HomeMy WebLinkAbout#7 Department Update -' AGENDA ITEM #7
MEETING DATE: April 3, 2024
TO: Board of Directors
FROM:
SUBJECT: This item provides time for each Department to update the Board of
D i recto rs.
APPROVED BY:
Brian C. Wright, General Manager
RECOMMENDATION:
BACKGROUND:
ANALYSIS AND BODY:
Electric Department:
• Preparing for summer construction season (development and capital work)
• All the generators worked as expected.
• Reliability Review:
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SAIDI(mins peryear) 456.1 475.8 333 251.5 150.4 608.7 543.5 8.551 255.21 149.0
SAIFI(times per year) 1.385 1.436 1.426 0.733 1.671 1.458 3.465 0.1781 0.8051 1.3
CAM(mins per interruption( 329.3 331.2 233.5 343 96 417 185.7 47.9651 316.971 112.2
Water Utility:
Education Out-Reach
Part of the updated strategic plan calls for additional educational outreach about our water
system and Martis Valley Aquifer. The PUD staff was able to join Truckee Sanitation District and
Tahoe-Truckee Sanitation Agency to collectively discuss the urban water cycle with students at
Alder Creek Middle School. The collective staff of these three agencies met with all of the sixth
graders at Alder Creek Middle School to discuss the following topics: conservation of potable
water, sources of water used in the Truckee region, items that impede sewer flows, and how
sewer water is treated to an effluent standard, so it can be percolated back into the ground.
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By meeting with these students, staff were able to spread the message of conservation and
environmental stewardship to several hundred different homes. The PUD staff would like to
publicly thank Alder Creek Middle School for being such a gracious host of this event.
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System Updates
• Pioneer Trail Pump Station's updated schedule for completion and testing will occur
mid-April (due to supply chain issues).
• Tank 6170B- Contractor to start working on the coating system in mid-April, and we
expect completion in May (weather dependent)
• Summer pipeline replacement will be on upper Ski Slope and parts of Northwoods
Boulevard in Tahoe Donner, to start late May/ early June (weather dependent)
• Ski Run Tank replacement contract is currently out for bid and is planned for work to
start in May. (weather dependent)
• Prosser Annex Well rehabilitation (performed by Eaton Pump) will commence on April
2nd with anticipated completion on June 1st
• Consumer Confidence Water Quality Report to be reported to the State following the
April Board Meeting.
• Water Department is working on completion of an updated lead line survey, which will
be completed by August and submitted to the EPA in October.
• Water Department is working on installing master system meters in specific areas of the
water system to help identify regions with larger losses. (Prosser Lake View Zone, Red
Mountain Zone)
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• Finalizing Hirschdale easement documents to construct interties between the Truckee
Main system and Hirschdale. (Anticipated completion in fall of 2024)
• Installation of emergency generator backup at Falcon Point Pump Station, to be
completed in the summer of 2024.
Customer Service:
• We have moved up in the queue with NISC billing implementation services for
our new Time of Use Rates, with the project starting now in May instead of July.
• Customer Satisfaction Survey Scores for Last Month
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Public Information and Strategic Affairs:
District Submits First CARB Advanced Clean Fleets Compliance Reporting:
The District completed the first compliance reporting to the California Air Resources
Board (CARB) for the Advanced Clean Fleets (ACF) regulation before the April 1, 2024
deadline for State and Local Government Fleets using the CARB Truck Regulation
Upload, Compliance, and Reporting System (TRUCRS). This initial compliance
reporting to CARB included entering all the District's trucks subject to the CARB ACF,
and also indicating that the District is at least 90% in the County of Nevada, which has
been designated a low population county in the ACF regulation.
The CARB ACF took effect officially on January 1, 2024, with fleets required to have at
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least 50% of their truck purchases be Zero Emission Vehicles (ZEVs) or, as defined in
the regulation, with 100% of purchases starting in 2027. For the District, with the low
population county exemption, the 50% purchase requirements between now and
January 1, 2027 are waived, and the compliance obligation will start at 100% of
purchases on January 1, 2027.
District staff also participated in CARB workshops regarding the Purchase Exemption
and the implementation of AB 1594. The Purchase Exemption should consider
commercial availability, with CARB staff determining what qualifies or not. The District,
along with our electric and water utility industry partners, has pushed CARB staff over
the last few years to develop objective criteria for the Purchase Exemption, which
includes one to one replacement, reasonable lead times (<1-year), reasonable costs
(<50% premium), field validation, and other criteria. Unfortunately, CARB staff continue
to create a Purchase Exemption process that relies only on CARB staff's evaluation
based on information submitted by the truck vendors, and lacks any outside
verification. In addition, the CARB ACF rule does not consider cost premiums, with
CARB staff saying the District would be required to purchase a ZEV truck that costs
many times as much as the current truck is replacing. Nearly everyone raised
significant concerns during this workshop, and how CARB staff implements the
Purchase Exemption will have a major impact on whether the ACF will be effective or
not.
The District also participated in a workshop for the implementation of AB 1594, which
was adopted and signed into law in 2023. AB 1594 addressed water, waste-water, and
electric utilities, two major flaws in the CARB ACF regulation regarding the daily use
exemption and the 13-year end of life requirement. Both provisions, as adopted by
CARB in the final regulation, would severely limit the District's ability to maintain critical
infrastructure and support emergency response. The Daily Use Exemption, in
particular, was problematic, as it was intended to address the fact that our trucks do
'work' in the field, and, in extreme circumstances, must remain on the field for
numerous days until the job is done. However, the adopted Daily Use Exemption only
looked back five years to determine how a truck was being used, and, most
unacceptably, directed CARB staff to ignore the three most extreme use cases. For
utilities, maintaining critical infrastructure and supporting emergency response. CARB
staff are now directed to address the concerns of utilities and address the daily use and
end of life criteria. Implementation of AB 1594 is expected to take up to a year.
SWRCB Issues Updated Water Use Efficiency Regulations:
The California State Water Resources Control Board (SWRCB) issued updated Water
Use Efficiency (WUE) regulations. The updated regulations are the backdrop of
significant media coverage of the non-partisan California Legislative Analyst Office
report, which documents that the regulation was overly complicated and prescriptive,
and would cost California billions of dollars to only save -1% of the States' water
use. While the revised WUE regulations, which cover indoor and outdoor water use
plus utilities' water loss, were somewhat improved, the water utilities and our industry
partners continue to have major concerns. The District signed an Association of
California Water Agencies (ACWA) comment letter, which was supported by the
California Municipal Utilities Association (CMUA) and submitted a direct letter focused
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on how the regulation defines population, which is a major factor in which per capita
criteria are used. The SWRCB is expected to adopt the regulation in late summer and
take effect January 1, 2025.
District staff to attend CMUA Annual Meeting and NCPA Federal Policy Conference:
The District staff plans to attend the California Municipal Utilities Association (CMUA)
Annual Meeting April 7-9 and the Northern California Power Agency (NCPA) Federal
Policy Conference April 14-18. Both of these annual events offer opportunities to
explore key industry issues, advocate for what is best for the District, and network with
key sister utilities, industry experts, and policy decision makers.
Human Resources and Risk
Staffing
• Network and Systems Administrator-A job offer is in process. We look forward to welcoming
this individual next month
• Vegetation Program Manager- Interviewing on 3/28
• Management Analyst 1-Opened on 3/26/24
• Seasonal Water Helper- Interviews beginning the week of April 8th
Culture
• 3/20-SpringEquinox Sunrise Yoga
• 3/27- Rubik's CubeContest
• 4/03 -Chocolate Mousse for April Birthday and Anniversary Celebrations (April 3rd is National
Chocolate Mousse Day)
• 4/22-2nd Annual TDPUD Earth Day Celebration -TDPUD Clothes Swap, Freshen Up You Plants
Station,TDPUD Garden, Breakfast Potluck
• Employee Survey beginning in April
Recognition
Our March Core Values Recognition Winners are:
• Carlos Reyes for Accountability
• Kris Cullens for Timeliness
Staff Development
• 3/26-CaIPERs Planning your Retirement Training @ TTSA
• 3/27-All Staff Meeting
Safety& Risk
• 4/16-Office Ergonomics
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GOALS AND OBJECTIVES:
District Code 1.05.020 Objectives:
1. Responsibly serve the public.
2. Provide a healthy and safe work environment for all District employees.
3. Provide reliable and high quality water supply and distribution system to meet
current and future needs.
4. Provide reliable and high quality electric supply and distribution system to meet
current and future needs.
5. Manage the District in an environmentally sound manner.
6. Manage the District in an effective, efficient and fiscally responsible manner.
District Code 1.05.030 Goals:
1. Manage for Financial Stability and Resiliency
2. Environmental Stewardship: Create a sustainable resilient environment for all our
communities.
3. Engage with our customers and communities in a welcoming and transparent way to
identify opportunities.
4. Take the best of private sector thinking to modernize the utility and add value to our
communities.
5. Developing an inclusive culture drives organizational integration and success.
FISCAL IMPACT:
ATTACHMENTS:
None
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