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October 19, 2005
Ontario Energy Board
P.O. Box 2319, 26th Floor
2300 Yonge Street
Toronto, ON M4P 1E4
Attention: Mr. Peter O’Dell
Assistant Board Secretary
Dear Mr. O’Dell:
Re: Rideau St. Lawrence Distribution Inc. – 2006 Electricity Distribution Rate Application Board Reference File Nos. RP-2005-0020 & EB-2005-0414
On behalf of our client, Rideau St. Lawrence Distribution Inc., please find enclosed one electronic copy and six hard copies of the appended support documents per your letter of request dated October 14, 2005.
Should you or other Board staff have any further questions or requirements regarding the application, please contact Mr. John Walsh at (613) 925-3851 or myself at (519) 652-0229.
Yours truly
Bruce Smith
Partner & Senior Management consultant
RDII Utility Consulting
Cc: Ted Antonopoulos
Schedule 3-1: Tier 1 Adjustments
The Table below illustrates standard distribution expense adjustments for OEB Annual Assessments, Pensions and Insurance:
2005 Actual (1) / 2004 Actual (2) / Adjustment (3)(1) – (2)
OEB Annual Assessment and Other Fees Paid to Energy Regulators* / $12,466 / $8,418 / $4,048
Pensions / $47,000 / $45,323 / $1,677
Insurance / $29,063 / $28,792 / $272
Schedule 6-1: Insurance Expense
The Table below illustrates insurance expenses incurred by the applicant for years 2002, 2003 and 2004 as well as insurance provider and type:
INSURANCE EXPENSE3rd Party Insurance
Type & Number of Insurers / 2002 / 2003 / 2004 / 2005
Jardins / 9,203
MEARIE - Liability / 10,790 / 14,617 / 16,091 / 15,089
MEARIE - Auto / 3,048 / 3,200 / 3,498 / 3,637
MEARIE - Property / 6,492 / 8,481 / 6,348
MEARIE - Crime / 3,990
Total - 3rd Party Insurance / 20,330 / 26,298 / 28,792 / 29,063
Schedule 6-2: Bad Debt Expense
The Table below illustrates bad debt expenses for years 2002, 2003 and 2004 by customer class:
2002 / 2003 / 2004BAD DEBT EXPENSE / 26,137 / 26,687 / 13,000
Residential / 18,076 / 11,930 / 4,097
GS<50 / 8,061 / 4,757 / 3,903
GS>50 / 10,000 / 5000
Intermediate
Large Use
Street Lighting
Sentinel Lighting
Total Bad Debt / 31,137 / 26,687 / 8,000
Material Bad Debt Occurrences
Materiality (0.2% x Distribtn. Expenses) / 2,733
Schedule 6-3: Charitable Donations
The Table below illustrates charitable contributions made by the applicant for years 2002, 2003 and 2004:
Charitable Contributions / 380 / 1,686 / 827Other Contributions (non-recoverable) / 827
TOTAL NON-RECOVERABLE AMOUNT / 827
Schedule 6-5: Employee Incentive Plan Expense
No incentive plan in place as all services are provided by an affiliate to the regulated LDC.
Schedule 6-6: OMERS Pension Expense and Post-Retirement Benefits
The applicant has no employees as services are currently provided by an affiliate.
Schedule 6-9: Distribution Expenses Incurred Through Sharing Services with Affiliate(s)
Please refer to Tab 5 Schedule 6-10 page 44 in original filing for a description of shared services with an affiliate.
Schedule 10-2: Unmetered Scattered Loads
Please note as per Manager’s Summary RSL has a unique unmetered scattered load rate and is not required to make rate changes for this class of customer.
1) Currently, the monthly service charge to unmetered scattered load customers having multiple unmetered connection points is on a per customer and not a per connection point basis and the level of the charge is equal to or less than the General Service <50 kW monthly service charge per customer.
Yes __X__
No ____
2) Currently, there is an unique level of monthly service charge(s) payable by unmetered scattered loads.
Yes __X__
No ____