Public Utilities Advisory Board
Regular MeetingNaperville, IL · January 16, 2020
Minutes
City of Naperville
400 S. Eagle Street
Naperville, IL 60540
Meeting Minutes
Thursday, January 16, 2020
5:00 PM
Electric Service Center
Public Utilities Advisory Board
Public Utilities Advisory Board Meeting Minutes January 16, 2020
A. CALL TO ORDER:
Dan Knotter, acting Chairman, called the meeting to order at 5:04pm.
B. ROLL CALL:
Board Members:
Lewis Dibert, Chairman; absent.
Dan Knotter, acting Chairman; present
Dan Bulley, present
Arvind Aggarwal; present
Amit Shukla; present
Anusha Trivedi, Student Rep; present
Staff:
Lucy Podlesny, Director, present
Darrell Blenniss, Director, present
Brian Groth, Deputy Director, Electric
Olga Geynisman, Deputy Director, Electric
Amy Ries, Deputy Director, Water
Maher Diab, Manager, Electric
Fred Kreinbrink, Manager, Electric
Marge Schlueter, Sr. Admin. Asst.
C. PUBLIC FORUM:
Michelle Ackmann, and Greg Hubert, residents, attended the meeting.
D. OLD BUSINESS:
E. NEW BUSINESS:
Approve the minutes from the October 17, 2019 PUAB meeting
Acting Chairman Dan Knotter made a motion to approve the PUAB minutes
from the October 17, 2019 meeting.
Board Member Shukla moved to accept, seconded by Board Member Aggarwal.
Aye: 4 - Aggarwal, Knotter, Shukla, and Bulley
This Report was approved.
Receive information on next steps to the Renewable Energy Program
Ms. Podlesny gave an overview of the Renewable Energy Program which
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included:
* Adjustments on the Recs - How they are purchased - City now up to 6% on
renewable energy use;
goal set at 25% by 2025
* Energy Efficiency Program - Both Residential and Commercial - Program
flexibility
* Volunteer Program - Promotes sustainability; conserve energy
* Grants - Residential - Insulation (R49); Window Replacement (E Value .3
or better; single to double pane);
Door Replacement, in the near future
Guidelines will be setup; i.e., one grant per year, per participant.
* Electric Vehicles - $500 grant per charging station
F. REPORTS:
Receive the Preliminary Financial Summary for Electric as of December 31, 2019
Ms. Podlesny provided an overview of the various reports to the Board, as well
as on the ePortal, CIP and SAIDI.
All reports are in line. A rate study will take place in March/April of 2020 and
should be completed by October.
Last rate study was done in 2017.
Receive the Water Utilities Preliminary 2019 Financial Summary
Receive the December 2019 Water Utilities Financial Report Summary
Receive the Water Utilities 2019 Capital Improvement Program (CIP) Summary Report
Receive the Water Supply Report
Mr. Blenniss provided an overview of Water's AMI System. Water is presently
in the procurement process. They received five (5) RFPs back in October,
2019; and three finalists were selected.
They are Aclara, Sensus, and Elster, owned by Honeywell.
This phase of the process is complete and the company that most satisfied the
needs of the city was Aclara.
Aclara was the lowest option and the best overall.
Receive the Plant Flow Report for Springbrook Water Reclamation Center
Receive the Water Utilities SAIDI Report
Receive the Electric SAIDI Report
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Receive the Electric 2019 Purchased Power Adjustment (PPA) Report
G. ADJOURNMENT:
Acting Chairman Knotter made a motion to adjourn the PUAB meeting of
January 16, 2020 at 6:21pm.
Board Member Shukla moved to accept, seconded by Board Member Aggarwal
Aye 4: - Shukla, Aggarwal, Bulley, Knotter
/S/ Melanie Mazurski
Senior Administrative Assistant,
Electric Utility
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Agenda
400 S. Eagle Street
City of Naperville Naperville, IL 60540
Meeting Agenda
Public Utilities Advisory Board
Thursday, January 16, 2020 5:00 PM Electric Service Center
A. CALL TO ORDER:
B. ROLL CALL:
C. PUBLIC FORUM:
D. OLD BUSINESS:
E. NEW BUSINESS:
20-087 Approve the minutes from the October 17, 2019 PUAB meeting
20-091 Receive information on next steps to the Renewable Energy Program
F. REPORTS:
20-082 Receive the Preliminary Financial Summary for Electric as of December
31, 2019
20-070 Receive the Water Utilities Preliminary 2019 Financial Summary
20-073 Receive the December 2019 Water Utilities Financial Report Summary
20-035 Receive the Water Utilities 2019 Capital Improvement Program (CIP)
Summary Report
20-069 Receive the Water Supply Report
20-033 Receive the Plant Flow Report for Springbrook Water Reclamation Center
20-038 Receive the Water Utilities SAIDI Report
20-085 Receive the Electric SAIDI Report
20-084 Receive the Electric 2019 Purchased Power Adjustment (PPA) 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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