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 104
• PACA costs are the participant costs awarded by the Commission to intervenors with a
substantial interest in the proceeding;
• Legal costs are those costs incurred by Company counsel to review the application,
review information request responses, and represent the Company at the oral hearing,
and other participation in the regulatory process;
• Consultant and expert witness costs are required to retain consultants and expert
witnesses for the regulatory review of the application (including appearance at proposed
oral hearing);
• Travel, accommodation, and miscellaneous costs include those costs related to
attendance at the proposed community input sessions as well as the proposed oral
hearing, as well as various miscellaneous expenses;
• Printing and postage costs are related to the physical production (and mailing) of the
exhibits filed by the Company in the proceeding;
• Advertising costs are incurred to publish proceeding notifications, as directed by the
Commission, in print media;
• Oral hearing venue costs are related to the rental cost of the venue to be used for the
proposed oral hearing; and
• Commission costs are those costs incurred by BCUC staff, consultants, and
Commissioners to review the Company’s application.
Response:
50.2 Please separate the “Consultant” costs of $275 thousand per Table 5.1.1.a into
2007 AMI Application and 2012 AMI Application costs.
Please refer to Errata No. 1 for a correction to Table 5.1.1.a from Exhibit B-1.
The $423,000 shown for consultant costs are those specific to the 2012 AMI Application. The
total consultant costs for the 2007 AMI Application are $42,431 which are already included in
the total of $275,000 shown for the 2007 AMI Application.