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

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FORTISBC ENERGY INC. AND FORTISBC ENERGY (VANCOUVER ISLAND) INC.<br />

<strong>2010</strong> ENERGY EFFICIENCY AND CONSERVATION ANNUAL REPORT<br />

initiatives. Specifically the CEC believes that item 14 of the NSA supports the fuelling and<br />

transportation services to be provided and that item 11 of the NSA supports the funding<br />

envelope for the Innovative technologies for <strong>2010</strong>-<strong>2011</strong>.<br />

The Companies agree with CEC’s characterization of the agreement.<br />

10.2.3.3 The Companies Have Adhered to the Principles Established<br />

By Commission Decisions with regard to the use of <strong>EEC</strong><br />

funds for Natural Gas Vehicles<br />

The Companies’ use of the <strong>EEC</strong> funding for the Innovative Technologies Program Area to<br />

develop NGV programs, subsequent to the RRA NSAs, has met the principles and framework<br />

established in the <strong>EEC</strong> Decision and further developed in the NSAs approved by Commission<br />

Orders G-141-09 and G-140-09, as described in Section 10.2.3.1.3 in terms of evaluation,<br />

oversight and accountability. The factors relevant to the evaluation, oversight and accountability<br />

are discussed below.<br />

10.2.3.3.1 Favourable TRC Ratio<br />

Pursuant to the approved NSAs, the Companies must manage the Innovative Technologies<br />

Program Area as a separate segment of the overall portfolio and the TRC ratio for this segment<br />

must have a weighted average TRC of 1.0 or more.<br />

The Innovative Technologies Program Area described in this <strong>Report</strong> has met this threshold with<br />

a weighted average TRC of 1.2. As summarized earlier, see Table 10-10 below for the<br />

Innovative Technologies Program Area TRC for <strong>2010</strong>.<br />

Table 10-10: Innovative Technologies Program Area TRC for <strong>2010</strong><br />

Program<br />

TRC<br />

<strong>FEI</strong> <strong>FEVI</strong><br />

Solar Water Heating PSECA Program 0.2 0.3<br />

Commercial NGV Demonstration Program 1.4 -<br />

Total<br />

The Commercial NGV Demonstration program has made a significant contribution to ensuring<br />

that the overall TRC for the Innovative Technologies portfolio has exceeded 1.0.<br />

10.2.3.3.2 GHG Emissions Reductions Benefits<br />

As the Commission recognized, the Innovative Technologies programs can be effective tools for<br />

achieving GHG emission reductions. Similar to the residential fuel-switching program, the<br />

Companies have tracked and demonstrated that the Commercial NGV Demonstration program<br />

creates GHG emissions reduction benefits. The NGVs incented in the <strong>2010</strong> Innovative<br />

SECTION 10: INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGIES PROGRAM AREA Page 215<br />

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