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PUBLIC COMMENT |
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This period, of up to thirty minutes, is dedicated to public comment. Each member of the public will have three minutes to speak. Any member of the public that requires the assistance of a translator will have six minutes to speak. Comments must be limited to only those items posted on the Electric Utility Board agenda. Any member of the public wishing to speak shall sign up on the public comment sheet on the day of the Electric Utility Board Meeting, prior to the beginning of the meeting. The Electric Utility Board shall follow the order of persons wishing to speak as listed on the sign-up sheet. If everyone who signed up to speak has been given an opportunity to speak and the thirty minutes designated for public comment has not been exhausted, the Electric Utility Board may, at its discretion, open the floor to anyone else wishing to address the Electric Utility Board, subject to all the same procedures and guidelines.
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EXECUTIVE SESSION
This meeting was called into a closed session at 11:02 a.m. under the provisions of Section 551, Texas Government Code. City Council lost quorum during Executive Session and adjourned at 12:34 p.m. |
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Hold an executive session in accordance with V.T.C.A. Government Code § 551.086, to discuss and deliberate, on the following competitive matters of Lubbock Power & Light, reasonably related to the following categories: |
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Generation unit specific and portfolio fixed and variable costs, including forecasts of those costs, capital improvement plans for generation units, and generation unit operating characteristics and outage scheduling.
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Discuss and deliberate issues regarding generation unit operating characteristics and outage scheduling.
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Bidding and pricing information for purchased power, generation and fuel, and Electric Reliability Council of Texas bids, prices, offers, and related services and strategies.
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Discuss and deliberate issues regarding bidding and pricing for purchased power, generation, and fuel, and Electric Reliability Council of Texas prices and related services and strategies.
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Effective fuel and purchased power agreements and fuel transportation arrangements and contracts.
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Discuss and deliberate purchased power agreements and fuel matters.
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Risk management information, contracts, and strategies, including fuel hedging and storage.
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Discuss and deliberate risk management strategies.
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Plans, studies, proposals, and analyses for system improvements, additions, or sales (other than transmission and distribution system improvements inside the service area for which the public power utility is the sole certificated retail provider).
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Discuss and deliberate plans, studies, proposals, and analysis for system improvements, additions, or sales.
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Customer billing, contract, and usage information, electric power pricing information, system load characteristics, and electric power marketing analyses and strategies.
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Discuss and deliberate customer billing options and related market matters.
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Hold an executive session in accordance with V.T.C.A. Government Code § 551.071, seeking the advice of its legal counsel about pending or contemplated litigation or settlement offers and hold a consultation with the attorney on matters in which the duty of the attorney to the City Council and the Electric Utility Board under the Texas Disciplinary Rules of Professional Conduct of the State Bar of Texas conflicts with Chapter 551 of the Texas Government Code: |
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Legal issues regarding contract(s), including Purchase Orders, herein listed on the agenda.
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Legal advice and counsel regarding matters identified in Section 2.1-2.1.6.1 of this agenda.
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Legal advice and counsel regarding purchased power agreements.
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Legal advice and counsel regarding contemplated litigation matters.
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Legal advice and counsel regarding confidential matters pertaining to integration into retail market competition.
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Legal advice and counsel regarding North American Electric Reliability Corporation Critical Infrastructure Protection (NERC CIP) standards.
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Southwestern Public Service Company Revisions to Partial Requirements Agreement to Reflect Settlement Agreement with Lubbock Power & Light, Docket No. ER23-1144-000, proceeding before the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (“FERC”).
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Claims related to property damage occurring on or about September 17, 2021, and October 19, 2021, and business interruption beginning on or about September 17, 2021.
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Claims related to alleged property damage on or about February 13-19, 2021.
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Application of the City of Lubbock, acting by and through Lubbock Power & Light (LP&L) to Change Rates for Wholesale Transmission Service, proceeding before the Public Utility Commission of Texas, PUC Docket No. 54657.
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City of Lubbock, Texas v. Elk City Wind II, LLC, Cause No. CIV-23-232-G, proceeding in the United States District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma.
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Hold an executive session in accordance with V.T.C.A. Government Code § 551.074 to deliberate the appointment, employment, evaluation, and duties of a public officer or employee (Director of Electric Utilities/Chief Administrative Officer, and General Counsel).
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Hold an executive session in accordance with V.T.C.A. Government Code § 551.074 to deliberate the appointment and/or reappointment of a public officer or employee (Electric Utility Board). |
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| 11:30 a.m. – Approximately - Following completion of the Executive Session, the Electric Utility Board will reconvene in open session to discuss the items listed below. It is anticipated that the open session will begin at 11:30 a.m. However, this is an approximation and the Board may begin the open session earlier or later depending on when the Executive Session is complete. |
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REGULAR SESSION |
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The Board will approve the minutes from the Regular Electric Utility Board Meeting on September 19, 2023 and Special Electric Utility Board Meeting on October 3, 2023.
*This item was deleted. |
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Presentation and discussion of the update/report by the LP&L Chief Administrative Officer, or his designee, regarding strategic planning, board committee reports, ordinance change requests, EUB policy and procedures, customer service, business center practices, procedures and policies, transition to retail customer choice, customer concerns and complaints, billing system, forms, and procedures, status of transmission and distribution projects, generation, mutual aid, weather events, outage and restoration efforts, grid matters, Electric Reliability Council of Texas (“ERCOT”) matters and committee participation, staffing levels, personnel, regulatory matters, including proceedings regarding the pro forma tariff, training, cybersecurity, mutual aid agreement, and operational performance metrics.
*This item was deleted. |
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Presentation and discussion of financial and capital statements, budget, financing options, audits, and financial policies of Lubbock Power & Light relating to debt issuance issues and historical debt matters, reserve account funding, cost allocation, revenue and expense projections, power cost recovery factor, customer metering, tariff and billing, service and administrative issues.
*This item was deleted. |
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The Board will consider a resolution regarding the process which will be followed for assigning customers to the entities previously selected to serve as Provider of Last Resort (POLR) in LP&L’s certificated area upon LP&L’s entry into retail competition.
*This item was deleted. |
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The Board will consider a resolution regarding the process to which will be followed for assigning customers to the entities previously selected to serve as Default Retail Electric Providers (DREP) in LP&L’s certificated area upon LP&L’s entry into retail competition.
*This item was deleted. |
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The Board will consider a resolution determining that condition (7) in the Customer Choice Resolution adopted by the Electric Utility Board on February 15, 2022, relating to the sufficiency of the number of retail electric providers, including a sufficient number of independent, unaffiliated retail electric providers within the ERCOT market, has been satisfied, such that competitive customer choice can be adequately provided to customers within LP&L’s certificated service area.
*This item was deleted. |
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The Board will consider a resolution recommending to the City Council of the City of Lubbock, one (1) appointment and/or reappointment, as applicable, to the Electric Utility Board in accordance with Section 2.03.415(e) of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Lubbock.
*This item was deleted. |
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The Board will consider a resolution approving the hiring of a candidate to serve as General Counsel for LP&L.
*This item was deleted. |
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CONSENT AGENDA |
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The Board will consider a resolution authorizing the LP&L Chief Administrative Officer, or his designee, to retroactively ratify and to execute that certain First Amendment to Professional Services Agreement by and between the City of Lubbock, acting by and through Lubbock Power & Light, and Aeparmia Engineering, PLLC, integrating previously inadvertently excluded exhibits. This Agreement is in regard to consulting services related to project management, cost tracking, procurement assistance, landowner relations, easement support services, communications and coordination with other utilities, Consultant oversight, and construction management services. This amendment does not increase the amended not to exceed amount of $3,000,000, for a term of 3 years.
*This item was deleted. |
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The Board will consider a resolution authorizing the LP&L Chief Administrative Officer, or his designee, to execute the Service and Equipment Agreement (“Agreement”) pricing quote dated August 23, 2023, by and between the City of Lubbock, acting by and through Lubbock Power & Light, and Doble Engineering Company, confirming acceptance of pricing for 2023-2026 for diagnostic testing equipment, operating software and related engineering support services provided under a Master Services Agreement (“MSA”) dated November 19, 2021. The Agreement increases the Not to Exceed price for the MSA from $159,503.30 to $335,704 to provide funding for existing equipment, software and services plus two new Power System Simulators, for the period from October 24, 2023 through October 23, 2026.
*This item was deleted. |
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The Board will consider a resolution authorizing the LP&L Chief Administrative Officer, or his designee, to execute that certain amendment to a Service Agreement with Tesla, Inc. to provide energy, demand, and weather forecast services related to the LP&L system load requirements. Subscription costs are $1,956 per month and the not to exceed amount increases by $50,000, from $100,000 to $150,000.
*This item was deleted. |
