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November Board Report

The Nebraska Public Power District held its November 13-14, 2008, Board of Directors’ meeting in Columbus, Neb. The next regular Board of Directors’ meeting will be held Thursday and Friday, December 11-12, 2008, in Columbus.

Guests at the meeting included: Bruce Pontow with the Nebraska G&T; Jamey Pankoke with Perennial Public Power District; Max VanSkiver with South Central Public Power District; Adam Herink and Jon Crane representing Boyd Jones Construction; and Adrian Sanchez with the Columbus Telegram.

The Board approved a resolution recognizing Terry Carson, General Manager of Elkhorn Rural Public Power District, on his upcoming retirement in December and for his 35 years of service to public power.

Approval was made for membership with the Electric Power Research Institute for 2009 through 2011 at an estimated amount of $4,183,585

The 2009 Revenue and Expense Capital Projects Budget was also approved.

Action was taken on the following capital projects and engineer’s certificates for Cooper Nuclear Station:

  • Approved procurement of two moisture separator relief valves for $236,000;
  • Approved a procurement for control rod blade replacement for $2,908,361;
  • Rejected a contract for main turbine lube oil filtration conditioning system;
  • Approved an engineer’s certificate for two moisture separator relief valves with Anderson Greenwood Crosby Corporation for an estimated cost of $184,189;
  • Approved an engineer’s certificate for the purchase of 83 control rod blades with GE-Hitachi Nuclear Energy Americas, for an estimated amount of $6,678,290;

Procurements for services, equipment, and materials for CNS were approved for the following:

  • Amendment with Rocky Mountain Engineering, Inc., for license renewal application engineering support for an estimated amount of $254,296;
  • Amendment for authorized nuclear in-service inspection services with Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Company for an estimated amount of $325,000;
  • Purchase Order with Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, LLP, for an estimated amount of $240,000 for legal services;
  • Agreement for Boiling Water Reactor Owners’ Group 2009 membership dues for an estimated amount of $387,000 with GE-Hitachi Nuclear Energy;
  • Agreement with Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) for an estimated amount of $483,147 to provide for the District’s 2009 EPRI Nuclear Supplemental Funding;
  • Purchase Order with Modern Methods, Inc., for 2009 copier maintenance services for an estimated amount of $135,000;
  • Agreement with Frham Safety Products, Inc., for an estimated amount of $600,000, for single use protective clothing and radioactive protection consumables for 2009;
  • Amendment with Hurst Technologies, Corporation, for design engineering services for the control room annunciator upgrade modification for $315,000; and
  • An Amendment with Hurst Technologies, Corporation for integration and installation services for the control room annunciator upgrade modifications for $290,000.

The Board also took action on the following items for Energy Supply: 

  • Capital addition for microwave infrastructure upgrade at various locations in northwest Nebraska for $148,000;
  • Capital project for replacement of the main turbine lube oil conditioner at Gerald Gentleman Station (GGS) Unit 2 for $145,000;
  • Rejected bids for a contract for Springview II direct drive wind turbine facility and authorized management to negotiate with vendors who can purchase and install two direct drive wind turbines and associated work at the site;
  • Rejected bids for floating seal frames at GGS;
  • Contract with W-S Industrial Services, Inc., for air heater hydro cleaning services at GGS for $298,438;
  • Contract with Siemens Energy, Inc., for energy management system hardware and software for $193,106;
  • Resolution for peaker fuel oil purchases for 2009 through 2011 was approved for an amount not to exceed a total of $7,500,000 for the combined calendar years of 2009, 2010, and 2011;
  • Engineer’s certificate for the procurement of a used equipment scraper for work at the Sutherland Reservoir for a total estimated amount not to exceed $200,000;
  • Declared an emergency and ratified management’s actions to procure labor for the disassembly and reassembly of the main steam stop valves at GGS;

Energy Supply procurements for services, equipment and materials for the following were approved:

  • Amendment with Siemens Energy, Inc., in an amount of $523,620 for energy management system software, annual license, and maintenance services;
  • Renewal with  Oracle Corporation for software license and maintenance agreement for $155,396;
  • Renewal to the software end-user license agreement with SAP America, Inc., for $676,550; and
  • An agreement with Per Mar Security Services for security services at GGS for $1,104,206.

The Board also approved Domestic Energy Research and Application Initiative Project funding of $44,000 for the University of Nebraska-Lincoln Methanol Waste Heat Project.

The September 2008 financial statements were accepted by the Board. Traci Bender, vice president and chief financial officer, reported that the District ended operations for the month of September with a surplus of $2.0 million. The year-to-date surplus through the end of September is $3.3 million.

The Board approved the 2009 General Firm Power Service Rate Schedule. Rates for the District’s firm requirements wholesale customers will increase an average of 7 percent. Rates for NPPD’s retail customers will increase by an average of 6.4 percent. These increases will be effective Jan. 1, 2009.

The following customer services and delivery capital projects were approved by the Board: 115 kV transmission line upgrade, Battle Creek-Tilden for $415,006; 69 kV substation bay construction at York for $593,939; transmission line clearance corrections at Jeffery-Gothenburg for $124,187; 2006 December storm damage clearance issues at various locations for $2,193,294; digger replacement at York for $539,000; substation self-propelled lift replacement at Ogallala and Norfolk for $196,000 each. 

Also approved were the following customer services and delivery items:

  • Contract for control panels for Stanton North substation, awarded to Harlo Corporation for $168,627;
  • Contract for 115/34.5 kV Crawford transmission substation refurbishment with IES Industrial, Inc., dba Kayton Electric for $196,604; and
  • An amendment for 345 kV transmission line construction with L.E. Myers Co., for $262,230;

The Board approved the 2009 Merit Pay Program in the amount of $6,036,954 and an increase in the pay grade structure of 3 percent. A contract for the Columbus General Office Heating, Ventilating, and Air Conditioning Chiller Installation with Midwest Mechanical Contractors of Nebraska, Inc., was approved for $759,000.

The Board recognized the retirements of Leonard A. Pfeister, Shift Leader at Gerald Gentleman Station, Kermit J. Wright, Meter and Relay Technician at Kearney, and David C. Shrader, Performance Improvement Analyst at Cooper Nuclear Station.