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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.