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Docket UE21406
Order UE15-02

IN THE MATTER of an application by Maritime Electric Company, Limited for an Efficiency and Demand Side Management Plan.

BEFORE THE COMMISSION

on Tuesday, the 3rd day of November, 2015.

J. Scott MacKenzie, Q.C., Chair
Douglas Clow, CPA, CA, Vice-Chair
John Broderick, Commissioner
Mike Campbell, Commissioner

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Order

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UPON receiving an application for approval of an Efficiency and Demand Side Management Plan ( the "Plan") that Maritime Electric Company, Limited (the "Company")  filed on June 3, 2015 and upon reviewing Section 16.1 of the Electric Power Act (the "Act"); 

AND UPON noting that the Plan as filed by the Company was done prior to an Order of the Commission directing the filing as provided in Section 16.1 of the Act;

AND UPON noting the filed Plan was accepted by the Commission and published for public notice and comments by ratepayers;

AND UPON considering the Company's responses to interrogatories filed by the Commission and members of the public;

AND UPON considering the application and supplemental material filed and comments received from the public and the PEI Energy Corporation;

AND UPON noting the Commission's mandate under the Act is to seek a Plan which aims to reduce both energy consumption and a reduction in peak load demand in a manner which is cost effective;

AND UPON noting the Plan contains energy efficiency and peak demand load management initiatives;

AND UPON noting the necessity for the Company to begin components of the Plan before the winter peak energy period;

NOW THEREFORE, pursuant to the Electric Power Act;

IT IS ORDERED THAT

1.  The public outreach and education component of the Plan, with an annual cost of $167,500 to be recovered through customer rates as a component of the Energy Cost Adjustment Mechanism, is hereby approved.

2.  The Commission does not approve the other components of the Plan.

3.  The Commission will issue an order in due course requiring the Company to file a new Energy Efficiency and Demand Side Management Plan, pursuant to Section 16.1 of the Act.

DATED at Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, this 3rd day of November 2015.

BY THE COMMISSION:

J. Scott MacKenzie, Q,C., Chair

Douglas Clow, CPA,CA, Vice-Chair

John Broderick, Commissioner

Michael Campbell, Commissioner

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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.