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Minutes to be approved by the Board at the February 17, 1993 meeting.
FORT COLLINS ELECTRIC BOARD
MEETING MINUTES
January 20, 1993, 5:00 - 6:30 P.M.
BOARD MEMBERS PRESENT:
John Allum, Dane Brandt, Mark Fidrych, William Orendorff, Barbara Rutstein,
Richard Smart and Larry Walsh.
BOARD MEMBERS ABSENT:
None.
STAFF PRESENT:
Don Botteron, Allen Boushee, Delynn Coldiron, John DeHaes, Ron King, Bob Kost,
Bob Nastan, Tim Sagen, and Dennis Sumner.
OTHERS PRESENT:
Gerry Horak, Council Liaison.
BOARD LIAISONS:
Council Liaison -- Gerry Horak
Staff Liaison Don Botteron
CALL TO ORDER:
Barbara Rutstein called the meeting to order.
AGENDA:
1) Approval of Minutes
2) Annual Report
3) Energy Policy Act
4) Service Center Remodel Briefing and Tour
5) Other Business
6) Critique Meeting/Next Meeting's Agenda
DISCUSSION TOPICS:
1. APPROVAL OF MINUTES:
A Motion was made by Board Member Fidrych to approve the Minutes. The
Motion carried unanimously and the Minutes from the December 16, 1992
meeting were approved.
2. ANNUAL REPORT:
Staff provided Board Members with a draft Annual Report. A change was
suggested to page three, third bullet, of the report:
- Add "Prior to the November election" to the beginning of the
first sentence.
Add "The Board will continue to monitor Amendment 1 developments" as a
final sentence to this bullet.
Board Member Allum made a motion to approve the Annual Report as changed.
Board Member Fidrych seconded the Motion. The Motion carried unanimously
and the Annual Report, as changed, was approved.
ENERGY POLICY ACT:
Dennis Sumner gave a short presentation on the Energy Policy Act. He
mentioned that there are some requirements from the Energy Policy Act that
the Utility is required to comply with regarding integrated resource
planning activities, and briefly reviewed with the Board the things the
Utility is currently doing with respect to integrated resource planning;
i.e., on the supply side -- improve the efficiency of the transformers,
use of high pressure sodium lights for roadway lighting, and improvement
in our electric system design; on the demand side -- Hot Shot Program
(residential water heater load control program) and education. He also
mentioned that the Energy Efficiency Task Force effort between Platte
River Power Authority and the four cities is still ongoing. Dennis
highlighted legislative requirements of the National Energy Act of 1992 as
given in Section Ill and Section 114 which concerns the Western Area Power
Administration Requirements. He also reviewed anticipated timeframes
associated with each. It was noted that there still remains a fair amount
of ambiguity on what requirements apply to Light and Power.
Board discussed issues related to the Energy Policy Act and how this
related to the City's Energy Policy.
SERVICE CENTER REMODEL BRIEFING AND TOUR:
Bob Nastan gave a short presentation on the Service Center remodel. A
handout analyzing square footage of the old and newly remodeled building
was provided. Dennis Sumner mentioned that efforts were made, during this
remodel, to experiment with different types of high-tech energy efficient
lighting. The reasoning behind this experimentation is that staff should
have some hands-on experience with some of the new lighting systems and
lighting equipment that has become available in recent years, and staff is
now able to share some practical application information on these
different lighting arrangements with customers and architects. It was
noted that not all types of energy efficient lighting are cost-effective
in every situation.
The Board expressed a desire that information gained be shared with the
Facilities Division, particularly with regard to the new Senior Center,
architects and consumers. Staff agreed to follow-up on these suggestions.
5. OTHER BUSINESS:
EMF:
There was lengthy discussion on EMF in the Sunday paper (Sunday after
Christmas). This article generated a fair amount of interest from
customers -- EMF meters have been checked out continually since the
article came out and phone calls have increased.
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John Fooks (of PRPA) and Dennis Sumner will be speaking about EMF at a
Board of Realtors' meeting in March.
The EMF video will start airing on Monday nights at 7:00 p.m., on
Columbine Channel 27, through February and March. There will be an
article included in City News informing customers of the time, channel,
etc., the EMF video will be shown.
2. AMENDMENT 1:
It has been determined that it is not legal, under current Charter, for
City Council to establish themselves, by ordinance, as a utility board for
the purpose of issuing bonds. The City Attorney is currently preparing
changes to Charter which will be reviewed by Council at their next work
session on January 26.
6. CRITIQUE MEETING/NEXT MEETING'S AGENDA:
Charter Amendments
Codification of Rules and Regulations (Scope of Project)
Update on IRP
ADJOURNMENT:
The meeting adjourned to a tour of the remodel at 7:05 p.m.
DelynK R. Coldiron, Board Secretary
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