READING

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Certified correct as passed Third Reading on the 16th day of May, 2019

Kate Ryan-Lloyd, Acting Clerk of the House

HONOURABLE MICHELLE MUNGALL

MINISTER OF ENERGY, MINES

AND PETROLEUM RESOURCES

BILL 19 – 2019

ENERGY STATUTES AMENDMENT ACT, 2019

HER MAJESTY, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of British Columbia, enacts as follows:

Clean Energy Act

Section 1 (1) of the Clean Energy Act, S.B.C. 2010, c. 22, is amended by repealing the

definitions of "expenditure for export" , "feed-in tariff program" and "integrated resource plan" .

2 Sections 2 (

p) and 3 to 5 are repealed.

Section 6 (1) is amended by repealing the definition of "electricity supply obligations" and substituting the following:

"electricity supply obligations" means

(

a) electricity supply obligations for which rates are filed with the commission under

section 61 of the Utilities Commission Act , and

(

b) any other electricity supply obligations that exist at the time this

section comes into force,

determined by using the authority's prescribed forecasts of its energy requirements and peak load, taking into account demand-side measures, that are in the most recent of the following documents:

(

c) an integrated resource plan approved under

section 4 before its repeal;

(

d) a long-term resource plan filed under

section 44.1 of the Utilities Commission Act ; .

Section 7 (1) (

i) is repealed.

Section 8 (1) (

b) is amended

(

a) in subparagraph (

i) by striking out " , and ", and

(

b) by repealing subparagraph (ii).

6 The heading to

Part 4 is repealed and the following substituted:

Part 4 – Standing Offer Program .

7 Sections 16 and 35 (g), (

h) and (

m) are repealed.

Section 37 (

c) is amended by striking out " 3 (5), ".

Hydro and Power Authority Act

Section 32 (7) (

x) of the Hydro and Power Authority Act, R.S.B.C. 1996, c. 212, is amended by striking out " 44.1, ".

Utilities Commission Act

Section 1 of the Utilities Commission Act, R.S.B.C. 1996, c. 473, is amended by renumbering the

section as

section 1 (1) and by adding the following subsection:

(2) This Act does not apply to Powerex Corp.

Section 44.1 is amended

(

a) in subsection (2) by striking out " subsection (4) " and substituting " subsection (2.1) ", and

(

b) by adding the following subsection:

(2.1) The authority need not file a long-term resource plan before February 28,

Section 44.2 (5.1) (

b) is repealed and the following substituted:

(

b) the most recent of the following documents:

(

i) an integrated resource plan approved under

section 4 of the Clean Energy Act before the repeal of that section;

(ii) a long-term resource plan filed by the authority under

section 44.1 of this Act, .

Section 46 (3.3) (

b) is repealed and the following substituted:

(

b) the most recent of the following documents:

(

i) an integrated resource plan approved under

section 4 of the Clean Energy Act before the repeal of that section;

(ii) a long-term resource plan filed by the authority under

section 44.1 of this Act, and .

Section 58.1 is amended

(

a) in subsection (1) by striking out " the authority's revenues " and substituting " a public utility's revenues " and by striking out " the authority's costs " and substituting " the public utility's costs ",

(

b) by repealing subsections (3), (5) and (6), and

(

c) by adding the following subsection:

(7) The commission may not set rates for a public utility for the purpose of changing the revenue-cost ratio for a class of customers except on application by the public utility.

Section 71 is amended

(

a) by repealing subsection (2.21) (

b) and substituting the following:

(

b) the most recent of the following documents:

(

i) an integrated resource plan approved under

section 4 of the Clean Energy Act before the repeal of that section;

(ii) a long-term resource plan filed by the authority under

section 44.1 of this Act, ,

(

b) by adding the following subsection:

(2.22) Subsection (2.21) (

a) to (

c) does not apply if the commission considers that the matters addressed in the energy supply contract filed by the authority under subsection (1) were determined to be in the public interest in the course of considering a long-term resource plan under

section 44.1. , and

(

c) by repealing subsection (2.51) (

b) and substituting the following:

(

b) the most recent of the following documents:

(

i) an integrated resource plan approved under

section 4 of the Clean Energy Act before the repeal of that section;

(ii) a long-term resource plan filed by the authority under

section 44.1 of this Act, and .

Section 71.1 (5) is amended

(

a) by adding " the following: " after " the commission may do one or more of ", and

(

b) in paragraph (

a) by striking out " specified, and " and substituting " specified; ".

Section 88 (3) is amended by adding " class of persons, " after " person, ".

Section 121 (2) (

b) is amended by striking out " Lieutenant Governor in Council " and substituting " minister responsible for the administration of the Hydro and Power Authority Act ".

Commencement

19 The provisions of this Act referred to in column 1 of the following table come into force as set out in column 2 of the table:

Item

Column 1

Provisions of Act

Column 2

Commencement

Anything not elsewhere covered by this table

The date of Royal Assent

Section 17

June 14, 2012

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