FortisBC Inc. (electric)

FortisBC Inc. - Cost-based Revenue Requirements for test year 2005 and application for interim rates effective January 1, 2005 ~ Project No. 3698380

Completed: 2005

Hearing and Other Documents

Title Document Description
* Exhibit List Updated: April 14, 2005 ~ 9:00 a.m.
* Order No. G-52-05 and Decision

Arguments/Submissions

Title Document Description
FortisBC Inc. FortisBC Argument dated April, 15 2005
Natural Resource Industries
Interior Municipal Electric Utilities Interior Municipal Electric Utilities Argument dated April 21, 2005
Wait, Alan Argument of Alan Wait dated April 23, 2005
Kootenay-Okanagan Electric Consumers Association Argument dated April 22, 2005 from the Kootenay-Okanagan Electric Consumers Association
BC Old Age Pensioners Organization BCOAPO Argument dated April 22, 2005
FortisBC Inc. - Reply Argument Letter dated April 29, 2005 with Reply Argument of FortisBC Inc.

Exhibits

A Exhibits - BCUC Documents

Date Title Document Description
December 14, 2004 A-1 Letter dated December 14, 2004 and Order No. G-111-04 approving an interim rate increase effective January 1, 2005 and establishing the Regulatory Timetable for the review process
January 14, 2005 A-2 Letter dated December 18, 2005 providing information for the FortisBC Workshops and Pre-hearing Conference proceedings
January 20, 2005 A-3 Letter dated December 20, 2005 advising Participants that issues to be included on the Issues List will be discussed at the Pre-hearing Conference
January 24, 2005 A-4 Letter dated January 24, 2005 releasing Order No. G-14-05, the Issues List and the Amended Regulatory Timetable
January 28, 2005 A-5 Letter dated January 19, 2005 responding to Mr. Karow’s January 9, 2005 submission (Exhibit C2-4)
January 28, 2005 A-6 Letter No. L-9-05 dated January 28, 2005 denying Fortis BC’s request for a Negotiated Settlement Process
January 28, 2005 A-7 Letter and Commission Information Request No. 1 dated January 28, 2005
February 03, 2005 A-8 Letter dated February 2, 2005 regarding Helmut Wartenberg’s Information Request (Exhibit No. C8-3) to the Commission
February 03, 2005 A-9 Letter dated February 2, 2005 declining Mr. Karow’s January 24, 2005 request to postpone the regulatory timetable and to post the Curriculum Vitae of Commission Board members and staff on the web (Exhibit No. C2-5)
February 22, 2005 A-10 Letter dated February 17, 2005 responding to Mr. Scarlett's letter of January 26, 2005 commenting on FortisBC’s eligibility for the 2004 Incentive Payment
February 22, 2005 A-11 Letter and Order No. G-20-05 dated February 22, 2005 regarding the 2004 Incentive Adjustments
February 24, 2005 A-12 Letter dated February 24, 2005 regarding the Oral Public Hearing location and start time
March 03, 2005 A-13 Letter and Commission Information Request No. 1 to the BC Old Age Pensioners Organization et al dated March 3, 2005
March 11, 2005 A-14 Letter to Registered Intervenors dated March 11, 2005 regarding whether they are supportive of the FortisBC Demand Side Management Technical Committee and the Load Forecast Technical Committee recommendations (Exhibit B-17 and B-18) with request to respond by March 16, 2005
March 16, 2005 A-15 Public Hearing Procedural Letter dated March 16, 2005
March 17, 2005 A-16 Letter dated March 17, 2005 accepting the recommendations of the Demand Side Management and Load Forecast Committees that there is no need to call hearing panels in the respective subject areas
March 18, 2005 A-17 Letter dated March 17, 2005 responding to Mr. Karow’s e-mail of March 17, 2005 regarding Information Requests
March 24, 2005 A-18 Chart from FortisBC 2005 Revenue Requirements – Operations and Maintenance Costs (before Overheads capitalized)

B Exhibits - Applicant Documents

Date Title Document Description
November 26, 2004 B-1 FortisBC 2005 Revenue Requirements Application dated November 26, 2004
November 26, 2004 B-2 FortisBC 2005 Revenue Requirements Application - 2005-2024 System Development Plan submitted November 26, 2004
December 20, 2004 B-3 Notice of Counsel retainment dated December 16, 2004 from Dean O’Leary Farris, Vaughn, Wills & Murphy
December 21, 2004 B-4 Letter dated December 21, 2004 filing the 2005 Resource Plan (including Appendix D)
January 28, 2005 B-5 January 20, 2005 Workshop Presentation - 2005 Resource Plan
January 28, 2005 B-6 January 18 and 20, 2005 Workshop Presentation – System Development Plan (SDP) 2005-2024 -- 22MB zipped file
January 28, 2005 B-7 January 21, 2005 Workshop Presentation – 2005 Revenue Requirements -- 17MB zipped file
January 28, 2005 B-8 Letter dated January 27, 2004 requesting a revision to the Timetable and process for disposing of the Application
February 02, 2005 B-9 Letter dated January 31, 2005 replying to comments regarding the 2004 Incentive Program
February 09, 2005 B-10 Letter dated February 8, 2005 regarding Technical Committees
February 11, 2005 B-11 2004 Annual Review Powerpoint presentation dated January 20, 2005
February 18, 2005 B-12 Response dated February 18, 2005 to Commission Information Request No. 1 - (Note: Question 104 response includes attachment with original confidential report from PowerNex Associates Inc. for which FortisBC Inc. has provided authorization to now release as non-confidential)
February 18, 2005 B-12A Excel spreadsheet files from Exhibit B-12
February 21, 2005 B-13 Response dated February 18, 2005 to The BC Old Age Pensioners Organization et al. Information Request No. 1
February 21, 2005 B-14 Responses dated February 18, 2005 to Information Request No. 1 from the following: IMEU Hans Karow Kootenay-Okanagan Electric Consumers Association Natural Resource Industries Alan Wait Helmut Wartenberg
February 24, 2005 B-15 Letter dated February 24, 2005 requesting that FortisBC Inc. be exempted from the requirement of filing the March 1, 2005 report on transition activities
March 04, 2005 B-16 Letter and Information Request No. 1 dated March 4, 2005 to the BC Old Age Pensioners Organization
March 09, 2005 B-17 Letter dated March 9, 2005 and Report of the Demand Side Management Technical Committee
March 09, 2005 B-18 Letter dated March 9, 2005 and Report of the Load Forecast Technical Committee
March 10, 2005 B-19 Letter dated March 10, 2005 and revisions to 2005 Revenue Requirements Application
March 11, 2005 B-20 Letter dated March 11, 2005 and Report of the Capital Additions Technical Committee
March 11, 2005 B-21 Letter dated March 11, 2005 and Report of the Power Purchase Technical Committee
March 15, 2005 B-22 Letter and Witness Panels dated March 16, 2005
March 15, 2005 B-23 Letter dated March 15, 2005 and the FortisBC Semi-Annual Demand Side Management Report in response to Commission Information Request 111
March 18, 2005 B-24 Letter dated March 18, 2005 filing Errata to FortisBC’s Information Responses filed February 18, 2005 (Exhibit B-14)
March 18, 2005 B-24A Final Errata Page – Response to Karow Information Request No. 1
March 18, 2005 B-25 Letter dated March 18, 2005 filing a Revised 2005 Revenue Requirements Application (“Second Revised Application”)
March 22, 2005 B-26 Letter dated March 22, 2005 filing a Revised 2005 Revenue Requirements Application (“Third Revised Application”)
March 22, 2005 B-27 Undertaking: Panel 2 – Transcript Page 134, lines 22-26
March 22, 2005 B-28 Undertaking: Panel 2 – Transcript Page 152, lines 20-26
March 22, 2005 B-29 Undertaking: Panel 2 – Transcript Page 168, lines 6-8
March 22, 2005 B-30 Undertaking: Panel 2 – Transcript Page 182, lines 12-15
March 22, 2005 B-31 Undertaking: Panel 2 – Transcript Page 183, lines 4-5
March 22, 2005 B-32 Undertaking: Panel 2 – Transcript Page 187, lines 9-21
March 22, 2005 B-33 Undertaking: Panel 3 – Transcript Page 205, line 5 to Page 206, line 24
March 22, 2005 B-34 Undertaking: Panel 3 – Transcript Page 208, lines 1-22
March 22, 2005 B-35 Undertaking: Panel 3 –Transcript Page 218, lines 8-26 and Page 219, lines 1-25
March 22, 2005 B-36 Undertaking: Panel 3 – Transcript Page 219, lines 16 and 17
March 23, 2005 B-37 Corrected version of Exhibit C5-9
March 23, 2005 B-38 Undertaking: Panel 3 – Transcript Page 306, lines 25-26, and Page 307, lines 1-3
March 23, 2005 B-39 Undertaking: Panel 3 – Transcript Page 309, lines 13-15
March 23, 2005 B-40 Undertaking: Panel 3 – Transcript Page 312, lines 13-16
March 23, 2005 B-41 Undertaking: Panel 3 – Transcript Page 313, lines 12-14 and lines 17-18
March 23, 2005 B-42 Undertaking: Panel 3 – Transcript Page 318, lines 1-3
March 23, 2005 B-43 Undertaking: Panel 3 – Transcript Page 322, lines 22-25
March 23, 2005 B-44 Undertaking: Panel 3 – Transcript Page 325, lines 25-26
March 23, 2005 B-45 Undertaking: Panel 3 – Transcript Page 327, lines 3-4
March 23, 2005 B-46 Undertaking: Panel 3 – Transcript Page 374, lines 15-22
March 23, 2005 B-47 Undertaking: Panel 3 – Transcript Page 376, lines 13-26, and Page 377, lines 1-5
March 23, 2005 B-48 Undertaking: Panel – Transcript Page 385, lines 24-26, and Page 386, lines 1-2
March 23, 2005 B-49 Undertaking: Panel 3 – Transcript Page 393, lines 10-14
March 23, 2005 B-50 Undertaking: Panel 4 – Transcript Page 437, lines 24-26
March 23, 2005 B-51 Undertaking: Panel 4 – Transcript Page 445, lines 1-7
March 23, 2005 B-52 Undertaking: Panel 4 – Transcript Page 493, line 26, and Page 494, lines 1-3
March 23, 2005 B-53 Undertaking: Panel 6 – Transcript Page 512, lines 23-26, and Page 513, lines 1-8
March 23, 2005 B-54 FortisBC Management Discussion and Analysis dated February 3, 2005 regarding Three Months and Twelve Months Ended December 31, 2004 compared to Three Months and Twelve Months Ended December 31, 2003
March 23, 2005 B-55 Booth Evidence – Recalculation of Interest Coverage Ratios (Summary)
March 23, 2005 B-56 Evidence, dated June 1996, of Laurence D. Booth and Michael K. Berkowitz on Capital Structure and Fair Return before the Alberta Energy and Utilities Board in the Alberta Electric Utilities 1996 Tariff Applications
March 23, 2005 B-57 Excerpt, dated April 13, 1994, from Volume 7, Page 1183 of the BC Gas Utility Ltd., West Kootenay Power Ltd., and Pacific Northern Gas hearing process on the Rates of Return on Common Equity
March 23, 2005 B-58 Excerpt from FortisAlberta & FortisBC – British Columbia – Your Bill (Bill Insert)
March 24, 2005 B-59 Undertaking: Panel 4 – Transcript Page 493, line 26, and Page 494, lines 1-3, and Page 495, lines 8-10
March 24, 2005 B-60 Undertaking: Panel 5 – Transcript Page 668, lines 20-23
March 24, 2005 B-61 Undertaking: Panel 5 – Transcript Page 673, lines 14-15
April 06, 2005 B-62 Undertaking 29: Panel 6 - Transcript Page 819, lines 16-20
April 06, 2005 B-63 Undertaking 30: Panel 6 - Transcript Page 820, lines 14-18
April 06, 2005 B-64 Undertaking 31: Panel 6 - Transcript Page 821, lines 25-26, and Page 822, line 1
April 06, 2005 B-65 Undertaking 32: Panel 6 - Transcript Page 826, lines 17-26, and Page 827, lines 1-21
April 06, 2005 B-66 Undertaking 33: Panel 6 - Transcript Page 828, lines 20-26, and Page 829, lines 1-8
April 06, 2005 B-67 Undertaking 34: Panel 6 - Transcript Page 829, lines 14-26, and Page 830 lines 1-19
April 06, 2005 B-68 Undertaking 35: Panel 6 - Transcript Page 831, lines 1-26, and Page 832 lines 1-4
April 06, 2005 B-69 Undertaking 36: Panel 6 - Transcript Page 833, lines 12-14
April 06, 2005 B-70 Undertaking 37: Panel 6 - Transcript Page 833, lines 23-26, and Page 834, lines 1-3
April 06, 2005 B-71 Undertaking 38: Panel 6 - Transcript Page 834, lines 10-12
April 06, 2005 B-72 Undertaking 39: Panel 6 - Transcript Page 835, lines 10-13
April 06, 2005 B-73 Undertaking 40: Panel 6 - Transcript Page 847, lines 12-14
April 06, 2005 B-74 Undertaking 41: Panel 6 - Transcript Page 850, lines 6-10
April 06, 2005 B-75 Undertaking 42: Panel 6 - Transcript Page 851, lines 26, and Page 852, line 3
April 14, 2005 B-75A Letter dated April 13, 2005 regarding correction to Undertaking (Exhibit B-75)
April 06, 2005 B-76 Undertaking 43: Panel 6 - Transcript Page 854, lines 25-26, Page 855, 1-15
April 06, 2005 B-77 Undertaking 44: Panel 6 - Transcript Page 860, lines 8-21
April 06, 2005 B-78 Undertaking 45: Panel 6 - Transcript Page 861, lines 12-13
April 06, 2005 B-79 Undertaking 46: Panel 6 - Transcript Page 874, lines 3-7
April 06, 2005 B-80 Undertaking 47: Panel 6 - Transcript Page 878, lines 20-26 and Page 879, lines 3-4
April 06, 2005 B-81 Undertaking 48: Panel 6 - Transcript Page 883, lines 14-26 from March 24, 2005

C Exhibits - Intervener Documents



Date Title Document Description
December 16, 2004 C1-1 Kootenay-Okanagan Electric Consumers Association – Notice of Intervention dated November 30, 2004 from Donald Scarlett
January 28, 2005 C1-2 Letter dated January 26, 2005 commenting on Fortis BC’s eligibility for the 2004 Incentive Payment
February 03, 2005 C1-3 Information Request No. 1 dated February 2, 2005 to FortisBC Inc.
March 23, 2005 C1-4 Table – Actual and Allowed ROE
December 16, 2004 C2-1 Karow, Hans – Notice of Intervention dated December 2, 2004
December 29, 2004 C2-2 Letter dated December 27, 2004 regarding Mr. Karow’s interim submission
January 20, 2005 C2-3 Letter dated January 3, 2005 filing Mr. Karow’s follow-up submission
January 20, 2005 C2-4 E-mail dated January 9, 2005 – Followup submission with respect to his January 3 and December 27, 2004 filings
January 28, 2005 C2-5 Email dated January 24, 2005 enclosing a further follow-up to the January 3, 2005 and December 27, 2004 submission and information request
February 03, 2005 C2-6 Information Request dated February 2, 2005 to FortisBC Inc.
March 17, 2005 C2-7 E-mail dated March 17, 2005 regarding general information request
December 16, 2004 C3-1 Wait, Alan – Notice of Intervention dated December 7, 2004
January 28, 2005 C3-2 Letter dated January 27, 2005 commenting on Fortis BC’s eligibility for the 2004 Incentive Payment
February 03, 2005 C3-3 Information Request No. 1 dated February 2, 2005 to FortisBC Inc.
March 22, 2005 C3-4 Excerpt from Waneta HydroElectric Expansion Project Report
March 24, 2005 C3-5 2004 Revenue Requirements - Appendix A to Order No. G-38-04 – Page 11 of 27 dated March 3, 2004
December 16, 2004 C4-1 Natural Resource Industries – Notice of Intervention dated December 7, 2004 from Richard Tarnoff
February 01, 2005 C4-2 E-mailed dated January 28, 2005 regarding whether FortisBC should receive an incentive for 2004
February 02, 2005 C4-3 Information Request No. 1 dated February 2, 2005 to FortisBC
February 07, 2005 C4-4 Letter dated February 3, 2005 advising that Richard Tarnoff will also be representing Hedley Improvement District
December 20, 2004 C5-1 The BC Old Age Pensioners Organization et al. – Notice of Intervention dated December 16, 2004 from Richard Gathercole
January 28, 2005 C5-2 Letter dated January 24, 2005 confirming availability of BCOAPO’s witness, Mr. Lawrence Booth
January 28, 2005 C5-3 Letter dated January 27, 2005 commenting on Fortis BC’s eligibility for the 2004 Incentive Payment
February 03, 2005 C5-4 Information Request No. 1 dated February 2, 2005 to FortisBC Inc.
February 28, 2005 C5-5 Evidence of Laurence Booth filed February 25, 2005
March 14, 2005 C5-6 Letters and responses dated March 11, 2005 to Commission Information Request No. 1 and FortisBC Inc. Information Request No. 1
March 14, 2005 C5-6A Detailed information regarding Information Request responses to Exhibit C5-6
March 15, 2005 C5-7 Letter dated March 14, 2005 responding to Commission letter of March 11, 2005 regarding support of FortisBC Inc.’s Technical Committees recommendations (Exhibit A-14)
March 22, 2005 C5-8 Witness aid, headed “Background”, with chart
March 23, 2005 C5-9 Table – Percentage deviation of actuals from forecast loads for each group and the average over the period 1995-2003
December 29, 2004 C6-1 COLUMBIA POWER CORPORATION – Notice of Intervention dated December 23, 2004
January 07, 2005 C7-1 SLACK, BURYL – Notice of Intervention dated December 30, 2004
January 07, 2005 C8-1 WARTENBERG, HELMUT – Notice of Intervention dated January 4, 2005
January 24, 2005 C8-2 Letter dated January 18, 2005 citing concerns and summary requests
January 28, 2005 C8-3 Information Request No. 1 dated January 27, 2005 to the British Columbia Utilities Commission
February 02, 2005 C8-4 Information Request No. 1 dated February 1, 2005 to FortisBC
January 10, 2005 C9-1 TERASEN GAS INC. – Notice of Intervention dated January 5, 2005
January 19, 2005 C10-1 INTERIOR MUNICIPAL ELECTRICAL UTILITIES (IMEU) – Notice of Intervention dated January 5, 2005 from R.E. Carle
January 26, 2005 C10-2 Letter dated January 12, 2005 from Christopher P Weafer, Owen?Bird advising that he has been retained as counsel for the IMEU
January 28, 2005 C10-3 Letter dated January 27, 2005 commenting on Fortis BC’s eligibility for the 2004 Incentive Payment
February 03, 2005 C10-4 Information Request No. 1 dated February 2, 2005 to FortisBC Inc.
March 17, 2005 C10-5 E-mail dated March 17, 2005 in response to H. Karow e-mail of March 17, 2005 (Exhibit C2-7)
January 19, 2005 C11-1 POWERHOUSE DEVELOPMENTS INC. – Notice of Intervention dated January 5, 2005 from W.P. Harland
February 09, 2005 C12-1 GLACIER POWER BC LTD. - Notice of Intervention dated February 7, 2005 from Neil Murphy

D Exhibits — Interested Party Documents

Date Title Document Description
January 20, 2005 D-1 Renninger, Bud – Web registration received January 6, 2005
February 07, 2005 D-2 Web registration dated February 7, 2005 from Neil Murphy, Glacier Power BC Ltd. requesting Interested Party status – WITHDRAWN – Changed to Intervenor Status

E Exhibits - Letters of Comment

Date Title Document Description
December 16, 2004 E-1 Letter of Comment dated December 14, 2004 from Robb Mayes
December 16, 2004 E-2 Letter of Comment dated December 14, 2004 from David Egli
December 16, 2004 E-3 Letter of Comment received December 15, 2004 from Elkink Ranch Ltd.
January 07, 2005 E-4 Letter of Comment dated December 15, 2004 from Ron Planiden
January 07, 2005 E-5 Letter of Comment dated December 31, 2004 from Ken Hoffman and Lori Robertson
January 07, 2005 E-6 Letter of Comment dated December 31, 2004 from Derrick M. May, P.Eng.
January 07, 2005 E-7 Letter of Comment dated January 3, 2004 from R.C. Cassan
January 18, 2005 E-8 Letter of Comment dated December 25, 2004 from James Johnston
January 18, 2005 E-9 Letter to the Editor, Castlegar News dated January 6, 2005 from Marilyn Idle
January 18, 2005 E-10 Letter of Comment received January 7, 2005 from Tom Stanley
January 18, 2005 E-11 Letter to the Editor dated January 4, 2005 from Ed Chenail
January 20, 2005 E-12 Letter of Comment dated January 13, 2005 from Van Quaia
February 01, 2005 E-13 Letter of Comment dated January 19, 2005 from John Slater, Mayor, Town of Osoyoos
February 01, 2005 E-14 E-mail from Robert Hobbs, Chair, BCUC providing clarification on two points contained in Ms. Idle’s Letter to the Editor of the Castlegar News (Exhibit E-9)
February 07, 2005 E-15 Letter of Comment dated February 3, 2005 from David Pehota
February 11, 2005 E-16 Letter of Comment dated February 9, 2005 from Elizabeth Strong
February 23, 2005 E-17 Letter of Comment dated February 21, 2005 from Helen Kennedy
February 25, 2005 E-18 Letter of Comment dated February 24, 2005 from Donna Krane

Transcripts

Date Title Document Description
January 25, 2005 Hearing Transcript Volume 1 - Pre-hearing Conference ~ January 21, 2005.pdf
March 22, 2005 Hearing Transcript Volume 2 - Hearing Conference ~ March 21, 2005
March 22, 2005 Hearing Transcript Volume 3 - Hearing Conference ~ March 22, 2005
March 24, 2005 Hearing Transcript Volume 4 - Hearing Conference ~ March 23, 2005
March 24, 2005 Hearing Transcript Volume 5 - Hearing Conference ~ March 24, 2005

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