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
Submission Date:
October 5, 2012
Page 64
35.5 Provide the additional cost of including aggregation and calculation of usage data
for complex rate structures such as tier rates, TOU, CPP, and other conservation
rates.
All costs related to the ability to aggregate and calculate usage data for complex rate structures
are included in the CPCN Application estimate. For incremental costs related to implementing
future conservation rate structures, please refer to the Application (Exhibit B-1), section 6.5,
page 104.
Response:
35.5.1 Are the additional cost of including aggregation and calculation of usage
data for complex rate structures such as tier rates, TOU, CPP, and other
conservation rates included in the CPCN Application estimate?
Please refer to the response to BCUC IR1 Q35.5.
Response:
35.6 Provide the additional cost for supporting gas and/or water meter data streams.
There are no additional costs for supporting gas and/or water meter data streams.
36.0 Reference: Project Description
Response:
Exhibit No. B-1, Tab 4.0, Section 4.2.1, p. 53
Competitive Request For Proposal (RFP)
36.1 Why is Itron competitively tendering a RFP for meter deployment and not
FortisBC?
FortisBC believes there is benefit to having the meter deployment and the meter supply
contracts with the same vendor. This reduces the risk and project management effort for