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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
Submission Date:
October 5, 2012
Page 58
33.1 Please provide the estimated FortisBC costs to read the one percent of meters
that will continue to be manually read, and compare that cost to the average unit
cost of all FortisBC meter reads today.
Please see the tables below.
Table BCUC IR1 Q33.1a
Status Quo
Total Meter Reading (actual)
2008 2009 2010 2011
Expenses $ 2,144,730 $ 2,107,488 $ 2,232,238 $ 2,430,213
Total Status Quo Meter Reading
(forecast) Expenses
Total AMI Meter Reading
(forecast) Expenses
2012 2013 2014 2015
$ 2,473,957 $ 2,518,488 $ 2,684,354 $ 2,732,672
2016 2017 2018 2019
$ 2,781,860 $ 2,959,094 $ 3,012,357 $ 3,066,580
2020 2021 2022 2023
$ 3,255,929 $ 3,314,536 $ 3,374,197 $ 3,576,459
2024 2025 2026 2027
$ 3,640,835 $ 3,706,370 $ 3,922,391 $ 3,992,994
2028 2029 2030 2031
$ 4,064,868 $ 4,295,551 $ 4,372,871 $ 4,451,583
$
2032
4,697,886
2016 2017 2018 2019
$ 237,728 $ 246,279 $ 255,079 $ 263,992
2020 2021 2022 2023
$ 273,154 $ 282,543 $ 292,121 $ 302,016
2024 2025 2026 2027
$ 312,131 $ 322,468 $ 333,031 $ 343,861
2028 2029 2030 2031
$ 354,944 $ 366,234 $ 382,172 $ 394,081
$
2032
406,261