Meeting of Commissioners of
Public Utility District No. 1 of Clark County, Washington
October 1, 2024

A meeting of Commissioners of Public Utility District No. 1 of Clark County was held at 1200 Fort Vancouver Way on Tuesday, October 1, 2024.

Present: President Jim Malinowski, Vice President Nancy Barnes, Secretary Jane Van Dyke Commissioners, CEO/General Manager Lena Wittler, Director of Communications and Corporate Citizenship Erica Erland, Director of Finance Melissa Ankeny, Director of Engineering Cal Morris, Director of Energy Resources Steve Andersen, Director of Employee Resources Nichole Reitzenstein, Director of Operations/Interim Director of Water Gene Morris, General Counsel John Eldridge, Director of Information Services Jeff Groff, Director of Customer Service Lisa Fix, Manager of Construction Design David Tetz, Security Manager Greg Eckhart, Materials and Purchasing Manager Cathy Wannamaker, Manager of Engineering and System Planning Ryan Kerr, Public Information Officer/Media Specialist Dameon Pesanti, Engineering Executive Assistant Hosanna Shergill and Assistant to CEO/General Manager Margaret Anderson.

Others present in person or via digital conference (phone or video): Gordon Matthews, Sherry Erickson, Rick Marshall, James O’Neil, and Tom Gordon.

At 9:00 a.m., President Malinowski called the meeting to order for the transaction of formal business and the agenda was approved as presented (Materials B).

Public Comment
There were no comments.

Full written comments if provided are available upon request – please email [email protected] for a copy.

Consideration of the Minutes of September 17, 2024
The minutes were approved as presented.

Consideration of Accounts Payable
The board, by a unanimous vote, approved the following payment amounts as listed on the Letter of Transmittal dated October 1, 2024 from the District Auditor (Materials C):

Electric Revenue Fund – $27,378,537.11
Water Revenue Fund – $2,158,728.06
Generating System Fund – $4,183,536.14

For a total of $33,720,801.31

The August 20, 2024 letter of transmittal required an update and should have been reported as follows:

Electric Revenue Fund – 26,988,552.18
Water Revenue Fund – $624,290.32
Generating Revenue Fund – $519,997.06
For a Total – $28,132,838.56

The difference in each fund is as follows:

Electric Revenue Fund – ($13,989,987.05)
Water Revenue Fund – ($315,548.22)
Generating Revenue Fund – ($179,572.79)
Total – ($14,485,108.06)

Payments listed for each week and each system were accurate, this update is only to the Letter of Transmittal (Materials D).

Wildfire Mitigation Plan Introduction
Manager of Construction Design David Tetz reviewed the presentation beginning with the purpose of the plan and House Bill 1032 requiring consumer-owned utilities to adopt a wildfire mitigation plan (Materials E).

Mr. Tetz reviewed the proposed plan for Clark Public Utilities that outlined utility resources, wildfire risk analysis, ignition prevention strategies and system maintenance. The plan also outlined response and recovery in the event of a wildfire in our service territory.

Staff will be back at the next Commission Meeting seeking approval of the proposed plan.

Consideration of Resolutions of Intent to Establish LUD Nos. 1479 and 1485
Director of Engineering Cal Morris addressed the board regarding the Intent to Establish Local Utility District Nos. 1479 and 1485.

Resolution No. 7862 – LUD No. 1479 – Blackbird Corner Subdivision
Resolution No. 7863 – LUD No. 1485 – Lalonde West Cottage

After the presentation by Mr. Morris, Commissioner Malinowski opened for public comment. There being no comment, a motion was made by Commissioner Van Dyke, seconded by Commissioner Malinowski, and unanimously carried that Resolution Nos. 7862 and 7863 be adopted and a public hearing was set for November 5, 2024 (Materials E).

Consideration of Bid Award No. 678 – UG Cable Replacement – Rawson Rd
Materials and Purchasing Manager Cathy Wannamaker reviewed the memo dated October 1, 2024 detailing the bid results (Materials F). Commissioner Van Dyke moved to recommend that Bid No. 678 be awarded to the low evaluated bidder DJ’s Electrical, Inc., in the amount of $362,000 plus applicable taxes. Commissioner Malinowski seconded the motion and it passed unanimously.

August Financials
Director of Finance Melissa Ankeny addressed the board (Materials H). Weather was warmer and wetter than normal, which resulted in electric revenues and off system sales above budget. August residential sales were 101.3% of budget, commercial sales were 100.9% and industrial sales were 94% of budget. August ended the month with a net income loss of $2.5 million compared to a budgeted net income loss of $1.3 million and a year-to-date net income loss of $3.3 million compared to a budgeted year-to-date net income loss of $3.0 million.

The Water System ended August with 527 new customers, which is a growth rate of 1.92% year-to-date. August ended with a net income of $1.3 million compared to a budgeted net income of $1.1 million for a year-to-date net income of $2.4 million compared to a year-to-date budgeted net income of $210,000.

August Wholesale Operations
Director of Energy Resources Steve Andersen addressed the board (Materials I). Mr. Andersen provided an update on power supply noting that August Slice generation was 17 aMW above budget and loads in August were 1 aMW above budget. August Slice production was 166 aMW, 10% more than the budget of 149 aMW and 1.6% more than The Energy Authority forecast of 163 aMW. Projected annual Slice generation is near 158 aMW, which is the same as last year and well below the budget of 175 aMW.

Combine Hills I generation was 6.95 aMW, which was 39% less than the budgeted 11.5 aMW. Generation was 0 MW approximately 45% of all hours. Combine Hills II generation was 15.3 aMW, 12% less than the budgeted 17.3 aMW, and generation was 0 MW approximately 38% of all hours.

Commissioner Reports and Comments
Commissioner Barnes reported on her attendance at the Washington PUD Association meetings, and thanked Commissioner Van Dyke for her excellent work as the Association’s president.

Commissioner Van Dyke reported on her attendance at the Washington PUD Association meetings, the Washington PUD Association Water Workshop, and reminded the public that next week is Public Power Week.

Commissioner Malinowski reported on his attendance at the Energy Northwest meetings.

Staff Reports
CEO/General Manager Lena Wittler reminded the board and members of the public that the Budget Workshop will be held on Tuesday, November 12 from 9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.

Other Business before the Board
There being no further business to come before the Board, the meeting was adjourned at 10:33 a.m.