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

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Response:
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 132
2020 2021
2022 2023 2024
2025
2026
1 STAFF
$000s
Total Staffing Costs 1,006
1,021
1,036
1,051
1,067
1,083
1,099
2 SOFTWARE LICENSING / SUPPORT COSTS
Total Licensing Costs 251
256
260
265
270
275
280
3 WAN Technologies
Total WAN Costs 266
270
275
279
283
288
293
4 HARDWARE
Total Hardware Costs 57
57
57
57
57
57
57
5 OPERATIONAL COSTS
Total Operational Costs 48
49
50
51
51
52
53
Total Ongoing O&M Costs for AMI System 1,628
1,653
1,677
1,703
1,728
1,754
1,781
2027 2028 2029 2030
1 STAFF
$000s
Total Staffing Costs 1,115
1,132
1,149
1,166
2 SOFTWARE LICENSING / SUPPORT COSTS
Total Licensing Costs 285
290
295
300
3 WAN Technologies
Total WAN Costs 297
302
307
312
4 HARDWARE
Total Hardware Costs 57
57
57
57
5 OPERATIONAL COSTS
Total Operational Costs 54
55
56
57
Total Ongoing O&M Costs for AMI System 1,808
1,836
1,864
1,892
2031 2032
58.1.1 For each category included in the table above, please provide a
description of the costs included in the category.
Staff includes the Business, Technical and Systems Analysts, the Communication Technician,
Telecom Engineer and Revenue Protection personnel. These are based upon FortisBC
experience and inflated at 1.8 percent per year.
Software Licensing and Support includes the Itron software (including MDMS, HES, NMS and
security) plus the data management software. These are largely contracted fixed price and
inflated at 1.8 percent per year.
WAN includes the estimate of WAN operating costs for the preliminary WAN, as described in
Section 4.1.3 of the CPCN, and is inflated at 1.8 percent per year.
Hardware is inclusive of the system hardware and servers and the storage area network (SAN),
inflated at 1.8 percent per year.
Operational costs include the annual security audits, which are based upon FortisBC
experience, and inflated at 1.8 percent per year.
1,183
306
317
57
58
1,921
1,201
311
322
57
59
1,951