HomeMy WebLinkAbout1996-01-17 Min - Board (4) RESOLUTION NO. 96,02
OF THE
TRUCKEE DONNER PUBLIC UTILITY DISTRICT
ADOPTING A POLICY AUTHORIZING IMPLEMENTATION OF
AUTOMATIC METER READING TECHNOLOGY
WHEREAS the District bills it customers for electricity on the basis of meter readings, and
reads in excess of eight thousand meters each month; and
WHEREAS the speed and accuracy of reading meters is important to the District billing
system; and
WHEREAS new technologies have been developed which permit the reading of meters
quickly and accurately and the cost of implementation of these technologies has been
reduced in recent years making it financially feasible to use them in this District, and
WHEREAS it is anticipated that meter reading technologies will continue to evolve and
improve in the future such that other opportunities for cost effective, accurate meter
reading will become available, and
WHEREAS it is in the interest of this District to make use of technologies that permit it
to work efficiently, saving rate payers'money;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE I RESOLVED by the Board of Directors of the Truckee Donner
Public Utility District as follows:
1. It is the policy of this District to implement advanced meter
reading technologies as they are developed and become
available at a cost that provides an advantage for District
ratepayers.
2. The General Manager is directed to set up a procedure
whereby this District remains informed regarding
developments in meter reading technologies.
3. As new technologies become available at advantageous
prices, the General Manager is directed to include the cost of
converting to said new meter reading technologies in the
appropriate annual budget for consideration by the Board of
Directors.
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the Board of Directors at a meeting duly called and held
within the District on the 17th day of January 1996 by the following roll call vote:
AYES: Aguera, Jones, Maass, Sutton and Hemig.
NOES: None.
ABSENT. None.
TRUCKEE DONNER PUBLIC UTILITY DISTRICT
By '
Peter L. Holzmeiste , Clerk of the Board
ATTEST
Susan M. Craig, Deputy Di ct Clerk