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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 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 69.0 Reference: Project Costs and Benefits Response: Exhibit No. B-1, Tab 5.0, Section 5.2.3, p. 75 Submission Date: October 5, 2012 Page 155 69.1 Explain why the Smart Meter depreciation rate of five percent was based on a 20-year life when Toronto Hydro was based on a straight-line depreciation basis using a 15-year life and the economic useful life would be similar. The Company’s estimate of the economic useful life of the smart meters was based on the manufacturer’s recommendations. CENTRON OpenWay meters are designed to have a service life of 20 years. Accelerated life testing of CENTRON OpenWay meters suggests that the great majority of those meters will last to or beyond the 20-year design life. Included as Attachment BCUC IR1 69.1, is a document from Itron provide more detail regarding accelerated life testing. The Company also noted that BC Hydro used a 20-year life in their Smart Metering & Infrastructure Program Business Case and that FortisAlberta is using a 25 year life for their meters. Toronto Hydro used a 15 year life as directed by the Ontario Energy Board in their “Accounting Procedures Handbook Frequently Asked Questions” of December 2010. The complete quote is below and it notes that the 15 year useful life will apply until “the distributor presents an independent depreciation study and the Board accepts a different useful life as more appropriate.” As such it appears that even in the eyes of the Ontario Energy Board the question of useful life is not certain. The useful life of smart meters used for regulatory purposes in the rate setting process is 15 years. For regulatory accounting purposes, 15 years useful life on a straight-line basis is used to calculate and record depreciation of in-service smart meters recorded in Account 1555, and for the smart meters recorded in Account 1860, Meters, which were transferred from Account 1555 on disposition of the account balance. This applies until such time as the distributor presents an independent depreciation study and the Board accepts a different useful life as more appropriate. Please also refer to the response to BCUC IR1 Q89.5.
Corporate Headquarters 2111 North Molter Road Liberty Lake, WA 99019 www.itron.com Accelerated Life Testing Attachment BCUC IR1 69.1 Purpose The purpose of this document is to specify the procedures for conducting accelerated life testing at the Oconee electric meter manufacturing facility. Meter Life Expectancy Many meters will last beyond their 15 or 20 year life expectancy. Each stress test lasts the equivalent of the product lifespan. The tests show that the product must maintain a
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ASK E SOURCE | UCC-ASKES-53 | PUBLI
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FIGURE 1: Interest in billing optio
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FortisBC, Inc. KELOWNA, BRITISH COL
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TABLE OF CONTENTS PART I. INTRODUCT
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PART I. INTRODUCTION Appendix BCUC
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BASIS OF THE STUDY Depreciation. Th
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PART II. METHODS USED IN THE ESTIMA
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ESTIMATION OF SURVIVOR CURVES Survi
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Iowa Type Curves The range of survi
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aged property transactions, a sched
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TABLE 2. OTHER TRANSACTIONS FOR EAC
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Account 368.00 - Distribution Line
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CALCULATION OF ANNUAL AND ACCRUED A
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PART III. RESULTS OF STUDY Appendix
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percent surviving. The titles of th
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FORTISBC, INC. SCHEDULE 2. ESTIMATE
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FORRTISBC, INC. ACCOUNT 3330.10 - L
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FORTISBC, INC. ACCOUNT 330.10 - LAN
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FORTISBC, INC. ACCOUNT 331.00 - STR
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FORRTISBC, INC. ACCOUNT 332.00 - RE
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FORTISBC, INC. ACCOUNT 332.00 - RES
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FORTISBC, INC. ACCOUNT 335.00 - OTH
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FORTISBC, INC. ACCOUNT 353.00 - SUB
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FORTISBC, INC. ACCOUNT 355.00 - POL
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FORTISBC, INC. ACCOUNT 368.00 - LIN
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FORRTISBC, INC. ACCOUNT 3369.00 - S
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FORRTISBC, INC. ACCOUNT 370.00 - ME
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FORTISBC, INC. ACCOUNT 370.00 - MET
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FORTISBC, INC. ACCOUNT 371.00 - INS
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FORRTISBC, INC. ACCOUNNT 390.00 - S
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FORRTISBC, INC. ACCCOUNT 390.20 - O
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FORRTISBC, INC. ACCCOUNT 392.100 -
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FORRTISBC, INC. ACCCOUNT 392.200 -
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PART V. NET SALVAGE STATISTICS Appe
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FORTISBC, INC. ACCOUNT 335.00 - OTH
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FORTISBC, INC. ACCOUNT 391.00 - OFF
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FORTISBC, INC. ACCOUNT 391.20 - PC
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FORTISBC, INC. ACCOUNT 392.20 - HEA
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FORTISBC, INC. ACCOUNT 397.00 - COM
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Public Policy Sources is published
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Current public policy proposals emp
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Although there are a host of import
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Producing Marijuana in British Colu
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this amounts to about $10,000. 18 T
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ness that are not about business. I
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marijuana growing business is not t
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PUBLIC POLICY SOURCES, NUMBER 74 Ta
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depend upon the prices in the US an
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Why Does it Happen in British Colum
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er of days of the sentence. The sec
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have not changed anything else. We
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References Australian Institute for
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Appendices Appendix Table 1A Table
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While this formula is undoubtedly c
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Appendix F: The Demand for Marijuan
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LEDs in spotlight - Greenhouse Cana
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LEDs in spotlight - Greenhouse Cana
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I have also canvassed relevant acad
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some degree of regulation of the in
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adopt the provisions of the Act of
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