AGENDA
EUGENE WATER & ELECTRIC BOARD
EWEB BOARD ROOM
500 EAST FOURTH AVENUE
AUGUST 2, 2011

WORK SESSION
4:30 P.M.
*Note earlier start time
  Start time Length

1. Energy Efficiency and Demand Response Strategy Follow-Up – Clay Norris, Director of Power Resources, and Bill Welch, Energy Management Department Manager

4:30 30 min.
Dinner Break
5:00 15 min.
2. 2012 Budget Scenario – Debra Smith, Customer & Shared Services Division Director 5:15 60 min.
3. 2012-2021 Electric Utility Capital Investment Plan – Tom Buckhouse, Electric, Water & Steam Division Director, and Dean Ahlsten, Systems Engineering & Substation Reliability Manager 6:15 30 min.
4. 2012 Draft Water Division 10-Year Capital Investment Plan – Tom Buckhouse, Electric, Water & Steam Division Director, and Mel Damewood, Water Engineering Manager 6:45 30 min.
     

REGULAR BOARD MEETING
7:30 P.M.

 
  Start time Length
1. Agenda Check (President Brown) 7:30 5 min.
2. Public Input 7:35 15 min.
3. 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.) 7:50 5 min.
4. Items removed from Consent Calendar 7:55 5 min.
5. Items from Board Members 8:00 10 min.
6. Correspondence 8:10 5 min.
7. Board Agenda and Calendar 8:15 5 min.
8. Update to Rates for Very Large General Service Rate Schedule G-4 and Special Very Large General Service Schedule G-5 – Debra Smith, Customer & Shared Services Division Director 8:20 15 min.
9. Public Hearing: Very Large General Service Rate Schedule 8:35 10 min.
10. Update to Rates for Very Large General Service Rate Schedule G-4 and Special Very Large General Service Schedule G-5 Approval – Resolution No. 1126 8:45 5 min.
11. University of Oregon Retail Power Sales Agreement Approval – Resolution No. 1127 – Clay Norris, Power Resources Division Director 8:50 15 min.
12. Riverfront Master Plan Land Use Phase – Roger Gray, General Manager, Jeannine Parisi, Community and Local Government Outreach Coordinator, and Kevin Biersdorff, Principal Project Manager 9:05 30 min.
 

Consent Calendar
August 2, 2011

 

MINUTES

1a. June 7, 2011 Work Session
1b. June 7, 2011 Regular Session

 

BUDGET AMENDMENT

2. Budget Amendment #7 – Reallocates funds originally projected for 2012 Steam Transition Plan to this year to address customers transitioning off the team systems sooner rather than later. Water & Steam Division. $2,437,779 (Total $3,197,236) – Contact Person is Tom Buckhouse, 541-685-7166

3. Budget Amendment #8 – Additional budget to implement construction projects (water main improvements and water main relocations) that were not scheduled for 2011, and get ahead of the 2012 street construction work. Water & Steam Division. $1,650,000 (Total $4,880,922) – Contact Person is Tom Buckhouse, 541-685-7166


CONTRACTS

4. Bridge Energy Group, Inc. – Services and support for deployment of an Advanced Metering Infrastructure (AMI) and related points of integration with other EWEB Systems. General Manager Division. $149,000 – Contact Person is Roger Gray, 541-685-7130

5. Cascade Group, Inc., dba Cascade Claims Service – To provide claim adjuster services to investigate liability and recovery claims at the direction of EWEB’s Claims Administrator. Customer & Shared Service Division. $125,000 (over 5 years) – Contact Person is Debra Smith, 541-685-7196

6. Cascade Health Solutions – To provide EWEB’s Employee Assistance Program (EAP), professional counseling services to employees and their families as well as supervisory consultation to EWEB managers. Customer & Shared Service Division. $95,000 (over 5 years) – Contact Person is Debra Smith, 541-685-7196

7. Elster Solutions, LLC – To provide services, equipment and support for deployment of an Advanced Metering Infrastructure pilot project. General Managers Division. $176,000 – Contact Person is Roger Gray, 541-685-7130

8. General Pacific, Inc. – For the purchase of transformer and secondary connectors to replenish stock, on an as-needed basis. Electric, Water & Steam Division. $140,000 (over 5 years) – Contact Person is Tom Buckhouse, 541-685-7166

9. Northwest Hydraulic Consultants, Inc. – Field Work associated with Leaburg Fish Screen Evaluation. Power Resources Division. $23,000 – Contact Person is Clay Norris, 541-685-7106

10. Pacific Turbine Services LLC – Repair and Maintenance of the Springfield International Paper (IP) Unit #4 Co-Generating Plant. Power Resources Division. $69,000 (EWEB Shares Total $326,679) – Contact Person is Clay Norris, 541-685-7106

11. Wildish Building Company – Increase the CM/GC contract for preconstruction services for certain aquatics improvement projects at the Carmen-Smith Hydroelectric facility. Power Resources Division. $59,000 – Contact Person is Clay Norris, 541-685-7106

 

Correspondence Only
August 2, 2011

None at this time