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[CB-CDA 2023-020]
ORDER OF THE BOARD
Proceeding: Re:Sound Tariff 5.A to 5.J – Live Events (2016-2020)
April 18, 2023
[1] As a means to manage more efficiently its current backlog, the Board has decided to prioritize the approval of proposed tariffs with effective periods prior to 2019; and to consider, when and if appropriate, consolidating the examination of such proposed tariffs with more recent proposed tariffs covering the same activities.
[2] To this end, the Board requires additional information from Parties currently engaged in settlement discussions.
[3] In March 2018, Re:Sound advised the Board that it had initiated settlement discussions with the objectors to the Re:Sound Tariff 5.A to 5.J (2016-2020) proposed tariff. As per Notice CB-CDA 2018-193, Re:Sound has been filing monthly reports on the status of its negotiations since November 2018. A proposed tariff has subsequently been filed by Re:Sound for the years 2021-2025.
[4] As such, Re:Sound shall provide the following information, by Wednesday, May 10, 2023, at the latest:
a. A progress report on the negotiations for the 2016-2020 period for each of the 10 parts of the proposed tariff (parts A-J), including which objectors are involved, in which part, and at which stage (e.g. initial discussions, identification of issues, terms of settlement, agreement in principle, etc.);
b. Whether Re:Sound has entered into negotiation with objectors to the 2021-2025 proposed tariff and whether it believes the 2021-2025 period will be part of its agreement(s);
c. Estimated timeline(s) of the next steps required to conclude the negotiations for each part of the proposed tariff, including a potential date of filing any jointly-submitted text(s) with the Board.
[5] Additionally, this order varies Notices CB-CDA 2018-193 and CB-CDA 2018-211: monthly reports are hereby no longer required. The Board will advise Parties of new reporting requirements in due time, based on the information provided in response to this Order.
Lara Taylor
Secretary General