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
transportation costs, and delay GHG emissions reductions in BC. These delays could
potentially derail NGV initiatives (and its associated benefits) completely if fleet operators
adopt conventional or viable alternative technologies.
4. The Companies’ position for why we believe we have approvals to use EEC funds for NGVs
is contained below and this makes for an efficient and less costly process to resolve this
issue for all parties involved.
The Companies have support from key stakeholders for the quick resolution of this uncertainty
resulting from the Commission’s interim order on Waste Management, and the re-initiation of
NGV incentive programs. As a result of a recent EEC Stakeholder Group held March 15, 2011,
FEI has received letters from multiple members of the Stakeholders Group supporting FEI has
followed the established process in the use of EEC funding (Please see Appendix F for copies
of these letters). The Companies thus submit that the necessary information is now available to
address this issue in a meaningful way.
10.2.3 RELEVANT COMMISSION APPROVALS
There have been a number of regulatory events that led up to the Companies providing NGV
funding. In this section the Companies outline the key aspects of past Commission orders that
support NGV funding. As explained in detail below, FEI believes that the use of Innovative
Technologies Program Area EEC funding for NGV initiatives is consistent with previous
Commission decisions (Orders G-36-09, G-141-09, and G-140-09), and that FEI has been open
and transparent with stakeholders about EEC activities and expenditures, including the use of
EEC incentives for NGV.
The following diagram summarizes the sequence of regulatory proceedings and events that
touch on EEC funding.
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