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HomeMy WebLinkAboutElectric Board - Minutes - 05/16/2007Fort Collins Utilities Electric Board Minutes Wednesday, May 16, 2007 Electric Board Chair John Morris, 377-8221 Electric Board Vice Chair Dan Bihn, 218-1962 City Council Liaison Wade Troxell Staff Liaison DeEtta Carr, 221-6702 Roll Call: Board Present Chairperson John Morris, Vice Chair Dan Bihn, Tom Bamish, Mike Connor, John Graham, John Harris, Jeff Lebesch and Steve Wooley City Council Liaison: Wade Troxell Visitors Eric Sutherland Staff Present: Kraig Bader, Patty Bigner, Bill Bray, DeEtta Carr, Carrie Daggett, Eric Dahlgren, Joyce Grenz, Brian Janonis, Jenny Lopez Filkins, Bob Micek, John Phelan, Tom Rock, Mike Smith, Dennis Sumner and Norm Weaver Meeting Convened Chairperson John Morris called the meeting to order at 5:30 p.m. Citizen Participation None Board Discussion Chairperson John Morris discussed the last meeting with a reminder that the Board is not to talk about any specific customer accounts. The Board can talk about concepts but not about business accounts in particular. Board Member Dan Bihn said the City's Web site explains the Wind Power Program from the City of Fort Collins' point of view. Since the City of Fort Collins does not buy RECs, and Platte River Power Authority does, Steve Wooley proposed that City Council encourage Platte River to check into CSU wind power. The Electric Board is encouraging City Council to request Platte River strongly consider preference to the CSU green power project and its integrated resources. A motion was made by Board Member Steve Wooley, and seconded by Tom Barnish. The motion passed unanimously. Electric Board Meeting Minutes Wednesday, May 16, 2007 Page 2 Introduction Chairperson John Morris introduced the new City Council Liaison, Wade Troxell, to the Electric Board. Councilman Troxell told the Board how excited he was to be there and be a working with the Electric Board. Minutes of April 18, 2007 Board Member Dan Bihn made a motion, seconded by Board Member John Harris, to approve the minutes of the April 18, 2007, meeting. The motion passed unanimously. Public Utilities Reeulatory Policy Act (PURPA) Standards Electric Planning & Engineering Manager Bill Bray was back before the Electric Board to get support for a resolution regarding the PUPRA Standards to be presented to the City Council in July. At the April 18, 2007, meeting, Mr. Bray presented detailed information on PURPA Standards. Because the Fort Collins Utilities has retail sales in excess of 500 million kWh, it is subject to PURPA provisions. PURPA, as amended, requires that regulatory authorities and utilities consider the standards after notice and public hearing, and make a determination in writing whether or not to implement such standards. A regulatory agency or utility may determine that it is not appropriate to adopt a particular standard and may decline to do so as long as it sets forth its reasons in writing. Fort Collins Utilities has had the City of Fort Collins Attorney's Office review all the PURPA Standards. After review, they summarized how each standard is applicable to Fort Collins Utilities. In review, the five new additions to the PURPA Standards are: • Net Metering, [Section 1251 (a) (11)]; • Fuel Sources Standard, [Section 1251 (a) (12)]; ■ Fossil Fuel Generation Efficiency Standard, [Section 1251 (a) (13)]; ■ Smart Metering (with time -based schedules), [Section 1252 (a) (14)]; and • Interconnection, [(Section 1254 (a) (15)]. The City of Fort Collins staff, after a complete review of the PURPA Standards, recommended adoption of the resolution stating that the City of Fort Collins has given consideration to the 2005 PURPA Standards. After discussion by the Board, John Harris motioned to approve the resolution and Dan Bihn seconded it. The motion was unanimously approved. Enerav Policy Update Energy Services Engineer John Phelan presented the Energy Policy update. The timeline for the energy policy report extends from 1992 to 2006. In comparison to 1992, in 2006 there were 54 percent more people in Fort Collins using 70 percent more energy with a 105 percent higher peak. This growth rate shows more people are using more energy. The Energy Policy Goals addressed reliability, rates and the environment. One of the targets was to reduce per capita energy consumption 10 percent by 2012. Another target was to reduce per capita peak demand -2- Electric Board Meeting Minutes Wednesday, May 16, 2007 Page 3 15 percent by 2012. A supply target was to increase renewable energy to 15 percent by 2017. The reliability highlights for 2006 are: • Electric system reliability was 99.9947 percent (goal 99.9886 percent); • The average outage duration was 48 minutes (goal <60 minutes); • On average, individual customers experienced 0.53 interruptions; and • The undergrounding program was completed. The definition of an interruption is any loss of power longer than one minute. In 2006, there was only one-half of an interruption during a year per customer. Undergrounding, was substantially completed in 2006. The City of Fort Collins is 98.5 percent underground today. Future undergrounding will extend to areas annexed by the City. Maintenance and replacement of equipment to maintain reliability will be the primary focus in the future. Rates are reported twice a year showing the City of Fort Collins is 30 percent lower than Excel. Some of the energy- efficiency programs for residential customers are the: • Clothes Washer Rebate Program; • Regrigerator and Freezer Recycling Program; and • Residential Lighting Program. The City of Fort Collins has information and expertise on programs, such as: • The Power to Save; • What to Look for in a New Home; and • Environmental Program Series. (Business and Residential) Other residential services include: • ZILCH (zero -interest loan); • REACH (income -based weatherization); • HotShot (water heater load control); and • Home Energy Ratings. Programs for commercial efficiencyinclude: • LIGHTENUP; • Electric Efficiency Program; • Cooling Rebate Program; and • Integrated Design Assistance Program. Other commercial programs and services include: • Climate Wise; • Keep Current; • Electri-Connect; • Energy Assessments/Technical Assistance; and • Business Environmental Program Series. -3- Electric Board Meeting Minutes Wednesday, May 16, 2007 Page 4 The growth in programs since 2002 may be contributed to the addition of more programs and expansion of existing programs to help residential and commercial customers conserve energy. Just over 51 tons of carbon emissions can be tied to the energy programs in reduction of carbon emissions for 2006. The energy saving programs help Fort Collins Utilities be more reliable, keep our rates low and help reduce the carbon emissions. Chairperson John Morris would like to put this on the agenda for a later meeting to make sure the City is meeting their goals. Routine Updates Board Members Dan Bihn, Steve Wooley and Jeff Lebesch will give updates on their reports at the next Electric Board meeting on June 20, 2007. Other Business Tom Barnish would like to discuss renewable energy to meet the policy goals at the next meeting. Adiournment The meeting was adjourned at 7:50 p.m. Jo enz, Electric Boaa Secretary KI