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HomeMy WebLinkAboutBPMC Meeting- November 6 ML&P Bldg 1995 1BRADLEY LAKE PROJECT MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE MEETING MINUTES Anchorage Municipal Light & Power Commission Room - 1200 East 1st Avenue Monday, November 6, 1995 10:00 a.m. 13 CALL TO ORDER Chairman Norm Story called the meeting of the Bradley Lake Hydroelectric Project Management Committee to order at 10:05 a.m. to conduct the business of the Management Committee. The following members were present: 2 ROLL CALL Alaska Energy Authority Dennis McCrohan, Designated Representative City of Seward Dave Calvert, Designated Representative Homer Electric Association Norm Story, Designated Representative Matanuska Electric Association Wayne Carmony, Designated Representative Anchorage Municipal Light & Power Tom Stahr, Designated Representative Chugach Electric Association Eugene Bjornstad, Designated Representative Golden Valley Electric Association Not Present Others Present: Brenda J. Fuglestad, AEA Shauna M. Dean, AEA Don Stead, Homer Electric Association Stan Sieczkowski, AEA Dan Beardsley, AEA Bob Hufman, AEG&T Ron Saxton, Ater, Wynne, Hewitt, Dodson & Skerritt Jim Hall, Matanuska Electric Association Dora Gropp, Chugach Electric Association Mary Ann Pease, Anchorage Municipal Light & Power Mike Massin, Chugach Electric Association Brian Hickey, Chugach Electric Association John S. Cooley, Chugach Electric Association Eric Yould, Chugach Electric Association/Foster Wheeler Chris Lawson, Chugach Electric Association/Foster Wheeler Bob Price, Anchorage Municipal Light & Power Patty Caress, Anchorage Municipal Light & Power Bradley Lake Project Man_., -ment Committee Meeting Minutes -- Monday, November 6, 1995 Page 2 of 5 3. PUBLIC COMMENT There was no public comment. 4. AGENDA COMMENTS There were no changes or additions to the agenda. 5. APPROVAL OF MEETING MINUTES: June 15, 1995 There was discussion between Mr. Stahr and Chairman Story regarding testing of the revenue meters at Bradley Lake. Mr. Stahr asked whether they were testing or calibrating the meters. Mr. Stahr also noted for the record that he would like to see the “as found” and “as left” records on that meter, and he would like to be notified of the next testing and calibrating. Mr. Sieczkowski stated that the O&D Committee was notified and the utilities were made aware. As for a fixed schedule, Mr. Sieczkowski was not aware of a fixed schedule and believes it is an annual requirement. Chairman Story stated that the results needed to be provided to all of the members. MOTION: Mr. Calvert moved to approve the June 15, 1995, minutes. Seconded by Mr. Stahr. A voice vote was taken, and the motion passed unanimously. 6. BUDGET SUBCOMMITTEE REPORT Mary Ann Pease briefed the Committee of the June 15, 1995, PMC Meeting audit by Pete Rascums on the settlement of damages resulting from the airplane accident in February of 1993. The audit has been completed and approximately $25,000 has been credited to the utilities. She also stated that the remaining audits include the review and verification of power dispatch charges on Chugach and review and verification of charges from Homer as contained at AIDEA. Ms. Pease said the Sub-Committee has reviewed the audit on the airplane accident and is requesting PMC acceptance of this report. Parisena, Stromberg and Company is currently performing the annual Bradley Lake audit and anticipates that we will receive the audit in the early part of December. The Bradley Lake Budget Sub-Committee’s meeting is tentatively schedule for November 15, 1995, at which time the review of the draft Homer O&M budget will take place and will then be brought before the PMC for approval. Ms. Pease agreed with Chairman Story that she was looking for a motion to approve the report of the airplane accident at this meeting. Chairman Story stated that this item will be on the next meeting agenda and will be acted on at that time. t OPERATION AND DISPATCH SUBCOMMITTEE REPORT Mr. Sieczkowski stated that the 0&D Committee met on October 25, 1995, and the Technical Standards Review has been completed. Some amendments and recommendations will be brought to the PMC for consideration and approval. Homer Electric Association (HEA) has issued a contract to Shannon & Wilson for a water release study from the dam and recommend improvements for monitoring and control. HEA has received a report from Stone and Webster Engineering Corporation (SWEC) after Bradley Lake Project Man _ ment Committee Meeting Minutes -- Monday, November 6, 1995 Page 3 of 5 reviewing the governor instability problems. Mr. Sieczkowski said a list of construction items is being developed with descriptions and estimated costs for the PMC review. Also, a FERC inspection had been completed and recommended minor repairs such as repair cracking in the parapet walls and spillway. The utilities are reviewing the communications circuits at Bradley Lake for adequacy. Brian Hickey said all Bradley operations were normal. The reservoir peaked four (4) feet below the crest of the dam. Don Stead stated that they had completed annual unit overhauls with no problems noted. Both units are back on line. Mr. Sieczkowski noted that the next scheduled meeting for the O&D Committee will be January 18, 1996. 8. INSURANCE SUBCOMMITTEE Mr. Beardsley discussed the boiler and machinery coverages for the SVS equipment at the Daves Creek and Soldotna Substations. Mr. Beardsley stated it is not clear under the PMC’s insurance policy that the SVS equipment boiler and machinery deductibles are to be shared by the utilities. In the event of a loss, the SVS facilities should be part of each utility's pro-rata share of the deductible, the same as applies to the $2 million property self insured retention. AEA’s SVS equipment at the substations are covered under the project insurance even though that equipment is outside the Bradley Project boundaries. Mr. Saxton asked if there were any reasons for opportunity or cost for arrangement possibilities that could change for the better next year? Mr. Beardsley mentioned that the SVS equipment might fal! under the individual policies of the utilities operating the local substations, but at this time they are just exploring this possibility. Mr. Beardsley stated that the SVS is technically part of the project and is under the coverage for Bradley that the State maintains. If there is a loss it is up to the PMC to split that for boiler machinery as opposed to property; these are typically - $50,000 to $100,000. 9. OLD BUSINESS A. Spinning Reserves Eugene Bjornstad read into the record a November 3, 1995 report prepared by Tom Lovas. “At the June 15, 1995 BPMC meeting, it was reported that a draft proposal on a responsive spinning reserve required for railbelt utilities had been distributed by the Reliability Criteria Committee (RCC) of the ASCC. Subsequently, the RCC finalized the proposal and distributed the proposal for formal consideration by the utilities. At the most recent RCC meeting on October 12, AML&P suggested certain modifications to the proposal that would expand the scope and asked that a requirement for the installation of dynamic monitors be considered. The proposal was tabled to the next meeting to allow further discussion by each utility. Bradley Lake Project Man ment Committee Meeting Minutes -- Monday, November 6, 1995 Page 4 of 5 At the September 28, 1995 meeting of the Intertie Operating Committee (IOC) discussion occurred regarding the availability and supply of reported spin and the application of spin and load reduction in response to system emergencies. A suggestion was made to review the load shedding scheme that had previously been adopted. A formal report on the August 22, 1995 outage is to be provided for approval by the IOC.” B. Agreements Update Mr. Beardsley stated the Bradley Dispatch Agreement and the Transmission O&M Agreement have been conformed to the Master Operating Agreement and have those provisions in them. The SVS O&M Agreements will replace the proposed substation agreements, operation agreements and an inter-connect agreement. It was decided to delete all of those except for an SVS O&M Agreement which provides opportunity to get in on the project. The interconnect sources are addressed in other agreements and are being worked out. Mr. Beardsley stated that there are two drafts of the Agreement. One draft has Homer Electric Association providing the Maintenance and Operation for the SVS at the Soldotna substation; the other draft does not. Chairman Story clarified that there was one Agreement that has Chugach providing Maintenance and Operation for both SVS locations and another Agreement that has Homer Electric Association providing Maintenance and Operation for one SVS station and Chugach providing Maintenance and Operation for the other SVS station. Mr. Beardsley affirmed the clarification. Also stating that the decision would be left to the PMC. Mr. Saxton stated that two Agreements are done and are subject to the approval of the PMC. The documents have been reviewed by Chugach’s lawyer, Homer's lawyer, the State, and Mr. Saxton on behalf of the PMC, and as far as they are concerned, they are done. Chairman Story agreed, but wanted to give everyone a chance to see them. He asked that they be put on the next agenda for approval. Mr. Beardsley noted that the other Agreement should be completed and distributed within the next week. 10. NEW BUSINESS A. Approval of Legal Expenses & other Expenses Mr. Bjornstad recommended four (4) invoices for approval: 1.) May invoice $1,740.96 2.) June invoice $8,284.82 3.) July invoice $6,541.66 cm) August invoice $6,106.50 He also noted that at the last meeting the March and April invoices were approved, and that these four (4) are the ones since then. Mr. Bjornstad also stated that Chairman Story Bradley Lake ProjectMan. nent Committee Meeting Minutes -- Monday, November 6, 1995 Page 5 of 5 approved the August and July invoices from Ater, Wynne so that payment would happen between meeting dates. MOTION: Mr. Bjornstad moved to approve payment of the above mentioned invoices in the amount of $22,673.94. Seconded by Mr. Dave Calvert. A voice vote was taken, and the motion passed unanimously. 11. © COMMITTEE COMMENTS Mr. Saxton requested a 30 second break off record at 10:20 a.m. The meeting went back on record at 10:22 a.m. Chairman Story mentioned that they had gone past the period of time to elect chairs for this coming year and need to give notice to do so. Election of officers will be an agenda item at the next meeting. A. Next Meeting Date Chairman Story stated that the next meeting date would be scheduled for December 6, 1995, 1:00 p.m. at the Municipal Light & Power offices. 12. ADJOURNMENT There being no further business of the Committee and hearing no objections, Chairman Story adjourned the meeting at 10:30 a.m. BY: 2 Chairman ATTEST: eM “gh Dennis V. McCrohan, Secretary