Public Utilities 2010/03/24CITY OF ANAHEIM
PUBLIC UTILITIES BOARD
MINUTES
MARCH 24, 2010
The Agenda having been posted on Wednesday, March 17, 2010, the Regular Meeting of the Public
Utilities Board was called to order by Chairperson Lon Cahill at 5:00 p.m. on Wednesday, March 24,
2010, in the I Ith Floor Large Conference Room, Anaheim West Tower, 201 S. Anaheim Blvd., Anaheim,
California.
Board Members Present: L. Cahill, J. Brandman, P. Carroll, J, Machiaverna, C. PeItzer, K.
Murray, D. Morgan
Board Members Absent: None
Staff Present: M. Edwards, D. Calkins, M. Long, M. Ward, A. Kott, D. Lee, B.
Beelner, R. Shintaku, C. Pereyra, C. Gilbert, R. Watkins, P. Wong, J.
Pellegrino, M. Lopez, R. Dowell, L. Quiambao, P. Oviedo
Guest(s) Present: P. Bos, Resident; J. Elwell, Resident; D. Wain, Resident and Member of
the East Anaheim Neighborhood Council
AGENDA ITEM ACTION TAKEN
1. PUBLIC COMMENTS.
D. Wain indicated that he is very happy with the resolution to There being no further public
the estimated billing for the irrigation of landscaping of the comments, L. Cahill closed the
Anaheim Hills Planning Community Association. He thanked public comments portion of the
E. Zacherl and staff for all their hard work meeting.
M. Edwards introduced C. Pereyra, Customer Services
Representative II, who was auditing the meeting, to the Board.
2. APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES OF THE REGULAR
PUBLIC UTILITIES BOARD (PUB) MEETING HELD
ON FEBRUARY 24,2010.*
3. ADOPTION OF LANDSCAPE WATER EFFICIENCY
GUIDELINES.*
P. Carroll moved approval of the
February 24, 2010, Public Utilities
Board Meeting Minutes. K.
Murray seconded the motion.
MOTION CARRIED: 6 -0.
ABSTAINED: 0. ABSENT: 1
(J. Brandman).
M. Edwards indicated that the State of California passed a law Based on management's
(Assembly Bill 188 1) which requires a new landscape water reconvnendation, no action was
efficiency ordinance be adopted by the cities and counties taken on this item.
throughout the state. If the cities and counties do not develop
an ordinance that is at least as effective in conserving water as
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the model state ordinance, they would default to the state's
model ordinance.
The Public Utilities Department and other cities in Orange
County developed an Orange County model (OC Model), which
complies with the State requirements, but does so in a more
straightforward way with a simple condensed ordinance
supplemented with guidelines that provide detailed procedures
and technical information. The new ordinance was approved by
City Council in December. The proposed guidelines, which are
consistent with the OC Model, are now being recommended for
approval.
D. Calkins gave an overview of the OC Model and the
proposed guidelines. The guidelines include information on
soil analysis, grading, plant selection and irrigation system
design, which the landscape professional community helped
develop. For developers or a homeowner using a landscape
professional, the landscape professional would be able to
understand and easily comply with the guidelines, and provide
the self certification. For individual homeowners who do not
use a landscape professional, a much more simplified approach
was developed which is defined in the Do- It- Yourself
Homeowner Landscape documentation Form in Appendix E.
During discussion, the Board had a number of comments and
suggestions, including that the guidelines seem confusing and
should be simpler to understand. The Board recommended that
the Department should consider reviewing the guidelines in a
year to evaluate how they are working. There was also
discussion about consequences or penalties for not complying
with AB 1881. A number of Board members evinced their
frustrations with Sacramento's methodology of simply
imposing onerous regulations through law.
The Board decided that since the item is not time critical, staff
should bring this back to the Board at its next meeting, with a
discussion on how the guidelines might be written more simply,
a clearer explanation of the Do- It- Yourself process and a
discussion on consequences /penalties for non - compliance.
J. Elwell was acknowledged by the Board for being in the
audience.
4. RESOLUTIONS AMENDING VARIOUS RULES OF THE
ELECRIC AND WATER RATES, RULES AND
REGULATIONS.*
M. Edwards indicated that the proposed Rule changes are for D. Morgan moved approval of the
clarification and update only and do not impact electric or water Resolutions Amending Various
rates. Rules of the Electric and Water
AGENDA ITEM ACTION TAKEN
The Board discussed this item and asked questions as to how
many master meters are in the City to which B. Beelner
responded.
5. APPROVAL OF A PROFESSIONAL SERVICES
AGREEMENT WITH CRITIGEN, LLC FOR THE
ANAHEIM SOLAR MAP WEB PORTAL.*
M. Edwards indicated that the Department conducted a pilot
program, Anaheim Solar Map that covered three square miles
within Anaheim and created a web portal where customers
could voluntarily add information regarding their solar system.
Due to the success of the pilot program, the agreement with
Critigen, LLC is being recommended to expand the Anaheim
Solar Map web portals that would provide coverage throughout
the City.
After M. Edwards responded to a variety of questions, the
Board votes for approval of the Agreement.
5. RESOLUTION APPROVING ACCEPTANCE OF THE
SMART GRID INVESTMENT GRANT FUNDS AND
THE ASSISTANCE AGREEMENT.*
J. Brandman moved approval of
the Professional Services
Agreement with Critigen, LLC for
the Anaheim Solar Map Web
Portal. P. Carroll seconded the
motion. MOTION CARRIED:
7 -0. ABSTAINED: 0. ABSENT:
0.
Rates, Rules and Regulations. L.
B. Beelner, Financial Planning Manager, indicated that recently
Cahill seconded the motion.
adopted Senate Bill (SB) 120 mandates changes to the City's
MOTION CARRIED: 7 -0.
Rules as implemented by the Department, specifically regarding
ABSTAINED: 0. ABSENT: 0.
master metered accounts and accounts where a tenant's utilities
are paid by the landlord. Because the landlord is the customer,
if the landlord is in arrears with the Utility, the tenant may be
disconnected without being notified. Utilities are now required
to update their rules to reflect that if utility bills are paid by a
landlord rather than the tenants, the utility must notify the
tenant in advance of taking action regarding the landlord's
accounts that are in arrears especially if that could result in the
tenant's service being disconnected. SB 120 requires that
written notices be provided to tenants in six different languages
before any disconnections.
The Board discussed this item and asked questions as to how
many master meters are in the City to which B. Beelner
responded.
5. APPROVAL OF A PROFESSIONAL SERVICES
AGREEMENT WITH CRITIGEN, LLC FOR THE
ANAHEIM SOLAR MAP WEB PORTAL.*
M. Edwards indicated that the Department conducted a pilot
program, Anaheim Solar Map that covered three square miles
within Anaheim and created a web portal where customers
could voluntarily add information regarding their solar system.
Due to the success of the pilot program, the agreement with
Critigen, LLC is being recommended to expand the Anaheim
Solar Map web portals that would provide coverage throughout
the City.
After M. Edwards responded to a variety of questions, the
Board votes for approval of the Agreement.
5. RESOLUTION APPROVING ACCEPTANCE OF THE
SMART GRID INVESTMENT GRANT FUNDS AND
THE ASSISTANCE AGREEMENT.*
J. Brandman moved approval of
the Professional Services
Agreement with Critigen, LLC for
the Anaheim Solar Map Web
Portal. P. Carroll seconded the
motion. MOTION CARRIED:
7 -0. ABSTAINED: 0. ABSENT:
0.
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7. SCHEDULE A PUBLIC HEARING DATE OF MAY 26,
2010 FOR WATER RATE PUBLIC HEARING.
M. Edwards asked the PUB to schedule a Public Hearing date
of May 26, 2010 for the proposed water rate actions. No
motion is necessary; however, a Board quorum will be required
for the Public Hearing. Given the response of the community to
the required Prop 218 mailers on this issue, the Board requested
much greater detail on this proposed rate increase and the
reasons for it. That information was provided under separate
cover.
8. PRESENTATION ON THE SUSTAINABILITY
INFORMATION MANAGEMENT SYSTEM (SIMS)
PROJECT.
R. Watkins gave a presentation followed by a live
demonstration on the Sustainability Information Management
System (SIMS). There are five primary greenhouse gas
contributors that will be tracked by SIMS citywide:
transportation within the City, electric usage, water usage,
natural gas, and solid waste disposal.
The Board discussed this item and asked questions such as how
the actual greenhouse gas is measured and is it measured at the
generation or consumption side to which R. Watkins responded.
Some Board members found the amount of information that
was available on a per resident basis to be confusing as well as
invasive. There was discussion on why the utility was
voluntarily using and refining emissions tracking systems in
advance of an absolute legal requirement to do so. Staff
responded that it was prudent to have a system that would allow
us to examine and compare a broad variety of potential cost
effective response strategies. There has already been some
legislation passed in this area (e.g. SB 375) and more is
expected. The utility is not requiring or mandating anything
having to do with emissions at this time, but to not prepare by at
least establishing tracking mechanisms, as well as educating
ourselves as to potential problems and outcomes, will limit the
utilities and PUB's later flexibility to select and choose a course
of action.
9. UPDATE ON WATER SYSTEM ISSUES.
Water Supply Conditions Update
D. Calkins indicated that the water supply conditions have been
good so far this winter; however, the last couple of weeks have
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been drier. Locally, precipitation is about 150% of normal for
this time of year. Northern California and the Colorado River
basin remain near normal.
The State Water Project allocation is at 15 %, which is near the
historic low. Staff is optimistic that it will be increased by the
State Department of Water Resources within the next couple
weeks to a month, but it is unclear how much. If it remains
below the 40 %n to 45 %r range, Metropolitan Water District
(MWD) will likely ration water again next year.
Overall, Anaheim's water consumption for this fiscal year is
7% lower than MWD allocation target.
Environmental Compliance Report for 2009
D. Calkins referred to the Water Environmental Compliance
Report for 2009, which was in the PUB agenda package. D.
Calkins indicated that D. Wilson and his staff are doing an
excellent job achieving full compliance on all water quality and
environmental regulations.
Orange County Water Summit
The 3 " annual Orange County Water Summit will be held May
14, 2010 at Disney's Grand Californian Hotel. An e -mail will
be sent to the Board members regarding the Summit and those
that are interested in attending should reply to staff.
10. UPDATE ELECTRIC SYSTEM ISSUES
Canyon Power Plant
M. Ward indicated that the California Energy Commission
approved the license for Canyon Power Plant and should get
the permit from Air Quality Management District next week.
Groundbreaking will take place in May 2010 so please watch
for the invitation.
During discussion with the Board, M. Ward responded to a
variety of questions such as how much time will elapse from
beginning of construction to when the first kilowatt hour is
generated, would the generation output be sold and how many
construction jobs would the project generate.
Under ound Pro'ects U12dat e
M. Ward referred to the document entitled Update on Major
Electrical Transmission & Distribution (T &D) Project (2011)
and the accompanying map which provided information and
updates on the following: underground conversion projects,
development - related project and reliability -based projects.
Staff continues to coordinate projects in conjunction with the
Public Works Department in order to reduce the impact to
Anaheim's residents and businesses.
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Canyon Power Plant Financing
R. Dowell representing E. Zacherl indicated that staff is
moving forward with the permanent take -out financing for the
project and preparing information for the credit rating agency
presentations.
Distinguished Engineering Project Achievement Award
M. Long reported that the Public Utilities Department received
the Distinguished Engineering Project Achievement Award for
the Smart Grid Project.
Solar Flag Event at Vineyard Christian School
M. long discussed the Solar Flag Event that was held at the
Vineyard Christian School where over 300 students, parents
and teachers attended. J. Brandman and K. Murray attended
and represented the Utilities.
iCel
M. Long indicated that volunteers are needed to test iCel
storage systems at their home. Ten sites will be selected and
iCel battery packs will be installed. The battery packs will be
used to store energy at night and then the energy will be used at
peak hours during the day. The selected customers will be on
the Residential Time of Use Rate to determine the effectiveness
of the pilot program.
Annual Report 2009
M. Long indicated that the Annual Report for 2009 will be
distributed in a couple of weeks.
Triple Rebate
M. Long indicated that from April 22, 2010 thru May 23, 2010,
the Department will be offering triple rebates on clothes
washers, refrigerators, and room air conditioners. Funds are
being provided from the state stimulus funds for that period of
time only. Double rebates will continue through June 2010.
0. AGENDA FOR THE NEXT MEETING ON
APRIL 28,2009.
• Water Supply Conditions Update
• Landscape Water Efficiency Guidelines*
• FY 2010/2011 Proposed Budget Presentation*
• ARTIC Stakeholder Outreach Presentation
• Agreement with TIBCO for Enterprise Service Bus*
• Agreement with Opower for Customer Portal*
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*Indicates item(s) will be forwarded to City Council for action
after presentation to the PUB.
14. ITEM(S) BY SECRETARY.
M. Edwards indicated that Commissioner John Byron said hello
to the Board, had nice things to say about Anaheim and that
Anaheim is progressive and green.
M. Edwards discussed the Mayor's interests in a green overlay
zone in the Canyon Area. He also met with Building Industry
Association to work toward a zero energy home that's an
education center in which developers and other people can walk
through. He sent a personal letter of support of the Governors
SB 71 for sales tax exemptions for green business and he wants
to be one of the main supporters of Anaheim's residential green
power program; to use it as an informational tool, more
effectively communicating to customers that green is possible,
but comes with a cost.
15. ITEM(S) BY BOARD MEMBERS.
L. Cahill spoke about the draft for discussion only the Projected
Cost of Electricity document. He asked if Anaheim has a long
term plan of dealing with this or a strategy, because the
numbers indicated in the document are big. He suggested a
workshop with the Board. M. Edwards responded that it will be
added to the April agenda to go through the document and
receive feedback from the Board. D. Morgan added that a City
Council Workshop might be good to reach out to the public.
There was a spirited discussion between the Board and staff on
AB 32, with many simultaneous statements and questions,
making a clean capture and summary in the minutes difficult.
However, the following is clear. The Board is disturbed by the
path of CARB towards implementing AB 32. They are
uncertain if staff has done enough, and therefore documentation
as to the lengths staff has gone thus far was subsequently
provided. They want more information and to greater
understand the courses of action available to the utility in this
area. Further opportunities for more detailed discussion will be
provided.
J. Machiaverna stated that the meeting was interesting and
expressed his feelings on increasing rates.
C. Peltzer stated that the document that M. Edwards prepared is
an excellent one and it's a good basis for the Board to work
through as the Board needs to be fully involved. He is
concerned that City Council is not fully informed.
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J. Brandman congratulated staff on the Canyon Power Plant
certification and indicated he had received several calls from
people that will be working on the plant so they are grateful. J.
Brandman added that he attended the Anaheim Boys & Girls
Club Gala and congratulated J. Machiaverna on his appointment
as Chair and thanked the Utility, the City, and Vice -Chair K.
Murray for their support and sponsorship.
K. Murray agreed with J. Brandman and added that it was a
tremendous event.
K. Murray reported that as Anaheim's Representative of
Metropolitan Water District (MWD), she attended a trip to
Washington, D.C. and met with White House Officials and
spoke about. water and infrastructure. Transportation issues
were also discussed.
K. Murray thanked Principal Kim Voelker and parents, students
and staff at Hepatha Lutheran School for doing a pep rally
around the solar flag ribbon cutting and also thanked Principal
Jim Wilkenson at Vineyard Christian School. She also thanked
D. Predisik and everyone that made this possible.
P. Carroll thanked M. Edwards and staff for bringing various
issues to the Board because they are the kind of items that need
to be discussed. He also thanked S. Sciortino for a job well
done on the Canyon Power Project. He requested more
information to educate the Board on green house gas emissions
to better develop a basic level of understanding.
D. Morgan congratulated staff for all their good work and
complimented M. Edwards and staff who are clearly focused on
the customer and community and the employees.
16. ADJOURNMENT: (TO THE REGULAR MEETING
P. Carroll moved to adjourn the
DATE OF APRIL 28, 2010, AT 5:00 P.M., IN THE 11
meeting at 7:20 p.m. to Regular
FLOOR LARGE CONFERENCE ROOM, ANAHEIM
meeting date of April 28, 2010 at
WEST TOWER, 201 S. ANAHEIM BLVD., ANAHEIM,
5:00 p.m. in the 1 Ith Floor Large
CALIFORNIA.)
Conference Room of Anaheim
West Tower, 201 S. Anaheim
Blvd, Anaheim, California. D.
Morgan seconded the motion.
MOTION CARRIED: 7 -0.
ABSTAINED: 0. ABSENT: 0.
Respectfully submitted,
Marcie L. Edwards
Secretary, Public Utilities Board
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