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Home My WebLink About2010-10-20 Min - Board REGULAR MEETING October 20, 2010 • - Section 2.08.010 the TDPUD minutes are action only In accordance with District Code - nutes. All Board meetings are recorded on a digital format which is reserved er e mi tuall and made available for listeningto an interested art u on their re guest. Board of Directors of the Truckee Donner Public Utility District was The regular meeting of the called to order at 6:00 PM in the TDPUD Board room by Vice-President Hillstrom. Jeff Bender, Ron Hemig, John Hillstrom and Tony Laliotis ROLL CALL. Directors Joe Aguera, were present. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE General Manager Michael Holleyled the Board and public in the Pledge of Allegiance. EMPLOYEES PRESENT: Kathy Neus, Steven Poncelet, Rosana Matlock, Nancy Waters, Bob Mescher, Michael Holley and Barbara Cahill CONSULTANTS PRESENT: Steve Gross OT HERS PRESENT: Juanita Schneider, Dan Warren and Josh Susman CHANGES TO THE AGENDA There are no changes to the agenda. PUBLIC INPUT Josh Susman stated that it has come to his attention that some Placer County residents have been PUD rate payers for twentyears, yet the PUD has never annexed them. Therefore they do not have a right to vote for the Board or Board issues. How many of these rate payers are not awar e? Per Nevada County LAFCo, it is up to the District to do an annexation. DIRECTOR UPDATE President Bender attended the California LAFCo meeting in Palm Springs from October 6 to 8, 2010. The meetingwas excellent and addressed issues. Two unsuccessful endeavors were City of San Francisco to create its own municipality, and SMUD to take over a portion of PG&E territory. CONSENT CALENDAR p Director Hemig g asked to pull agenda item No. 7 "Award of Janitorial Services Contract" and place on Action Items. Director Laliotis asked to pull agenda item No. 8 "Award Contact for Water Efficient Toilet Exchange Program" and place on Action Items. 1 Minutes: October 20, 2010 THE CONTRACT FOR THE PURCHASE OF CFL'S CONSIDERATION OF INCREASING- Ives increasing the contract to purchase CFL s for Million CFL Program ram This item invo Director A uera seconded, that the Board approve the consent Director Hemig moved, and D g cal endar. ROLL CALL: All Directors aye, by voice vote. SO MOVED ACTION ITEMS WARD OF A JANITORIAL CONSIDERATION OF THE A SERVICES CONTRACT This item uarters building. involves a contract for Janitorial Services for the District Headquarters Director Laliotis moved, an d Director Hillstrom seconded, that the Board award the contract for in the District's RFP, to Debbie Madera Cleaning Service at a cost of janitorial services as detailed$63,000. ROLL CALL. All Directors aye, by voice vote. SO MOVED TRACT FOR THE WATER CONSIDERATION OF AWARDING A CON EFFICIENT TOILET e EXCHANGE PROGRAM This involves a contract for the Water Efficient Toilet Exchange Program. Director Hillstrom mo ved, and Director Hemig seconded, that the Board award a contract to , Western Nevada Supply for the Water Efficient Toilet Exchange Program for a base amount of$22,500 plus a 10/o change hange order authorization for a total amount not to exceed $24,750 plus tax. ROLL CALL: All Directors aye, by voice vote. SO MOVED WORKSHOPS OUTCOME OF NEI GHBORHOOD OUTREACH: OLYMPIC HEIGHTS This item involves the Neighborhood Resource Mobilization pilot in Olympic Heights held on September 18, 2010. Steven Poncelet gave a presentation: • District seeks innovative, cost-effective ways to deliver programs o Collaborate with other agencies/partners o Leverage resources o Maximize community benefits • Delivering programs and services directly to a neighborhood o Concept started when developing ESP and RES o Evolved to a `bundle''of programs and services o Evolved to a `bundle' of agencies • "Public Services Together...One Neighborhood at a Time" o District, Town of Truckee and Nevada County artici ated ■ Truckee Tahoe Airport District &California Highway Patrol also p p o Pilot event held Saturday, September 18th in Olympic Heights o Each agency brought existing programs and services ■ ESP/RES (surveyors on-hand) ■ Lighting give-a-ways ■ Water-Efficient Toilet Rebate Program ■ Information on water meters, customer leaks, and the Customer Leak Repair Rebate Program o `Block-party' format with BBQ • Olympic Heights Event Review 2 Minutes: October 20, 2010 o Very strong customer participation: over 125 attendees (-25% of neighborhood) o District's programs well accepted ■ Distributed over 1,000 CFL's ■ Conducted 10 residential energy surveys ■ Provided other measures and information ■ Staff& board engaged with customers o D ,istrict Town of Truckee, and Nevada County held de-brief ■ Reviewed event, costs, and benefits ■ Very positive community outreach ■ Staffs of each agency are interested in continuing program • Key questions going forward: ro with the ram? o Are the agency governing Board's interested in continuing program? o What new agencies/organizations should be invited to participate? o How many events should be planned per year to serve the overall community?o Which neighborhoods do we serve and in what order? • Fiscal Impact: total direct costs of event was less than -$2,500 o Shared between District, Town of Truckee, and Nevada County o District's portion in the approved FYI budget o Cost for future events to be determined by neighborhood specifics & be shared Public input: • A lot of positive feedback • Partner with other agencies • Give to friends in Place County also Board discussion: • Keep doing- at least two times a year • Get other public agencies Why did the Airport participate • Public agencies should have a chance to participate • Get low hanging fruit first • Do Glenshire and Armstrong and divide up larger neighborhoods • Do Tahoe Donner full-time residents- can we get information from the GIS • Good to have Airport District at Olympic Heights • Tahoe Donner—have for two days in the summer • Three events each year in enough • Coordinate with Homeowner Associations- multiply benefits • Even though penetration was 25% initially, it compounds to others • Good phrase"government working for you" • Gateway and Meadow Park would be good neighborhoods to hit next year • Do three to four events per year • M need three to five events to cover Tahoe Donner-will come if they can walk+ May • What is the cost of staff time • Amazing thing Too many vendors may diminish return • Excellent program • Government together and show what they do for the public • There is value in Tahoe Donner • Take on couple larger neighborhood and get a feel for added level of participation 3 Minutes: October 20, 2010 • Tahoe Donner- may need to work with the Homeowners Association- use parking lot for the day-valuable to tap some day ' • Open to other agencies to share the message • Continue • Open to other agencies • Do three to four per year • How many hours of staff time to prepare for this event • Should events have size limits DISCUSSION OF CALIFORNIA LEGISLATIVE AND REGULATORY AFFAIRS UPDATE information about SB722, AB2514, SB1476 and Propositions 229 239 This item involves infor . 26 and RES Regulations. Steve Hollabaugh gave a presentation: Legi slative Session: Renewable Portfolio Standard (SB722 — Simitian) o Would have requ ired statewide 33% RPS by 2020 for all California utilities, CEC enforcement, limited resource flexibility o NCPA was actively involved in negotiations at the Capitol • Eliminated CEC cost-containment language and CEC oversight provisions for public power ■ II utilities with greater flexibility (in-state vs. out-of-state) to meet RPS Provided a requirements ■ Session ended before vote could be taken by Senate ■ RPS legislation debate to continue in 2011 publicly o Fora local ublicl owned electric utility that was in existence on or before January 1, 2009 that provides retail electric service to 15,000 or fewer customer accounts in California and is interconnected to a balancing authority located outside this state , but with in the WECC, and eligible renewable energy resource includes a facility that is located outside California that is connected to the WECC transmission system, if all of the following conditions are met: d by the local publicly owned electric ■ Electricity generated by the facility is procure utility, flit is delivered to the balancing authority area in which the local publicly owned electric utility is located, and is not used to fulfill renewable energy procurement requirements of other states. mply with, RPS publicly■ Local ublicl owned electric utilities participate in, and co accounting system stem administered by the Energy Commission pursuant to Article 4. ■ The Energy Commission verifies that the electricity generated by the facility is eligible to meet the RPS procurement requirements. • Legislative Session: Energy Storage (AB2514 — Skinner) o NCPA secured a bill that did the following for public power: ■ Allows two years for POU to evaluate energy storage systems ■ Allows local communities to establish targets ■ Eliminated the $25,000 per day penalty for "non-attainment" ■ Limited CEC's involvement to reporting ■ Signed by the Governor • Legislative Session: Utility Consumer Privacy (SB1476-Padilla) 0 Ensures that customer privacy is not compromised through information obtained from smart grid programs 4 Minutes: October 20, 2010 it of utility to continue utilizing third-party vendors to support o NCPA retained ability Y smart grid and other programs, while protecting privacy of customers' information o Signed by the Governor: • Ballot Initiative. Propo sition 22 — "The Local Taxpayer, Public, Safety, and Transporta- tion Protection Act" government fundin o Prohibits the State from interfering with local go g ■ Gasoline excise tax and transportation funding o Eliminates the State's authority to borrow local government property tax funds • Ballot Initiative. Propo sition 26 — "Supermajority Vote to Pass New Taxes and Fees Act o Broadens the definition of a local tax ntl may im ose ■ Classifies as taxes some fees & charges that government curre y y p with a majority vote roved with a Fees and charges that benefit the public broadly that are currently approved o F 9 majority vote would have to be approved by a 2/3rd vote o Potential Impacts on Public Power or be subject to Y ■ Likel to require new electric rates to be set at cost of service 1 voter approval • eliminate utilit 's ability to make transfers to the general fund in the future Could e Y • Ballot Initiative: Proposition 23 —Suspends AB32 o four o Suspend AB 32 until the State's unemployment rate is less than 5.5/o for consecutive quarters. Includes: rivatel and ublicly ■ The proposed ARB regulation that is intended to require p y P owned utilities to obtain a 33 percent renewable portfolio ■ The proposed cap-and-trade regulation ■ The "low carbon fuel standard" Cal ifornia Air Resources Board (CARB) Update Cap-and-Trade Proposal 0 GARB scheduled to adopt cap-and-trade regulations in December 2010 preparing o CARB staffto release "complete" package of regulations by October 2 o Key issues being considered ■ Method of allowance distribution ■ Length of compliance period ■ Auction design and use of revenues ■ Rules and potential limits on trading ■ Rules for use of offsets ■ Recognition for early and voluntary action ■ Enforcement and penalties for non-compliance o CARB is struggling to develop rules • Renewable Energy Standard Regulations o CARB adopted RES regulations (9/23) ss unfolded in legislature ■ Governor asked CARB to wait to see how SB 722 proce o g Draft regulations generally friendly to public power and incorporates NCPA positions ■ Allows flexible use of RECs ■ Exemption for utilities with retail sales below 200,000 MWH ■ A g Allows large hydroelectric generation to be used to satisfy portion of RES requirement o Enforcement an issue: CARB staff said it would not enforce compliance through 2017 • NCPA Leg & Reg Member Services: reporting and compliance o NCPA gearing up for next energy efficiency report due March 15, 2011 o Report consolidation efforts continue 5 Minutes: October 20, 2010 ■ New templates for renewables reporting �-- in regulations to implement NCPA-sponsored Power Content CEC developing re g Label changes Updated Gre en House Gas (GHG) reporting regulations will reduce duplicative utility reporting efforts at CARB and CEC o Contracting support for members ■ GHG verification services ■ Efficiency Measurement &Verification (EMV) services o NCPA Public Benefits Committee meets monthly and shares best practices There was no public input. Board discussion: • Thanks to staff for knowing about the regulatory world • Each director nee ds to have a feel for what is doing on externally- every director should have a discipline that the are following outside of our meetings, assign a Director to stay on top oP f different aspects and have them report back to the Board- for example participate ate in UAMPS or NCPA; too much going on to just react in here s natural as is a solution at least on the short term, especially with the All regulation say 9 • Y Cap & Trade, it is cheaptoday and available; it backs other renewables such as wind and is available through UAMPS; in the future it may be a move from coal to natural gas What is Energy Storage-e- is it like ice storage in relation to air conditioning load- a peak • shifting device Energy Storage is a strange legislation- how can they mandate • Get Boar d members involved in other associations- expose to different areas of the industry- provide feedback and be aware • What other types of committee meetings are there through NCPA • Thanks for the information and update ROUTINE BUSINESS TREASURER REPORT: SEPTEMBER, 2010 Approval of the report: Director Hemig moved, and Director Aguera seconded, that the Board approve the treasurer's report for the month ended September 30, 2010. There was a show of hands. SO MOVED. Approval of disbursements: Director Aguera moved, and Director Hillstrom seconded, that the Board approve the September 2010 disbursements report. There was a show of hands. SO MOVED. APPROVAL OF MINUTES FOR SEPTEMBER 15 AND OCTOBER 592010 Director Laliotis moved, ved and Director Hillstrom seconded, that the Board approve the minutes of September 15 and October 5, 2010. There was a show of hands. SO MOVED 6 Minutes: October 20, 2010 CLOSED SESSION PERFORMANCE EVALUATION - PUBLIC EMPLOYEE PERFO GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 549 (E 57 : GENERAL MANAGER PERFORMANCE PLAN REVIEW ) CLOSED SESSION PU RSUANT TO GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 54956.99 SUBDIVISION (B), POTENTIAL LITIGATION, ONE CASE RETURN TO OPEN SESSION Report from Closed Session There was no reportable action. ADJOURNMENT There being no further business before the Board, the meeting was adjourned at 9:00 PM. TRUCKEE DO UBLIC UTILITY DISTRICT Jeff tn esident Prepared by Barbara Cahill, Deputy District Clerk 7 Minutes: October 20, 2010