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Steve Johnson discussed the Settlement Agreement
that BPA and the Core of Engineers have agreed upon with the
four Lower Columbia Tribes
·
The agreement is going to cost approximately one
billion dollars
·
The rate impacts will be analyzed in the near
future
·
The Tribes in turn will support BPA in the
biological opinion
·
The Amendment No. 1 of the MOU Improvement and
Protection of Water Quality of Hood Canal was discussed and
approved for signature
·
The Amendment will go to the Tribe and County for
signature
·
A draft will be sent to the Tribe and County
regarding operations training
·
Funding for the training will also be
investigated
·
The board and staff will begin working with WPUDA
staff to procure the additional $12 million needed to complete
the sewer projects
·
John Kounts and Bill Clark are scheduled to
attend the June 2nd board meeting
·
A ceremonial event will be scheduled for Norm
Dicks’ attendance
·
David Frey reported on the status of the
Skokomish housing project
·
Tracy discussed the status of the electrical
facilities for the project
Motion:
It was moved by Secretary Karl Denison, seconded by
Vice-President Ron Gold and made unanimous by President Jack
Janda to approve the Amendment with a minor name change. Motion
Carries
·
Greg presented the RUS Form 7 for the 2007 year
end
·
Revenues reflect $5,548,763 with a TIER of 2.23
·
Outage hours per customer are high and will be
discussed further during a workshop
·
Write offs for the year are $13,362 which is less
than .05% of total accounts receivable. The Industry standard is
1.5% which reflects the hard work of our staff
·
Electric and Water Financials through February
2008 were presented
·
Greg will review the travel line item for
discrepancies
·
The Electric Financials reflect revenues at
$1,224,148 with a TIER of 5.14
·
The Water Financials reflect revenues at $162,484
with a TIER of 2.51
·
Electric and Water financials will be provided on
a monthly basis until at least the end of fall
·
Greg presented a Rate Schedule Comparison Sheet
based on 1500 kWh usage for comparable PUD’s s as of April 1,
2008
·
A tab will be added to the meeting folder for the
financial statements
·
The BPA TIER Rate Methodology (TRM) was
discussed. Greg will review and provide his input to Terry
Mundorf later this week for the PURPA resource issue
·
PUD 1 partnering with Tacoma Public
Utilities on a proposed generation project was discussed as well
as PUD involvement in the Lilliwaup Falls Hydro project
·
The board will be touring the Lilliwaup Falls
Hydro Project area next Tuesday in addition to discussions on
the Hamma Hamma
·
States are prohibited from taxing tribal members
and tribal enterprises in Indian country
·
Qualified Tribal members and entities within the
Indian Country are exempt from certain state privilege and
utility taxes that are built into the PUD’s rate structure. The
District has received a qualification from an entity within the
Indian Country for a refund of those taxes paid through their
utility bills for the past four years. The Department of
Revenue will reimburse the PUD for the amount of taxes
reimbursed to the Tribal entity
·
The PUD rate structure and stabilization fund
will be reviewed and discussed at a workshop following the tour
of the Hydro projects as well as on site sewer systems
Motion:
It was moved by Secretary Karl Denison, seconded by
Vice-President Ron Gold and made unanimous by President Jack
Janda to authorize the PUD to reimburse the Lucky Dog Casino for
State Utility and Privilege taxes paid within the past four
years. Motion Carries
