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ELECTRIC DEPARTMENT(high potential ideas, but with low economic value and impact)Vegetation Management / Tree TrimmingWildfire Mitigation Plan Communications / Broadband Truckee Substation
2021 Rebuild
Truckee Substation 2021 Rebuild current and future needs (high economic value and impact)Mission: reliable, high quality electric service, meeting Direct contribution to –Truckee Substation
2021 Rebuild electronics (rising economic value and impact)new oil spill containment system, control house for improvements: slope stabilization, addition of guard rail, construction
of –Truckee Substation 2021 Rebuild (low economic value and impact)Staff prepares scope of work; consultant designs improvements -system, and environmental protection (high potential)necessary
for continued safe and reliable operation of electric critical asset, improvements –
Communications / BroadbandBIdea for Plan Bright leads to A of Plan Failure 2004due to high cost of service, circa providers, customer interest fell by Legal Complaint –Plan Aexcess fiber
optic cable capacity from SRIPStrategic Plan, Task Force development and investigation of using -CPlan of 60 facilities starting in 2011, with Phase 5 complete in 2020.SRIP has completed
5 of 8 (projected) phases, with connections to 30 –Plan Bcirca 2000 to 2004Hired manager, developed business plan, and designed system, –Plan ASuccess of Plan B leads to Bright Idea
for Plan Cwater servicescontribution to Mission: reliable, high quality electric and District internet access, security cameras. Direct SRIP supports SCADA communications, high speed
–Plan Busing SRIP fiber optic cable assetcommunity Provide needed service to Board Initiative: -Broadband -CPlan to 60 remote Electric and Water facilities to replace unreliable Phone
Co. systemSCADA Reliability Improvement Project (SRIP): build Fiber Optic system -Plan Bcirca 2000Fiber to Home: Provide needed service to community, –Plan A
Wildfire Mitigation PlanStrategy YIdea for Bright leads to Strategy X of Failure high, limited use in Districtoverall cost is too –Strategy Xyear plan to replace all fuses with ELF fuses-3;and
costs are manageableELF fuses cost more than expulsion fuses, but benefits are ongoing –Strategy Ybenefits-strategies have greater costcomplete rebuild of system due to increased weight
of conductors; other Investigations revealed covered conductors would require a –Strategy XDeveloped Plan and implemented several specific strategies with Board –WMP Direct contribution
to Mission–Strategy Yto provide safe and reliable electric service Plan implementation directly contributes to Mission –WMP fuses vent hot gases and can start fires, ELF fuse are sealed
and don’t ventuses (ELF); expulsion fimiting lReplace expulsion fuses with energy -YStrategy ignition due to tree contact with conductorsCovered Conductor (replaces bare wire): Reduces
probability of –Strategy Xcaused by District electric facilities and to increase system resiliencyMitigation Plan is a state requirement to mitigate threat of wildfire –WMP
Vegetation Management Plan / Tree Trimming2 Contract Alternative5 years leads to Bright Idea for Costs have increase 5X over last Q4, 2021 for work starting in 2022 and later yearsDevelop
contract documents and solicit bids in –Contract Alternative2 year cycle-entire District in 5Ongoing work, performed annually by contractors; cover –Trimming Tree Bright Idea for 2
Contract AlternativeCosts have increase 5X over last 5 years leads to to Mission to provide safe and reliable electric service Plan implementation directly contributes –Trimming Tree
lower cost);workers at a clearing and tree removal operations (less skilled –trimming operations only (higher skilled workers at a higher cost): Contract B tree –budget: Contract A
Increase production for same –2 Contract Alternativereduce outages due to tree contactwildfire; single most effective practice to reduce the threat of wildfire and Tree trimming is
a state requirement to mitigate threat of –Tree Trimming