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)
Figure 2
Information Request (IR) No. 1
Submission Date:
October 5, 2012
Page 295
121.4 Please provide FortisBC’s AMI IT/OT block diagram similar to the above and
provide the capex and opex costs for what is referred to as Middleware
Enterprise and the application elements on the right-hand side that may be
included in the FortisBC vision.
The block diagram does not reflect the AMI solution architecture being proposed by FortisBC.
Please refer to the CPCN Application, Appendix B-3, Figure 10, which more closely reflects the
AMI solution architecture being proposed by FortisBC.
The capital costs relating to the enterprise application integration middleware are identified in
the responses to BCUC IR1 Q114.2 and Q114.5.
Operating costs are included in the New Operating Costs shown on Line 46 of the Gross AMI
spreadsheet that is part of Exhibit B-3.
Sustaining capital costs are included in the IT Hardware, Licencing, and Support Costs shown
on Line 32 of the Gross AMI spreadsheet that is part of Exhibit B-3.