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
Table BCUC IR1 Q56.3 – Financial Benefit Realization
Benefit Description Monitoring Plan
Meter reading cost
Theft reduction
Remote disconnect/reconnect
Measurement Canada
compliance
Meter exchanges
Contact centre
Submission Date:
October 5, 2012
Page 128
Compare actual meter reading expenses to the forecast on Line 47 of
the Gross AMI worksheet filed as part of Exhibit B-3
Compare actual number of theft sites identified to the number of theft
sites forecast on Row 26 of the Theft Reduction worksheet filed as part
of Exhibit B-3
Compare actual revenue recovered from theft sites to the revenue
forecast on Row 29 of the Theft Reduction worksheet filed as part of
Exhibit B-3
Compare cost of manual disconnects and reconnects to the forecast
on Line 48 of the Gross AMI worksheet filed as part of Exhibit B-3
Monitor whether 100% of electromechanical and small-batch digital
meters are replaced with AMI meters.
Compare actual Measurement Canada-related compliance meter
exchange expenses to the forecast on Line 49 of the Gross AMI
worksheet filed as part of Exhibit B-3
Monitor whether the Contact Centre needs to manually enter any soft
reads into the billing system once the AMI project is complete.
FortisBC proposes to report on the above items annually to the BCUC for a period of five years
once the AMI project is complete.
Response:
56.3.1 How does FortisBC propose to monitor benefit realization?
Please see the response to BCUC IR1 Q56.3.
Response:
56.4 As the project may cause a transfer of economic benefits from consumers to
electricity businesses, please provide a separation of the economic benefits and
amounts in table format by customers and others and how these benefits could
be passed on to the ratepayers.