Electric Regulatory – What's New
May 1, 2013
The Public Utilities Board (PUB) issued Order 48/13 approving rate schedules reflecting a 3.5% across-the-board rate increase for all customer classes, effective May 1, 2013.
April 26, 2013
On April 26, 2013, the Public Utilities Board (PUB) issued Order 43/13 with respect to Manitoba Hydro's 2012/13 & 2013/14 General Rate Application. Order 43/13 approves a 3.5% across-the-board rate increase for all customer classes effective May 1, 2013.
Order 43/13 also provides:
- final approval for Manitoba Hydro to maintain in its rates and revenues the 1% rate change that was previously approved by the PUB on an interim basis and subsequently rolled back related to rates for April 1, 2010;
- final approval of the 2.0% interim rate increase granted for April 1, 2012;
- final approval of the 2.5% interim rate increase granted for September 1, 2012 for all customer classes.
December 7, 2012
On December 7, 2012, Manitoba Hydro filed its Rebuttal Evidence with respect to the written evidence filed on behalf of intervenors to Manitoba Hydro’s 2012/13 & 2013/14 General Rate Application: the Consumers' Association of Canada, the Green Action Centre, the Manitoba Industrial Power Users Group. Manitoba Hydro also filed updated copies of its Integrated Financial Forecast (IFF12), Capital Expenditure Forecast (CEF12), and external 2012/13 Power Resource Plan.
November 6, 2012
On November 6, 2012, the Public Utilities Board of Manitoba (PUB) advised that Manitoba Hydro's request to implement Time-of-Use Rates and class-differentiated rate increases would be reviewed separately from the 2012/13 & 2013/14 General Rate Application, as part of the Cost of Service Study Review process expected to take place in the spring of 2013. As a result, Manitoba Hydro filed revised rate schedules incorporating an across the board 3.5% rate increase on currently billed rates to be effective April 1, 2013.
October 26, 2012
On October 26, 2012, Manitoba Hydro filed the majority of responses to Round 2 Information Requests of the PUB, the Consumers' Association of Canada (CAC), the Manitoba Industrial Power Users Group (MIPUG), the Green Action Centre (GAC), and the combined requests of CAC and GAC.
Manitoba Hydro filed remaining Round 2 Information Requests on November 2 and November 15, 2012.
October 3, 2012
On October 3, 2012, Manitoba Hydro amended its 2012/13 & 2013/14 General Rate Application to request PUB approval to implement Time-of-Use Rates for the General Service Large customer class served at greater than 30kV. Manitoba Hydro also filed rate schedules reflecting customer class-differentiated rate increases for rates to be effective April 1, 2013.
Additionally, Manitoba Hydro filed responses to Information Requests related to Time-of-Use rates at this time.
September 21, 2012
On September 21, 2012, Manitoba Hydro filed the majority of responses to Round 1 Information Requests of the PUB, the Consumers' Association of Canada (CAC), the Manitoba Industrial Power Users Group (MIPUG), the Green Action Centre (GAC), and the combined requests of CAC and GAC.
Manitoba Hydro filed the remainder of the responses to Round 1 Information Requests on September 26, September 28, and October 19, 2012.
September 5, 2012
On September 5, 2012, Manitoba Hydro filed with the PUB the Manitoba Hydro-Electric Board (MHEB) Annual Report for the Year Ended March 31, 2012 and the MHEB Quarterly Report for the three months ended June 30, 2012 as part of its 2012/13 & 2013/14 General Rate Application.
August 31, 2012
On August 31, 2012, the Public Utilities Board issued Order 117/12 approving, on an interim basis, an average 2.5% rate increase for all customer classes effective September 1, 2012. In addition, the PUB has approved, on an interim basis, an average rate increase of 6.5% for the Diesel General Service customer class for any usage above 2,000 kilowatt-hours per month.
August 14, 2012
On August 14, 2012, Manitoba Hydro filed a Reply Submission with the Public Utilities Board (PUB) with respect to its proposed interim rate increase effective September 1, 2012.
July 20, 2012
On July 20, 2012, Manitoba Hydro filed additional information with respect to its 2012/13 & 2013/14 General Rate Application (GRA), including its submission on its proposed interim rate increase effective September 1, 2012.
July 19, 2012
On July 19, 2012, Manitoba Hydro filed additional Application materials with the PUB with respect to its 2012/13 & 2013/14 GRA: Appendix 5.6 on its operating, maintenance and administrative expenses; and, Tab 13 and related appendices on Cost of Service.
July 6, 2012
On July 6, 2012, Manitoba Hydro filed Volume II of its 2012/13 & 2013/14 GRA with the PUB, which includes materials on its electric load forecast, energy supply, proposed rates and customer impacts, and responses to a number of PUB directives.
June 15, 2012
On June 15, 2012, Manitoba Hydro filed its 2012/13 & 2013/14 General Rate Application with the PUB. In its Application, Manitoba Hydro is seeking interim approval of an average 2.5% across-the-board rate increase on currently billed rates, effective September 1, 2012, for all customer classes, and a further 3.5% increase in overall revenues effective April 1, 2013. Manitoba Hydro is also requesting approval to maintain in base rates the rates approved by the PUB in Orders 30/10 and 40/11. For general service and government customers in four remote communities served by diesel generation, Manitoba Hydro is seeking interim approval of an average 6.5% rate increase on the full cost portion of the rate, effective September 1, 2012 (consistent with previous and proposed rate increases for grid customers).
April 1, 2012
On April 1, 2012, the Province of Manitoba enacted the Reliability Standards Regulation, which makes compliance with North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC) Reliability Standards a legal requirement in Manitoba.
View the NERC Rules of Procedure effective in Manitoba.
March 31, 2012
On March 31, 2012, the PUB issued Order 32/12 with respect to Manitoba Hydro's Application for Interim Rates Effective April 1, 2012 approving on an interim basis a 2.0% across-the-board rate increase for all customer classes. The PUB deferred ruling on matters related to the its base rates and deferral account until further information could be heard at Manitoba Hydro's upcoming General Rate Application.
March 30, 2012
On March 30, 2012, Manitoba Hydro filed an Application for Interim Rates Effective April 1, 2012 with the PUB. In its Application, Manitoba Hydro requested approval to include in current year revenues the approximately $23 million accumulated in the deferral account pertaining to rate implemented April 1, 2010, approval to continue to maintain as base rates the rates approved by the PUB in Orders 30/10 and 40/11, and interim approval of a 3.5% across-the-board rate increase for all rate classes effective April 1, 2012, sufficient to generate additional revenue of $44.4 million in 2012/13.
In its Application, Manitoba Hydro advised the PUB that it intends to file a 2012/13 & 2013/14 General Rate Application by the end of May.
