| Document | Date Filed |
| Broadband |
| GIE IR 1_001_01 to GIE IR 1_016_02 [PDF, 2.4 Mb] | December 20, 2004 |
| Dial-up |
| GIE IR 1_001_01 Does BCH recognize that 97 percent availability not feasible for non gas generation options presented at VIGP [PDF, 49 Kb] | December 20, 2004 |
| GIE IR 1_002_01 Does BCH recognize impossibility for non gas generation projects to achieve 97 percent availability for 9 m... [PDF, 48 Kb] | December 20, 2004 |
| GIE IR 1_002_02 Why does BCH require an extended peak season of 9 months [PDF, 50 Kb] | December 20, 2004 |
| GIE IR 1_003_01_003_02 In assuming the risks of transporting gas to Duke Point will BCH offload some risks to Terasen or Wi... [PDF, 52 Kb] | December 20, 2004 |
| GIE IR 1_004_01 Confirm that gas turbines are suspectible to temperature and humidity variations [PDF, 44 Kb] | December 20, 2004 |
| GIE IR 1_004_02 Is the Average Ambient Condition adjustment a bias towards gas fired plants and are equivalent adjustments ... [PDF, 48 Kb] | December 20, 2004 |
| GIE IR 1_005_01 Why variations in availability and delivery are allowed that specifically affect gas fired technology [PDF, 47 Kb] | December 20, 2004 |
| GIE IR 1_006_01 Confirm that other generation technologies are less suspectible to air temperature and humidity but more su... [PDF, 52 Kb] | December 20, 2004 |
| GIE IR 1_007_01 Why didnt the CFT process and EPA provide flexibility on fuel quality generation [PDF, 45 Kb] | December 20, 2004 |
| GIE IR 1_008_01 Does BCH recognize need for biomass plants to be designed with spare capacity [PDF, 53 Kb] | December 20, 2004 |
| GIE IR 1_008_02 Does BCH recognize variation of fuel moisture content and generation capability in biomass plants [PDF, 48 Kb] | December 20, 2004 |
| GIE IR 1_008_03 If fuel moisture content was 50 percent would BCH consider that the dependable capacity of the plant was on... [PDF, 48 Kb] | December 20, 2004 |
| GIE IR 1_008_04 Adjustment similar to the Average Ambient Condition offered to gas fired project bidders not offered to oth... [PDF, 46 Kb] | December 20, 2004 |
| GIE IR 1_008_05 Absence of equivalent adjustment drives up the cost of non gas fired projects [PDF, 46Kb] | December 20, 2004 |
| GIE IR 1_009_01 Confirm that BCH allowed for a plant output variability of 90 to 110 percent in the Customer Based Generati... [PDF, 46 Kb] | December 20, 2004 |
| GIE IR 1_009_02 In other RFPs has BCH required plant output variability of 95 to 105 percent [PDF, 47 Kb] | December 20, 2004 |
| GIE IR 1_009_03 BCH reasons for a narrower plant output variability that was required for the CFT [PDF, 49 Kb] | December 20, 2004 |
| GIE IR 1_009_04 BCH refusal of Green Island plant output variability band of 95 to 115 percent [PDF, 45 Kb] | December 20, 2004 |
| GIE IR 1_009_05 Benefit to BCH and ratepayers of limiting plant output to 105 percent [PDF, 46 Kb] | December 20, 2004 |
| GIE IR 1_009_06 Narrow window of plant output variability and availability requirements reduces biomass chances to compete ... [PDF, 45 Kb] | December 20, 2004 |
| GIE IR 1_009_07 Confirm that if a plant was running at 115 percent BCH would transmit slightly less power to VI over the ties [PDF, 45 Kb] | December 20, 2004 |
| GIE IR 1_009_08 If not for adjustments explain how gas fired plants could maintain an output variability of 95 to 105 percent [PDF, 46 Kb] | December 20, 2004 |
| GIE IR 1_010_01 Rationale of BCH having sole discretion to reject any and all Tenders [PDF, 46 Kb] | December 20, 2004 |
| GIE IR 1_011_01 Provide data from an actual and typical year showing hourly load data forecasts [PDF, 46 Kb] | December 23, 2004 |
| GIE IR 1_011_02 Provide a 25 year forecast of yearly energy from the BCH system on Vancouver Island [PDF, 126 Kb] | December 23, 2004 |
| GIE IR 1_011_03 Provide hourly generation supply data forecasts for a typical Vancouver Island year [PDF, 44 Kb] | December 20, 2004 |
| GIE IR 1_011_04 Provide a 25 year forecast of yearly generation for each BCH unit on Vancouver Island [PDF, 48 Kb] | December 23, 2004 |
| GIE IR 1_011_05 Provide a 25 year forecast of the range of generation systems on VI including low high and average years [PDF, 48 Kb] | December 23, 2004 |
| GIE IR 1_011_06 Provide the load and generation data requested in a spreadsheet for each of the 8760 hours per year [PDF, 44 Kb] | December 20, 2004 |
| GIE IR 1_011_07 Provide overall availabilty and reliability statistics and breakdowns for each BCH Vancouver Island unit [PDF, 45 Kb] | December 20, 2004 |
| GIE IR 1_011_08 Provide graphs to illustrate Vancouver Islands unserved load for each of the next 25 years [PDF, 62 Kb] | December 23, 2004 |
| GIE IR 1_011_09 Explain BCH methodology for estimating maintenance and forced outages as they are reflected in the graphs [PDF, 44 Kb] | December 20, 2004 |
| GIE IR 1_011_10 Provide a second series of graphs and overlay the Tier 2 portfolio of new supply [PDF, 62 Kb] | December 23, 2004 |
| GIE IR 1_011_11 Provide reliability indexes used by BCH for the Vancouver Island load and generation mix for each year fore... [PDF, 44 Kb] | December 20, 2004 |
| GIE IR 1_012_01 Confirm the price per MWh applied to Duke Point or identify the levelized cost [PDF, 50 Kb] | December 20, 2004 |
| GIE IR 1_012_02 Provide the rationale for stating the levelized cost of Duke Point in 2002 dollars and provide levelized co... [PDF, 51 Kb] | December 20, 2004 |
| GIE IR 1_012_03 Explain the calculations used to arrive at the price per MWh for Duke Point [PDF, 50 Kb] | December 20, 2004 |
| GIE IR 1_012_04 How were nominal dollar costs and cash flow converted to real dollars [PDF, 44 Kb] | December 20, 2004 |
| GIE IR 1_012_05 Was the NPV of the energy calculated using a six percent discount rate [PDF, 45 Kb] | December 20, 2004 |
| GIE IR 1_013_01 Determine the cost effectiveness of the Tier 2 Portfolio of 122 MW using the CFT model for the 150 MW range [PDF, 48 Kb] | December 23, 2004 |
| GIE IR 1_013_02 Provide a cost effectiveness analysis of a 75 MW biomass project with Norske curtailable load using the CFT... [PDF, 49 Kb] | December 23, 2004 |
| GIE IR 1_014_01 Did BCH consider requiring all bidders to bear their own fuel price risks relative to the CPI index [PDF, 46 Kb] | December 20, 2004 |
| GIE IR 1_015_01 Provide a copy of the BCH November 3 2004 press release on Duke Point Power [PDF, 56 Kb] | December 20, 2004 |
| GIE IR 1_015_02 Elaborate on how BCH will fulfill its committment to offset environmental impacts at Duke Point [PDF, 47 Kb] | December 20, 2004 |
| GIE IR 1_015_03 Details of cost impacts on this commitment for BCH ratepayers [PDF, 47 Kb] | December 20, 2004 |
| GIE IR 1_016_01 Are BCH employees or consultants who developed the CFT model available for cross examination [PDF, 44 Kb] | December 20, 2004 |
| GIE IR 1_016_02 Will witnesses for BCH at the VIGP hearing be available for cross examination at this hearing [PDF, 47 Kb] | December 20, 2004 |
