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
54.0 Reference: Project Costs and Benefits
Response:
Exhibit B-1, Tab 5.0, Section 5.1
Theft Analytics
Submission Date:
October 5, 2012
Page 120
“Theft Detection - These costs are for additional metering required to detect losses on
the distribution system.” [Ref: B-1, p. 71]
Theft Analytics—A suite of software tools that support enhanced electricity network
modeling methods, as well as the business rules required to analyze measurement data
captured from new distribution system meters and the end-user advanced meters. [Ref:
B-1, App. C-4, p. 22 of 44]
54.1 Please expand on the distribution system metering to be installed on FortisBC’s
system, including the number, costs, and timing.
The proposed distribution metering system that enables the detection of electricity theft through
energy balancing consists of three types of meters:
• 300 permanent feeder meters at a unit cost of $2,500. This provides for one meter per
feeder phase as well as allowances for additional meters on high load feeders. These
meters will help analyse specific losses per feeder and enable the identification of
feeders with a high risk of energy theft.
• 225 transformer meters at a unit cost of $800. These meters will be deployed to strategic
areas of the targeted feeders to narrow the area of focus for the use of the portable