FEI-FEVI 2010 EEC Report filed March 31, 2011 - FortisBC

prescribed circumstances and on the prescribed terms and
conditions.
(4) A public utility, in planning in accordance with section 44.1
of the Utilities Commission Act for
(a) the construction or extension of generation
facilities, and
(b) energy purchases,
must consider British Columbia's energy objective to achieve
electricity self-sufficiency.
Exempt projects, programs, contracts and expenditures
7 (1) The authority is exempt from sections 45 to 47 and 71 of
the Utilities Commission Act to the extent applicable, and from
any other sections of that Act that the minister may specify by
regulation, with respect to the following projects, programs,
contracts and expenditures of the authority, as they may be
further described by regulation:
(a) the Northwest Transmission Line, a 287 kilovolt
transmission line between the Skeena substation
and Bob Quinn Lake, and related facilities and
contracts;
(b) Mica Units 5 and 6, a project to install two
additional turbines and related works and
equipment at Mica;
(c) Revelstoke Unit 6, a project to install an
additional turbine and related works and equipment
at Revelstoke;
(d) Site C, a project to build a third dam on the
Peace River in northeast British Columbia to
provide approximately
(i) 4 600 gigawatt hours of energy each
year, and