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)
12.0 Reference: Project Need
Response:
Information Request (IR) No. 1
Exhibit No. B-1, Tab 3.0, Section 3.2.3, pp. 25-29
Smart Grid Vision
Submission Date:
October 5, 2012
Page 24
12.1 Provide the actual cost of the Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA)
systems.
The FortisBC SCADA system was first installed in 1988 and underwent major upgrades in 1998
and 2007. Due to the passage of time, there is very limited cost information available for the
1988 and 1998 installations. FortisBC would estimate the total costs of the initial SCADA system
installation and the upgrades since that time as being approximately $1 to $2 Million. Note that
this does not include any associated infrastructure costs for the System Control Centre building
(which houses the SCADA hardware and associated operating personnel). Nor does it include
the costs of the field hardware and communications systems necessary needed to support the
SCADA system. These latter costs have been included in the sustaining and growth capital
projects completed over the years and separating out the costs would be very difficult.
Response:
12.2 Provide the actual cost of the Distribution Substation Automation Program
(DSAP).
The Distribution Substation Automation Program was completed in 2012 at an actual cost of
$6.747 million (inclusive of salvage).