Friday, December 14, 2018
December 18, 2018 EPB Meeting
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Posted by
Billy Ray |
TENTATIVE AGENDA
GLASGOW ELECTRIC PLANT BOARD
DECEMBER 18, 2018, 6:00 PM
1. MINUTES OF PREVIOUS MEETING
2. ANALYTICS REPORT FOR MONTH OF NOVEMBER
3. REPORT ON JANUARY 2019 FCA
4. CONSIDER BI-ANNUAL WRITE OFFS
5. CONSIDER SUPPORT AGREEMENT WITH ELSTER
6. PROGRAMMING COMMITTEE APPOINTMENTS
7. CONSIDER 2019 EPB SALARY PLAN
8. CONDUCT EVALUATION OF SUPERINTENDENT PERFORMANCE
9. NEW / OLD BUSINESS / REPORTS
A. CPD CHARGE STATUS
B. EPB TEAM MASTER PLAN CHANGES
C. END OF YEAR INTERNET SPEED UPGRADE
10. ADJOURN
MEMORANDUM
TO: Members of Glasgow
Electric Plant Board
FROM: William J. Ray, PE
DATE: 12/14/2018
SUBJECT: Board Meeting Information
December
Main Topics
Ø Accurate peak prediction for November issued using
four predicted days
Ø Reorganization of team, due to retirements and
illness, will continue through 2019
Ø
Discuss
appointments to Cable Television Programming Committee
Ø
Review
and consider EPB Pay Plan for 2019
Ø
Evaluate
Superintendent’s Performance
Ø
EPB
Internet Speed Upgrade
Action Items
January 1
FCA
Ø The January 2019 TVA FCA
is projected to decrease to 1.849 cents per kWh. Since the meeting is a week
early, final TVA figures on the FCA are not yet available.
Ø On January 1, the
energy component of our retail rates will adjust to reflect this anticipated decrease
to the wholesale cost of energy.
Bi-Annual
Write Offs Report and Recommendation
Ø List of accounts proposed to be written-off is provided as an attachment.
Ø Superintendent will review the list of accounts with board and make a
recommendation.
Software/Hardware
Support Agreement with Elster/Honeywell
Ø
Another example of our fixed costs increasing comes
from the vendor for our metering technology, Elster, which was acquired by
Honeywell.
Ø
Annual support was previously about $17,000 per
year. Since the acquisition by Honeywell, the new cost proposed is over $22,500
per year, which requires Board action.
Cable
Television Programming Committee Appointments
Ø
The Programming Committee acts independently of EPB
to consider what programming is appropriate for the EPB Cable Television system.
The committee makes these determinations and recommends same to the EPB.
Ø
The committee was purposely created to isolate EPB
from any potential violation relative to the First Amendment to the U.S.
Constitution.
Ø
The committee consists of six members, with
staggered terms, in addition to the Superintendent, who acts as Chairperson and
liaison between the committee and EPB.
Ø
The terms of Mary
Genice Burchett-Bower and Karl Napier expire at the end of this year. Ms.
Burchett-Bower has served two terms and Mr. Napier has served one term.
Ø
Action on this item
is not essential this month, but should be done in January, 2019.
Annual EPB
Pay Plan Review
Ø Per the Board’s
long-standing directions, a survey of peer utility’s pay plans has been
conducted.
Ø This year, the delta
between EPB Hourly pay rates and the average of the peer group was found to be
4.6%.
Ø Superintendent will
recommend a 4.1% adjustment to hourly position pay rates for 2019, along with
corresponding adjustments to the midpoints of the six EPB merit pay grades.
Ø Nationwide CPI change
over the 12 months ending in October, as reported by Bureau of Labor
Statistics, is 2.5%.
Ø Superintendent will
recommend budgets for hourly, merit, apprentice, and retirement/replacements
for 2019.
Performance
Review of Superintendent
Ø
A performance review of the Superintendent is
customarily performed during the December meeting.
Reports
Ø
CPD Charge Reserve Fund
Status
-
kW
demand markup was implemented last year to cover TVA wholesale cost for missed
peak predictions
- Updated calculations will be presented at the meeting if available. The
fund is in excellent shape due to recent accuracy of peak predictions, but the
reporting format is being overhauled.
Ø EPB Team Staffing
Master Plan
- Report on progress of long-term staffing plan
- Updated chart on Master Plan will be presented
Ø End of Year Internet
Upgrade Plans
- EPB has historically recognized the value of its internet access products
and the customers who use the product, by performing the necessary work to
upgrade speed offerings each year.
- The authorization by the board has allowed us to procure the necessary hardware
and software upgrades to upgrade speeds again this year, and those upgrades
have been successfully installed, with little interruption to customer services.
- Our team is completing the testing of speeds in recently upgraded
neighborhoods, where growth of customers had outpaced our predictions. As soon
as this testing is completed, an announcement will be made on the precise speed
upgrades to be implemented.
Conclusion
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