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

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CONFIDENTIAL
NEGOTIATED SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT
TERASEN GAS INC.
DATED THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 5
31. Various Accounting Related Proposals as per Application Part III, Section D .1 -
Approvals Sought effective January 1, 2010
The Parties agree to the following accounting related changes, as set out in TGI’s
Application:
(a) Adoption of the Cash Working Capital Lead/Lag Days as set out in the Lead/Lag study
(Application page 515, Item 8c).
(b) Consolidated Core Market Administration Expenses (for TGI, TGVI and TGW), including
allocation percentages to TGVI and TGW (Application page 515, Item 8d).
(c) Modify the Pricing Methodology for Company Use Gas to be based on market-based
Sumas pricing, rather than pricing for expired "netback" contracts (Application page 514,
Item 7a).
(d) The MCRA will absorb any volumes not used or excess volumes required for company
use gas, as opposed to the O&M costs being adjusted for the differences (Application
page 514, Item 7b).
32. Tariff Change Proposals as per Application Part III, Section D .1 - Approvals Sought,
Item 12 & 13
The Parties agree to the following Tariff changes, as set out in TGI’s Application:
(a) New NGV Transportation Service (RS 26)
(b) Revised Fee New Customer Application fee from $85 to $25
(c) Revised Fee Meter Testing fee from $30 to $60
33. Deferral Account Proposals as per Application Part III, Section D .1 - Approvals
Sought, Item 10
The Parties agree to the continuation, modification or adoption of the following deferral
accounts as set out in TGI’s Application:
(a) Deferral Accounts - No Change:
i. CCRA, MCRA, RSAM, and associated Interest and Revelstoke Propane
(Application pages 429 and 430, Items (1) (a), (1) (b), (1) (c), (1) (d), (1) (e)).
ii. NGV Conversion Grants (Application page 432, Item (2) (b)).
iii. Property Tax variance (Application page 433, Item (3) (a)).
iv. Insurance variance (Application page 433, Item (3) (b)).
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