HomeMy WebLinkAboutMINUTES Light and Power Committee 1968-08-26tD LIGHT AND POWER COM1ITTEE
Committee Report
August 26,1968
SPECIAL MEETING
CONMITTEE:Tregent -Petrocine -Erickson -Sweetland -Bailey
Attending:Tregent -Petrocine -Erickson -Sweetland -Bailey
OLD BUSINESS:
1.Bailey reported the claim for $397.42 of Mr.E.H.Gaylord had
been turned over to the Town Attorney,Ernest G.Hartweil,for
final disposition.No recommendation had been received to date.
2.Mr.C.H.Hoper has been notified of his company’s selection to
make a rate study for the electric department of the Town of
Estes Park.No action to date.
NEW BUSINESS:
1.A revised Exhibit A of the Contract Rates of Delivery from the
Bureau of Reclamation was presented to the Committee.The re
vision increased the summer season delivery from 4300 MW to
4600 MW.The winter rate of delivery will remain at 1800 MW
from the Missouri River Basin Project.The contract will re
main at 0 KW for the summer season and the winter contract
will be increased from 450 MW to 850 MW from the Colorado
River Storage Project.After reviewing the kilowatt hour load
increase of the Light and Power department,the Committee re
commended approval of the revised contract rate of delivery.
2.The Five City Group called the Platte River Municipal Power
Association,has advanced in it’s planning to the point where
it needs the help of a fiscal agent and bonding attorneys.
Estes Park’s share of the cost would be $150.00 per year for
the bonding agent and $180.00 per year for the bonding attorney’s
fees.This amount is to be applied toward the bonding expense,
if at a later date it is decided to issue bonds.The Committee
recommends the tentative acceptance of this assessment,subject
to the approval of the other four cities.
3.Estes Park Light and Power Department has been asked to join
Colorado Systems Coordinating Council that has been formed at
the instigation of the Committee on the Public Utilities
Commission of the State Legislature of the State of Colorado.
The Bureau of Reclamation,twenty municipalities,four REA
Generation and Transmission associations and the four private
power companies in the State have been invited to form this
Council.The forming of this Council is a direct result of
the controversy between the Public Service Company of Colorado
and Colorado Ute Electric Association over the Hayden Power
Plant.The purpose of the Council as stated in the by-laws
are:“The purpose of the Colorado System Coordinating Council
is to coordinate the planning and operation of the generating
and transmission facilities of the bulk power systems in the
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State of Colorado in order to achieve reliable operation and economic
utilization of such facilities.The Council will provide means of
exchanging information and system data for such purposes.”Article
seven on finances states,“The expenses of each member of the Council,
Steering Coimnittee,and other Conunittees,sub-committees,work groups
or task forces shall be borne by each respective member system parti
cipating therein.”The Committee recommends that we become a member
of the Council.
There being no further business,the meeting adjourned.
Leon H.Sweetland,Jr.
Superintendent
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