Title: Order UE20-01 - Electric - Docket UE20944 - Maritime Electric Company, Limited (March 25, 2020)

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Docket UE20944
Order UE20-01

IN THE MATTER of an application by Maritime Electric Company, Limited for an Order of the Island Regulatory and Appeals 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;

AND IN THE MATTER of a request by Maritime Electric Company, Limited to extend the filing deadline for the filing of the Energy Cost Adjustment Mechanism Review.

BEFORE THE COMMISSION ON Wednesday, March 25, 2020.

J. Scott MacKenzie, Q.C., Chair

M. Douglas Clow, Vice-Chair

Erin T. Mitchell, Commissioner

Order

WHEREAS in accordance with Order UE19-08, Maritime Electric Company, Limited ("MECL" or the "Company") is required to undertake a thorough review of the Energy Cost Adjustment Mechanism ("ECAM") as it currently exists, including the expenses and accounts that are currently collected through the ECAM, and the practice of deferring a portion of the energy supply costs for collection from future ratepayers (the "ECAM Review");

AND WHEREAS Order UE19-08 requires that MECL shall file the ECAM Review, together with any resulting recommendations, with the Island Regulatory and Appeals Commission (the "Commission") on or before April 1, 2020;

AND WHEREAS MECL has requested an extension of the filing deadline for the ECAM Review;

AND WHEREAS the Commission has considered the Company’s request and determined that the request for an extension of the filing deadline is reasonable in the circumstances;

NOW THEREFORE the Commission orders as follows:

1. The filing deadline for the ECAM Review is hereby extended to June 1, 2020. The Company shall file the ECAM Review with the Commission on or before June 1, 2020.

DATED at Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, on Wednesday, March 25, 2020.

BY THE COMMISSION:

J. Scott MacKenzie, Q,C., Chair

M. Douglas Clow, Vice-Chair

Erin T. Mitchell, 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.