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
15.2 Provide a ranking of non-customer benefits and the value of each.
Submission Date:
October 5, 2012
Page 30
FortisBC does not know what types of benefits the Commission considers to be non-customer.
16.0 Reference: Project Need
Response:
Exhibit B-1, Tab 3.0, Section 3.2.5
Conservation Rate Structures
“As part of its 2012 Long Term Resource Plan, FortisBC has included estimated savings
of 2.3 GWh beginning in 2015 and increasing to 8.9 GWh by 2025 related to the
behavioural changes enabled by the FortisBC online web portal.” [Ref: B-1, p.32]
16.1 Please provide the total dollar value of these estimated savings from 2015 to
2032, and the dollar value by each of the years from 2015 to 2032.
The figures provided in the application were incorrect, and the estimated customer information
portal savings range from 2.2 in 2015 to 5.3 GWh in 2025.. The corrected customer information
portal savings, by year, and the dollar value of each is shown in the following table. The
incorrect figures do not affect the application as the customer information portal benefits were
not factored in (please see the response to BCUC IR1 Q16.2 response).