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From: webmaster@ontarioenergyboard.ca [mailto:webmaster@ontarioenergyboard.ca]
Sent: October-13-15 10:26 AM
To: BoardSec
Subject: Letter of Comment Submitted: EB-2015-0179

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LETTER OF COMMENT

Comments:
FILE: EB-2015-0179

The Council of the Municipality of South Bruce are concerned with the cost recovery aspect of Union Gas' application to expand natural gas service to certain rural and remote communities. As such, the following motion was adopted on September 22nd, 2015.

MOTION M15-551
Moved by: Mike McDonagh
Seconded by: Ron Schnurr
Correspondence WHEREAS Union Gas Limited has applied for approval to expand natural gas service to certain rural and remote communities in Ontario and for certain exemptions to meet revenue recovery requirements that apply to pipeline projects and,

WHEREAS Union Gas has proposed a number of mechanisms to recover the costs of its proposed projects, and

WHEREAS one of the proposed mechanisms is to have existing Union Gas Limited customers pay a portion of the costs to connect new customers, and,

WHEREAS the Ontario Energy Board will hold a public hearing to consider the application filed by Union Gas and to hear arguments from individuals and from groups that represent the customers of Union Gas, and

WHEREAS the Municipality of South Bruce Council feels that they have already contributed to the costs of expanding natural gas services when they were brought to the community of South Bruce

NOW THEREFORE be it resolved that the Municipality of South Bruce Council instruct the Administrator Treasurer to file a letter to the Ontario Energy Board to be considered during the hearing advising of Council's opposition to the proposed mechanism to have existing customers pay a portion of the costs.
Motion: Carried

Name: Kendra Reinhart

Address: 21 Gordon Street East
Teeswater, ON N0G 2S0

Email: HYPERLINK "mailto:kreinhart@town.southbruce.on.ca"kreinhart@town.southbruce.on.ca

Phone: 5193926623

Fax: 519-392-6266

Company: Municipality of South Bruce

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