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HomeMy WebLinkAboutElectric Board - Minutes - 02/12/2003City Council Liaison Eric Hamrick Staff Liaison DeEtta Carr 221-6702 Fort Collins Electric Board Minutes February 12, 2003 Electric Board Chairperson Electric Board Vice Chair Alison Mason 493-1295 Jeff Lebesch 221-0543 Secretary Heather Anderson 221-6700 Roll Call Board Present: Chairperson Alison Mason, Vice Chairperson Jeff Lebesch, Tracy Babst- Wiedenbrug, Dan Bihn and Barbara Rutstein Board Absent: Lisa Skolds and Linda Stewart Staff Present: Heather Anderson, Patty Bigner, Bill Bray, Eric Dahlgren, Suzanne Jarboe - Simpson, John Phelan, Mike Smith, Wendy Williams and DeEtta Carr Visitor: Richard Smart Meeting Opened Chairperson Alison Mason called the meeting to order at 5:12 p.m. Alison introduced the new Electric Boardmember Tracy Babst-Wiedenbrug. Approval of Minutes There were no minutes to approve. Electric Enemy Supply Policy Mike Smith, General Manager, updated the Board on the most recent revisions made to the Proposed Electric Energy Supply Policy. The major change to the Policy was to add three graphs showing Fort Collins Base Case Scenario, Fort Collins Policy Target Scenario (Consumption), and Fort Collins Policy Targets Scenario (Demand). The following are as follows: 1. Under Environment: Objectives for the future • Objective 5 was edited to read "Encourage Platte River Power Authority to continue reducing emissions from fossil fuels and to avoid the use of coal in any new generation facilities." • Objective 8 was amended to a bulleted list instead of being repetitive. • Objective 10 was edited to add in "Whenever possible" and remove "Develop and implement policies that.... Hectlic Board tilcctinf 1linutc5 Fcbruar-, 12. NO', Boardmember Jeff Lebesch questioned the use of the terms avoiding the use of coal. He thought we should not single out coal, but allow for natural gas to be an exemption. Mike stated that it was put in to show absolute support of avoiding coal. Boardmember Dan Bihn stated cleaning green house gasses from coal is harder and that public perception of this process is much higher. Dan stated that the three charts are looking at gross numbers and the policy is mainly per capita. Mike said they were doing it this way because the people reading it saw the savings of energy, but wanted to know how much energy is being saved. Mike asked the Board if the graphs added or distracted. Alison suggested adding a footnote that stating the charts were based on the assumption of a certain growth rate. John Phelan suggested the growth rate was assumed at approximately 2 to 2 '/2 percent growth. Tracy Babst-Wiedenbrug said there should be a parenthesis added to show "(Energy)" beside Fort Collins Base Case Scenario and next to Fort Collins Policy Targets Scenario "(Change)". She stated the graphs represent time and usage well. Dan said he would like to see the per capita chart instead of the consumption chart. He stated it would be insightful to see things have changed, and the policy is making a difference. The Board agreed to have two graphs showing both the per capita and energy related scenarios and two others showing the decrease related to both. These four graphs would extend back 10 years to show change. Mike will be delivering a Power Point presentation on the finalized Electric Energy Supply Policy to City Council Study Session on Tuesday, February 25. Memo of Support on Electric Energy Supply Policy Alison presented a memo of support to City Council on the Electric Energy Supply Policy. Barbara made a motion to adopt the memo with amendments. Jeff seconded the motion and it passed unanimously. 2002 Market Research Update Patty Bigner, Customer Connections Manager explained that we have received a draft of the residential survey results. Once we have the draft report of the commercial survey results, the team will meet with the consultant, Market Decisions to discuss the findings and begin to develop an action plan. Patty gave a copy of the preliminary findings to the Board to review. Barbara Rutstein asked a question about a bullet under "Coal Plants, Energy Conservation and Renewable Energy" that stated "Support for a coal plant is reduced when respondents consider either increase in their electric bill or increased pollution due to a plant." Suzanne Jarboe - Simpson interjected that it might be read that people are less inclined to support a coal plant if there is a price increase or if there is an increase in pollution. Patty reiterated that they have not Electric Board mcctill;- minutcy 1 cbrticn12. 200 i Paln e I talked to the consultant about what the findings are in the report to know what each statement is meant to imply. Dan asked about the questions regarding cost for the Wind Power Program in this survey and Patty said the consultants had information on the current cost and supporting background for that program if residents asked. Wendy Williams said the questions asked were not quantified just whether the customers would be willing to pay more for renewable energy. OTHER ITEMS: DeEtta reminded the Board that a date needed to be scheduled for the Electric Board Retreat. The Board decided March 5`h as a tentative date until the other Boardmembers could be contacted. Alison said they are not all getting the Public Power Weekly. Bill Bray suggested they could get it on line at APPA.net.org. Tracy also suggested energyicentral.com as a great site to keep up with the electric industry. Adjournment The meeting was adjourned at 6:40 p.m. Oz-aoa DeEtta Carr, Electric Board Liaison