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ERMUSR MISC ISSUES 05-11-2004 rack River Municipal Utilities 13069 Orono Parkway phone: 763.441.2020 Elk River, MN 55330 Fax:763.441.8099 May 5, 2004 To: Elk River Municipal Utilities Commission Jerry Takle James Tralle John Dietz From: Bryan Adams Subject: Miscellaneous Issues Enclosed is the packet for Tuesday, May 11, 2004 commission meeting at 4:00 p.m. This will be our first meeting at our new administration building offices at 13069 Orono Parkway, the City Hall Complex. The meeting will be held in our Utility Commission Room. We are extremely pleased with this facility. Your staff is deeply appreciative of the new facilities you have provided to us. The move to this facility went well with few glitches, although we are still waiting for some furniture items. Our AC/Tree Program is concluded and was a great success. The attached photo sheet reflects the activities of this program. This program requires a lot of administrative support, but is a great public relations program. Vance did a great job coordinating the administrative aspects of this program. One family received a tree but could not pick it up or plant it because the husband is in the National Guard serving in Bosnia. Vance and I delivered and planted their tree for them. This is going to be a busy year from a development perspective. Below are listed the developments we are currently working on. Trott Brook 9 Electric & Water Woods of Hillside 4 Electric & Water Elk Ridge Center Still in Planning Trott Brook Crossings Electric & Water Trout Brook Estates Still in Planning Woodland Hills Still in Planning West Oaks Electric Hillside Estates 10 Electric Centex Homes-Elk River Station Water Pintail Development Still in Planning Orrin Thompson River Park Still in Planning Needless to say, we do not lack things to do. The APPA annual meeting on June 2Ist thru June 23d, 2004 will be held in Seattle, Washington. Attached is the proposed agenda. 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I 5 �. • -- - .. _ .■'_�- 1 ,♦ 1 . 1- P U B L I C P O W E R S P R E M I E R ANN U A L E V E N T ! 1 ' ,„ u. I I 41/I nday, June 21 • ss te Concurrent Sessions •,. 11 a.m.-Noon ? . . v/• lei • The Credit Rating Agencies Assess Public Power Pending Federal Legislative Issues Public power's credit quality has held up well compared to much Impacting Public Power Systems of the investor-owned and merchant sectors of the electric industry_ This session will provide an overmew and status of several important Will this trend continue?A panel from the three bond rating agen- legislative issues pending in Congress, such as the Energy Policy Act cies will discuss the key factors in determining credo quality and and reauthorization of the Clean Air Act, that will have significant how they assess the risks facing utilities impacts on public power systems and their customers. Speakers:Dan Aschenbach, Senior Vice President, Moodys Investors Speakers. Angela Becker-Dippman, Legislative Assistant, Service, New York, NY;Peter Murphy, Director, Corporate and Sen. Marra Cantwell(D-WA), George O'Connor, Energy/Natural Government Ratings Standard&Poor's, New York, N Y and Alan Spen, Resources Counsel, Sen. Larry Craig OP ID), and Valerie West, Managing Director Global Power Group, Fitch Ratings, New York, N.Y Natural Resources Director, Sen. Gordon Smith 03 OR) •thy Public Power Is Right for Our Communities Incorporating Ethics and Sarbanes-Oxley Act Principles n e desire for local control over electric service has dozens into Municipal Utility Governance of communities pursuing the public power option.Three c ty While the Sarbanes-Oxley Act applies directly to torproht companies officials,each at a different stage of setting up a public power with publicly traded securities, more and more non-profits are volun- system, will discuss what public ownership means to their tarily incorporating Act and ethics principles into Board governance communities rules and structures.What changes should municipal utility boards Speakers:Kathleen Gardipee, Policy Aide to City Commissioner Erik adopt? Sten, City of Portland, Ore., Randy Knight,Assistant City Manager, City Speaker:Douglas Wright, Partner Faegre&Benson LLP Denver Colo of Winter Park, Ha and Edward Brookshier, City Manager, City of Hermiston, Ore. Monday evening at 4:30 p.m., registered attendees and guests 2 N are invited to the Public Power Expo opening reception,featuring the top vendors and suppliers to the electrical utility industry. _._. Go to www.APPAnet.org for updated conference information and more details. I 4110 1 1 Discussion Forums 1:30-2:30 p.m. Understanding the Value and RTOs: Are There Better Alternatives Benefits of Public Power for Public Power in Your Region? Knowing the value of your utility's financial contributions to local Regional Transmission Organization development has slowed or government and the other resources it devotes to improving life in stalled in many regions, out of concerns for costs, incompatible your community is important for policymakers and managers. This stakeholder needs and state-federal jurisdictional conflict. If there is discussion will highlight the direct and indirect benefits of public an RTO in your region, how should you restructure your operations to power to local citizens, deal with it? If there's no RTO in the making, whatis Plan B for your wholesale market? Facilitator:Larry Koshire, General Manager, Rochester Public Utilities, Rochester Minn. Facilitator:Jan Schori, General Manager, Sacramento Municipal Utility District, Sacramento, Calif. New Customer Service Options Customers respond favorably to greater control and convenience. Leadership from Within: Learn how customers have responded to progressive service options How We're Developing Our Future Executives such as prepaid "power cards,"credit card payments, automatic As the days of easily attracting and retaining highly qualified payment tellers, online bill payment, and online turn-on/turn-oft- employees are numbered, public power systems need to develop Facilitator:Michael Lowe, Manager, Customer Services—Power, their current employees' leadership capabilities.Attend this session Salt River Project, Phoenix,Ariz to hear how one public power utility is doing just that and discuss what your utility is doing to assure its next generation of leaders. "Climate Vision:" Understanding the Administration's Facilitator: W.Gary Gates, CEO, Omaha Public Power District, Omaha, Voluntary Greenhouse Gas Reduction Program Neb and Charles Hosken, General Manager Chelan County PUD, Wenatchee, Wash. The Bush Administration is encouraging increased voluntary efforts to further reduce or offset emissions of greenhouse gases, particu- larly carbon dioxide-Hear how this new program is an opportunity Rate Considerations for Retaining for our industry to show that voluntary efforts to address these con- and Attracting Customers terns can work, and how your utility can participate. Though political enthusiasm for restructuring the electric utility industry Facilitators:David Berg, Senior Policy Advisor, Department of Energy, has waned, the earnest efforts of large industrial and commercial cus- Washington, D.C.; Rebecca Blood, Senior Government Relations Comers to find lower rates have not. Learn how utilities are supplement- Representative,APPA, Washington, D.C.;and Henry Eby, Senior mg their standard rate offerings to retain and attract these customers. Regulatory Analyst, Lower Colorado River Authority & Chair,APPA Facilitators:Ron Earl, General Manager& CEO, Illinois Municipal Energy and Air Duality Task Force,Austin, Texas Electric Agency, Springfield, Ill. and Mike McMahon, Sr Mgr, Economics&Business Consulting,Snohomish County PUB, Everett, Wash. Community Benefits of a Broadband Network Deployment of a broadband network improves the efficiency of utility Security—Vulnerability: How Do You Access It, operations,city government, and the entire community.This session and How Do You Protect Your Assets? will discuss two deployment strategies and how they meet a variety The U.S. Department of Homeland Security is up and running. NERC of community needs has approved the Urgent Action Cyber Security Standards.The list goes Facilitators:Jeff Foster, Power Superintendent, City of Spanish Fork, on.Attend this session to discuss ways to meet these new security Utah and Robert Hunzinger, General Manager, Owensboro Municipal demands, including an update on the Homeland Security Presidential Utilities, Owensboro, Ky Decision Directive HSPD-7,signed by President Bush in late 2003. Facilitator:Mike Beehler, Senior Transmission Engineer, Burns& McDonnell, Kansas City, Mo. -t, • VQnday, June 21 /de Forums Go to www.APPAnetgry fdhZpddatgd conference information and to register. 3-4 p.m. f Strategic Planning for Utility Boards Power Supply: Is There a Bankruptcy, Setting the organization's direction is a primary responsibility of pub- or Someone Else's, In Your Future? lic power policymakers.The process and steps boards and city coun- A number of public power utilities have discovered a new corollary cis use to focus on the future direction of theft utility and lay out a to the Law of Unforeseen Consequences: the bankruptcy or financial road map and milestones for achieving that future will be presented. distress of a major supplier, customer or business partner that will Facilitator:John McClure, Chief of Governmental Affairs&Strategic become your problem too. Learn about strategies for avoiding and Planning, Nebraska Public Power District, Columbus, Neb. managing such risks. Facilitator:Bill Gallagher, General Manager, Vermont Public Power Using Best Practices and Performance Measures Supply Authority Waterbury Center, Vt. to Achieve Customer Service Goals When utilities that excel in customer service share their successes, How We're Cutting Benefit Costs others learn valuable lessons in improving service delivery. Hear how Without Cutting Benefits utilities gather information on best practices and measurement tools Health insurance costs are escalating, and many organizations are and put them to use in day-to-day operations. faced with either limiting their heath insurance programs or requiring Facilitator:Joan Walters, Deputy Superintendent for Customer their employees to pay more.Attend this session to learn how Service, Seattle City Light, Seattle, Wash municipal utilities can gain economies of scale to negotiate more favorable health insurance rates and coverage by working together. How We Quantify and Communicate Our Facilitator Roger Fontes, General Manager& CEO, Florida Municipal Environmental Commitment to the Community Power Agency, Orlando, Fla No electric utility can escape the environmental issues raised by generating,transmitting, and distributing electricity, from air and Distribution Efficiency: water pollution, to health concerns, to noise, to aesthetics. Learn A Program That Benefits Both Sides of the Meter how to communicate with your consumers about environmental risks Public power utilities take electricity from the transmission grid and and measure how your efforts to address environmental concerns deliver the electrons to the end-use customer.Although this service are helping your community. may appear basic, many utilities have innovative programs to help Facilitators:Milton Lee, General Manager& CEO, City Public Service, the distribution system operate efficiently.This session offers atten- dees Antonio, Texas and Sandy Novick, General Manager, Lansing Board lees a forum to discuss technology improvements that increase effi- ofWater&Light, Lansing, Mich, ciency on both sides of the meter. Facilitator:Robert Fletcher, Principal Planning Engineer, Snohomish State Legislative Challenges to Community Broadband County POD, Everett, Wash. Incumbent telephone and cable TV companies continue to lobby for state and local legislation that would erect barriers to entry for pub- Key Accounts: Lc power utilities.This session features case studies on the legisla- Services That Are Popular with Large Customers tion initiatives that were introduced in Wisconsin and Pennsylvania. Helping large customers control costs and understand reliability Facilitators:Dave Bentorado, Executive Director Municipal Electric issues are important aspects of a key accounts program. Learn how Utilities of Wisconsin, Sun Prairie, Wis.and Jaymes Vettraino, utilities are using interval metering and load management informa- Manager, Borough of Kutztown, Kutztown, Pa. tion, rate analysis, infrared equipment testing and other services and incentives to help key customers improve their operations. Facilitator. Paula DiFonzo, Chief Executive Officer, New Braunfels Utilities, New Braunfels, Texas 4 ..' 1 'Tuesday, June 22 • • 1 . . Discussion Forums I1:30-2:30 p.m. Financial Reporting to Boards and City Councils: Public Power's Role in Economic Development What Information Do They Need? With increased attention being focused on the economic health of Is your utility governing body receiving the necessary information communities, this session addresses the role of public power utilities to ensure a good understanding of the utility's financial position? in customer retention, expansion, and other economic development Participate in a discussion on financial presentations to the govern- efforts of the local community. ing body, covering issues such as what type of information is need- Facilitators:Linda Kreft, Board Member Traverse City Light&Power, ed, useful comparisons, and how often the data should be reviewed Traverse City Mich. and Mary Schultes, Manager of Utilities, Hastings Facilitator:James Welsh, President& General Manager, Kissimmee Utilities Department, Hastings, Neb. Utility Authority, Kissimmee, Fla. E-Government: PMAs As Business Partners: Working with Doing the Peoples' Business on the Internet Your Federal Supplier to the Benefit of Your Customers Information technology continues to change the way we perform our ederally generated electricity sold to public power systems by lobs and subsequently, how we deliver community and governmental the four power marketing administrations (Bonneville,Western, service. Hear how embracing new technology and incorporating it Southwestern and Southeastern) continues to be an important into local government has improved service in one public power source of power for many APPA members.This session will examine community. current trends and activities in the evolving business relationships Facilitator:Karen Larkin,Assistant Public Works Director, between these public power systems and the PMAs. City of Tacoma, Wash. Facilitator: Ted Coombes, Executive Director Southwestern Power Resources Association, Tulsa, Okla. Update on Federal Environmental Regulations 2004-2010 will be watershed years for environmental regulations What to Do When Broadband Competitors requiring advanced air and water pollution technologies and new Price Below Their Costs recordkeeping at utilities.This session addresses what's on the Public power systems offering broadband services are increasingly horizon and how public power utilities will need to prepare. faced with competitors who offer their services at prices below cost. Facilitator: Theresa Pugh, Manager of Environmental Services,APPA, Learn how public power systems are faring and coping with this Washington, D.C. unfair practice, generally known as "predatory pricing." Facilitators:Bob Haug,Executive Director; Iowa Association of OUC—The Reliable One: How We Deliver on Our Brand Municipal Utilities,Ankeny Iowa and James Sandlin, General Manager, For a second consecutive year, Orlando Utilities Commission was • • Scottsboro Electric Power Board, Scottsboro,Ala. selected through a benchmarking study as the most reliable electric utility in the Southeastern United States. Learn how OUC delivers Communicating With Your Community About Rates the reliable, quality electric service it promises its customers Customers are often baffled by electric utility rate lingo and don't Facilitators:Roseann Harrington, Vice President, Marketing, understand the basics of why and how they are charged for service. Communications& Community Relations and Ken Ksionek, General This session discusses techniques you can use through your bill, the Manager and CEO, OUC—The Reliable One, Orlando, Fla. ews media, meetings, Internet, publications, and others to talk with your community about rates—whether yours are going up or down, or staying the same. Facilitator:Bob Royer, Director of Communications&Public Affairs, Seattle City Light, Seattle, Wash. • 0.t.f ss„r.; ms 2:45-3:45 p.m. Policy Guidelines: Green Power: How Utilities Are Marketing and Pricing It Setting Rules for Your Board's Operations Green Power programs are increasingly being offered by utilities and This session addresses how public power governing bodies establish demanded by customers. Learn how utilities are designing, market- policy and operational guidelines that keep them focused on their ing, and pricing these programs. roles and responsibilities and assure their effective functioning. Facilitators:Larry Johnston, Director of Corporate Development Facilitators:Eric Douglas, President& CEO, Leading Resources, Inc., &Agency Relations, Southern Minnesota Municipal Power Agency, Sacramento, Calif and Peter Keat, Board President, Sacramento Rochester Minn. and John Yanov, Senior Financial/Rate Analyst, Municipal Utility District, Sacramento, Calif Eugene Water&Electric Board, Eugene, Ore. Meeting the Goals of Customer Convenience Preserving the Knowledge of Your Workforce and Utility Revenue Protection According to a recent study, 17% of APPA members report that up Customers who have trouble paying their bills may be especially to 20% of their employees will be eligible to retire within the next critical of the utility's service policies on deposits, payment arrange- five years. Learn how municipal utilities are putting procedures in ments, and disconnect procedures. Hear what utility policymakers place to capture undocumented knowledge from critical employees have done to update service policies to achieve greater efficiency, before they leave the workforce. flexibility and fairness to all customers, Facilitators:Phillip Tolletson, Chief Executive Officer, Colorado Facilitator Jim Origliosso, Treasurer and Director of Finance& Springs Utilities, Colorado Springs, Colo. and Cheryl Whitcomb, Customer Service, Eugene Water&Electric Board, Eugene, Ore. Chief Knowledge Officer Energy Northwest, Richland, Wash. Broadband Over Power Lines (BPL): Does It Work? Economic Development Case Studies Manassas,VA was the first utility to deploy this technology to an This session features case studies of two public power communities entire community. Hear their report on the challenges and successes where the local utility played an important role in recruiting and/or of Manassas' deployment and why BPL is important to the utility expanding the business base. industry. Facilitators:Jay Logel, General Manager Muscatine Power and Water, Facilitators:John Hewa,Assistant Electric Director, City of Manassas Muscatine, Iowa and Tom Habashi, Electric Utility Director, Roseville Dept. of Utilities, Manassas, Va. and Allen Todd, Director of Utilities, Electric, Roseville, Calif City of Manassas, Manassas, Va How We Are Expediting Power Plant Construction So you've decided to build or partner in new generating capacity. This session examines the steps you need to take to get your new generator into service on time, within budget, and with community and stakeholder support. Facilitator: Lonnie Carter, President& CEO, Santee Cooper, Moncks Corner, S.C. Go to www.APPAnet.org for updated conference information and to register. I I (Wednesday, June 23 *1% , ! frir k .....\,,,s 1 y4 , � �I ' � # - Board Chair Breakfast Special thanks to all the 2004 Conference Presentation of the Alex Radin Sponsors Distinguished Service Award r- Diamond Calpine Corporation Installation of 2004/05 APPA Board Chair Glenn Cannon Jan Schori Duncan&Allen APPA Board APPA Board Duncan Weinberg Chair Chair-Elect Genzer&Pembroke Keynote Address Navigant Consulting,Inc .eadership and Ethics: R.W.Beck How We Serve Our Global and Local Communities Spiegel&McDiarmid Rushworth Kidder, President, Institute tor Global Ethics, Sullivan&Worcester Camden, Maine A compelling examination of the global, technological, corporate, Platinum and social factors that affect our lives and our leadership of Gasource Merrill Lynch communities and organizations. Standard and Poor's Gold Only 17 percent of the public(says Gallup) Black&Veatch ■ �' _" thinks today's business executives have BP Energy Company high standards of honesty and ethics— above car salesmen (6 percent) but"below noble Engineering Co. � Phili s Medical 5 ste journalists(26 percent). l�et,most exe'oiulives P y ms say ethics is vital to good business leader- Solar Turbines Kidder ship.Rushworth Kidder,author of How Good Tennessee Valley Authority People Make Tough Choices:Resolving the Dilemmas of UBS Financial Services Ethical Living, and Shared Values for a Troubled Wor \'^,,*' Wartsila North America offers conference attendees his view on leadership and; ethics and how a focus on values maintains strong colt- Silver _ _ . . sensus also mission, _j.- " Enhanced Outsource direction,and governance.Kidderirasworked-foF verr,T- Solutions decade through his Institute for Global Ethics to develop GE Aero Energy training programs for international corporations, non- Thompson Coburn profit foundations,government agencies,even prisons. 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