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Docket UE20942
Order UE18-02IN THE MATTER of an application by Maritime Electric Company, Limited for an order deferring the date filing of a Rate Design Study required in accordance with Order UE16-04R.
BEFORE THE COMMISSION ON Tuesday, April 17, 2018.
J. Scott MacKenzie, Q.C., Chair
M. Douglas Clow, Vice-Chair
John Broderick, Commissioner
Order
WHEREAS by Order UE16-04R the Commission ordered Maritime Electric Company, Limited ("Maritime Electric" or the "Company") to undertake a rate design study ("Rate Design Study") to be filed with the Commission on or before April 30, 2018.
AND WHEREAS the Company has advised the Commission that the Company is currently undertaking an updated cost allocation study based on financial results to December 31, 2017 and that the results of the study will provide the most current evaluation of the revenue to cost ratios for the various rate categories and will guide the development of the rate design proposals to align the revenue from customer rate classes with the related cost of serving the rate classes, which study is to be filed by June 30, 2018;
AND WHEREAS the Company has also commenced a study of farm customers currently included in the Residential Rate class and requires more time to be able to provide equipment to allow for the study to be completed;
AND WHEREAS the Company has requested an order from the Commission deferring the filing of the Rate Design Study until the earlier of October 31, 2018 or the date upon which the Company files a general rate application seeking to establish rates to be effective March 1, 2019;
AND WHEREAS it appears to the Commission that the extension to the filing deadline is warranted at this time;
NOW THEREFORE,
IT IS ORDERED THAT
The Company is hereby granted a deferral for the filing of the Rate Design Study required under Order UE16-04R until the earlier of October 31, 2018 or the date upon which the Company files the general rate application seeking to establish new rates to be effective March 1, 2019.
DATED at Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Tuesday, April 17, 2018.
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.
