FortisBC Inc. (FortisBC) Application for a Certificate of Public ...

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FortisBC Inc. (FortisBC or the Company)
Application for a Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity
for the Advanced Metering Infrastructure Project
Response to British Columbia Utilities Commission (BCUC or the Commission)
Information Request (IR) No. 1
Submission Date:
October 5, 2012
Page 103
In order to address this concern FortisBC consulted experts (such as Util-Assist, Navigant, and
Exponent), and employed two RFP processes to identify the AMI solution presented in this 2012
AMI CPCN Application. Ultimately, FortisBC selected Itron Canada as the vendor for the major
components of the AMI Project, and negotiated a firm contract for a substantial portion of project
costs. Finally, FortisBC ensured that a comprehensive consultation process was followed in
order to ensure that the Company understood its Stakeholders views on AMI.
All of these activities required significantly more time, and internal resources (in addition to the
external resources noted above) than did the 2007 AMI Application.
Response:
50.1.2 Please list and describe the cost categories that are included in the
forecast regulatory costs of $2,660 thousand and provide the cost
allocation for each category identified.
Please refer to Errata No. 1 which provides a correction to the amount of forecast regulatory
costs presented in Table 5.1.1.a, which should have read $2.0 million. The cost categories (and
allocations) included in the estimated regulatory costs are as follows:
Cost Category
Allocation
($000s)
PACA 500
Legal 800
Consultant and Expert
Witnesses
200
Travel, accommodation, and
miscellaneous
15
Printing and Postage 20
Advertising 50
Oral Hearing Venue 15
Commission Costs 400
Total 2,000
FortisBC notes that depending on the length and nature of the Commission’s review process for
the Company’s AMI Application, the actual regulatory costs incurred could be higher or lower
than currently forecast.
Details of the line items in the table: