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HomeMy WebLinkAboutBPMC Meeting - November 19, 1996BRADLEY LAKE PROJECT MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE MEETING MINUTES Commission Room Anchorage Municipal Light & Power 1200 East 1st Avenue Anchorage, Alaska Tuesday, November 19, 1996 10:00 a.m. 1. CALL TO ORDER Vice Chairman Eugene Bjornstad called the meeting of the Bradley Lake Hydroelectric Project Management Committee to order at 10:10 a.m. in the Commission Room of Anchorage Municipal Light & Power, 1200 East 1st Avenue, Anchorage, Alaska, to conduct the business of the Committee per the agenda and public notice. 25 ROLL CALL Roll was called by Shauna Dean. The following members were present, and a quorum was established: Eugene Bjornstad, Vice Chairman Chugach Electric Association Dave Calvert City of Seward Dan Beardsley Alaska Energy Authority Jim Hall Matanuska Electric Association Mike Kelly Golden Valley Electric Association Don Stead Homer Electric Association Tim McConnell Municipal Light & Power Others Present: Stan Sieczkowski, Alaska Energy Authority Shauna Dean, Alaska Energy Authority John S. Cooley, Chugach Electric Association Dora Gropp, Chugach Electric Association Norm Story, Homer Electric Association Hank Nikkels, Municipal Light & Power Mike Cunningham, Municipal Light & Power Bob Hufman, AEG&T Virgil Gillespie, Fairbanks Municipal Utility System Ron Saxton, Ater, Wynne, Hewitt, Dodson & Skerritt Bradley Lake Project Management Committee Meeting Minutes Tuesday, November 19, 1996 Page 2 of 4 3. PUBLIC COMMENT None. 4. AGENDA COMMENTS There were no additions or corrections to the agenda, and it was adopted by unanimous consent. 5. APPROVAL OF MEETING MINUTES - AUGUST 6, 1996 MOTION: Mr. Calvert moved, seconded by Mr. Kelly, to approve the meeting minutes of August 6, 1996. The following correction was noted: Page 3, second line of the fourth paragraph - "cellunoid" should be corrected to "solenoid." There being no further additions or corrections, a roll call vote was taken, and the minutes were unanimously approved as amended. 6. BUDGET SUBCOMMITTEE REPORT On behalf of Ms. Pease, Mr. Cunningham said the Budget Subcommittee had not met recently, but a meeting was tentatively scheduled for December 4, 1996. is OPERATION AND DISPATCH SUBCOMMITTEE REPORT Mr. Sieczkowski said the O&D Subcommittee had met the previous day, Monday, November 18, 1996. He reported that Bradley maintenance had been performed routinely, and the monthly reporting of the maintenance activities would be resumed. Mr. Stead had advised that the SCADA system seemed to be becoming a maintenance problem, and Homer Electric would monitor the system and recommend action in the future. Mr. Sieczkowski said the operations at Bradley had been routine, and the November 1 water allocation revision updates would be provided to the utilities by November 27. He noted that the actual water in-flows into the lake had been below the projections and statistical normal averages. Mr. Sieczkowski reported that the governor response study had been delayed due to the high-dollar proposal that had been received, changes in the personnel evaluating the proposals, and the negotiations with the sole bidder on the RFP. The committee had been requested to resume negotiations with the sole bidder and/or to make a proposal to the O&D Subcommittee for action. Mr. Sieczkowski reported that the North Fork Bradley River flow monitoring equipment had been installed by the U.S.G.S. The permanent site was being developed by AEA, and Homer Electric was providing the SCADA modifications through its contractor, Shannon & Wilson. It was anticipated the project would be completed by the end of the summer of 1997. Bradley Lake Project Management Committee Meeting Minutes Tuesday, November 19, 1996 Page 3 of 4 The FERC Part 12 safety inspection had been completed and filed with FERC. No structural or operational deficiencies were noted, but the following minor maintenance recommendations were made: (1) Monitor the survey movement monuments on the dam face every five years; (2) Measure dam seepage annually; (3) Measure, record, and plot the spillway gallery drain flows; (4) Measure the penstock drains flow annually; and (5) Observe the dam and spillway conditions during the winter months by doing a monthly fly-over. Mr. Sieczkowski reported that the FAA had identified and noted the Martin River airstrip and the airstrip adjacent to the power house as private, and the paperwork was being completed. The renewal and replacement equipment list was being developed and was under review by the O&D Subcommittee. Upon completion, a recommendation would be made to the BPMC. Mr. Sieczkowski said that due to the excessive amount of beetle-killed timber, AEA had requested the State Division of Forestry to survey the area around the project facilities. The Division of Forestry had conducted the survey and advised that a potential problem existed. They had recommended that the danger trees be cleared away from the project structures. Mr. Sieczkowski said the O&D Subcommittee was currently evaluating the situation and was working with HEA and the Homer Fire Department to develop a plan to alleviate the fire hazard posed to the project facilities and personnel. In response to Mr. Hufman's question regarding the reason for the high maintenance costs on the SCADA system, Mr. Stead said most of the problems were related to the Bernoulli tape storage drives. Citing the August 6th meeting minutes, Mr. McConnell asked if the cause had been determined for the Unit No. 1 trip which had resulted in an outage on July 24th. Mr. Stead said although they had suspected vibration as the culprit, they were unable to determine the actual cause. 8. OLD BUSINESS A. Spinning Reserves Update Reporting for Mr. Lovas, Mr. Cooley said the Reliability Criteria Committee from ASCC had met and discussed spinning reserves, and they were in the process of performing an economic study to determine what it would cost to change the spinning reserve requirements. He reported that Mr. Stahr had provided an article regarding a study that had been conducted in Ireland recommending that an on-line study be conducted on a continuous basis which would determine the ending frequency when a machine dropped off, and spinning reserves could be adjusted on an ongoing basis based on this data. The RCC had agreed that this was an interesting idea, and that they Bradley Lake Project Management Committee Meeting Minutes Tuesday, November 19, 1996 Page 4 of 4 would review additional data to determine whether it would be viable to incorporate this concept into the new SCADA system. B. Construction Agreement Mr. Beardsley said he just wanted to confirm that the construction agreement between AEA and HEA was ready to be executed. He said he had distributed copies to all the parties about a month and a half ago, and he wanted to verify that there were no additional concerns or comments to be raised. He said AEA and HEA were agreeable to the form of the document, and if no objection was raised, the contract would be executed. There was no action required by the BPMC at this time. Brief discussion was heard regarding the history of the construction agreement. 9. NEW BUSINESS A. New Agenda Item for Next Meeting With respect to the previous item, Mr. Story noted that HEA had sent a letter to Mr. Stahr in August advising that HEA needed to be reimbursed for the installation charges for the transfer trip scheme in support of the Bradley project. He said these expenses had been paid by HEA on an ongoing basis since 1991, and the amount totaled approximately $173,000. He said he would compile the documentation, and this should be included as an agenda item for the next BPMC meeting. 10. COMMITTEE MEMBER COMMENTS There were no Committee member comments. A. Next Meeting Date The next regular meeting of the Bradley Lake Hydroelectric Project Management Committee was scheduled for Tuesday, January 14, 1997, at 10:00 a.m. in the Commission Room of ML&P. 12. | ADJOURNMENT There being no objection and no further business of the Committee, the meeting was adjourned at 10:25 a.m. oa coger MN iy hairman ATTEST: FWMe Lo A~ Alaska Energy Authority, Secretary