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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
• 745 PCs (combination of desktops & laptops)
• 152 virtual desktops
• 146 Virtual Machines -Windows servers/UNIX UNIX
• 53 physical machines - Windows/AIX/VM Host
• 218 - switches/routers/firewalls/wireless access points/
• 745 - laptops and desktops
• 152 - virtual desktops
• 655 – Active Domain users/contractors
Additional systems and servers by the AMI Project:
• 271 - new networking devices (switches, routers, security appliances, etc)
• 115,000 metering endpoints
• 18 Virtual Machines - Windows servers/UNIX
• 8 physical machines - VM Host
62.0 Reference: Project Costs and Benefits
Response:
Exhibit B-1, Tab 5.0, Section 5.1.2, p. 74
New Staffing – System Analysts
Submission Date:
October 5, 2012
Page 148
For staffing, FortisBC has anticipated adding an additional 9.5 FTEs to support the AMI
system and new processes. The breakdown of these resources is as follows:
• System Analyst – two additional resources required for the day to day support of
AMI software applications, including planning and implementing upgrades as well as
developing and testing new enhancements for the new applications;
62.1 Please detail the number of existing FortisBC IT resources, including staff,
contractors and consultants, that deal with software applications, including
planning and implementing upgrades as well as developing and testing new
enhancements for applications.
There are 11 IT internal application resources:
• Database administrators / Basis / SAP security - 3 resources.
• Customer Information System (CIS) - 2 resources.
• Geographical Information System (GIS) - 2 resources.
• SAP - 2 resources.
• Mandatory Reliability Standards - 1 resource.