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 223
93.1 Since the enhanced meters have a very different sampling and replacement
profile from the existing electro-mechanical meters, why would the meter
exchange cost ever return to pre-AMI levels?
FortisBC submits that new meters, whether enhanced or not, will require increased sampling
frequency and compliance groups will require more samples to be removed from the population
under SS-06 than under the current regulations. As well, FortisBC’s current meter population is
composed of many small groups; and therefore has many more compliance groups than would
be optimal.
Under a full meter population replacement scenario, compliance group size would be optimized
and group size would increase accordingly. Though each compliance group would have more
samples pulled, more often; there would be fewer sample groups.
94.0 Reference: Project Costs and Benefits
Response:
Exhibit B-1, Tab 5.0, Section 5.3.4, p. 5.2.4
Composite CCA Rate
94.1 Please provide the calculation of the composite CCA rate of 5.22 percent using
the following table as a guideline.
The Company has determined that the calculation of the composite CCA rate did not include an
allocation for the PST component. The composite CCA rate was therefore understated by 0.52