FEI-FEVI 2010 EEC Report filed March 31, 2011 - FortisBC

FORTISBC ENERGY INC. AND FORTISBC ENERGY (VANCOUVER ISLAND) INC.
2010 ENERGY EFFICIENCY AND CONSERVATION ANNUAL REPORT
• Replace existing low efficiency systems with innovative technologies to capture energy
savings associated with reducing the overall consumption of natural gas and reduce
GHG emissions and other air contaminants;
• Engage the trades community and manufacturers by supporting new, energy efficient
technologies and installation protocols;
• Educate residential, commercial, and industrial customers about the advantages of
innovative technologies and provide incentives for their adoption when necessary. The
education channel may include demonstration projects as well as partner collaborations;
and
• Develop cost effective programs within the Innovative Technologies Program Area to
achieve a TRC ratio of greater than 1.0.
Objectives specific to the Commercial NGV Demonstration program focus on:
• Displacing diesel fuel consumption in the heavy duty transportation sector and replacing
it with low carbon natural gas; and
• Reducing upfront capital cost barriers of NGVs for heavy duty trucking fleet operators to
encourage the use of LNG and CNG as a transportation fuel.
10.1.1.6 Innovative Technologies Program Area Summary Status
Program descriptions for each of the Companies’ Innovative Technologies Program Area
offerings follow below. This table provides an overview of the innovative technology incentive
programs, indicating which programs were completed in 2010, which programs remain active
moving into 2011, and which programs are currently under development.
As can be seen in Table 10-1 below, the strong TRC result for the Commercial NGV
demonstration program balances the lower TRC results for some of the other, pilot programs.
Lower TRC results can be expected for many of the Innovative Technologies initiatives,
reflecting the relatively high incremental cost for these initiatives which in turn is due to the low
market penetration of the technologies at which the initiatives are aimed.
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