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JUN 13 2023
CITY
Safety Moment
Consent Agenda
Electric Vehicle
Charging— DCFC
Rate Tariff
8,2023
The Electric Plant Board of the City of Paducah, Kentucky d/b/a Paducah
System ("PPS") held a regular Board Meeting on May 8, 2023, in the
Room at the offices of Paducah Power System.
The meeting was called to order at 12:00 p.m. by Chairman Ed Hely who
Members of the Electric Plant Board present in addition to Chairman Hely
Mark Workman, Darryl Pea, Sandra Wilson, and Evan Rittgers. PPS employees
Rick W indhorst, Andrea Underwood, Doug Handley, Brian
Miller, and Sarah Durbin. Others in attendance at the meeting were
Snow (Paducah Sun), and Kent Price (McMurry & Livingston).
Chairman Hely opened the meeting by calling on Brian Thomasson who
this month's Safety Moment on the subject of Electrical Safety Around the
Member Workman then offered a motion, seconded by Member Wilson, that
Electric Plant Board approve the Consent Agenda which consisted of (i) approval
of a regular meeting of the Electric Plant Board held on April 10, 2023;
(ii) approval of the bid of TAG Truck Enterprises of Missouri, LLC in Calvert
Kentucky, in the amount of $106,099, based on Kentucky Department of
Master Agreement 605 200000047, as the best evaluated bid for a 2024
Freightliner M2106 cab and chassis as the new Unit 40. The motion was then adopted
unanimously with all members saying aye.
Member Wilson then offered a motion, seconded by Member Rittgers, that the
Electric Plant Board adopt the Electric Vehicle Charging DCFC Rate Tariff with an
effective date of May S, 2023. Doug Handley, the PPS Director of Finance, Power
Supply and Rates, then reviewed the main terms of the proposed rate tariff, noting that
PPS had recently been approached by a potential new customer desiring to locate a
Direct Current Fast Charge (DCFC) electric vehicle charging station within the PPS
service area. He explained that the proposed tariff does not include a demand charge
as would normally apply to loads of such size, but which have often been a source of
contention for EV charging customers. Instead, the proposed DCFC rate tariff
employs a relatively high energy -only rate that results in a break-even point
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Contract for
Development of
EV Readiness
Plan
Sixteenth
Amendment to
License
Agreement with
Kentucky Utilities
Ratification of
Emergency
Purchase of
Peaking Plant
Parts
r 8, 2023
i the traditional demand Tate structure for customers with at least a 15% load factor.
Handley then noted that the proposed rate tariff also includes a monthly facilities
ge of 1.50% of the cost of any PPS facilities dedicated to the charging station. He
Ily observed that service under the proposed rate tariff would be interruptible by
in periods of high system demand. After Board discussion, the motion was
3ted unanimously with all members saying aye.
The next item of business was a motion made by Member Ringers and
Member Wilson that the Electric Plant Board authorize its CEO to execute
contract with the consulting firm Electric Power Engineers ("EPE") for provision by
of the services outlined in its proposal to PPS dated February 2023 for the creation
an electric vehicle readiness plan at an estimated cost of $81,825.25. Following
the motion was adopted unanimously with all members saying aye.
Member Pea then offered a motion, seconded by Chairman Hely, that the
:nic Plant Board approve a Sixteenth Amendment to the License Agreement
ween the Board and Kentucky Utilities Company C KU") containing substantially
same terms and conditions as the Fifteenth Amendment between the Board and
KU, but which extends the term of the License Agreement for a period up to December
1, 2023, or such earlier date as may be agreed to by KU. The motion was then
unanimously adopted with all members saying aye.
Member Workman then offered a motion, seconded by Member Wilson, that
the Electric Plant Board ratify acceptance by PPS of the bid of Baseload Power
pursuant to Emergency Purchase Authorization No. 2023-1 in the amount of
$161,873.18 for purchase of the seals, bearings and related components for Units I
and 2 identified as requiring replacement during the outage of the peaking plant for its
recent 25/40K Hour inspection. The motion was then unanimously adopted with all
members saying aye.
Member Wilson next offered a motion, seconded by Member Rittgers, that the
Electric Plant Board approve the revised Schedule of Rules and Regulations for
Paducah Power System included in the Board's meeting materials, with said revised
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Revised Schedule
of Rules and
Regulations
Report on
"Amped Up"
Hiring Event
Presentation of
APPA Reliability
and Safety
Awards
8,2023
Aule of Rules and Regulations to be effective as of May 8, 2023. Business
ems Manager, Eileen Miller, explained that the revisions made to the proposed
Aule of Rules and Regulations are to register the consent of customers to receiving
messages and phone calls from PPS regarding their utility service. Ms. Miller
ided a number of examples of the types of service -related texts and calls that
Id be covered by the revised schedule, noting that the Federal Communications
presumes that a customer's prior express consent is given in connection
notifications of such matters affecting service. The motion was then unanimously
with all members saying aye.
Chairman Hely then called on Andrea Underwood, Director of Human
ounces & Community Relations, who updated the Board on the recent "Amped
' hiring event sponsored by PPS. Ms. Underwood reported that was part of the
oing efforts of PPS to attract local talent to experience work at PPS and possibly
sider future work for the utility. The Amped Up event drew students from three of
four local high schools and offered participants a "hands on" experience of outdoor
k for an electric utility. She described the event as a "great day" and indicated that
PPS would likely offer the event again in the future.
Chairman Hely then asked Chief Operating Officer Rick Windhorst to report
on several awards recently presented to Paducah Power System by the American
Public Power Association at its meeting in Pasadena. Displaying the RP3 Diamond
award designation received by PPS in recognition of meeting and exceeding a host of
industry reliability, safety, and service standards, Mr. Windhorst reported that receipt
of this award placed PPS among only some 30 public power utilities throughout the
nation to receive the recognition and marked the third time that PPS has received the
high honor. Mr. Windhorst next reported that PPS also received a second place Safety
Award from APPA and explained that for purposes of this award, PPS competes with
electric utilities classified as medium to large (based on hours of exposure). Finally,
Rick Windhorst announced that PPS also received a Reliability Award that is based on
a utility's reliability index. He reported that the current PPS reliability index is 99.53%
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is equivalent to an outage of about 55 minutes for a customer over a year's time.
Windhorst thanked the entire PPS workforce without whose diligence in
their work in efficient, safe manners the APPA awards could not have been
Chairman Hely then congratulated Mr. Windhorst, Brian Thomasson, and
PPS employees for their efforts in achieving the safety and reliability recognitions.
Member Rittgers then offered a motion, seconded by Chairman Hely, that the
Executive Session (Electric Plant Board enter into Executive Session for discussion of pending litigation,
permitted by KRS 61.810(1)(c). The motion was adopted unanimously with all
saying aye whereupon the Board entered into Executive Session.
After emerging from Executive Session, Member Pea offered a motion,
Adjournment Iseconded by Member Wilson, that the Board return from Executive Session. Said
was unanimously adopted. Member Workman then offered a motion, seconded
Member Wilson, that the meeting of the Electric Plant Board be adjourned. The
was adopted with all members saying aye, whereupon the meeting was
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