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

3.0 Program process
All market participants
3.1 Applicant’s contractor or qualified professional
determines the capacity of the space-heating
plant, type of boiler (i.e., condensing or
near-condensing), capacity and number of boilers
required to meet the space-heating requirements
of the building.
3.2 Applicant completes Efficient Boiler Program
Application Form and submits it along with
required documentation (See Section 7.0) to
FortisBC.
3.3 FortisBC reviews application for completeness.
(i) If application is complete, FortisBC estimates
the incentive that is payable to the applicant.
(ii) If application is incomplete, FortisBC will ask
applicant for additional information.
(iii) If required documents are not completed
and submitted within one month of the
application date the application may
be cancelled.
3.4 Applicant receives a letter from FortisBC
stating whether the application was approved
or rejected. If approved, an estimate of the
incentive(s) payable to the applicant will be
attached to the letter.
3.5 Applicant purchases and installs the boiler
within 12 months from the date of approval
(provided in Section 3.4) by FortisBC.
3.6 Applicant submits required documentation to
FortisBC within one month of boiler installation.
(See Section 7.0 for documentation.)
3.7 FortisBC reviews documents for completeness.
(i) If all documents are in order and the
applicant has met all the requirements of
the program and the boiler capacity has not
changed from original application, FortisBC
issues a boiler incentive cheque to
the applicant.
(ii) If all documents are in order and the
applicant has met all the requirements of the
program, but the installed boiler capacity
and/or purchase price has changed since the
application was first submitted, FortisBC
recalculates the incentive and issues a cheque
for the revised boiler incentive.
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New construction market participants
3.8 The contribution of FortisBC to the engineering
fees required to estimate annual gas usage will
be included in the boiler incentive cheque issued
to the applicant.
Replacement market participants
3.9. The contributions of FortisBC to the contractor’s
cost to estimate the peak space-heating load, and
to the cost of the required venting upgrades, will
be included in the boiler incentive cheque issued
to the applicant.
3.10 FortisBC will send the reporting requirements
for the monitoring incentive and gas-saving
bonus to the applicant with the incentive cheque.
3.11 Applicant prepares the reports that are
required for the monitoring incentive and
gas-saving bonus.
3.12 Applicant submits the reports to FortisBC. One
report is submitted six months after boiler
installation; the second report is submitted 12
months after boiler installation.
3.13 FortisBC reviews the reports for completeness.
(i) If applicant meets the reporting
requirements, FortisBC calculates the
monitoring incentive and gas-saving bonus
and issues a cheque. Cheque is issued
after FortisBC receives the two complete
sequential six-month reports.
(ii) If applicant has not met the reporting
requirements, FortisBC advises applicant
that reporting requirements have not been
met and applicant does not qualify for
monitoring incentive and gas-saving bonus.