HomeMy WebLinkAboutMINUTES Light and Power Committee 1994-05-12RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS
Liglit and Power Committee
May 12,1994
Committee:Chairman Dekker,Trustees Miller and Pauley
Attending:Chairman Dekker,Trustees Miller and Pauley
Also Attending:Light and Power Director Matzke,Assistant
Town Administrator Widmer,and Deputy Clerk
Kuehi
Absent:None
Chairman Dekker called the meeting to order at 8:05 a.m.
RESOURCE INTEGRATION STUDY
Jay Hopper,Platte River Power Authority,presented slides
reviewing the information offered at the public workshop held April
22 in Estes Park as part of the Resource Integration Study.
Workshops are being held in all four Platte River member cities.
A list of questions (and answers)generated from the workshops was
distributed.A customer survey will be conducted in June to
solicit input from 100 customers in each of the four member cities.
A public hearing concerning the Integrated Resource Plan will be
conducted at the August meeting of the Platte River Board of
Directors followed by a final presentation of the plan at the
October Platte River Board meeting.Discussion was held regarding
the various types of power resources,the benefits of each,the
ability to store power,and environmental influences.
RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL CUSTOMER --DEFINITION
In January 1994,the Town Board approved a water rate ordinance
including precise definitions for residential and commercial
customer classes.A residential water customer is defined as a
customer whose water use is for primary living quarters and the
majority of the water consumption is for personal,not commercial
use.A commercial water customer is categorized by Town staff into
one or more of these groups:accommodations,shops,bed and
breakfast,eateries,camp—grounds,schools,churches,governmental
and utility agencies,dwelling unit rented for a billing period oflessthan30days,and customers other than residential.TheCommitteerecommendedthedefinitionsforresidentialandcommercialcustomerclassesapprovedinthewaterrateordinance
also be used in categorizing electric customers and thesedefinitionsbeincludedinthenextrevisionoftheTown’s electricordinance,thus providing consistent application of residential andcommercialratestowaterandelectriccustomersoftheTown.
REPORTS
Director Matzke presented various graphs and Financial Reports forApril,which included a new graph showing actual sales versusbudgetbymonth.
Project Updates:The last transformer will be upgraded this weekinconjunctionwiththePlatteRiversubstationproject.FiveemployeesareattendinghotlineschoolinGrandJunctionthreeofwhicharehelpingteach.A 3-phase transformer was installed atComfortInn.
R.M.E.L.Spring Conference Evaluation:Evaluation ratings weredistributed.Director Matzke commended Tom Pickering and BillThomasfortheircoordinationandeffortsbeforeandduringthe
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conference.Registration totaled 212.Town staff will submit a
proposal to host the 1996 Fall conference in Estes Park.
Platte River Power Authority:The scheduled Rawhide Plant shutdown
in March permitted maintenance and repair at a cost of 1.5 million
dollars.The Moffat County/Craig Station fiscal study regarding
impact fees is continuing.Newly—elected officers remain the same:
Jeff Gould,Chairman;Rich Widmer,Vice Chairman;Bernie Dannels,
Secretary;and Ann Azari,Treasurer.
There being no further business,Chairman Dekker adjourned the
meeting at 9:10 am.
Tina Kuehl,Deputy Town Clerk
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