Business practices

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A Transmission Customer must complete this form to inform BC Hydro which Ancillary Services it will purchase from BC Hydro, per Rate Schedules 05 – 08, prior to the commencement of service requested. 

Pursuant to Section 3 of the OATT, Ancillary Services are needed with transmission service to maintain reliability within and among the Balancing Authorities affected by the transmission service.  

The Eligible Customer must complete this form if it intends to export energy from Canada to the United States or Mexico. 

Through this Form, the Eligible Customer is declaring that the property is being shipped for export from Canada within the meaning of the Canadian Excise Tax Act Sections 1 or 15.2 of Part VII of Schedule VI; and that the freight transportation service supplied by the carrier (BC Hydro) is part of a continuous outbound freight movement within the meaning of the Canadian Excise Tax Act Section 7 of Part VII of Schedule VI. 

An Eligible Customer must complete and return a Shipper’s Declaration form to qualify for GST zero-rated transmission charges on electricity exports.  Refer to BC Hydro’s Settlements & Billing Business Practice for further information.

The Eligible Customer must complete this form to elect to self-supply or purchase transmission losses from BC Hydro.

Per Section 15.7 of the OATT, real power losses are associated with all transmission service and it is the Transmission Customer’s responsibility to replace losses as calculated by BC Hydro.  The Transmission Customer may elect to self-supply losses per Rate Schedule 10 or purchase Loss Compensation Service from BC Hydro per Rate Schedule 09.

The Eligible Customer must complete this form as part of the registration process to confirm that it does not have any affiliates that own, control or operate any transmission facilities. 

If the Eligible Customer has affiliates that own, control or operate any transmission facilities, it will need to declare them in Section 3 of the Umbrella Agreement.

New Transmission Customers must complete this form to notify BC Hydro about their contact information as part of the registration process.

Existing Transmission Customers should use this form to update their contact information should it change.

The CER permit must be obtained by the Eligible Customer if it intends to export energy generated from Canada to the United States or Mexico.  Please contact the Canada Energy Regulator (CER) at (403) 292-4800 or via its website https://www.cer-rec.gc.ca/.

Note that Per Section 5.3 of the OATT, BC Hydro may refuse to provide transmission service to facilitate the export of electricity from Canada if BC Hydro has not been supplied with a copy of the exporter’s permit or license issued by the CER.

Pursuant to Section 29.2(h) of BC Hydro’s Open Access Transmission Tariff (OATT), the Network Customer must attest to each of the designated Network

Resources identified in OASIS before commencement of service.