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Response:
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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
- Telecom engineer
- Revenue protection analysis team
- Other
Table BCUC IR1 Q58.1.3
Submission Date:
October 5, 2012
Page 134
2013 2014 2015
2016 2017
2018 2019
STAFF
$000s
Business Analyst $ - $ - $ 154 $ 157 $ 167 $ 170 $
136
Technical Analyst $ - $ 89 $ 180 $ 184 $ 187 $ 190 $
194
System Analyst $ - $ 83 $ 168 $ 171 $ 175 $ 178 $
181
Communications Technician $ - $ 118 $ 120 $ 122 $ 125 $ 127 $
129
Telecom Engineer Resource $ - $ - $ 88 $ 89 $ 91 $ 92 $
94
Revenue Protection Analyst $ - $ 118 $ 241 $ 245 $ 249 $ 254 $
258
Total Staffing Costs $ - $ 408 $ 951 $ 969 $ 994 $ 1,012 $
992
2020 2021
2022 2023 2024
2025
2026
STAFF
$000s
Business Analyst $ 135 $ 134 $ 133 $ 132 $ 131 $ 130 $
128
Technical Analyst $ 197 $ 201 $ 204 $ 208 $ 212 $ 216 $
220
System Analyst $ 184 $ 187 $ 191 $ 194 $ 198 $ 201 $
205
Communications Technician $ 132 $ 134 $ 136 $ 139 $ 141 $ 144 $
146
Telecom Engineer Resource $ 96 $ 98 $ 99 $ 101 $ 103 $ 105 $
107
Revenue Protection Analyst $ 263 $ 268 $ 273 $ 277 $ 282 $ 288 $
293
Total Staffing Costs $ 1,006 $ 1,021 $ 1,036 $ 1,051 $ 1,067 $ 1,083 $ 1,099
2027 2028 2029 2030
2031 2032
STAFF
$000s
Business Analyst $ 127 $ 126 $ 125 $ 124 $ 123 $
121
Technical Analyst $ 223 $ 228 $ 232 $ 236 $ 240 $
244
System Analyst $ 209 $ 212 $ 216 $ 220 $ 224 $
228
Communications Technician $ 149 $ 152 $ 154 $ 157 $ 160 $
163
Telecom Engineer Resource $ 109 $ 111 $ 112 $ 115 $ 117 $
119
Revenue Protection Analyst $ 298 $ 303 $ 309 $ 314 $ 320 $
326
Total Staffing Costs $ 1,115 $ 1,132 $ 1,149 $ 1,166 $ 1,183 $
1,201
58.1.4 Please discuss if consideration was given to incremental operating costs
that could be incurred during the implementation phase of the AMI project
between 2013 and 2015. Commission staff note that the incremental
operating costs are nil in 2013 and $875 thousand in 2014, compared to
$1,529 thousand in 2015 and $1,556 thousand in 2016 (per Exhibit B-3,
tab “Net AMI” Line No. 46).
New AMI-related operating costs are forecast to occur when the portions of proposed AMI
system that they are supporting become functional. 2013 is largely the design phase of the