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Ca NLH 033 PDF
Ca NLH 033 PDF
Ca NLH 033 PDF
1 Q. Re: Net Salvage: Please provide the average age of retired plant by year by account
2 for the past ten years. Further, provide all underlying documentation associated
3 with such calculations.
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6 A. The average age of retired plant by year by account for the past ten years is listed in
7 CA-NLH-33 Attachment 1. The data used to determine the average age of retired
8 plant by year by account is listed in CA-NLH-33 Attachment 2.
CA-NLH-33 Attachment 1, Page 1 of 3
Average Age of Retirements by Unit of Property Depreciation Methodology
Years
Account UOP DESC 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
A04 Auxiliary Power Systems 13.7 35.8 43.1
B01 Battery & Power Systems 19.6 20.9 21.0 24.7 22.4 22.3 23.4 24.0 27.4 27.2
B02 Boiler System 15.4 28.1 34.6
B03 Booms - Timber 21.6
B04 Bridges 41.1
B05 Buildings - Other 16.9 18.4 18.2 25.3 14.8 26.3 10.8 24.4 20.6
B06 Buildings - Metal 17.0 30.5 21.3 23.2 22.0 13.2 6.3
B08 Buswork & Hardware 21.0 14.7 27.0
C01 Cables - Telecontrol 1.5 11.9 29.2
C02 Cable - Submarine 26.0
C03 Cables - Under Ground 7.7
C04 Cables - Above Ground 20.1 12.9 27.6 21.7 19.1 16.1 16.1 25.6
C06 Capacitors 27.0 13.6
C08 Chlorination System 31.4
C09 Circuit Breakers 16.4 27.7 27.0 34.0 27.9 29.4 25.9 28.6
C10 Compressed Air Systems 21.1 8.0 28.0 26.5 15.3 5.0 16.0 14.8 21.1
C11 Computers 6.6 5.4 4.3 5.3 6.3 5.7 6.9 5.1 4.7 5.4
C13 Conductor - Transmission 11.2 21.2 20.7 24.7 37.0 40.0
C14 Conductor - Distribution 14.0 14.4 17.7 14.4 17.2 16.9 17.2 23.7 26.2 26.4
C15 Control, Meter / Relaying 13.2 6.8 14.2 25.5 16.6 1.8
C16 Cooling Systems 18.5 20.2 24.2 25.6 13.2 36.7 10.7 16.1 28.8
C17 Counterpoise 33.2 33.0 19.5 17.2
C18 Cranes 10.6 14.1 6.3
D01 Dams & Dykes 19.4
D02 Diesel Systems & Engines 19.1 20.7 18.5 18.2 13.9 17.0 14.9 17.7 6.3 17.3
D03 Disconnect Switches 17.6 22.8 19.0 23.5 21.7 36.0 38.1
D04 Dykes and Liners 14.8 22.4 16.0 38.2
E02 EMS Equipment 10.1 11.5 16.4 27.9 29.0
E03 Environmental Equipment 31.4
F02 Fencing 30.8 17.6 24.3 22.9 24.4 37.2 15.2
F03 Fire Fighting Equipment 18.6 16.3 15.1 17.9 22.0 23.8 24.5 8.3
F04 Footings & Foundations 23.1 18.6 16.9 27.5 23.5 21.1 21.2 37.2 32.4
F06 Fuel Systems 15.5 20.2 18.0 23.6 18.5 24.0 28.4 18.4 6.3 27.3
G01 Gas Turbine Systems 24.0 13.5 19.0
G02 Gates 38.0 24.5 29.1
G03 Generators 15.3 5.8 20.6 11.3
G06 Govenors 21.9 24.9
G07 Ground Wire System 20.2 22.1 13.6 21.7 30.5
H01 Hrdwired Suprvsry Equip 19.7 20.3 19.0 19.1 27.9 21.9
I01 Information Delivery Sys - Ecc 14.9
I02 Instrumentation 6.0 30.2 18.8 16.7 16.2 12.5
I03 Insulators 15.7 20.7 18.5 19.9 34.0 19.9 24.2 28.7 20.8
I05 Inverters 16.7 21.7
L02 Land Acquisions 14.2 16.3
L03 Land Improvements 20.4 13.8 18.5 19.7 13.7 32.4
CA-NLH-33 Attachment 1, Page 2 of 3
Average Age of Retirements by Unit of Property Depreciation Methodology
Years
Account UOP DESC 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
L04 Lighting Systems 9.2 15.6 23.5 13.6 33.2
L05 Lightning Arrestors 24.4 28.0 26.0 41.7 30.4
L06 Line Coupling Equipment 21.9 24.8 24.8 28.1 26.8
M01 Main Breakers 13.1 19.3 21.1 24.9 9.5 29.9
M02 Marine Terminal 19.1
M05 Metering Tanks 21.4 24.1
M06 Meters - Digital 1.0 7.5 3.9
M07 Meters - Analogue 20.0 20.2 23.3 19.6 24.0 23.5
M08 Meters - Other 12.7
M09 Microwave Dish 14.2
M10 Misc Units of Prop 15.8 13.0 16.7 14.5 2.9 20.7 3.3 5.0 18.6 3.1
M11 Mobile - A.T.V.'s & Snowmobiles 6.8 8.1 8.1 8.1 7.7 7.6 7.4 7.1 7.5 6.4
M12 Mobile - Air Compressor,Attachment & Boat 13.7 12.3 10.6 10.1 15.5 12.5 10.9
M13 Mobile - Argo's 9.4 7.5
M14 Mobile - Flex/Fork/Load/Grade/Musk/Trailer 15.6 16.7 12.7 22.2 17.6 22.6 18.9 16.8 12.2 16.8
M16 Multiplex Equipment 17.6 23.4 17.5 16.6
O01 Office Equipment 13.4 10.0 7.9 9.2 9.3 7.7 9.3 10.0 9.1 13.1
O02 Office Furniture 19.7 14.4 15.8 7.2 16.0 18.6 20.6
P04 Pole Cribs & Pole Hardware 18.1 15.1 15.8 15.2 15.2 26.4 23.8 23.9 26.5 27.7
P05 Pole Structures - Wood 10.4 24.3 19.5 26.2 22.8 29.5 29.2 28.0 32.2 27.4
P06 Poles - Concrete 25.0 25.6 24.9
P07 Poles - Wood 15.2 14.6 15.6 16.9 17.1 19.4 21.3 22.8 18.7 19.7
P08 Power Line Carrier 15.6 13.7 21.8 20.0 21.1 30.0 13.2 21.1
P09 Power Systems 8.4 22.1 15.5 15.5 15.3 28.9
P10 Powerhouse 15.5 22.9
P11 Printers 8.9 10.0 9.9 9.1 7.4 5.6 5.6 6.0 6.6 6.7
P12 Protective Control & Relay Panels 11.8 13.1
R01 Radio Towers (Wood or Steel) 11.4 22.8 22.9 28.4
R02 Radios - Fixed Microwave Equipment 18.4 17.4 14.8 8.9
R03 Radios - Fixed UHF Equipment 13.0 21.1 22.9 24.3 7.2
R04 Radios - Fixed VHF Equipment 18.9 23.8 26.0 14.6 21.8
R05 Radios - Mobile VHF Base Station 12.6 10.8 10.9 18.2 12.4 15.8 16.1 3.1 14.6
R08 Reclosers 17.5 23.5 26.2
R09 Regulators 15.3 15.7 23.6 19.9 25.8 2.7 29.7
R10 Reservoir Power 20.8 27.8
R11 Revenue Metering 17.6 24.6 17.9 25.9 16.9
R12 Right - of - Ways 18.6 4.2 21.0
R14 Routers & Lan 7.4 10.7 13.5 3.0 7.3 7.6 13.1
R15 Runner 38.4 9.7
S01 Scada Equipment 20.1 12.2 11.8 19.9 17.9 18.4 22.1 17.2 28.3 22.3
S02 Sectionalizers 19.9 21.9
S03 Servers 9.8 8.9 5.8 6.0 6.8 5.9 5.8 6.6 5.1 5.9
S04 Sewage Disposal System 21.6 9.2
S05 Software 11.4 4.9 9.4
S07 Stacks 31.4 1.8
CA-NLH-33 Attachment 1, Page 3 of 3
Average Age of Retirements by Unit of Property Depreciation Methodology
Years
Account UOP DESC 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
S08 Static Excitation System 29.6 17.4 27.1 17.4 33.2
S10 Station Service 26.0 15.1
S11 Stop Logs 25.8
S13 Storm & Yard Drainage 16.1
S14 Street Lights 13.4 10.7 10.0 14.4 13.7 12.1 15.3 15.0 12.1
S15 Structural Supports (Wood or Steel) 17.8 15.4 14.4 17.7 23.0 24.3
S16 Studies 0.9 12.0 10.0 0.8
S17 Sump Systems 25.8 36.9
S18 Surge Systems 30.8
S19 Station Switching 20.1 20.6 18.2 22.8 16.7 20.9 13.8 7.1 20.3
T01 Telecontrol System 14.6 15.0 11.7 19.0 20.9 16.9 24.9 21.5 16.5 17.1
T02 Test Equipment 19.2 15.6 19.5 15.2 17.6 20.5 23.8 20.6 21.8 21.2
T03 Tools & Equipment 12.9 11.7 14.7 13.6 12.3 18.0 15.7 16.0 14.2 17.1
T04 Towers 23.0 33.2 23.4 27.4 37.0
T05 Transformers - Other 29.1 21.8 32.7 20.6 19.3 31.2 30.1 37.2
T06 Transformers - Pad Mount 25.7 22.6 9.9 18.9 34.5 27.8 23.8 24.0 13.2 26.2
T07 Transformers - Pole Mounted 13.5 13.6 14.7 14.7 17.8 16.7 15.3 17.6 16.7 6.8
T09 Turbines 19.0
V02 Valves - Penstock 36.0 37.0 23.9
V03 Vehicles - 1 ton 9.5 10.8
V04 Vehicles - 3/4 ton and Under 8.7 9.6 8.8 7.7 6.3 6.6 7.1 6.8 8.2 7.6
V05 Vehicles - Booms/Bodies/Cranes/Cab & Chassis 12.5 14.1 13.0 11.1 8.9 13.4 12.3 27.5 12.7 12.2
V06 Vehicles - Cars, Wagons & Vans 9.0 6.6 7.1 6.5 6.1 5.2 6.9 7.7 5.4 6.9
W01 Water Regulating Structures 17.6
W02 Water Supply System 18.2 12.2 17.1 26.9
W03 Water Systems - Feed 16.7
W04 Water Treatment 31.4
CA-NLH-33 Attachment 2, Page 1 of 175
Depreciation Methodology