All fees and related services will be charged GST, unless otherwise stated.

* To see a complete explanation of the fees, please click the type of service.

If there are any questions regarding these fees and related services, please feel free to contact one of our Customer Service Representatives directly at 1-866-436-7847, Monday to Friday 7 am to 7 pm.

For a complete list, please read our Tariff, starting with Schedule 80, Sheet 53.

Connection Fee:

The connection fee covers a portion of the costs associated for FortisBC personnel to go to the residence and take an accurate starting read.

According to the Tariff, the charge for a meter connection, transfer of an account involving either a meter connection or a meter reading or reconnection will be $27.00.

Where two or more meter connections or transfer of accounts are to be made for one Customer at the same time at one location, the charge shall be $27.00 for one connection or transfer and $6.00 for each additional meter.

If it is necessary to perform the above functions during overtime hours, being a continuation of the normal work day for the personnel concerned, the $27.00 charge becomes $55.00.

If it is necessary to call out personnel to perform the above functions, the $27.00 charge becomes $120.00.

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Returned Cheque Service Charge:

If a cheque is received from a Customer for the payment of an electric service or other billing and is returned by the Bank for the reason of Not Sufficient Funds (N.S.F.) or reasons other than clerical error, the Customer will be charged a service charge of $20.00.

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Deposit:

A deposit charge of 3 months consumption is charged to each account if the account holder has not held an active account with FortisBC within the past year.

The only way to waive this deposit charge is to have a satisfactory credit check.

Periodically, FortisBC may review customer accounts and make any necessary changes to security deposits. This could mean the addition or removal of a security deposit as well as the increase or decrease of an existing security deposit. These adjustments can be based on the payment history and/or the consumption at the premise.

An annual interest will be paid to the customer for deposits that are held on the account. Interest ceases to be payable upon termination or transfer of the deposit back to the account.

The deposit will be refunded to the registered customer upon termination of account or within two years of good payment history.

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Late Payment Charge:

Customers' accounts not paid by the due date printed on the bill shall be considered in arrears. A late payment charge of 1.5% (or such rates as may be amended in the Company's filed Tariff) will be assessed each month (compounded monthly 19.56% per annum) on all outstanding balances not paid by the due date.

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Customer Charge:

The customer charge is $23.74 which is applied to every 2 month billing period. If you are billed on a monthly basis, this customer charge is pro-rated to reflect how many days you are being billed for.

This charge recovers a portion of, among other things, the cost of assets that remain in place whether or not power is actually consumed. This includes not only readily visible things such as your transformer, meter and drop service, but also the distribution lines, transmission lines and substations which remain in place whether or not electricity is consumed. The charge also recovers a portion of costs of services such as billing and meter reading, which still occur even if power is not consumed.

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Disconnect/Reconnect Service At Pole:

The charge for the relocation of a service requiring a service change on the same building shall be $200.00 provided such work can be performed during normal working hours. The service entrance and meter box shall be in a location satisfactory to FortisBC.

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Disconnect/Reconnect Service At Meter:

The standard charge for a disconnection and subsequent reconnection of a meter at the meter location shall be $50.00 provided such work can be performed during normal working hours.

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Temporary Drop Service:

The charge for installing a temporary drop service of less than 30 meters over private property shall be $200.00 provided the temporary service can be converted to the permanent service at little additional cost. If this temporary drop service cannot be used to form the permanent service, and must be removed, the Customer shall pay for the cost of the installation and removal of the equipment used to supply the temporary service.

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Relocation Of Existing Service:

The charge for the relocating of a service requiring a service drop change on the same building shall be $200.00 provided such work can be performed during normal working hours. The service entrance and meter box shall be in a location satisfactory to the Company.

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Meter Access Charge:

If it is necessary for the company to install a remote metering device, a charge of $170.00 shall be levied.

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Charge For New Service/Construction Connection:

FortisBC will design an extension if need be and based on this design a one time contribution toward the cost of extension will be required.

All new service installations, construction, or increases in service size of existing service are applicable for connection fee charges. Please read the following and see the chart below.

(a) Residential Service, General Service, Lighting Type III and Irrigation Customers are required to provide their Electrical Inspection Permit for verification of the service size. Where customers supply their own transformation from the primary distribution voltage, the rate for Large General Service and Industrial Service will apply. The charge for the installation of a new or upgrading of an existing service is: SINGLE PHASE: $200.00 PLUS $3.00 per ampere above 100 amperes for single phase The service size of multi-unit buildings will be determined by the size of the main service. THREE PHASE: $200.00 PLUS $3.00 x 1.7 x Supply Voltage x Service Amperage 240

(b) Large General Service and Industrial $200.00. Where the Company is required to add additional facilities, a customer contribution may be required.

Table of Connection Fees

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