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

John Turner
Alternative Energy Solutions
(no questions)
Doug Tufts
Arvind Ramakrishhnan
Innovative Technologies
Q: Do programs have to be for upgrading?
: Solar can be for new or retrofit; hydronic, new; NGVs can be converted
Q: Why is there less money for TGVI?
a. Dollars is proportionally based on the # of customers we have on TGVI
Q: Referring to the City of Vancouver example, if I understand correctly, if solar is
required in regulation, then Terasen is not going to fund it, is that the position?
a. The new buildings just have to be solar ready (ie. Piping), but don’ t have to have the
solar system installed
b. Utilities cannot provide incentive if it is regulated
Discussion on free riders
Q: What about municipal regulations?
a. Utilities still might advance adoption of regulation but if customer had to put one
in, it would be hard to argue that utility incentive had any help with that.
b. Provincially, government is also trying to raise the bar to meet municipal
regulations and not have widely diverse buildings. It’s a whole market
transformation and not just in isolation.
c. Terasen can comment on municipal policies and how affect programs
Michelle Petrusevich
Structure and Overview of EEC report
(no questions)
Beth Ringdahl
Residential Programs
Scrap It Furnace – need to get stakeholder feedback on program and need to see what
market is like for mid-efficient furnaces
Switch ‘n’ Shrink – under Fuel Switching in the report. 70% of the participants are from
TGVI
Whole Home program – under joint initiatives in the report.
Hot water tank program – hard to get industry information, such as lit of eligible models
from manufacturers. Terasen would like to put on directory on the website of eligible
models.