BC Hydro Bioenergy Call for Power (Phase I) – Appendix 3 - Proposal Letter
SCHEDULE A
PROJECT PRICE FORM
Issued: February 29, 2008
Revised: March 14, 2008
Note: This document is Schedule A to the Proposal Letter. Only one Schedule A (Project Price Form)
per Proposal is permitted. This Schedule is a form field document. Enter data only in the form fields.
All other text is in read only format. Follow the instructions under “Description of Data”.
Full Legal Name of Proponent:
Project Name:
This Schedule sets out the Proponent’s proposed pricing for the Proposal.
In this Schedule:
(a)
“COD” has the meaning given in the Specimen EPA; and
(b)
“CPI” means the Consumer Price Index for British Columbia, All Items (Not Seasonally
Adjusted) as published by Statistics Canada.
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1.
Project Price
Ref. #
Description of Data
Proposed Data
1.1
Term: Using a whole integer, state the number of years
of the proposed term of the EPA (the “Term”)
commencing on COD.
years
The Term should be not greater than 20 years and not
less than 5 years.
1.2
Guaranteed COD: State the month and year of the
Month: (blank) 
proposed guaranteed COD (which should be not later
than November 2012). Guaranteed COD is understood
Year: (blank) 
to be the 1st day of the proposed month.
1.3
Pricing: State the proposed firm energy price for the
$
Term, expressed in Canadian $ per MWh (as of January
1, 2008).
1.4
Escalation: State a percentage of the firm energy price,
Pre COD:
in whole integers, that will be subject to annual
escalation at CPI from (a) January 1, 2008 to COD
Post COD:
(“Pre-COD”), and (b) COD to the end of the Term
(“Post-COD”).
The Pre-COD escalation will end, and the Post-COD
escalation will begin, on the earlier of COD and
guaranteed COD.
The escalation percentage applicable to the pre-COD
firm energy price may be not greater than 300% and not
less than 0%. The escalation percentage applicable to
the post-COD firm energy price may be not greater than
50% and not less than 0%.
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2.
Hourly Firm Energy Profile
Complete the hourly firm energy (“HFE”) profile set out below, in accordance with the guidelines that
follow this paragraph. The HFE profile determines the amount of electrical energy the Proponent is
proposing be delivered under the EPA from its Project, failing which liquidated damages will apply. An
annual profile will be applicable under the EPA in each year of the Term commencing on COD. Under
the EPA, BC Hydro will purchase associated non-firm energy as specified in the Specimen EPA.
Completion guidelines:
(a)
“Peak”, “Super-peak” and “Off-peak” have the meanings given in the Specimen EPA.
(b)
Assume no leap year in completing the table. The table will be subject to adjustment for leap
years under the EPA.
(c)
Round MWh/h to two decimal places.
(d)
Assume no Planned Outages (as defined in the Specimen EPA) in completing the table.
(e)
The table should reflect Energy deliveries at the POI (all as defined in the Specimen EPA).
(f)
The aggregate HFE for May, June and July should not be greater than 25% of the annual HFE.
Peak
Super-peak
Off-peak
(MWh/h)
(MWh/h)
(MWh/h)
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
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3.
Hourly Generation Base Line Profile
If the Project involves incremental self-generation, complete the hourly generation base line (“GBL”)
profile set out below, in accordance with the guidelines that follow this paragraph. The GBL profile sets
out the base line of electrical energy production that a Project must generate in each identified period
before a Seller can deliver hourly firm energy in that period under the terms of the EPA. The annual
profile will be applicable under the EPA in each year of the Term commencing on COD.
Completion guidelines:
(a)
“Peak”, “Super-peak” and “Off-peak” have the meanings given in the Specimen EPA.
(b)
Assume no leap year in completing the table. The table will be subject to adjustment for leap
years under the EPA.
(c)
Round MWh/h to two decimal places.
(d)
Assume no Planned Outages (as defined in the Specimen EPA) in completing the table.
(e)
The table should reflect GBL production levels as measured at the POI (as defined in the
Specimen EPA).
(f)
For further completion guidelines, refer to the attached Example #1.
Peak
Super-peak
Off-peak
(MWh/h)
(MWh/h)
(MWh/h)
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
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Example #1
[Note to Proponents: This is an example only, and does not form any part of the Proposal.]
1.
For reference purposes, the table below shows both (i) the average number of Sundays and NonSundays in each of the 12 calendar months (e.g. number of Sundays in January = 31/365x52 = 4.4
days), and (ii) using the average number of Sundays and Non-Sundays, the total number of hours
in each of the Super-Peak, Peak and Off-Peak periods in each month (e.g., Super Peak hours in
January = 4 hours per day x 26.6 days of Non-Sunday = 106.3 hours). Note that there are 8,760
hours in a non-leap year.
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
Days
[days]
31
28
31
30
31
30
31
31
30
31
30
31
Sundays
[days]
4.4
4.0
4.4
4.3
4.4
4.3
4.4
4.4
4.3
4.4
4.3
4.4
NonSundays
[days]
26.6
24.0
26.6
25.7
26.6
25.7
26.6
26.6
25.7
26.6
25.7
26.6
Super
Peak
[hours]
106.3
96.0
106.3
102.9
106.3
102.9
106.3
106.3
102.9
106.3
102.9
106.3
Peak
[hours]
319.0
288.1
319.0
308.7
319.0
308.7
319.0
319.0
308.7
319.0
308.7
319.0
Off-Peak
[hours]
318.7
287.8
318.7
308.4
318.7
308.4
318.7
318.7
308.4
318.7
308.4
318.7
Total
[hours]
744.0
672.0
744.0
720.0
744.0
720.0
744.0
744.0
720.0
744.0
720.0
744.0
Total
365
52.0
313.0
1252.0
3756.0
3752.0
8760.0
2.
In the hourly generation base line profile table provided in Section 3 of Schedule A, and with
reference to the requirements set forth in paragraph 3 below, the Proponent should allocate all of
its pre-approved annual GBL among the indicated hourly profile periods, in MWh/h. An example
hourly generation base line profile is provided below, where it is assumed that the pre-approved
annual GBL is 177,100 MWh / year.
Peak
Super-peak
Off-peak
(MWh/h)
(MWh/h)
(MWh/h)
January
25
30
20
February
25
30
20
March
20
25
15
April
20
25
15
May
20
25
15
June
20
25
15
July
20
25
15
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3.
August
20
25
15
September
20
25
15
October
20
25
15
November
25
30
20
December
25
30
20
To confirm that the pre-approved annual GBL has been appropriately allocated, the Proponent
should:
(a)
calculate the GBL output in each hourly profile period over the course of the year by
multiplying (i) the applicable hours in that period (i.e., taken from the table of hours in
paragraph 1 above), by (ii) the hourly GBL allocated for that period (i.e., taken from the
Proponent’s hourly generation base line profile); and then
(b)
totalling the GBL outputs for all hourly profiles to state the annual GBL.
The total GBL outputs for all hourly profiles must equal the pre-approved annual GBL. If these
two amounts are not equal, the Proponent must make an appropriate adjustment to the hourly
GBL allocations in the Proponent’s hourly generation base line profile.
A calculation of the annual GBL follows, assuming the hourly generation base line profile used in
paragraph 2 above. By way of example, the Super-Peak GBL output for January = 106.3 hours x
30 MWh/h = 3,190 MWh.
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
Super Peak
GBL
[MWh]
3190
2881
2658
2573
2658
2573
2658
2658
2573
2658
3087
3190
Peak
GBL
[MWh]
7975
7203
6380
6174
6380
6174
6380
6380
6174
6380
7718
7975
Off-Peak
GBL
[MWh]
6373
5756
4780
4626
4780
4626
4780
4780
4626
4780
6168
6373
Total
GBL
[MWh]
17538
15841
13818
13373
13818
13373
13818
13818
13373
13818
16973
17538
Total
33358
81294
62448
177100
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