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Friday, March 22, 2019

March 26, 2019 EPB Regular Meeting





REVISED REGULAR MEETING AGENDA
GLASGOW ELECTRIC PLANT BOARD
MARCH 26, 2019, 6:00 PM
 



1. CONSIDER ADOPTING ROBERTS RULES OF ORDER - Newly Revised 11th Edition as the          Board Rules of Order

2. CONSIDER APPROVAL OF AGENDA


3. CONSIDER REPLACEMENT OF BOARD COUNSEL


4. CONSIDER ALLEGATION AND REMEDIES REGARDING OPEN MEETINGS                    VIOLATION(S) CHARGE BY MELINDA OVERSTREET AND GDT


5. CONSIDER ACTION RELATIVE TO DEFAMATORY ARTICLE IN BARREN COUNTY PROGRESS


6. CONSIDER PROGRAMMING COMMITTEE APPOINTMENTS


7. REPORTS

A. COMPREHENSIVE REPORT ON EPB RATE DESIGN HISTORY AND FINDINGS

B. BOND ISSUANCE CLOSING

C. EMAIL SERVER ATTACKS


8. ADJOURN




MEMORANDUM
                                                                                                                  
                                                                                               
                                                                                     
TO:                       Members of Glasgow Electric Plant Board                 
                                                                                               
FROM:                  William J. Ray, PE                 
                                                                                               
DATE:                  3/21/2019    
                                                                                                                  
SUBJECT:            Board Meeting Information                                          


                                     
March Main Topics

Ø  Peak prediction missed due to missing a peak on February 1 that was not eclipsed during the rest of the month
Ø  Consider formal open meetings violation complaint by Melinda Overstreet
Ø  Receive comprehensive report on the five-year history of EPB rate design decisions
Ø  Consider options regarding defamatory article in Barren County Progress
Ø  Consider Programming Committee appointments
Ø  Reports



Action Items
March 1 FCA
Ø  The April 2019 TVA FCA will decrease to 1.680 cents per kWh. This is the third consecutive small decrease in the FCA. These decreases are afforded by the copious rainfall over the last few months, which is allowing TVA to make more low-cost power from hydroelectric facilities.  
Ø  On April 1, the energy component of our retail rates will adjust to reflect this anticipated decrease to the wholesale cost of energy.
        
Respond to Open Meetings Complaint by Melinda Overstreet
Ø  This is the matter that was not acted upon at the last meeting.
Ø  Melinda agreed to extend the time allotted for a response to an Open Meetings complaint, to this meeting. Since another grace period is unlikely to be granted, this matter should be addressed at this meeting.

Presentation of the history of data and board decisions that led to EPB retail electric rate changes 2014-2019
Ø  This discussion will be led by William Ray and other members of the EPB staff. It will be a comprehensive review of how previous boards received reports on EPB trends and challenges, and how they reacted to that data to transform retail electric rates.
Ø  Completion of the report will be dependent upon the questions and concerns raised by the board. This item might carry forward into future meetings.

Consideration of possible Board actions relative to recent article regarding electric rates in Barren County Progress
Ø  Several outrageous and inaccurate claims about EPB electric rates as they compare to Kentucky Utilities Company, and to statewide averages, were made at the top of the front page of the March 14, 2019 edition.
Ø  The EPB team dropped what we were doing and set out to research the claims made and the conclusions reached, relative to rates, in the article. We discovered that the website used for most of the data was more than five years out of date, and that all the conclusions reached in the article were wrong by very wide margins.
Ø  A copy of a letter to Jeff Jobe is included in board package. It points out the errors, and the damage done to EPB through his defamatory statements.
Ø  Jobe’s response is also attached.  Until we see how his story, referenced in the letter, is written, we do not know if he is retracting his previous false and defamatory statements. He makes, yet again, a request for a report that is vague and impossible to interpret, but we may make some guesses at what he might be attempting to ask for; and provide that.
Ø  At the meeting we may, or may not, have sufficient understanding of his response to our demand, such that you can determine a course of 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 expired at the end of 2018. Ms. Burchett-Bower has served two terms and Mr. Napier has served one term.
Ø  Action on this item is needed this month.  


 Reports
Ø  Information on recent, and ongoing hacking attacks on the Glasgow-ky.com mail server, and information relative to the bond closings on March 5, will be provided at the meeting.


Conclusion


Please let me know if you have any questions before the meeting.