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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1997-05-21 Truckee Public Utility i Board of Directors Joseph R.Aguera Hem R bert A.Jones {916} 587-3896 RobartA.Jones FAX (916) 587-1189 James A. Maass Patricia S. Sutton REGULAR MEETING General Manager 7:00 PM, Wednesday, May 21, 1997 Peter L. Hoizmalster TDPUD Board Room AGENDA 1. Call to order 2. Roll call $. Public Input - 7:00 PM(or as soon thereafter as possible)Any member of the audience desiring to address the Board regarding a matter on the agenda is welcome to do so.Matters not specifically listed on the agenda may be brought up under public input. WORKSHOP ITEMS 4. Discussion of confidentiality agreements related to power market proposals 5. Discussion of power market proposals and the process for completing the review 6. Discussion of a report on the ground source heat pump pilot program and a possible policy defining a ground source heat pump incentive program 7. Discussion of monthly staff reports CLOSED SESSION 8. Conference with labor negotiator, Peter Holzmeister, employee organization, Local 1245 International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, Government Code Section 54957.6 RETURN TO PUBLIC SESSION 9. Possible direction and/or action relating to closed session item ADJOURNMENT NOTE., The complete packet of material relating to the agenda is available for review at the PUD office and at the Truckee Library Posted a mailedr'or May 997 usan M. Craig, Deputy District C(srk' Post Office Box 309 11570 Donner Pass Road Truckee, California 96160 TDPUD MEMORANDUM May 19, 1997 FFROM: Peter ard of directors L. Holzmelsfer, General Manager onthly Manager's report AGENDA # 7 `(f 1. LAFCo: Nevada County LAFCo has decided to give Truckee's special districts and town government time to work together to determine what sort of study of governance issues would be appropriate and what sort of time frame should be considered in initiating a study. The managers of the special districts and town met on April 21, as we do routinely, and Oz Butterfield suggested we plan to have a public meeting on May 15, 1997. It was also suggested that we use Linda Brown from the school district as a facilitator. She was suggested by Steve Randall because she is not affiliated with any of the parties who would be likely participants in the governance study. The managers will get together again, this time with Linda Brown present, on May 6, 1997 to draft the agenda for the May 15 meeting. 2. Power Supply: You will recall that the Board entered into a power sales contract with NCPA which would be effective on July 1, 1997, the date our contract with SPPCo expires. This contract was to be a default contract that would be in place in case we were unable to secure a different contract from the marketplace. The Board then asked staff to take actions to seek out a power purchase contract. Steve Hollabaugh, Tom Green and i have been working with six power marketers. We expect to receive proposals on May 5, 1997. It will take Steve and Tom a while to evaluate the proposals. They will work with Bob McDiarmid and Lisa Dowden. At the May 21, 1997 meeting we will bring the proposals to the Board with a staff recommendation. 3. NCPA: I am continuing to meet with the managers of the NCPA members and NCPA staff about twice a month We are discussing the ENRON negotiations and the reengineering of NCPA. Every so often our negotiations hit a snag which needs to be worked out. We are at that point right now. The parties are still optimistic that we will reach agreement. The NCPA managers and staff have decided to meet for two days on May 27 and 28 to clarify among ourselves what our position should be with ENRON. We will then get back with ENRON and continue negotiations. What we are doing with ENRON has never been done before, so we are all proceeding with great caution. 4. IBEW I believe we have reached agreement with the employee union on the terms of a new MOU. We have also reached agreement on how to settle the grievance which the union had decided to arbitrate with us. The grievance concerned the upgrade of two Water Helpers to Water Service Technicians. These matters will probably be listed for Board consideration and action at the May 21 Board meeting. 5. Rotary club speech: On April 29 I was the guest speaker at the morning Rotary club. I talked about electric industry restructuring and the upcoming study of Truckee governance. During the question and answer period, there was more interest in natural gas and water service at Donner Lake. There was very little interest in the governance study. We as a district may be hearing more and more about natural gas and water service at Donner Lake. 6. Meetings: During the past month l conducted an all employee meeting and Monday morning management staff meetings in addition to preparing agenda and packets for our Board meetings. 7. Use of McGlashan property: On April 18/met with a group that is studying the potential use of the McGlashan property as an educational and recreation campus. Much more detailed information is coming together and l am preparing a status report for the Board which l hope to have out by our next Board meeting 8. Tahoe Donner wells: Ron Hemig and/ met with Sam Lemon and Bob Broyer to discuss the status of evaluation of use of the Tahoe Donner wells. We will soon have that issue back on our front burner. 9. Timber harvest: We removed timber from McGlashan property last year. They were to return this year to do the required planting of new seedlings and they have, in fact, done so. They began the planting on April 29. PLH/smc Truckee n lip Utility District ...cc!of Director Joseph P.,Agues J.Ronala Hemp Business Office Manning Services Robert A.Jones (916)537-3896 (916) 567-3944 FAX(916) 587-5056 Jaynes A. Maass Patricia S. Sutton General Manager Peter L. HolzrueMer ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES: April - May, 1997 STAFF REPORT Submitted by Mary Chapman, May 19, 1997 CUSTOMER SERVICE: Customer service activity has been very busy. We processed many service transfer and disconnect requests. During this last month, we have been notifying customers who are involved in ski lease programs about our automatic transfer service. When a customer is signs up for this service, their service is automatically transferred back into their name when their renter moves out. There is no charge to the customer for this service. We have had many more customers sign up for this service through this effort. Requests for new services for the month of April included 12 overhead services and 2 . underground services. Requests for new service connections for the month of May have increased considerably. We received quite a few requests prior to the deadline for the water facilities fees changes. BILLING: Billing is current. Mark has had 236 more customers sign up for the equal payment plan program. This brings the total number of customers on the plan to 1,086. ACCOUNTING: Accounts payable and payroll are current. We are currently working on financial reports for the month of April, 1997. OTHER: Rosana, Joan and I went to the annual OrCom User's Group meeting last week. The emphasis of the meeting was upgrading all of the software to be year 2000 compatible. Currently, the general ledger and budget programs are year 2000 compatible. Also, the payroll and equipment management programs are ready for upgrade. We will need to address the rest of the OrCom software, as well as, all other software that the District is using. There was also a lot of discussion regarding deregulation and the unbundled bill. Currently, the Post Office Box 309 0 11570 Donner Pass Road 0 Truckee, California 96160 OrCom Classic Billing System (the one that we are using) will be able to handle some of the new requirements. It will not be able to handle all of the requirements of the new deregulated 10 environment, such as real-time billing and billing for customers who request to receive energy from other vendors. OrCom has told us that they will be putting their effort to meet the new requirements into modifying their Mirror Pond Billing System. A major obstacle is that no one has a clear picture as to what the new requirements will be, not even the California Public Utilities Commission. This makes it difficult to modify or write new software. Since the implementation date in California may be as early as for 1/1/98, this is cause for concern. 0497MOLY.RPT STAFF REPORT TO: Board of Directors FROM: Ed Taylor, Water Superintendent SUBJECT: Water Department Monthly Activities Report for April 1997 The water department staff continues to meet each week to address operational issues in the water system. The current focus is on review and simplifying of procedures, materials and equipment used by the department, WATER QUALITY: The routine daily water quality sampling and testing program was completed as required. All of the tests were good and well within drinking water quality standards. The 1996 Annual Drinking Water Quality Reports for the Prosser System, Tahoe Truckee System and the Hirshdale System were completed and submitted to the Department of Health Services. The annual water quality letters for the three systems was mailed to each customer. The Glenshire Drive Well has a water quality problem that staff is investigating to determine the location of the strata of water which contain elements in quantities that exceeded the Drinking Water Standards. After the location of the strata is identified a plan will be developed to seal the water baring strata, stopping the inflow of substandard water. MAINTENANCE, REPAIRS, & NEW CONSTRUCTION: A line flushing and meter upgrade program was initiated for the down town area. This work includes changing out meters as needed, installing or repairing remote, and performing repairs to meter boxes and piping. Staff repaired five leaks and repaired or replaced four fire hydrants. Twenty new service connections were installed in April. PUMP OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE: Staff installed SC antenna and control cabinet on Gateway Tank. Repaired electrical controls at Soma Sierra Booster Station. Replaced damaged wiring at Sitzmark Hydro Station, Replaced the three phase monitor at Prosser Annex Well. PLANNING: Building projects: Wallway - Muhlbach Condo Project This is a three unit residential project consisting of two structures on a single parcel. Wallway - Zurich Condo Project This is a four unit residential project consisting of two structures on a single parcel. March 89-80 Properties This is a multi-use commercial project that will provide warehouse, retail, and truck maintenance facilities for the local concrete company. Additionally there will be six mini storage units. Aspen Apartments This is a 32 unit apartment complex being constructed in the Donner Trails Subdivision. Clubview IV Condominiums This is a 4 unit condominium project consisting of one structure on one parcel, located on Northwoods Blvd, In Tahoe Donner. AUTOCAD MAP Training Mike attended training for our new Cad/GIS/Mapping software, This training will compliment our ongoing efforts of map conversion from paper to digital format. STAFF REPORT May 16, 1997 To: Board of Directors From: Bob Quinn, Electric Superintendent , Subject: April Activity Report/Upcoming issues AGENDA ITEM f The crews of the electric department were busy during the month of April on several projects. Good weather allowed us to do the following: A budgeted project- Donner Lake Circuit#2 - was nearly completed. This project involved installing new underground cable and terminations from within our Donner Lake substation down to Donner Pass Road. Trenching across Donner Pass Road was required. All that remains to complete this project is the installation of the substation recloser which will take place after routine maintenance is performed on the equipment to be installed. Upon completion, the District will transfer customers to the new circuit and split the load in the area. This will enhance the continuity of service to customers residing in the Donner take area. Underground facilities were installed within the roadway of Spring and Jibboom Streets. Our crews were involved to the extent of inspections, interception of existing conduits, and the installation of a padmounted switch. F.W.Carson was our contractor on the project and completed his portion of the project in a timely and professional manner. This project paved the way for future under grounding of facilities in that area. Crews worked to inspect all underground facilities in the system in preparation of a G.0.128 inspection by CPUC inspectors. While we are not regulated by the CPUC, they do have jurisdiction in matters relating to safety. As a result, we have to open our books and system for their perusal on a regular basis. To date/ have not seen any written results of the inspection. At the Tahoe Donner Ski Bowl Condominiums, crews intercepted a conduit between a vault and a riser pole to allow water from the vault to drain. Water that is coming from the ski hill is entering our duct system. The condo association should install some type of drain system above our facilities to correct the problem but the drain box we installed will prevent the build up of water within the vaults. The service crew completed 90 underground locates (USA's) and 14 services. . I attended the California Superintendents Committee meeting in Burbank and the G.0.95 /G.0.128 committee meeting in Palm Springs. Several projects are in the future that have not been budgeted. i would like to advise you of these projects at this time: To begin, one of our station transformers in Tahoe Donner substation is being monitored for the build up of acetylene gas. This condition came to our attention last year during a routine sampling of the oil while performing the transformer's periodic maintenance schedule. After discovering traces of an explosive gas, we shortened our sampling time to six months. At the six month inspection, acetylene levels had raised to a level that indicated a shorter monitoring period needed to be implemented. We are now sampling once a month and the levels of acetylene are indicating electrical arcing somewhere within the transformer. Whether we have 2 years or 2 days to replace the transformer is anyone's guess at this time. After discussions with Steve Hollabaugh and various transformer company representatives, I feet it would be in the best interest of the District to immediately go out for bid for a replacement and upon installation of the new transformer, have the old repaired and retained as a spare. We currently do not have a spare that would be capable of delivering the loads needed from Tahoe Donner substation. l have discussed this with Peter and he suggested I advertise forbids ASAP and bring the results back to the Board for award. We are probably looking at costs in excess of $200,000 for replacement and repair. While this is an expensive venture, please know the rebuilding of the transformer for use as a spare fits into the department's plans. For next years budget, I had planned to recommend upgrading Truckee substation to the same size as Tahoe Donner substation. By rebuilding the failing transformer a spare will be available for both stations. I am afraid we have no option but to replace the transformer at sometime in the near future. Another project that is forthcoming and not budgeted is work involved with the Town's plan to install an underpass under the railroad. Like the Spring Street project, it would be in the District's best interest to install facilities within the proposed roadway prior to paving and landscaping. This would involve the installation of 3 vaults and one padmounted switch and enable the District to transfer loads more readily. Simply stated, it would be another tie between circuits. I recommend we follow through with this project and work with the Town on the project. A ball park figure would be $50,000. The Glenshire bridge replacement is also scheduled for this summer. it is our plan to utilize the bridge structure to cross the Truckee River and tie our system into Glenshire. Engineering is being done by the Town and at this time i have no idea as to costs. Generally, a bridge crossing is quite expensive and once we know details, l will come back to you with figures. During a recent meeting with representatives of the various fire agencies, it became apparent we will have to implement and complete a plan to clear vegetation from around our electrical poles this summer. The state has mandated this be completed and we must comply. In fact, the District is already behind the mandated schedule however, due to the periods of snow in the area we are being given the summer to complete the task. I had budgeted $40,000 for tree clearing operations that can be used for this project but, because of the time constraints and the newly mandated requirements for clearing, additional funds will probably be required. I am anticipating the need to hire 2 temporary summer employees and place them under the direction of a regular employee to fulfill the clearing requirements of the fire officials. This, unfortunately, is another no option project. TDPUD MEMORANDUM May 16, 1997 TO: Board of Directors FROM: Kathy Neus, Support Services Manager SUBJECT: April staff report AGENDA # 7 Purchasing and Warehousing 1. After the transformer, wire and cable bids were awarded, the orders were placed and material is now arriving. The first delivery of OMR meters arrived April 23, a week ahead of schedule. 2. Sam has staged a small job for the water crew and a few jobs for the line crew, one a large job, Truckee Circuit#5. Building and Grounds Maintenance 1. In preparation for the repaving project, the water crew removed concrete boxes and the line crew removed transformers. A temporary storage area was created for the left over material. 2. Bids for the office site repaving were opened on April 8 and awarded on April 16. A preconstruction meeting was held on April 24 and the contractor started work May 5. 1 expect the project to be finished on schedule, May 16. 3. 1 have spent time with FEMA and DES representatives going over the scope of work to be done and determining what items will be covered. Vehicle Maintenance 1. April was quiet. There were five preventative maintenances, three BIT inspections and six miscellaneous repairs. All studded tires have been replaced. 2. With the quiet month of April, the Mechanic was able to assist with cleaning the yard and also help the Warehouseman with minor yard and building repairs. 3. There was a minor mishap between a meter reading vehicle and a school bus. The District vehicle was stopped in the two way turn lane, the bus driver pulled out without looking and hit the vehicle at the right front side. No one was hurt badly, but one of the staff members is experiencing some achiness. Meter Reading 1. What started out as a quiet month quickly turned into disaster between vacations, bereavement leave and losing a Meter Reader to a non-work related back injury. Since the Warehouseman was previously a Meter Reader,whenever possible he helped. It was necessary to bring in outside help. Fortunately,we were able to hire retired lineman, Manny Lopez,who has some familiarity with meters. 2. The Meter Readers began their annual inspection and seal check. One meter route in Prosser Lakeview and the meters along Northwoods in Tahoe Donner have been changed out. 3. There were 8,788 meters read, 315 service reports completed and 208 48 hour/1013 disconnect notices delivered for the month of April. 4. The Meter Readers delivered door knockers for a planned outage for the line crew and also did a survey of houses in the District's water-only route. This was to verify if any houses have been built that have not paid District water connection fees. KN/smc . TRUCKEE DONNER PUBLIC UTILITY DISTRICT PLANNING DIRECTOR ACTIVITIES APRIL, 1997 Note: Since most of these projects are ongoing, Staff continues to report the basic information and highlights the activities that have occurred during the reporting month. When a project or activity is completed it is reported, then deleted from this report. Strategic Planning/District $Savings Business Customer Key Accounts Program- An analysis is currently being conducted on TDPUD commercial accounts to determine TDPUD's business account's potential revenue loss if we lose a particular/set of account(s). There is still some question as to how much revenue is really at stake since TDPUD will still provide electric system distribution services. Staff is planning to develop and implement some customer seminars in Truckee in conjunction with NCPA and ENRON to educate our customers about this "upcoming" relationship. The seminar plan is on-hold pending the NCPA ENRON negotiation. Staff is using a cellular phone and pager to enable quick response time to customer requests. TDPUD Competition Plan- Staff is planning to prepare a report about the different utility issues we are currently being challenged by. The report will include a discussion of the different approaches TDPUD can take to meet these challenges as well as an analysis and recommendations to respond to competition. This comprehensive report is being postponed until the evaluation results of the GSHP pilot, the large Business Customer meetings and other competition related projects and issues are available. Energy/Water Showcase Program- HDR Engineering and the California Energy Commission have completed the energy-efficiency analysis of the TDPUD water system. We may want to wait until we know what our "new" purchased power costs are before we make any decisions on which options may be worth implementing. HDR Engineering has almost completed the energy efficiency study of TTSA's sewage treatment facilities/activities. TDPUD Building GSHP Proposal - A study to determine the cost-effectiveness of installing GSHPs into the TDPUD building for heating and cooling has been completed by the Davis Energy Group. The report indicates that TDPUD can benefit by using GSHP in the building and also act as a community GSHP demonstration project along with the pilot sites. DEG has provided Sauer's Engineering with GSHP tie-in specifications for TDPUD grounds paving. DEG is currently working on design parameters and a refined cost estimate for considering GSHP for the TDPUD building. A GSHP tie-in is planned to be installed in the TDPUD yard prior to paving. This will allow TDPUD to use the GSHP technology sometime in the future without having to trench through the new paving. • Deregulation Education- I will be attending various courses, seminars, workshops and meetings to help me get up to speed with deregulation activities. 1 will be attending the Utility Energy Forum "deregulation strategies" meeting in Granlibakken May 7-9. Conservation/DSM/Economic Development Value-Added Customer Programs & Services- Staff will be having discussions with NCPA and ENRON regarding the types of programs and services ENRON will be able to offer our customers through TDPUD. Staff may visit the ENRON offices in Houston to talk to their programs and services developers. Since the NCPA-ENRON negotiation has been delayed, Staff will draft a proposal of some possible energy and water services programs we may want to consider implementing during deregulation. Some of these programs will be eligible to meet the State's Public Goods Charge(AB1890). Ground Source Heat Pump Pilot Site Activity- Nine GSHP pilot site units are currently in operation. A tenth site is partially completed in Glenshire. This final pilot site will be completed in June, 1997. Staff is planning to make a presentation to the Board in May on the Winter 1996-97 pilot site program heat pump performance results. The data thus far is showing excellent results for the application of the GSHP technology in Truckee. GSHP Bulk Purchase & Installation Program- A GSHP Bulk Purchase & Installation Group meeting was held April 22. Staff is receiving excellent proposals from GSHP industry professionals for installing multiple GSHP projects. Staff escorted six GSHP dealer/contractors to about forty potential GSHP participant sites May 2, 3. This two-day contractor's bidding tour went well with all appointments being made to schedule. The next Bulk Purchase Group meeting is scheduled for June 3. The goal is to have interested BP & I participants commit in June and begin installations by August. California GSHP Training Grant/Match-funded Activities- The Geothermal Resources Association in Davis(sub-contractor to TDPUD for statewide GSHP contractor training through California Energy Commission grant) has already built a mobile training facility and conducted some contractor training courses to date. GRA has also developed educational videos on GSHPs for both TDPUD and Sierra-Pacific Power Company. TDPUD Staff has handed out over 100 videos to customers. GRA is doing an excellent job in implementing the requirements of the grant. CFIA Demonstration Project- Staff has been in contact with Professor Samuel Sami of Moneton University in Canada regarding his testing of a Combined Cycle Fully Integrated Air/Air Heat Pump(CFIA). Due to the time commitment of introducing a new technology to an area this project may be indefinitely delayed. GSHP/Water Heater Promotion- The results of the Truckee GSHP pilot monitoring and evaluation study will be used to determine GSHP's role in TDPUD's Strategic Plan. A . draft proposal has been developed to promote the benefits of high efficiency electric water heating to TDPUD customers. Energy Surveys/High Bill Assistance- Staff completed 0 commercial and 2 residential energy survey(s) this month. Staff also responded on-site to 2 "high" bill complaints. Communications/Public Relations/Education Newsletter- The next newsletter issue will focus on customer feedback(survey), GSHP BP & I Group update, deregulation issue updates and TDPUD water projects, etc. Billboard- Staff has been working with Creative Concepts to design a billboard ad to be placed along the 267 as it enters into Truckee. The billboard will show a few electric linemen working on an electric line and the ad will read, Truckee Donner Public Utility District; Community-Owned; Working for the Future; (916) 587-3896. The billboard was approved by the Board's "communications committee". The billboard is being rented from Northstar Ski area for 5-6 months. Sierra Sun Special Edition- The Sierra Sun creates a special edition each Summer highlighting something unique about Truckee. Last year was on the Donner Party. Staff developed a half-page ad that will go into the 1997 special edition. This issue with the ad was circulated in April. TDPUD New Customer Brochure- Creative Concepts is developing a proposal to revise and update our current TDPUD new customer brochure. The new issue will probably • be done later this year when we have a better understanding where we stand with deregulation and our relationship with NCPA and ENRON. Water Information Piece- Staff is currently working with the marketing team to develop a TDPUD water information piece that will educate our customers on the value/high quality of TDPUD water and the need to use it wisely. Water conservation information and efforts will be included in this piece. Water conservation practices will benefit the community by lowering water pumping costs, sewage treatment costs and the future infrastructure costs associated with these efforts. Staff will contact TTSA and TSD for their input. This piece is being subsidized by a $5,000 Western grant. Media Plan- A media plan is currently being developed. The plan will describe what will be communicated and through what media. The plan will be designed to educate TDPUD customers about TDPUD and such issues as deregulation, etc. Staff proposes implementing a customer survey to help formulate the media plan. Customer Feedback- A survey will be designed to get important information from our customers regarding their opinion of TDPUD, services, programs, wants and needs, etc. The Board approved Staff and consultants at the May 7 Board meeting to move forward and draft a customer survey and two focus group sessions to be reviewed by the Board's "communications committee" prior to finalizing. This effort will be subsidized by a $5,000 Western grant. TDPUD Display Ad, etc. Shell- Creative Concepts has designed an ad shell to increase the recognition of TDPUD display ads, etc. to our customers through "framing" the ads with a distinguishable shell. Employee Customer Service Training- Staff and A.D. Marketing are working on selecting and/or developing an employee customer service training program. The program will focus on training employees enhanced customer service skills and provide them with the tools to provide TDPUD customers with superior electric and water utility service. Business & Energy Efficiency Partnership- About 95% of the planned energy and water efficiency measures are incorporated into the Chamber building. Staff has developed and sent a Chamber building self-guided tour brochure to the printer and will begin distributing it in May. The brochure will be mailed to TDPUD customers as a bill stuffer and will also handed out at the Chamber building for visitor use. Business and Energy Efficiency Partners will be mailed a handful of copies of the brochure along with a handful of Donor Reference Guides. The Chamber Partnership project is designed to encourage local groups, clubs and individuals to tour the facility. TDPUD Staff is available for guided tours. Staff will be promoting the use of the Chamber facility to TDPUD customers for energy and water information and conservation education this Summer. Truckee Home Building & Energy Show- TDPUD, Sierra Pacific and the Geothermal Resources Association are cosponsors of this event and have included a GSHP section into the Truckee Home Building and Energy Show scheduled for May 24-25. Staff is currently assisting the event coordinator in soliciting exhibitors for the GSHP section. To date there has been a good response from the GSHP industry to attend this event. Community/Statewide Involvement Chamber of Commerce Economic Development Committee- Working with other businesses in reviewing the following activities: the Downtown Specific Plan, Business Questionnaire, Doing Business in Truckee Guide, etc. Staff attended the April 3 meeting. Town of Truckee Air Quality Management Plan Advisory Committee- The Committee is currently evaluating different options for mitigating the PM 2.5/10 problem in Truckee. Duane Hall, Town Planner, is currently drafting a Truckee Air Quality Management Plan based on input from the Air Quality Management Plan Advisory Committee. Committee meetings are on hold until the plan is completed in draft form, probably June, 1997. Staff is hoping that some of these monies will be available to promote the GSHP, clean air, heating and cooling technology. Is Northern California Power Agency Member Services Task Force- This committee's activities are currently on-hold. California Municipal Utilities Association Energy Services and Marketing Committee- The Committee is working on projects and programs to help CMUA member utilities prepare for deregulation. Through this committee, I have worked with other public utility staff on developing guidelines for the A61890 Public Goods Charge for publicly- owned utilities. The guidelines are currently in final draft form after receiving considerable review and input from several California public utilities management staff. I will be attending a CMUA meeting and workshop on the Public Goods Charge June 5, 6. This State-mandated program will probably result in TDPUD spending 2.85% of annual revenues from 1998 through 2001 or longer on public goods programs including providing low-income assistance(AB 1600). CEC California Ground Source Heat Pump Collaborative- Staff participates in quarterly meetings of the California Energy Commission's GSHP Collaborative. The Collabora- tive was formed to oversee the development and promotion of the GSHP industry in California. TDPUD is hosting the next GSHP Collaborative meeting being held Thursday, May 22 in the TDPUD Board room. Staff is also hosting a GSHP pilot site tour May 23. This is all being done in conjunction with the May 24, 25 Truckee Home Building and Energy Show. Utility Energy Forum Planning Committee- The May 7-9, 1997 UEF meeting is being held in Granlibakken. The focus of this year's UEF meeting is Customer Retention and Growth Strategies in a World of Customer Choices. Board members are encouraged to attend! Employee Safety/Training Safety Committee- The TDPUD Safety Committee met April 18. The Safety Committee meetings generally involve discussions about the status of safety items listed in this report as well as recent employee accidents and property damage. Healthy Meals- This continues to be a popular program with TDPUD employees. We had a "healthy" lunch April 9. The menu included: Chicken Enchiladas, Salsa Vinaigrette and Crisp Cinnamon Cups ala mode(see attached recipes and nutritional analyses).