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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. |
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EXECUTIVE SESSION |
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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 2.1-2.1.6 of this Agenda.
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Legal advice and counsel regarding purchased power agreements.
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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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Legal advice and counsel regarding Texas Utilities Code Chapter 183.
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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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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.
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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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Application of Southwestern Public Service Company and City of Lubbock, acting by and through Lubbock Power & Light to Amend a Certificate of Convenience and Necessity for a Service Area Exception in Lubbock County, Docket No. 54654, proceeding before the Public Utility Commission of Texas.
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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 Special Electric Utility Board Meeting on February 13, 2023, Regular Electric Utility Board Meeting on February 21, 2023, and Special Electric Utility Board Meeting on March 6, 2023. |
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Presentation and discussion of the update/report by the Director of Electric Utilities, 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. |
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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. |
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Presentation and discussion regarding meeting of the Technical Review Committee of the Electric Utility Board. |
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Presentation and discussion by the Director of Electric Utilities, or his designee, regarding LP&L's transition to retail competition, including but not limited to, the distribution cutover of the 30% from the Southwest Power Pool to the Electric Reliability Council of Texas ("ERCOT"), customer education regarding the transition to competition, and progress with flight testing interested retail electric providers with ERCOT. |
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The Board will consider a budget amendment, amending the FY 2022-23 Operating Budget and Capital Program to amend Capital Improvement Project (CIP) #92792 – FY 2022-23 Vehicles and Equipment and transfer funds from Fund 211 - Electric Operations to Fund 214 - Electric Capital, and recommend approval of same to the City Council of the City of Lubbock. |
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Discussion and presentation regarding the Fiscal Year 2023-24 System Delivery Tariff (including delivery rates and discretionary rates and fees), and October 2023 Rate Tariff Schedule. |
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Discuss and the Board will take possible minuted action regarding the date and time for a Financial Review Committee meeting and/or a Special Electric Utility Board meeting. Possible dates include: March 28, 2023 at 2:00 pm; March 29, 2023, between 10:30 am - 1:00 pm; March 30, 2023, between 11:30 am – 1:00 pm; and April 10, 2023, between 10:00 am – 2:00 pm. |
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CONSENT AGENDA |
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The Board will consider a resolution rejecting all bids for ITB# 7111-23-ELD for Fleet Vehicles. Bid received did not meet specifications for the field services department and will be re-bid. |
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The Board will consider a resolution rejecting all bids for RFP# 7123-23-EUA for Natural Gas Pipeline Operation and Maintenance Services Agreement. Offeror exceeded the estimate for this proposal and will be re-evaluated by the department. |
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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# 7132-23-ELD, for LP&L Underground Primary Cable. This bid, for $201,700 and the underground primary cable is primarily needed for new commercial and residential subdivisions, but may be used for repair and upgrade in established in commercial and residential areas. |
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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 Southland Grid Structures LLC, RFP# 7135-23-ELD, for LP&L Northeast Substation Structures. This proposal for $173,450 is for steel structures for our distribution system at Northeast substation in order to accommodate the forecasted load growth in the area and increase system capacity. |
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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 Tribologik Corporation, RFP# 7136-23-ELD, for LP&L Substation Oil and Sampling Services – Annual Pricing. This proposal for annual pricing is for oil testing, sampling, and reporting of substation power transformers and breakers as required by ERCOT. |
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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# 7137-23-ELD, for Northeast Substation Equipment. This bid in the amount of $671,148 is for the equipment and hardware required for capacity upgrades which includes the following but is not limited to: cable trenches, outdoor switches, bus conductor, bus fittings, fused equipment, jumper conductor, jumper fittings, arresters, equipment brackets, and cable terminations. |
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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 Altec Industries, Inc., Sourcewell Contract 110421-ALT. This Sourcewell quote, in the amount of $1,200,006 is for two digger derricks and three buckets that will be replacements to LP&L's Fleet as approved in the FY 2022-23 Capital Program budget. |
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