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RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS
Light and Power Committee
November 10,1994
Committee:Chairman Dekker,Trustees Miller and Pauley
Attending:Chairman Dekker,Trustee Miller
Also Attending:Light and Power Director Matzke,Assistant
Town Administrator Widmer,Assistant Light and
Power Director Mangelsen,and Deputy Clerk
Kuehl
Absent:Trustee Pauley
Chairman Dekker called the meeting to order at 8:10 a.m.
FOUR CITIES JOINT INTEGRATED RESOURCE PLAN
PRPA representatives,John Bleem and Roy Rolil,presented slides
regarding the Integrated Resource Plan.The Plan is a study to
assure resources are available to meet the loads.The slides
reviewed the history,the survey results,and three recommendations
as follows:
1.Demand Site Management:Jointly promote activities to reduce
growth of peak demand.Funding will be equivalent to 1%of
Platte River revenue from sales to member cities.
2.Renewables:Establish criteria to evaluate renewable resource
options.
3.Peaking Resource:Establish options for new natural gas fired
peaking resources.
The option of using wind resource was studied and found to be
unacceptable due to the lack of wind during peak periods.
PEAK SHAVING REBATE PROGRAM/PROPOSED EMERGENCY GENERATOR
Director Matzke explained that a number of customers have installed
emergency generation equipment.Light and Power is proposing a
trial program to provide a financial incentive to two customers
with larger generation capacities to operate their equipment during
peak loading times which will help reduce the Town’s system load
coincident with Platte River’s system peak.The estimated cost of
the program is $4,000 to install the required metering equipment at
the two locations and $2,000 for purchase of a notebook computer
for electronically downloading the profile information from the
Town’s metering equipment.This purchase would eliminate the need
for the $2,500 laptop computer requested in the 1995 budget.The
rebate amount will be the greater amount of $10 per kW of load
carried by the generator during the Platte River System peak hour
or $10 per kW of the average load carried by the generator during
the requested hours of operation.The customer will be requested
to operate no more than six times each month of December,January,
and February and no more than four hours per occurrence.Light and
Power will attempt to provide 12 hours of notice prior to requested
generation period.The rebate amounts for three months,allowing
monthly load offsets of 200 kW,would be $6,000.The benefit on
the Town’s purchase power cost would be approximately $13,000.It
is anticipated this program will pay for itself the first year with
benefits extending into future years as long as the program is
continued.The Committee recommends approval of the Emergency
Generator Peak Shaving Rebate Program for the 1994-1995 winter
season with equipment and installation costs not to exceed $6,000andarebateamountof$10 per kw.
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ELECTRIC EXTENSION TO ROCKY MOUNTAIN NATIONAL PARK
Director Matzke reported that discussion is continuing with the
Park Service,the Bureau of Reclamation,and Platte River Power
Authority to provide electrical service to the Park.The items
being reviewed are:
1.Scope of construction and costs.
2.Rates for administrative loads including delivery costs from
Platte River and the Town.
3.An agreement between Platte River and the Town for a method of
providing credit to the Town for energy consumed by the Park.
There is no schedule for completion of this project and discussion
will continue.
REPORTS
Director Matzke presented various graphs and Financial Reports for
September and October.
Platte River Member Cities Customer Survey:Results of the Platte
River resource planning survey comparing four city—owned utilities
were presented.The comparisons were based on the results for each
single city-owned utlity which were then compared to the other
three cities combined.Due to the small number of interviews
performed in Estes Park,differences between Estes Park and the
other three cities may be nominally large yet not statistically
significant.Basic attitudes toward the city-owned utilities are
most positive in Estes Park ranking the highest of the four cities
in overall favorability and concern for customers and the lowest
rating for fairness of rates.
Electric Thermal Storage Heat Program Progress Report:Assistant
Light and Power Director Mangelsen reported that 26 customers have
storage heaters,6 of those are using the lease purchase program,
and 15 have applied for the rebate program,totaling $2,000.John
Bleem,PRPA,commended Estes Park for their successful program.
Project Updates:Facilities are being installed at Stanley Views
Addition and are 60%completed.The RMNP extension is continuing,
now servicing 12 houses.The rewiring of downtown streetlights
allows the use of photo cells that will automatically turn of f
every other street light between 2:00 a.m.and 6:00 a.m.
Platte River Power Authority:Assistant Administrator Widmer
distributed the proposed budget and reported that the directors
toured the Craig Power Plant.Chairman Dekker requested the newly-
appointed Town trustees receive a tour of both the Craig and
Rawhide plants.
There being no further business,Chairman Dekker adjourned the
meeting at 9:27 a.m.
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Tina Kuehi,Deputy Town Clerk
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