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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. 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. No one appeared to speak.
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SPECIAL RECOGNITION |
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Recognition and appreciation of the service of Electric Utility Board members Jane Henry and Kevin McMahon. City Council and the Electric Utility Board recognized the service of former Electric Utility Board members Jane Henry and Kevin McMahon and expressed their appreciation for their service to Lubbock Power & Light and the City of Lubbock. |
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EXECUTIVE SESSION This meeting was called into a closed session at 11:04 a.m. under the provisions of Section 551, Texas Government Code. The meeting was called back into a public session at 12:33 p.m. and adjourned. |
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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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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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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 3.1-3.1.6 of this Agenda.
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Legal advice and counsel regarding purchased power agreements.
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Application of the City of Lubbock, acting by and through Lubbock Power & Light, for authority to connect remaining portion of its load with Electric Reliability Council of Texas and for approval of settlement agreement, PUC Docket No. 53529, proceeding before the Public Utility Commission of Texas, and related future proceedings before the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.
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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 of October 18, 2022. *This item was deleted. |
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Presentation and discussion of the update/report by the Director of Electric Utilities, or his designee, regarding strategic planning, customer service, business center practices, procedures and policies, 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, training, cybersecurity, mutual aid agreement, and operational performance metrics. *This item was deleted.
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Presentation and discussion by the Director of Electric Utilities, or his designee, regarding updates on legislative and regulatory matters regarding ERCOT and/or the electric utility industry, and the status of any legislation, legislative hearings, rulemakings, and/or regulatory or administrative action regarding same, including but not limited to rulemakings regarding market design. *This item was deleted.
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Presentation and discussion by the Director of Electric Utilities, or his designee, regarding strategic planning for Lubbock Power & Light during and after its transition to competitive retail choice, including but not limited to, organizational and resource needs and changes, rate structure modifications, strategic goals for transmission and distribution service in the competitive market, occupational, performance, and safety metric goals, and other needs and changes of the electric utility as it transitions to and operates in the competitive retail market and discussion on survey handouts regarding same. The Electric Utility Board may provide survey responses to staff. *This item was deleted.
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Discuss and the Board will take possible minuted action setting a time, date, and place for a Special Meeting of the Electric Utility Board for strategic planning. *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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CONSENT AGENDA |
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The Board will consider a resolution authorizing the Director of Electric Utilities, or his designee, to execute that certain Second Amendment to that certain Software Support Services Contract, by and between the City of Lubbock, acting by and through Lubbock Power & Light, and Minsait ACS, Inc., regarding professional consulting services related to hardware and software support and training. *This item was deleted.
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The Board will consider a resolution authorizing the Director of Electric Utilities, or his designee, to execute a Contract by and between the City of Lubbock, acting by and through Lubbock Power & Light, and Veolia ES Technical Solutions, LLC, LLC, RFP# 7184-22-ELD, for LP&L Regulated Waste Handling, Onsite Storage and Disposal Services - Annual Pricing. This proposal is for LP&L’s regulated waste on-site storage containment and labeling, manifesting, transportation and disposal service of regulated Resource Conservation and Recovery Act including Universal Waste, Used Oil and Toxics Substance Control Act waste(s) from LP&L’s three (3) industrial facilities and one (1) municipal facility in Lubbock, Texas. *This item was deleted.
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The Board will consider a resolution authorizing the Director of Electric Utilities, or his designee, to execute that certain First Amendment to Pipeline Service and Maintenance Agreement by and between the City of Lubbock, acting by and through Lubbock Power & Light, and Tucker Midstream, Inc. regarding the maintenance and operation of LP&L’s gas pipeline. *This item was deleted.
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The Board will consider a resolution rejecting proposal for RFP# 7103-23-ELD, for Co-op and Slaton Substation Feeder Construction Services. Proposal received exceeded engineer’s estimated cost/budget and staff will re-evaluate this project. *This item was deleted.
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The Board will consider a resolution authorizing the Purchasing Manager, or his designee, to execute Purchase Order, by and between the City of Lubbock, acting by and through Lubbock Power & Light, and Anixter Inc., ITB# 7108-23-ELD, for LP&L Switch Cabinets. This bid, in the amount of $375,825, is for the purchase of five (5) 4-way 27kV switch cabinets, two of which are necessary to support TTU’s Central Heating and Cooling Plant II, (CHACP II) chiller project and three are for general stock for maintenance and future projects. *This item was deleted.
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The Board will consider a resolution authorizing the Purchasing Manager, or his designee, to execute Purchase Order, by and between the City of Lubbock, acting by and through Lubbock Power & Light, and Stuart C. Irby, ITB# 7110-23-ELD, for LP&L Yellow House Equipment. This bid, in the amount of $307,422, is for equipment needed to upgrade capacity at Yellow House Substation. This standard substation equipment required for the new distribution transformer, which includes precast concrete cable trench, switches, j-boxes, surge arresters, voltage transformers, insulators, couplers, connectors, brackets, bus supports, aluminum tube and wire, and is necessary to help accommodate shifting the remaining load to the ERCOT Grid. *This item was deleted.
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The Board will consider a resolution authorizing the Purchasing Manager, or his designee, to execute Purchase Order, by and between the City of Lubbock, acting by and through Lubbock Power & Light, and Siemens Industry, Inc., RFP# 7112-23-ELD, for LP&L Medium Voltage Breakers. This proposal, in the amount of $650,974, is for medium voltage breakers for Northeast substation capacity upgrade project. These breakers will be for the two new feeder bays, two new low side mains and the bus tie breaker. A portion of this project supports shifting the remaining load to the ERCOT grid. *This item was deleted.
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The Board will consider a resolution authorizing the Purchasing Manager, or his designee, to execute Purchase Order, by and between the City of Lubbock, acting by and through Lubbock Power & Light, and Trayer Engineering Corp., ITB# 7114-23-ELD, for LP&L Submersible Switchgear. This bid, in the amount of $312,732, is for seven 3-way 27kV submersible switchgear for use in manhole vaults. This switchgear provides fault interrupting feeder protection to distribution circuits for new projects and maintenance. *This item was deleted.
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