AGENDA
EUGENE WATER & ELECTRIC BOARD
EWEB BOARD ROOM
500 EAST FOURTH AVENUE
JANUARY 3, 2012
WORK SESSION
5:30 P.M.
  Start time Length

1. Final Draft 2011 Integrated Electric Resource Plan – Clay Norris, Power Resources Division Director, Eric Hiaasen, Senior Energy Resource Analyst, Jeannine Parisi, Community & Local Government Outreach Coordinator, and Erin Erben, Power Planning Manager

 5:30 60 min.
2. 2012 General Manager Goals – Roger Gray, General Manager 6:30 45 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 5 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.) 7:40 5 min.
4. Items removed from Consent Calendar 7:45 5 min.
5. Items from Board Members 7:50 10 min.
6. Correspondence 8:00 5 min.
7. Board Agenda and Calendar 8:05 5 min.
8. 2012 Election of Officers (Action) 8:10 20 min.
9. 2012 Appointment of Commissioners to Board Liaison Assignments and Committees 8:30 20 min.
10. 2011 Final Draft Integrated Electric Resource Plan (IERP) Approval 8:50 10 min.
11. 2012 General Manager Goals Approval 9:00 10 min.
12. Revised 2012 Customer Generation Rates and Policy Changes Approval – Resolution No. 1202 – Clay Norris, Power Resources Division Director, Bill Welch, Energy Management Department Manager, and Dan Morehouse, Energy Management Programs Supervisor 9:10 20 min.
 
 

Consent Calendar
January 3, 2012
 

RATIFICATION OF BOARD CONSULTANTS FOR 2012

1. Ratification of Board Consultants for 2012
1.1 Independent and Consulting Engineers – Black & Veatch
1.2 Independent Actuaries – Kenney Consulting
1.3 Renewable Energy Credits (REC Legal Counsel) – Davis Wright Tremaine LLP
1.4 Independent Auditor and Certified Public Accountant – Moss Adams
1.5 Financial Advisor – Delta Utility Associates LLC

 

RATIFICATION OF RETAINED PROFESSIONALS FOR 2012

2. Retained Professionals and Attorneys for 2012
2.1 General Counsel – Eric DeFreest, Luvaas Cobb Law Office
2.2 Special Counsel and Power Risk Counsel – Cable Huston Benedict Haagensen & Lloyd
2.3 Special Counsel (BPA Rate Review) Murphy & Buchal LLP
2.4 Human Resources Counsel – Harrang, Long, Gary and Rudnick
2.5 Bond Disclosure Counsel – Mersereau and Shannon
2.6 Bond Counsel: Mersereau & Shannon

MINUTES

3a. October 18, 2011 - Work Session
3b. November 15, 2011 - Work Session
3c. November 15, 2011 - Regular Session
3d. December 6, 2011 - Work Session
3e. December 6, 2011 - Regular Session

 

CONTRACTS

4. Alternative Work Concepts – To provide employment and alternatives to employment service for individuals with developmental disabilities, on a part-time basis for clerical and office support. Customer & Shared Services Division - $50,000, Contact Person is Debra Smith, 541-685-7196.

5. Barney & Worth, Inc. – To provide consulting services for the development of a Second Source Water Communications Plan. Water Division - $150,000 (up to $75K in first year), Contact Person is Tom Buckhouse, 541-685-7166.

6. Delta Utility Associates LLC – To provide Financial Advisor and other personal services. Customer & Shared Services Division - $55,000, Contact Person is Debra Smith, 541-685-7196.

7. Quality Training Systems, Inc. – Training materials and a software system to assist in complying with the new NERC standards. Electric Division - $150,000, Contact Person is Tom Buckhouse, 541-685-7166.

8. Valerent Inc. – Consulting Services for the Implementation of Symantec/Altiris Software. Consulting services are needed to support staff as we transition from the legacy system to the new Symantec/Altiris Software version 7.1. Customer & Shared Services Division - $105,000, Contact Person is Debra Smith, 541-685-7196.

INTERGOVERNMENTAL AGREEMENT (IGA)

9. U.S. Department of Interior U.S. Geological Survey – For the collection of streamflow data at the McKenzie River intake stations which include flood stage and flow rate data. Customer & Shared Services Division - $99,000, Contact Person is Debra Smith, 541-685-7196.

 

Correspondence Only
January 3, 2012