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Docket UE20728
Order UE19-07

IN THE MATTER of an application by Maritime Electric Company, Limited for approval of a 2019 Supplemental Capital Budget Request for Line Rebuilds and for certain approvals incidential thereto. 

BEFORE THE COMMISSION ON Friday, August 30, 2019.

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

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Order

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WHEREAS on July 31, 2018, Maritime Electric Company, Limited ("Maritime Electric" or the "Company") filed an application with the Island Regulatory and Appeals Commission (the "Commission") pursuant to sections 8(1) and 17(1) of the Electric Power Act, R.S.P.E.I. 1988, Cap. E-4 (the "Act") seeking approval of a 2019 Supplemental Capital Budget (the "Application");

AND WHEREAS the Company filed a report on the supplemental budget request for revisions to the Line Rebuilds Section (sec. 5.5) of the 2019 Capital Budget approved by the Commission in Order UE18-09;

AND WHEREAS the Supplemental Capital Budget request provides for a revised capital expenditure totalling $4,805,500.00, being an increase of $560,500.00 greater than the previously approved 2019 Capital Budget;

AND WHEREAS the Company has provided information to support the increase in the capital budget for line rebuilds in order to facilitate a conversion of existing non-joint use distribution lines owned by the Company to joint use lines to allow Bell Canada to expand its rural network and to meet customer demand and contractual service obligations;

AND WHEREAS the Company has filed with the Commission evidence in support of the application;

NOW THEREFORE, pursuant to sections 8(1) and 17 of the Act, the Commission orders as follows:

The Company's 2019 Supplemental Capital Budget is approved as filed with the Commission on July 31, 2019, summarized as follows:

2019 Supplementary Capital Budget Request Summary And Revised Capital Budget for Line Rebuilds
Spring Valley Road	$212,500
Hamilton Road	$143,500
Baltic Road	$204,500
Total	$560,500
Rebuilds Approved UE18-09	$4,245,000
Revised Capital Budget Line Rebuilds	$4,805,500

DATED at Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Friday, August 30, 2019.

BY THE COMMISSION:

J. Scott MacKenzie, Q,C., Chair

M. Douglas Clow, CPA,CA, Vice-Chair

John Broderick, 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.