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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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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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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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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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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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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 March 20, 2023, Special Electric Utility Board Meeting on March 28, 2023, and Special Electric Utility Board Meeting on April 10, 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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The Board will consider a resolution providing for an adjustment of the Power Cost Recovery Factor ("PCRF") portion of Electric Rate/Tariff Schedule, the PCRF providing for the recovery by LP&L of all purchased power costs incurred by LP&L in serving system demand and energy requirements, as more particularly defined in LP&L's Electric Rate/Tariff Schedule, as adopted by the City Council of the City of Lubbock on January 10, 2023, Resolution No. 2023-R0029. |
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Presentation and discussion regarding the meeting of the Financial 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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Discussion of the plan of finance related to the upcoming sale of Electric Light and Power System Revenue Bonds Series 2023, relating to financing for the Settlement Agreement entered into between the City of Lubbock, acting by and through Lubbock Power & Light and Southwestern Public Service Company dated May 27, 2021, EUB Resolution No. EUB 2021-R0039, and City Council Resolution No. 2021-R0201. |
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The Board will consider a resolution authorizing the Director of Electric Utilities, or his designee, to execute agreements, by and between the City of Lubbock, acting by and through Lubbock Power & Light, and Anixter Inc., Dykman Electrical Inc., Stuart C. Irby, KBS Electrical Distributors, Inc., Techline Inc., RFP# 7141-23-ELD, for LP&L Supplier Agreement for Electric Utility Equipment. This annual agreement will help support the transmission, distribution, and metering functions of LP&L. |
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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 First Amendment to Professional Services Agreement by and between the City of Lubbock, acting by and through Lubbock Power & Light, and Schneider Electric Smart Grid Solutions, LLC (formerly known as Telvent USA, LLC) regarding professional services and software related to the licensing and maintenance of the ArcFM Software Solution. This amendment will extend the term of the PSA for one year and increase the not to exceed amount to $1,347,892.00 in order to cover necessary expenditures related to the LP&L geographic information system (GIS). |
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The Board will consider a resolution authorizing the Purchasing Manager, or his designee, to execute a Purchase Order, by and between the City of Lubbock, acting by and through Lubbock Power & Light, and as concerns line item 1 to Techline, Inc., for $35,080 and as concerns line item 2 to KBS Electric for $172,500, ITB# 7132-23-ELD, for LP&L Aluminum and Copper Cable. This bid is for 1,000 KCM aluminum cable and 500 KCM copper cable for warehouse restock. |
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The Board will consider a resolution authorizing the Director of Electric Utilities, or his designee, to execute that certain Restated and Updated Engagement Letter by and between the City of Lubbock, acting by and through Lubbock Power and Light and Enoch Kever, PLLC. This engagement relates to legal matters for LP&L's opt in to competition. |
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