Public Utilities Advisory Board — Naperville, IL
Date: 2019-07-18

400 S. Eagle Street
 City of Naperville Naperville, IL 60540



 Meeting Agenda

 Public Utilities Advisory Board

Thursday, July 18, 2019 5:00 PM Electric Service Center




A. CALL TO ORDER:

B. ROLL CALL:

C. PUBLIC FORUM:

D. OLD BUSINESS:

E. NEW BUSINESS:
1. 19-723 Approve PUAB Minutes from May 16, 2019 Meeting


F. REPORTS:
1. 19-724 Receive the report and provide direction on the Renewable Energy
 Program
2. 19-699 Receive the 2019 YTD Water Utilities CIP Report

3. 19-700 Receive Water Supply Reports

4. 19-701 Receive PUAB Water SAIDI Report

5. 19-702 Receive Springbrook Water Reclamation Center Plant Flow and
 Precipitation Report

6. 19-721 Receive the Water Utilities June 2019 Financial Report.

7. 19-715 Receive Electric 2019 Capital Improvement Program (CIP) Summary
 Report

8. 19-716 Receive Electric 2019 Purchased Power Adjustment (PPA) Report

9. 19-717 Receive Electric 2019 SAIDI Report

10. 19-722 Receive Electric June 2019 Finance Preliminary Report




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G. ADJOURNMENT:
 Any individual with a disability requesting a reasonable accommodation in order to
 participate in a public meeting should contact the Communications Department at least
 48 hours in advance of the scheduled meeting. The Communications Department can
 be reached in person at 400 S. Eagle Street, Naperville, IL., via telephone at
 630-420-6707 or 630-305-5205 (TDD) or via e-mail at info@naperville.il.us. Every effort
 will be made to allow for meeting participation.




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400 S. Eagle Street
 City of Naperville Naperville, IL 60540



 Meeting Minutes - Final

 Public Utilities Advisory Board


Thursday, July 18, 2019 5:00 PM Electric Service Center


A. CALL TO ORDER:

 Acting Chairman Bulley called the meeting to order at 5:04pm



 This was approved.
 Present 3- Daniel Bulley, John Krummen, and Dan Knotter

 Absent 3- Lewis Dibert, John Nania, and Amit Shukla


B. ROLL CALL:

 Present: Acting Chairman Bulley, Board Member Knotter, Board Member
 Aggarwal, Councilman Krummen
 Absent: Chairman Dibert, Board Member Shukla
 Also Present: Lucy Podlesny, Electric Utility Director, Darrell Blenniss, Water
 Utility Director, Amy Ries, Water Utility Deputy Director, Olga Geynisman,
 Electric Utility Deputy Director, Maher Diab, Customer Connections Manager,
 Greg Hubert, Resident, Fred Kreinbrink, Distribution Operations Manager, and
 Erin Lebeala, resident



C. PUBLIC FORUM:

 Resident Erin Lebeala attended meeting to fulfill a Public Administrative class
 requirement.
 Resident Greg Hubert attended to support the Renewable Energy Program.



D. OLD BUSINESS:

E. NEW BUSINESS:

1. Approve PUAB Minutes from May 16, 2019 Meeting

 Acting Chairman Bulley made a motion to approve the PUAB minutes from the
 May 16, 2019 meeting.
 Board Member Dan Knotter moved to accept, seconded by Board Member
 Aggarrwal

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 Aye: 3 - Bulley, Knotter, Aggarwal



F. REPORTS:

1. Receive the report and provide direction on the Renewable Energy Program

 Renewable Energy Program started in 2004 allowing electric utility customers
 to monetarily support renewable energy. In 2004, the support came in the form
 of $5/200 kilowatt hour (kWh) and is added to the participants' utility bill.

 Renewable energy generators, such as solar and wind farms, produce both
 electrons and renewable energy certificates (RECs). Electrons are the
 electricity flowing in the wires from the generator to an outlet. A REC is a
 certificate representing the number of electrons produced by a renewable
 energy generator and is given a dollar value.

 The electric utility purchases and retires RECs equivalent to the amount of
 renewable energy kWhs supported each year. The City has purchased
 approximately 12,777,200 kWh in RECs, or $27,800, annually over the last five
 years.

 In 2012, the program expanded to provide a single grant up to $50,000 for
 non-residential customers with a total grant program maximum of $150,000 per
 year. The intent of the grant was to incent individuals to measurably increase
 renewable energy usage, displace fossil fuels, develop community education
 opportunities, and to support recurrent projects.

 Since 2012, the program has granted $317,500 for nine projects. Recipients
 have included North Central College, Naperville Park District, Midwest Sports
 and Pain Specialists, and NEX-NRM.

 In 2016, the City Council approved a $100,893 award for the installation of solar
 panels on the Municipal Center roof.

 The Renewable Energy Program has currently 2,959 participants. It collects
 approximately $270,350 annually and has a cash balance of $1.6 million that
 has been growing steadily over the years.

 In the beginning, the total cash collected was spent to purchase RECs. The
 decrease in purchase prices of the RECs on the market and lack of adjustment
 in the buying price for the participants over the years has been a significant
 reason for the growth of the cash balance.

 As proposed, the modified program would increase the annual spend on the
 purchase of RECs from $27,800 to approximately $185,000. This will increase
 our annual REC purchases to over 85,028. It also ensures the cash balance
 will not grow as rapidly as before and there is potential for a balance decrease.
 This stepped approach will be monitored as more input is gathered from the

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 community and the City Council, and future recommendations will be made.

 Acting Chairman Bulley made a motion to accept direction on the Renewable
 Energy Program
 Board Member Knotter moved to accept, seconded by Board Member Aggarwal

 Aye: 3 - Knotter, Aggarwal, Bulley



 This report was received.


2. Receive the 2019 YTD Water Utilities CIP Report

 Darrell Blenniss and Lucy Podlesny indicated that they are working on some
 dashboarding to better assist in following the routine metrics and financial
 condition information provided to the PUAB.

 Darrell Blenniss provided an overview of the items recently awarded and
 currently in the procurement process.


 This report was received.


3. Receive Water Supply Reports
 This report was received.


4. Receive PUAB Water SAIDI Report

 Amy Ries reviewed the SAIDI report and indicated the most recent main breaks
 were due to pipe wall corrosion. Amy Ries further indicated that water main
 replacement will be an area of emphasis in future capital replacement plans.




 This report was received.


5. Receive Springbrook Water Reclamation Center Plant Flow and Precipitation Report


 Darrell Blenniss provided an overview of the plant flows at Springrbook and
 noted the record rainfalls for May; nearly a billion gallons of water traveled
 through the wastewater treatment plant during that time.


 This report was received.


6. Receive the Water Utilities June 2019 Financial Report.

 Darrell Blenniss provided an overview of the YTD financials and indicated that
 the approximate $6 million surplus shown at this time does not reflect the
 anticipated expenditure of several capital projects that are or will be starting in

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 the next couple of months.
 This report was received.


7. Receive Electric 2019 Capital Improvement Program (CIP) Summary Report

 Electric and Water will be supplying their data through the Dashboard reporting
 system.

 One of the bigger items for Electric is the Cable Injection and Cable
 Replacement projects at $2.9 million.
 An area that shows alot of outages gets priority for the Cable Injection program.
 Some cables are far further along and the engineers suggest the Cable
 Replacement program.



 This report was received.


8. Receive Electric 2019 Purchased Power Adjustment (PPA) Report

 The Purchased Power Adjustment is a monthly adjustment on your electric bill
 based on actual power costs.
 The PPA changes monthly and is based on a six-month rolling average. The
 PPA is either a credit or a charge on the customer's utility bill each month. This
 makes sure customers aren't overcharged or undercharged for electricity.

 This year, the City will have given back $1.5 million as credit to the residents.
 This report was received.


9. Receive Electric 2019 SAIDI Report

 July's average System Average Interruptable Duration Index ("SAIDI") was 14.23
 minutes.


 This report was received.


10. Receive Electric June 2019 Finance Preliminary Report

 Financials are on track after the second quarter. No significant changes.



 This report was received.

G. ADJOURNMENT:

 Acting Chairman Bulley made a motion to adjourn the Public Utilities Advisory
 Board meeting of July 18, 2019 at 6:40pm.
 Board Member Knotter moved to approve, seconded by Board Member
 Aggarwal

 Ayes: 3 - Knotter, Aggarwal, Bulley
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 Our next PUAB meeting is set for October 17, 2019 at 5:00pm.


 /S/ Melanie Mazurski
 Melanie Mazurski, Sr. Admin. Asst.
 Public Utilities-Electric




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