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 242
FortisBC suggests in Section 6.0 of the Application that it may apply for a pre-pay rate structure
in 2015. If the rates were to come into effect in 2017, Table 6.5a would be updated as follows:
Table BCUC IR1 104.1 – 2017 Conservation Rate Structures
Participation
Rate
Per
Participant
Savings
(Capacity)
Incremental
to RIB
Per
Participant
Savings
(Energy)
Incremental
to RIB
2017 Power
Purchase
Savings
($000)s
2020 Power
Purchase
Savings
($000)s
2030 Power
Purchase
Savings
($000)s
TOU 20% 10.50% 3.60% $901 $959 $1,216
CPP 20% 9.50% 0.00% $127 $158 $308
Pre-Pay 8% 5.30% 9.80% $677 $705 $818
105.0 Reference: Project Alternatives Considered
Response:
Exhibit B-1, Tab 7
Exhibit B-2, FortisBC 2008 AMI CPCN, Q17.3.5, p.53
New Alternative – Phased Implementation of Advanced Meters
“Changes to National Policy (E-26), “Reverification Periods for Electricity Meters and
Metering Installations”, issued September 15, 2004 by Measurement Canada, will result
in increased frequency of mechanical demand meter exchanges. The proposed
regulation will require that 100 percent of mechanical demand meters be exchanged
every four years.”
[Ref: B-2, FortisBC 2008 AMI, Q17.3.5, p.53]
105.1 Please confirm the replacement rate for the existing electro-mechanical meters
used by FortisBC. Specifically, if FortisBC was to replace the existing electromechanical
meters with advanced meters, by what date would the system be
essentially advanced metering?
Please refer to the response to BCUC IR1 Q55.3 for a table detailing the replacement rate for
electro-mechanical meters due to the new SS-06 regulations. The total exchange would take a
maximum of 21 years if the Company chose to manage the electro-mechanical population until
the end of life, though compliance testing would become more expensive and difficult as time
goes on.