AGENDA
EUGENE WATER & ELECTRIC BOARD
SPECIAL BOARD MEETING
(WORK SESSION)
EWEB BOARD MEETING
APRIL 2, 2002
6:00 P.M.
- 2001 Financial Audit and Management Letter-
Cathy Bloom,
Assistant Treasurer, Don Irving, and Shawn Holm,
PricewaterhouseCoopers, LLP (Presentation - 20 min./Discussion -
10 min./Information)
- Schedule for filling "At Large"
position - Marty
Douglass, Public Affairs Manager (Presentation -
10 min./Discussion - 10 min./Information)
- Fuel Cells demonstration -
Mat Northway, Energy
Services Management Manager, and Kathy Grey, Energy Management
Products Supervisor (Presentation - 15 min./Discussion - 15
min./Information)
REGULAR BOARD MEETING
7:30 P.M.
- Agenda
check (President
Anderson)
- Approval of Consent Calendar
(Items will be
approved by one motion and without discussion. If discussion is
required, specific items will be removed from the Consent Calendar
and considered separately.)
- Items from Board Members (5
min.)
- Correspondence
(5 min.)
- Public Input
- Items removed from Consent
Calendar
Consent Calendar
April 2, 2002
- Minutes of the February 12, 2002 Work Session
SURPLUS PROPERTY
Surplus Property Declaration
- Berterlsen South of West 11th Avenue - Right of Way -
Facilities. Property
Management staff requests the approval of the Resolution declaring
a certain EWEB owned parcel "surplus" and authorizing staff to
begin the Board approved disposal process. (See Mark Oberle's
memo)
BUSINESS SERVICE
AGREEMENTS
- Portland General Electric
- Electric Operations - Electric Division.
Payment for
labor, material and equipment expense for the use of eleven PGE
line crews to repair electric system damage incurred during the
February 7 wind storm. FEMA to cover 75% of expense. Contact
person is Dave Koski, 484-2411, ext. 3731.
.
- Beacon Electric
- Energy Management Services - Customer Services
Division. Award
of a requirements contract for installing energy-efficient
electronic thermostats in electrically heated residences of EWEB
customers. This contract replaces the contract with L.H. Morris
that expires March 31, 2002. EWEB energy-efficient electronic
thermostat replacement program activity level is expected to
continue at the current pace, and the contract price is based on
an "as needed" basis for an estimated amount of $264,500 over five
years; however, the actual expenditures may be more or less,
depending upon customer interest in program, participation.
Contact Kathy Grey, ext. 3049 or
E-Mail Kathy Gray
- Professional Services
Industries (PSI) - Leaburg/Walterville
Relicensing - Electric Division.
Testing Services
associated with Leaburg & Walterville Relicensing
Improvements. Provide soil/aggregate gradation sampling and
analysis and in-place testing; concrete materials and mix design
testing and reporting and concrete on-site testing and sampling
and for structural metal assembly inspection. This testing is
required to ensure compliance with the contract specifications and
FERC requirements for a Quality Control Inspection Program. The
amount involved is $33,465. This work is budgeted under
miscellaneous relicensing projects. Contact Jerry Hohman at
341-8510 or **** (Removing Jerry Hohman email address but not phone)
- Ecotope Inc. - Energy
Management Services - Customer
Services.
Applies to existing contract with Ecotope Inc., which completed
field research , collected information, developed a maintenance
protocol and assessed the energy savings potential for small
commercial "rooftop" HVAC systems. These systems represent a
significant energy savings opportunity for small business
customers. The proposed amendment is for additional services
requested by EWEB to (1) complete the final report and; (2)
provide for HVAC contractor training, program design and program
development services to assist EWEB in developing a
non-residential "rooftop" HVAC program. These small HVAC rooftop
systems serve approximately 50-80 percent of commercial facility
floor area in the Pacific Northwest. Based on the Ecotope field
research completed last year, existing rooftop HVAC systems are
operating at significantly less than optimal efficiency
performance. The proposed amendment would allow Ecotope to review
the results of the study with our local contractors in the
proposed training session and assist us in designing an incentive
program that we plan on added to our business DSM strategies
working through local HVAC contractors. The amount involved is
$80,015. This work was planned for and included in the 2002
budget. Contact Mike Logan at X3061 or
E-Mail Mike Logan
BUDGET AMENDMENTS
Budget Amendment No. 7 -
Changes in Contribution Margin Budget Assumptions.
Projects: 14332 Sales
and Interest Income; 18147 Wholesale Power Sales; 19278 Wyoming Wind
Generation; 14194 Vendor Payments; 14086 Wholesale Purchased Power;
11617 Smith Falls Operations and Maintenance; 14069 Weyerhaeuser #3
Operations and Maintenance; 18161 Weyerhaeuser #4 Operations and
Maintenance; 18150 Wholesale Wheeling; 14492 Stone Creek
Operations and Maintenance; and 19279 Wyoming Wind Generation.
- a. Retail
revenue - This budget amendment adjusts budgeted retail
revenue for 2002 to be consistent with the retail sales
assumptions used for the recently passed rate action and reflect
the impact of the new electric rates. These revenues are based on
the new rates that the Board approved being in effect through the
end of 2002 with no changes.
- b. Wholesale
revenue - This adjusts the budgeted wholesale revenue to
be consistent with the wholesale sales volumes and prices used for
determining the new electric rates. The primary changes relate to
higher volume of wholesale sales due to lower retail loads and
lower wholesale prices than used for the budget in the fall of
2001.
- c. Purchased
power - This adjusts the budgeted purchased power to be
consistent with the volumes and prices used in determining the new
electric rates. The major reasons for the change involve the
reduction in BPA rates, low ancillary services costs due to lower
loads, and adjustments related to the conservation and renewable
discount.
- d.
Wheeling - This adjusts the budgeted wheeling costs to be
consistent with those used in determining the new electric rates.
The changes relate to the choice of the NT (network transmission)
contract rather than the PTP (point-to-point) contract that was
used for the budget. With lower retail loads, the NT rate yields a
lower cost.
- e.
CILT - To be consistent with the retail revenues
contained in that budget amendment. It reduces the budgeted
payments to the City of Eugene by $900,000 and to the City of
Springfield by about $3,000.
Contact person is Dick
Varner, ext. 3299 or
E-Mail Dick Varner
|
Item
|
Original
Budget
|
Amended
Budget
|
Difference
|
Funding
Source
(reserves,
new revenue, bonding)
|
|
Retail
Revenue
|
($159,294,885)
|
($143,134,800)
|
$16,160,085
decrease
|
Operating
Reserve
Other cost
savings and financing agreements will cover
this.
|
|
Wholesale
Revenue
|
( 34,704,060)
|
( 39,371,000)
|
( 4,666,940)
increase
|
|
|
Power
|
102,554,134
|
98,152,750
|
( 4,401,384)
decrease
|
|
|
Wheeling
|
8,161,124
|
7,109,200
|
(1,051,924)
decrease
|
|
|
Production
|
1,945,000
|
1,945,000
|
None
|
|
|
CILT
|
10,165,900
|
9,259,570
|
(906,330)
decrease
|
|
|
Net
|
($
71,172,787)
|
($
66,039,280)
|
$ 5,133,507
Decrease in revenue overall
|
|