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
Submission Date:
October 5, 2012
Page 210
The NPV of the Net Benefit increases to $50.4 million as presented in the supporting analysis
provided as Electronic Attachment BCUC IR1 87.2.
Response:
87.2.8 Please recalculate the ‘NPV of net benefit’ assuming both the above two
scenarios occur (50 percent of marijuana grow operations diverting
electricity and being on average 50 percent larger than paying grow
operations).
FortisBC considers this scenario unlikely since FortisBC data does not currently support a 50%
theft ratio as further described in the response to BCUC IR1 Q87.2.6.
The NPV of the Net Benefit increases to $106 million as presented in the supporting analysis
provided as Electronic Attachment BCUC IR1 87.2.
Response:
87.2.9 Please recalculate the ‘NPV of net benefit’ for an alternative option where
only Phase 2 of the theft detection program is undertaken (purchase of
feeder, transformer and portable wireless meters plus the associated
annual operational expense), together with the minimum requirements of
Phase 1 required to enable Phase 2. Please specify Phase 1 minimum
requirements.
The minimum phase 1 requirement to enable phase 2 is the full implementation of AMI. As
such, the net benefit related to theft detection in this scenario is the same as presented in the
Application. Please also refer to the responses to BCUC IR1 Q82.4.2 and Q78.3.1.
Response:
87.3 Please describe how FortisBC is proposing to measure, evaluate and report the
actual versus forecast results of the AMI program as it relates to theft reduction
and revenue margin from paying marijuana grow operations.
Please see the response to BCUC IR1 Q56.3.