Electric Tariff

BCUC decision on BC Hydro's Revenue Requirements Application for F2009-F2010

On March 27, BC Hydro issued a compliance filing with the British Columbia Utilities Commission (BCUC) in response to the commission's March 13 decision on BC Hydro's two-year Revenue Requirements Application [PDF, 2.5 Mb] for fiscal 2009 and 2010.

The Revenue Requirements Application reflects the expenditures BC Hydro requires to operate in fiscal years 2009 and 2010. The application was originally filed with the commission in February of 2008.

  • Based on the BCUC decision, BC Hydro has calculated that rates will increase by 2.34 per cent in fiscal 2009 (ending March 31, 2009) and by 8.74 per cent in fiscal 2010 (starting April 1, 2009).
  • As a result, and given the interim rate increase of 6.56 per cent that has been in effect since April 1, 2008, residential customers with an average consumption of 11,000 kilowatt hours (kWh) per year, for example, can expect a credit refund of approximately $30 for fiscal 2009. Customers can expect to receive their refund in the form of a credit to their bill during the June billing cycle.
  • For the average residential customer, BC Hydro estimates the bill impact to be $2-4 more per month, effective April 1, 2009. This bill impact takes into account an increase in the rate rider from 0.5 per cent to 1.0 per cent, also effective 1 April, 2009.

Residential Conservation Rate

As a result of the BCUC decision, the residential two-step Conservation Rate will be adjusted as follows, effective April 1, 2009:

  1 Apr 09 Old
Step 1 (cents/kWh): 5.91 5.98
Step 2 (cents/kWh): 8.27 7.21

Bill impact on April 1, 2009

The following provides an example of the monthly bill impact to various residential customers based on their annual consumption:

5,000 kWh/year: $0.10 less per month
8,100 kWh/year: $0.70 more per month
11,000 kWh/year: $2.50 more per month (average consumption in B.C.)
22,000 kWh/year: $13 more per month

Please see our Hot Topics section for more information about rates. The full BCUC decision is available here [PDF, 2.5 Mb].

BC Hydro's service and prices are regulated by the British Columbia Utilities Commission (BCUC). The Electric Tariff contains the approved terms and conditions of distribution voltage service provided by BC Hydro as well as the approved rates for service at distribution voltage and transmission voltage. Additional terms and conditions of transmission voltage service are contained in Tariff Supplements 5 and 6.

This tariff information is provided for your convenience. If there are differences between this material and the official printed version of the Electric Tariff issued by BC Hydro, the official version approved by the BCUC shall prevail.