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 258
from the inclining block rate without changing behaviour, and a certain amount would be
expected under a TOU rate as well.
The Company does not expect however that bill savings would be “significant”. Using the
assumptions provided in the responses to BCUC IR1 Q107.4, and the current RCR rate, (also
revenue neutral to the 2012 flat rate), the savings attributed to a customer moving from RCR to
TOU with no change in behaviour (assumed 40 percent consumption is on-peak) is shown in
the table below.
In order to minimize free-ridership, eligibility for the TOU rate could be contingent upon
customers using a certain percentage of power during off-peak hours, however, the Company
views this as administratively burdensome and a disincentive to enrollment on the rate.