May 04, 2021 Fort Pierce Utilities Authority

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>> THIS REGULAR MEETING OF THE FORT PIERCE UTILITIES

[Call to Order]

WE WILL HAVE OUR OPENING PRAY BY MISS CHRISTINE.

WE WILL REMAIN STANDING FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE OF

THE FLAG. >> FATHER, GOD IN THE NAME OF JESUS, GOD WE COME BEFORE YOU THIS DAY, GOD.

THANKING YOU FOR THIS DAY HEAVENLY FATHER BECAUSE LORD THIS IS TODAY THAT YOU HAVE MADE AND WE GOING TO REJOICE AND WE GOING TO BE GLAD IN IT. GOD WE COME BEFORE YOU NOW, GOD AND ASK YOU LORD TO PROVIDE THIS SUPPORT WITH YOUR WISDOM AS WE MAKE DECISIONS THAT ARE EFFECT FPLA, LORD.

TO USE THEM TO GOVERN IN A WAY THAT WOULD BE FAIR TO BOTH THE RESIDENTS OF FT. PIERCE AND THEIR UTILITIES AUTHORITY.

GOD WE ASK YOU LORD TO BLESS THIS BOARD AND ALSO BLESS FPLA EMPLOYEE GOD, AND KEEP US IN YOUR CARE.

IN JESUS NAME I PRAY. AMEN.

>> AMEN.

>> MR. TOMPECK HAS SOMETHING SPECIAL FOR ALL OF US.

MR. TOMPECK. >> THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN.

WE HAVE A SPECIAL RECOGNITION THIS AFTERNOON.

BACK WHEN GERALD FORD WAS PRESIDENT OF THE COUNTRY CHRISTELLE MYRICK STARTED FPLA.

THAT WAS 45 YEARS AGO YESTERDAY.

THIS AN OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT.

SHE'S REPRESENTS OUR LONGEST SERVING EMPLOYEE EVER.

DIRECTORS AND I'M SURE SHE'LL OUT LAST ME AS WELL.

[LAUGHTER] >> OVER 1500 EMPLOYEES HAVE COME AND GONE SINCE SHE STARTED.

AND AS OF TODAY WE HAVE 117 EMPLOYEES WHO ARE UNDER THE AGE OF 45. WE WANT TO CONGRATULATE CRYSTAL FOR THIS EMARKABLE -- REMARKABLE ACHIEVEMENT.

ANDREW BIRD WILL MAKE THE PRESENTATION OF THE SERVICE

AWARD. >> IT SAYS CERTIFICATE OF APPRECIATION. THIS CERTIFICATE PROULY PRESENTED TO CHRISTELLE MYRICK STAFF OF FT. PIERCE FLORIDA.

FOR 45 YEARS OF CONTINUOUS SERVICE FROM MAY 3RD 1976, TO MAY 3RD, 2021. IT IS THROUGH YOUR COMMITMENT THAT OUR GOAL OF PROVIDING OUR CUSTOMERS WITH ECONOMICAL RELIABLE AND FRIENDLY SERVICE IN CONTINUED EFFORT TO ENHANCE THE QUALITY OF OUR LIFE IS BEING MET.

PROFESSIONAL GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT WITH THE COMPANY.

SIGNED JOHN TOMPECK, DIRECTOR OF UTILITIES.

>> THANK YOU. >> YOU'REWELCOME.

>> THANK YOU. >> HOLD ON.

>> THANK YOU SO MUCH. >> GOOD JOB.

>> MATCHES YOUR OUTFIT. >> ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD, THE DIRECTORS AND ALL THE STAFF, AND YOU COWORKERS WE APPRECIATE YOU TAKING HOME THIS AWARD.

>> THANK YOU. >> I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU. I HAVE TWO OF MY KIDS I RAISED SINCE E I'VE BEEN EMPLOYED FPLA.

FPLA HAS BEEN SO GOOD TO ME INCLUDING FT. PIERCE STUDY I STARTED OUT WITH THE CITY OF FT. PIERCE AS TEMP EMPLOYEE.

ALL 30 YEARS IT'S JUST BEEN A BLESSING.

I THANK GOD FOR ALLOWING ME TO PERSEVERE AND CONTINUE WORKING FOR -- FOR THOSE MANY YEARS. I THANK GOD AND I THANK YOU ALL FOR HAVING ME. [APPLAUSE]

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>> ALSO THANK MY DIRECTOR JOHN TOMPECK WHO HE MADE SURE THAT I BE HERE FOR THIS. AND I THANK HIM FOR THAT.

I THANK MY SUPERINTENDENT ANDREW BYRD WHO WORKED WITH ME AND ALWAYS ENCOURAGED ME AND I THANK GOD FOR THEM.

THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU.

[APPLAUSE] MADAM SECRETARY, WOULD YOU CALL THE ROLL TO ESTABLISH A QUORUM, PLEASE.

[A. SET THE AGENDA]

SET THE AGENDA. >> SO MOVED.

>> SECOND. >> IT'S BEEN MOVED AND PROPERLY SECOND THAT WE SET THE AGENDA.

ANY QUESTIONS? MADAM SECRETARY, WILL YOU CALL THE ROLL.

[B. APPROVAL OF MINUTES]

>> THE MINUTES FROM APRIL THE 20TH, MOTION FOR APPROVAL.

>> MOTION. >> SECOND.

>> WE APPROVE THE MINUTES OF APRIL 20TH.

ANY QUESTIONS. MADAM SECRETARY, PLEASE CALL THE ROLL.

>> AT THIS TIME WE WILL HAVE ANY COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC? ANYONE IN THE PUBLIC WISH TO SAY ANYTHING YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES TO COME UP AND GIVE YOUR NAME.

THE CHAIR DOESN'T SEE ANYONE WILLING TO COME UP.

AT THIS TIME WE CLOSE THAT. >> WE RECOGNIZE THE CONSENT

[D. CONSENT AGENDA]

AGENDA. >> SO MOVE TO APPROVE.

>> SECOND. >> IT'S BEEN MOVED AND PROPERLY SECONDED THAT WE -- DEAL WITH THE CONSENT AGENDA. ANY QUESTIONS.

MADAM SECRETARY, PLEASE CALL THE ROLL.

[E. LETTERS OF APPRECIATION]

LEADERSHIP. >> THANK YOU.

>> WE'RE ALWAYS GLAD TO GET A COMPLIMENT OF RECOGNITION FROM OUR EMPLOYEES. AT THIS TIME WE LOOKING FOR OLD BUSINESS. AT THIS TIME MR. TOMPECK WOULD

[G.1. Approve a decrease in the Power Cost Adjustment (PCA) of $4 per 1,000 kWh, from -$8 to -$12 per 1,000 kWh, effective June 1, 2021.]

YOU LEAD US INTO NEW BUSINESS. >> THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN.

$4 DECEASE IN PCA EFFECTIVE JUNE 1ST AND BARBARA MICHAEL

WILL MAKE THE PRESENTATION. >> THANK YOU, MR. TOMPECK.

GOOD AFTERNOON. I'M HERE TO PROVIDE YOU CAN INFORMATION ABOUT THE STATUS OF THE MARCH POWER COST ADJUSTMENT AND UPDATED 12 MONTH PROJECTION THROUGH MARCH OF 2022. POWER COST RECOVERED FROM CUSTOMER BILLING IN EXCESS OF D $79.52 BASE POWER COST ARE ACCUMULATED AND ARE CREDITED BACK TO THE CUSTOMER THROUGH PCA ADJUSTMENT. THE COST OF PURCHASE POWER FMPA FOR THE MONTH OF MARCH BILLED FPLA RATE $73.05.

FOR 1,000 KILOWATT HOURS. WAS DECREASE FROM THE PREVIOUS MONTH OF $1.72. IN MARCH FPLA EXPERIENCED UNDERRECOVERY OF $367,000 BRINGING OVER RECOVERY TO 3.1 MILLION. THIS CHART TRACKS THE KUM LAYTIVE MONTHLY POWER COST ADJUSTMENT.

PCA OVER RECOVERY IN RELATION TO THE POWER COST ADJUSTMENT LEVELINGS GOING BACK TO MARCH OF 2019 AND PROJECTING FORWARD 12 MONTHS THROUGH MARCH OF 2022.

THE LEVEL OF POWER COST ADJUSTMENT CURRENTLY NEGATIVE $8. PER 1,000 KILOWATT HOURS.

THAT'S REPRESENTED BY THE DARK BLUE LINE ACROSS THE BOTTOM.

THIS LAST APPROVED ADJUSTMENTS IMPLEMENTED ON NOVEMBER 1ST OF 2020. AN INCREASE OF $3 FROM

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ON THE TOP OF THIS CHART, THE BLUE BARS REPRESENT THE ACTUAL ONCE THE OVER RECOVERY OR THE ORANGE BARS DEPICT WHAT THE OVER RECOVERY WOULD BE IF ALL OF OUR PROJECTIONS FORECAST ARE CORRECT. THESE PROJECTIONS WERE PREPARED BY FINANCIAL CONSULTANTS AND BASED ON DATA FORECAST FROM FMPA. SINCE FEBRUARY, SINCE FEBRUARY'S FORECAST FMPA ESTIMATE OF THE COST OF PURCHASE POWER HAS DECREASED SLIGHTLY LESS THAN 1%.

THIS GRAPH PRESENTS A COMPARISON OF THREE PROJECTIONS OF POWER COST RECOVERY.

TRENDING THROUGH MARCH OF NEXT YEAR.

BASED UPON THE CURRENT FORECAST FROM FMPA ALL THREE OF THESE PROJECTION SCENARIOS ARE FAVORABLE WITH TWO OFFERING PROJECTED CHANGES ALLOWING FPLA TO INCREASE THE AMOUNT OF POWER COST ADJUSTMENT THAT WE CAN RETURN TO THE CUSTOMER OVER THE SUMMER MONTHS.

THE GRAY LINE SHOWS THAT THE PATH OF OVER COLLECTION WITH NO CHANGE TO PCA AND THE PROJECTED IMPACT FOR THE NEXT 12 MONTHS. THE TWO ADDITIONAL SCENARIOS WHICH INCLUDE CHANGES TO THE PCA AND REDUCTIONS TO THE OVERRECOVERY OF OUR POWER COST ARE DISPLAYED FOR BOTH $2 AND $4 DECREASE. AND THE PCA BEGINNING IN JUNE WITH THAT ADJUSTMENT RETURNING TO CURRENT LEVEL AT THE BEGINNING OF THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR.

THE RED LINE SHOWS A $4 CHANGE.

SINCE BOTH OF THESE SCENARIOS WILL MAINTAIN DESIRABLE LEVEL FOR THE PCA EITHER ONE SUSTAINABLE OPTION.

THE CURRENT FMPA PROJECTION HAVE OUR AVERAGE COST OVER PER 1,000 KILOWATT HOURS SOLD LOWER THAN THE BASE COST THROUGH JANUARY OF 2022. THIS ALLOWS US FEW MONTHS TO RETURN SOME OF THE POWER COST SAVING BEFORE THE EXPECTED INCREASES IN THE LATE FALL. WE WILL OF COURSE CONTINUE TO EVALUATE THE MONTHLY PROJECTIONS THAT WE RECEIVED FROM FMPA AND REPORT TO THE BOARD BASED ON ASSESSMENT IT'S THE RECOMMENDATION OF STAFF TO LOWER THE POWER COST AJUSTMENT BY $4 FROM NEGATIVE 8 TO NEGATIVE 12 PER 1,000 KILOWATT HOURS EFFECTIVE JUNE IS THE UNTIL SOME OTHER CHANGE IS NECESSARY. IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS REGARDING THIS RECOMMENDATION.

IT WOULD BE HAPPY TO ADDRESS THAT.

>> I WOULD LIKE TO ACKNOWLEDGE MY CAVALCANTE LED US INTO THIS. AND I REALLY APPRECIATE IT.

>> HOPEFULLY IT WORKS. >> IT WAS A KIND OF OBVIOUSLY PHILOSOPHICAL THING TO GIVE BACK WHENEVER PEOPLE WERE USING THEM THE ELECTRICITY THE MOST.

I APPRECIATE THAT. >> ANY MORE QUESTIONS? WHAT'S THE PLEASURE OF THE BOARD?

>> I WILL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE IT.

I WILL SECOND IT. >> THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND THAT WE TAKE THE RECOMMENDATION OF STAFF TO APPROVE IT. MADAM -- ANY QUESTIONS?

>> MADAM SECRETARY, PLEASE CALL THE ROLL.

[G.2. Bill Comparisons for the Month of March 2021 – For Information Only]

TOMPECK. >> NEXT ITEM BILL COMPARISONS FOR THE MONTH OF MARCH 2021 MIC MICHELLE HARRIS WILL MAKE THE PRESENTATION.

THANK YOU MR. TOMPECK. CHAIRMAN MATTHEWS.

MAYOR HUDSON AND BOARD MEMBERS.

I PRESENT THE MONTHLY UPDATE FOR FLORIDA MUNICIPAL ELECTRIC RATES FOR THE MONTH OF MARCH. THIS FIRST GRAPH SHOWS COMPARISON OF RESIDENTIAL FOR 1,000 KILOWATT HOURS OF CONSUMPTION FOR UTILITIES WHICH ARE MEMBERS OF ALL REQUIREMENTS PROJECT. THEY ARE DISPLAYED AND RANKED BASED UPON THE BASE BILL AMOUNT.

OUR MARCH RATE ADD 108.84 SHOWN WITH THE YELLOW BAR.

RANKS WITH US THE FOURTH LOWEST IN THE GROUP.

THIS GRAPH DISPLAYS THE COMPARISON FOR SAME LEVEL OF CONSUMPTION BUT INCLUDES THE MUNICIPAL UTILITIES.

IN MARCH WHILE WE MAINTAINED OUR RATE THE OTHER 31 MUNICIPAL IMPLEMENTED RATE CHANGE.

THE OVERALL IMPACT RESULTS IN AN INCREASE OF 23 CENTS FOR

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FPLA RATE FOR 1,000 KILOWATT FALL BELOW ALL THREE AVERAGES.

THIS GRAPH PRESENTS THE SIMILAR COMPARISON FOR 25 KILOWATT HOURS OF CONSUMPTION. MARCH BILL $274.80 HELP US REMAIN IN THE MIDDLE OF THIS GROUP.

FPLA FALLS BELOW ALL THREE AVERAGES.

THIS STABLE DISPLAYED MARCH COMPARISON OF AVERAGE RESIDENTIAL BILL ON THE TREASURE COAST.

FPLA UTILITY BILL FOR ALL PROVIDED INSIDE THE CITY LIMITS IS SHOWN IN THE FIRST COLUMN IN BLUE.

THIS COMPARISON REFLECTS THE BILLS FOR AVERAGE CONSUMPTION OF WASTEWATER SERVICES. THERE'S BEEN NO RATE CHANGES TO THE MARCH BILL SINCE THE FEBRUARY COMPARISON WAS PRESENTED. THIS ITEM FOR INFORMATION ONLY BUT I WILL BE GLAD TO ADDRESS ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE.

>> ANY BOARD MEMBERS HAVE QUESTIONS?

>> APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU.

[G.3. AMI Update – For Information Only]

>> NEXT ITEM UPDATE ON AMI. >> THANK YOU MR. TOMPECK.

CHAIRMAN MATTHEWS, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.

I'M HERE TO GIVE YOU UPDATE ON AMI PROJECT THROUGH TO THE BEGINNING OF MAY OF THIS YEAR. THE LAST UPDATE WAS IN DECEMBER AND QUITE A FEW THINGS HAVE HAPPENED AND WE'RE P PLEASANTLY SURPRISED.

TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE AMI TWO-WAY COMMUNICATION BETWEEN THE METERS BASICALLY ALLOWS US TO GET DATA QUICKLY FROM OUR CUSTOMERS AVAILABLE TO BE PRO ACTIVE THAN REACTIVE WHEN THERE'S INFORMATION AND STUFF.

IT'S ALSO GOING TO BE IMPROVING SOME OF OUR EFFICIENCY AND ALLOW REAL-TIME INFORMATION.

SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE DISCUSSED HERE BEFORE IMPROVE OUTAGE DETECTION. KNOWING THE CUSTOMERS OUT BEFORE THEY CAN CALL IN. CONTROLLING LOSSES ON THE ENGINEERING SIDE. LEAK DETECTION ON THE WATER SIDE. REMOTE DISCONNECTS RECONNECTS, SAME DAY TURN-ONS FOR CUSTOMERS.

TAMPER PROTECTION WILL BE ABLE TO KNOW AS SOON AS YOU PULL THE METER THERE'S A PROBLEM. THAT HAS HAPPENED A COUPLE OF TIMES. WE'RE GOOD WITH THAT.

WE'RE ALSO DOING A CHECK ON EVERY SYSTEM THAT IN ON OUR SYSTEM AS WELL FROM THE WATER SIDE, GAS SIDE AND ELECTRIC SIDE TO FIND OUT IF THERE'S PROBLEMS OUT THERE THAT RESIDENTS MAY OR MAY NOT KNOW ABOUT SO WE CAN GO AHEAD AND GET THEM FIXED. SOME OF THE BENEFITS TO OUR CUSTOMER WE TALKED ABOUT. METER BASED INSPECTION.

WE LOOK AT BEING MORE PROACTIVE.

CUSTOMER SERVICE TECHNIQUESES TO GO OUT AND MEET WITH CUSTOMER AND DISCUSS ENERGY EFFICIENCY AND TALK ABOUT LEAK DETECTION. THOSE WILL BE DONE PROBABLY WITHIN THE NEXT 12 TO 18 MONTHS AS WE PROGRESS FURTHER.

NEW OPTIONS FOR PAYMENT, PAY AS YOU GO.

MAYBE LOOK AT ELIMINATING DEPOSITS AND ALLOWING THE CUSTOMER TO CONTROL THEIR OWN DESTINY WITH THE AMOUNT AND BALANCE THEY HAVE ON THEIR ACCOUNTS.

MAYBE FLEXIBLE BILLING SCHEDULES.

WE'RE ALSO WORKING ON A CUSTOMER INFORMATION PORTAL.

SO THE CUSTOMERS CAN SEE SOME OF THEIR BILLING INFORMATION GOING FORWARD. AS I GET INTO THE NEXT FEW S SLIDES. I WANT TO GIVE KUDOS TO WATER, GAS AND ELECTRIC CREWS CHANGING OUT THE METERS.

YOU WILL SEE WHY AS WE PROGRESS THROUGH THIS PORTION.

THIS IS THE MAP THAT I SHOWED YOU BACK IN DECEMBER OF 2020 AS FAR AS WHERE WE WERE AT. A LOT OF THIS WAS PRETTY MUCH JUST OUR LITTLE PILOT AREA. THAT WE HAVE DONE.

WHICH IS JUST SOUTH IF YOU TAKE GATOR TRACING GO SOUTH AND THE SOUTH PORTION OF THE ISLAND FROM WHERE PUMP 2 GOING SOUTH NUCLEAR POINT SOUTH FROM THERE.

THIS IS PRETTY MUCH WHAT WE HAD BEFORE.

ISLAND CUT OFF A LITTLE BIT ON THERE.

AND THIS IS WHERE WE ARE AT RIGHT NOW ON ELECTRIC SIDE PER CURRENT DEPLOYMENT. WE WENT FROM 7% IN DECEMBER TO ALMOST 20% AND THIS WAS TAKEN AS OF LAST WEEK.

WHAT YOU WILL SEE THERE THERE'S A LOT OF RED DOTS ALL OVER. THE BIGGER RED DOTS ARE GATEKEEPERS WITH BASICALLY COLLECT ALL THE INFORMATION FROM THE METERS AND THE MODULES AND TRANSMIT THAT BACK

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ON THE WATER SIDE WE HAVE ROUGHLY 4%.

AND CURRENTLY WE'RE ALMOST AT 10%.

THAT'S THE 6% GAIN IN FOUR MONTHS.

THAT'S QUITE A FEW MODULES I DON'T HAVE EXACT TOTALS FOR THE MODULES. BUT QUITE A FEW MODULES OUT THERE. GAS WENT FROM ABOUT 3.8% ALL THE WAY UP TO 15%. THAT'S ANOTHER BIG CHANGE THERE AS WELL, TOO. IN OUR CURRENT DEPLOYMENT WE'RE GOING TO CALL THIS PHASE 2.

WE COULD HAVE CALLED IT PHASE 2.

WE DECIDED FACE 2. THE INFRASTRUCTURE IS DEPLOYED BASICALLY THAT'S 100% OF THOSE GATEKEEPERS WHICH I TALK ABOUT AND ABOUT 70% OF REPEATERS. SOME OF THE REPEATERS WERE STILL RUNNING INTO A LITTLE BIT OF QUALITY CONTROL ISSUE AND SOME ISSUES DEALING WITH FP&L AND GETTING THEM HOOKED UP ON THE SOUTH SIDE. IT APPEARS WE FINALLY JUMPED OF THAT HURDLE AND WE WERE ABLE TO TRY TO DO A SMOOTH TRANSITION THERE. OUR CURRENT READ PERCENTAGES ARE ALMOST 100% FOR THOSE THAT HAVE BEEN DEPLOYED.

88 AND A HALF PERCENT ON WATER.

CURRENTLY WE'RE READING AND BILLING ALMOST 2800 ACCOUNTS FOR THIS OUT OF OUR TOTAL I THINK THERE'S OVER 40,000 TOTAL ACCOUNTS THAT WE BILL. WE ARE ALSO ABLE TO RECONNECT AND DISCONNECT FROM OUR OFFICE.

WE'VE DONE SOME BATCH DISCONNECTING.

WHEN PEOPLE HAVEN'T PAID THEIR BILLS WE WILL BATCH DISCONNECT 30-PLUS METERS AND THEN BE ABLE TO RESTORE THOSE AS THE PEOPLE COME IN AND PAY THEIR BILLS.

SOME OF THE ACQUIRED BENEFITS THAT WE'VE SEEN SO FAR LEAK DETECTION. OR 1.38% FOR EVERYTHING THAT'S DEPLOYED. WE FOUND A LITTLE BIT OVER 1% LEAKS. AND THE REASON THAT THIS THE IMPORTANT. IF YOU HAD A LEAK AT YOUR PROPERTY. TOILET WAS LEAKING OR HOSE.

SOMEONE TURNED THE HOSE ON OUTSIDE TO BE FUNNY.

YOU PROBABLY WOULDN'T KNOW ABOUT THAT UNTIL YOUR BILL SHOWED UP WHICH IS 30 DAYS LATER.

NOW WE'RE ABLE TO LOOK AT THAT AND GO OUT AND FIND OUT WHAT THE PROBLEM. WORK WITH CUSTOMERS TO LET THEM KNOW THEY HAVE A LEAK AND THERE'S POTENTIAL TO -- THEY SHOULD GET PLUMBER. TAKE A LOOK WHAT'S GOING ON IN THEIR SYSTEM TO TRY TO SAVE THEM SOME COST.

ON THE ELECTRIC SIDE ABOUT 2.3% OF ELECTRIC SERVICES THAT WE HAVE VISITED NEEDED SOME TYPE OF REPAIR.

AND IF YOU REMEMBER WHEN WE DID OUR ORIGINAL PROPOSAL THAT WE WOULD REPAIR ANY OF THOSE SERVICES AS WE WERE OUT THERE AS A SERVICE TO OUR CUSTOMER WHILE WORKING WITH THE CITY AND THE COUNTY ON THE INSPECTION PROCESS.

WE TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE READING BENEFITS.

WE CAN SIT AT THE OFFICE, PUSH THE BUTTON, READ THE METERS WITHIN MINUTES BASED ON COMMUNICATION MEANS.

IN THE PAST WOULD TAKE 23 HOURS.

SENDING OUT CREWS. READING METER.

BRING THEM BACK. FINDING OUT TO MAKE SURE THE READ WAS CORRECT. AS YOU CAN SEE THERE'S A LOT OF GOOD EFFICIENCIES RIGHT THERE.

WE TALK ABOUT THIS BEFORE. BETTER RESOLUTION.

AS WE TALK ABOUT NORMALLY YOU WOULD ONLY SEE WATER USAGE EVERY 30 DAYS. IT WOULD BE A LUMP SUM TOTAL.

THIS ALLOWS YOU TO SEE DAILY HALF DATE INTERVALS AS FAR AS HOW MUCH WATER. ON THE ELECTRIC SIDE IT'S GRANULAR DOWN TO 15-MINUTE INTERVALS.

IF YOU DECIDE TO HAVE THAT PIG PART OF PUT THE HEATER ON IN THE POOL BECAUSE DOESN'T TO 90 INSTEAD OF 92.

YOU WOULD BE ABLE TO TELL WHEN YOU TURN HEATER ON IN YOUR POOL. THE OTHER BENEFIT WE TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WAS OUTAGE DETECTION.

THIS IS AN OLDER MAP BUT THERE'S A LOT MORE GREEN DOTS ON THERE. WE'RE ABOUT THE WAY WE CAN TURN THIS TO MAKE THIS LIVE FOR THOSE THAT ACTUALLY HAVE THE METERS INSTALLED. SO WE WILL BE ABLE TO TELL WHEN THEIR POWER IS OUT AND WE CAN PICK UP THE PHONE AND SAY YES WE KNOW THEY ARE OUT. WE'RE WORKING RIGHT NOW WITH ANOTHER COMPANY WHICH YOU WILL HEAR ABOUT PROBABLY IN THE NEXT MEETING OR THE ONE AFTER THAT.

THEY WILL BE ABLE TO COMMUNICATE THIS INFORMATION TO THE CUSTOMERS EITHER THROUGH A TEXT MESSAGE OR A PHONE CALL THROUGH IBR SYSTEMS. MORE TO COME ON THAT. I DON'T WANT TO SPOIL THE SURPRISES. WE'RE TRYING TO PUT THIS PACKAGE TOGETHER TO WHERE WE'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO TELL YOU THAT YOUR POWER IS OUT AND WE'VE GOT CREWS OUT FOR THAT.

OF COURSE THERE'S ALWAYS OPPORTUNITIES TO OVERCOME.

AND YOU KNOW WORKING WITH THE STATE AND THE COUNTY ON PERMITTING OF RIGHT-OF-WAYS IS NEVER AN EASY TASK.

WE BELIEVE WE'VE WORKED OUT ALL THE BUMPS IN THE ROAD WITH THE COUNTY. AND THE STATE WAS SURPRISINGLY EASY TO DEAL WITH ON THE RIGHT-OF-WAYS.

COUNTIES STILL WORK IN PROGRESS BUT A LOT SMOOTHER.

ONE OF THE BIGGEST CONCERNS THAT WE RAN INTO WHICH WE DIDN'T EXPECT WAS COORDINATION ISSUE WITH FP&L.

AS WE WERE TALKING ABOUT SOME OF THESE REPEATER LOCATIONS

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DEALING WITH FP&L AND MEETING REQUIREMENT AND SCHEDULE PROPERLY HAS BEEN A LITTLE BIT OF NIGHTMARE AND I'M SO GLAD THAT WE'RE MUNICIPAL SYSTEM AND WE'RE A LITTLE BIT MORE RESPONSIVE TO CUSTOMERS THAN SOME OF THE OTHER INVESTOR OWNED AS WELL. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE ARE STARTING TO SEE. THIS PRETTY MUCH INDUSTRY STANDARD. IT THOSE DO WITH MATERIAL AND DELIVERIES. AS WE TALKED ABOUT WITH POLLS AND REPEATERS THAT WE NEED TO INSTALL.

WE APPROVED SOME POLLS. WE LOOK AT FROM 90 TO 120 DAYS FOR DELIVERY. WE ORDERED 8 TO GET STARTED.

THOSE WILL NOT BE HERE UNTIL MID-JUNE.

THE BULK OF THE REST OF THEM WILL BE HERE UNTIL SOMETIME IN JULY. SOME OF THE OTHER THINGS THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT SOME OF THE SOLAR REPEATERS THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT. AGAIN ANOTHER 90 TO 120 DAYS.

AND OUR METER DELIVERIES ARE UP TO THE 60 TO 90 DO 120 DAYS AS WELL. THIS IS WHERE THE COMMISSION WORKS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE PROPERLY PREPARED WHEN WE DO OUR DEPLOYMENT SO WE'RE NOT WAITING ON MATERIAL.

THIS IS JUST A MAP OF OUR INITIAL DEPLOYMENT AREA.

IF YOU TAKE A LINE NORTH OF GATOR TRACE AND GO SOUTH TO ABILITY RIOMAR WHERE WE HAVE THE LAST GAS CAN CUSTOMER.

BASICALLY FROM THE NUCLEAR PLANT SOUTH.

THIS IS THAT INITIAL DEPLOYMENT AREA.

TO MAKE SURE THE TECHNOLOGY WORKEDED AND WE WORKED OUT THE KINKS WITH THE MODULES WHICH WORKED OUT WELL.

THIS IS OUR CURRENT DEPLOYMENT AREA.

BASICALLY TAKE THAT SAME LINE THAT WAS JUST NORTH OF GATOR TRACE AND HORSESHOE IT AROUND TO THE BEACH.

RIGHT NOW LIKE I SAID WE'RE FAIRLY WELL DEPLOYED.

WE LAST WEEK, WE HAD SOME SIGNS PUT OUT THERE.

WE GOT RID OF INDIAN RIVER DRIVE.

IF YOU SEEN ALL THE ACCIDENTS AND STUFF THAT HAPPENED ON INDIAN RIVER DRIVE THERE. WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR METER READERS DIDN'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT BACKING IN AND OUT AND PULLING IN WITH THE TRAFFIC.

WE TOOK IT UPON OURSELVES TO BLITZ THAT AREA ON THE ELECTRIC WATER AND GAS SIDE AS WELL.

NOW WE CAN PUSH THE BUTTON, READ THE METERS AND NOT HAVE TO SEND PEOPLE OUT THERE UNLESS THERE'S A PROBLEM.

THE NEXT DEPLOYMENT AREA AND I JUST WANT TO PUT THIS IN THERE. GOES FROM THE COUNTY LINE SERVICE TERRITORY ENDS AND GOES SOUTH TO ABOUT JUANITA AND GOES ALL THE WAY OVER TO I-95 PICKS UP SHERIDAN PLAZA.

THE AIRPORT AND SOME OF THOSE AREAS OUT WEST THAT ARE WATER AND GAS ONLY CUSTOMERS. WE WILL BE INSTALLING MORE REPEATERS AND STUFF THAN HAVING TO DEAL FP&L.

HOPEFULLY WE GET MORE SOLAR REPEATERS IN PLACE AND NOT HAVE TO DEAL WITH THEM ON A POWER SIDE OF IT.

THEN THAT PRETTY MUCH JUST LEAVES A LITTLE BIT ON THE DOWNTOWN AREA AS WELL AS FROM JUANITA SOUTH AND THEN GOING DOWN 25TH THERE'S POCKETS AND STUFF THERE TO PICK UP THE ALSO. AFTER THIS DEPLOYMENT, AND WE'LL GET INTO I KNOW WE WILL TALK MORE ON THE BUDGET SIDE WITH SOME DEBT REFINANCING. BUT IF WE DON'T WE LOOK AT PROBABLY THIS WILL BE FY-'22. THIS AREA HERE.

AND THEN FY-23 WILL BE ANOTHER BIG CHUNG.

FY-'24 THE CLOSEOUT OF THE PROJECT WILL BE THE FILL-IN AREAS, THE POCKET OF CUSTOMERS HERE AND THERE.

SO SOME OF OUR NEXT STEPS THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT.

WE ALREADY TALKED ABOUT THE OUTAGE MANAGEMENT.

WE TALKED ABOUT HAVING THIS REMOTE COMPANY TO BE ABLE TO HELP THAT. WE'RE LOOKING RIGHT NOW TO BE ABLE TO INTEGRATE THE CUSTOMER PORTAL AND RELEASE IT TO OUR CUSTOMERS. TO BE ABLE TO SEE IT THIRD QUARTER OF THIS YEAR. WE KIND OF WAITED A LITTLE BIT ON THAT JUST SO THAT WE HAD MORE METERS AND MODULES INSTALLED. IT DOESN'T HELP TO HAVE ONE MODULE INSTALLED AND CUSTOMER COME IN AND LOOK AT IT AND IT'S NOT THEIR HOUSE. IT'S THEIR NEIGHBOR'S HOUSE.

WE DIDN'T WANT TO RUN INTO THOSE ISSUES.

WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OF CONTINUING TO CHANGE OUR INTERNAL PROCESSES. TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE RUNNING AS EFFICIENT UTILITY AND PROVIDING THE BEST SERVICE WE CAN TO OUR CUSTOMERS. WE ALSO TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE EFFICIENCIES AND MORE TO COME ON THAT AS WELL.

>> HOW MUCH MONEY WE HAVE LEFT TO SPEND.

STARTED UNDER 8 MILLION DOLLARS.

WE'VE GOT 4.8 MILLION LEFT TO SPEND BASED ON THE ORIGINAL FIVE-YEAR DEPLOYMENT SCHEDULE. NOW IF WE DO GET INTO THE DEBT FINANCING AND ACCELERATING THIS.

THERE'S COUPL EXTRA COST THAT NEED TO BE PUT IN THERE.

ADDITIONAL CONTRACTORS TO HELP FINISH THE DEPLOYMENT IN THE TIME FRAME BASED ON WHAT THE DEBT REFINANCING PEOPLE AND

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>> I HAVE A QUESTION. >> YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT JUANITA BEING THE NEXT DEPLOYMENT AREA OF DOWNTOWN.

I WANT -- IS THAT DOWNTOWN WILL BE PART OF THAT OR?

>> DOWNTOWN WILL BE THE PHASE AFTER THAT.

IT WILL BE PHASE 3 OR PHASE 4. HOWEVER YOU WANT TO LOOK AT THAT. WHAT WE LOOKED AT WE TRY TO BASE IT ON THE NUMBER OF METERS AND THE AMOUNT OF INFRASTRUCTURE THAT'S NEEDED TO GATHER ALL THOSE METERS.

>> OKAY. RIGHT NOW THAT HORSESHOE SHAPE TAKES ABOUT 4,000 ELECTRIC METERS ANDREW LEFT.

IT'S AROUND 2500 TO 3,000 WATER MODULES, AND CLOSE TO 1,000 OR SO GLAD MODULES. THAT ALL COMES WITH COST.

TO KEEP RATES WHERE THEY ARE AT WE NEED TO BUDGET ACCORDINGLY TO MAKE SURE WE'RE IN THE BALLPARK.

>> OKAY. >> ANY MORE QUESTIONS?

>> I HAVE A QUESTION. >> IS THERE ANY EXTRA BENEFIT OR SPECIAL BENEFIT IN TERMS OF HURRICANES FOR HAVING THESE

INSTALLED? >> SOME OF THE BENEFITS THAT WE'LL SEE THROUGH THE HURRICANE.

A LOT OF THIS IS AFTER WE GOT THROUGH OUR INITIAL ASSESSMENT AND START DOING STORM RESTORATION.

WE WILL TURN THE SYSTEM BACK ON SO TO SPEAK.

WE'LL BE ABLE TO TURN THAT OUTAGE PORTION BACK ON TO SEE MAYBE THERE WAS A STREET WE DIDN'T GO DOWN OR WE THOUGHT WE GOT EVERYONE BUT THERE'S A TRANSFORMER THAT'S OUT.

IT WILL HELP US THROUGH THE RESTORATION PROCESS AS WELL.

THE OTHER THING THAT WILL TRULY HELP DURING THE RELEASE IN THE SPECIAL NEEDS SHELTER IN ORDER TO RELEASE THOSE INDIVIDUALS TO GO BACK TO THEIR HOMES, YOU HAVE TO PROVE THAT THEIR UTILITY SERVICES ARE BACK ON.

RIGHT NOW WE DON'T HAVE THAT ABILITY UNLESS WE SEND INDIVIDUALS TO VERIFY THEIR HOUSES HAVE UTILITIES BACK.

WITH THIS WE WILL BE ABLE TO LOOK ON THE SCREEN PUNCH A BUTTON AND SAY YES THEY CAN SEND THEM OUT AND START CLEARING THE SHELTER MAYBE A LITTLE BIT EARLIER AS WELL.

>> THANK YOU. >> ANY MORE?

>> ON THE AMI FINANCIALS THE REMAINING BALANCE PRETTY CLOSE TO PRETTY CLOSE 4.8. WILL THAT BE ENOUGH TO GET THE PROJECT COMPLETED WITHOUT DEBT REFINANCING?

>> IT WILL. IT WILL TAKE LONGER PERIOD TO DO. SO WE DON'T RAISE RATE FOR THE PROJECT. WE WOULD ABSORB THAT THROUGH

OUR NORMAL BUDGET ASSESSMENT. >> THANK YOU, BOB.

>> THANK YOU. >> THANK YOU.

[G.4. ST2 Transformer Replacement & Program Update – For Information Only]

>> NEXT ITEM IS INFORMATION PRESENTATION ON THE TRANSFORMER REPLACEMENT PROGRAM.

ERIC MYRA WILL MAKE THE PRESENTATION.

>> THANK YOU MR. TOMPECK. CHAIRMAN MATTHEWS AND MEMBERS OF THE BOARD. TONIGHT I WOULD LIKE TO PRESENT TO YOU FIRST SUBSTATION POWER SAVANNAH SUBSTATION AND PROVIDE A BRIEF UPDATE ON REPLACEMENT PROGRAMS

PROGRESS AND FEATURE OUTLOOK. >> POWER TRANSFORMER CONVERT ENERGY FROM TRANSMISSION POWER GRID DISTRIBUTION TO BE DELIVERERED TO OUR CUSTOMER. EACH POWER TRANSFORMER SERVES POCKET OF FT. PIERCE. ENSURING HEALTH AND CONTINUE OPERATION OF THE UNIT IS VITAL TO RELIABILITY THEREFORE THERE ARE TWO POWER TRANSFORMER IN EACH SUBSTATION TO MAINTAIN EMERGENCY CONTINGENCY AND POWER AVAILABILITY.

IF WE NEED TO PERFORM MAINTENANCE OR EXPERIENCE AN OUTAGE TO ONE OF THE TWO TRANSFORMERS, WE CAN SWITCH THE INOPERABLE UNIT OFF-LINE AND UTILIZE THE OTHER TRANSFORMER FOR CONTINUED SERVICE.

INITIALIZATION FOR THIS PROGRAM BEGAN DURING OUR 2019 STRATEGIC PLANNING SESSIONS. OUR ENGINEER STAFF IMPLEMENTED GREAT MODERNIZATION PLAN TO OPTMIZE AGING INFRASTRUCTURE WITH NEWER EQUIPMENT FOR CONTINUED RELIABILITY.

SOME OF OUR EXISTING SUBSTATION TRANSFORMER UNIT WERE EXPERIENCING SIGNS OF PHYSICAL DEGRADATION AND OIL DETERIORATION AMONG OTHER ISSUES.

AND WE'RE IDENTIFIED AS NECESSARY FOR REPLACEMENTND OUR GRID MODERNIZATION EFFORT. FPLA TRANSFORMER REPLACEMENT PROGRAM ENTAILS PROCURING ONE UNIT PER FISCAL YEAR FOR 6 YEARS. FIRST REPLACEMENT COMPLETED IN DECEMBER OF 2020. SUBSEQUENT UNITS WILL FOLLOW IN SIMILAR SUIT UNTIL 2025. WE'RE NOTICING THAT THE TOTAL COST FOR PURCHASING DESIGNING AND INSTALLATION OF THESE UNIT

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ON THE SCREEN IS OUR ACTUAL SCHEDULE FOR THIS FIRST UNIT.

OUR TRANSFORMER DRAWING WERE DELIVERED AND APPROVED FOLLOWED BY PROPOSE L SCHEDULE MANUFACTURER DATES ARRIVAL DATES AND TARGETED ENERGIZATION DATES.

IT'S IMPORTANT TO KNOW THE TRANSFORMER SCHEDULE AS THE UNIT TAKE CONSIDERABLE TIME TO MANUFACTURE, THERE'S A 40 TO 42-WEEK LEAD TIME TO BE PLACED IN LINE FOR THE MANUFACTURING OF THE TRANSFORMER. AFTER STARTING MANUFACTURING THROUGH THE COIL PROCESS THE TANKING PROCESS AND THE FACTORY TESTING PROCESS. TRANSFORMERS CAN TAKE ONE TO TWO MONTHS TO FINISH. CAREFUL COORDINATION IS REQUIRED AS THE OLD TRANSFORMER NEEDS TO BE REMOVED BEFORE THE NEW TRANSFORMER ARRIVES FOR OFF LOADING. AND CREWS WILL NEED TO BE SCHEDULED TO ASSEMBLE THE UNIT IN THE FIELD FOLLOWED BY CONNECTING THE UNIT TO SUBSTATION PROTECTION AND ENERGIZATION SYSTEMS. FORTUNATELY COORDINATION WAS SUCCESSFUL AND STAFF WAS ABLE TO MEET THE TARGETED ENERGIZATION DATE WITHIN A MATTER OF WEEKS.

FOR OUR NEXT TRANSFORMER OUR GOAL TO FOLLOW THE SAME SCHEDULE AS THE PREVIOUS TRANSFORMER INSTALLATION.

THIS FORTUNATELY DIDN'T EFFECT THE SCHEDULE FOR DELIVERY OF UNIT TO FPLA. CONFIRMED SCHEDULE FROM THE MANUFACTURER ABB HAS CONFIRMED THEY WILL BE ABLE TO BUILD, TEST DELIVER AND ENERGIZE THE UNIT WHICH DECEMBER OF 2021.

LOOKING OUT FROM 2021 OUR PROPOSED REPLACEMENT UNITS ARE SHOWN AS FOLLOWS. THE KING LONGWOOD SAVANNAH AND CAUSEWAY SUBSTATIONS WILL GET NEW REPLACEMENT TRANSFORMER IN THE COMING YEARS. MOST OF THE TRANSFORMERS ARE AGING AND PAST INDUSTRY STANDARD USEFUL LIFE OF 25 TO 30 YEARS. THE NEXT TRANSFORMER KING TRANSFORMER NUMBER 2 IS EXPERIENCING POOR OIL CONDITION WHICH WARRANT IMMEDIATE REPLACEMENT.

ALSO DUE TO EMERGENCY REPLACEMENT IN JULY OF 2020, SAVANNAH TRANSFORMER NUMBER ONE UTILIZING OUR SPARE TRANSFORMER AND WILL BE REPLACED AT THE OWNED OF THE PROGRAM SO WE STORE SPARE TRANSFORMER BACK IN CASE WE NEED IT AGAIN. FOR THE OLD UNIT WE REPLACE KEEP A SPARE IN CASE THEY ARE NEEDED IN EMERGENCY SITUATIONS. SIMILAR TO TRANSFORMER NUMBER ONE OF SAVANNAH. THE FIRST SUBSTATION TRANSFORMER ARRIVED BY TRUCK FPLA ON DECEMBER 4TH.

2020 AND WAS OFF LOADED THE SAME DAY.

SINCE THE TRANSFORMER UNIT WEIGHS APPROXIMATELY 31 TONS.

TRUCKS ARE INSUFFICIENT FOR OFF LOADING.

WE NEEDED A CRANE TO PLACE ON THE PAD.

OLD UNIT WAS PICKED UP AND DELIVERED TO MAIN YARD TO BE USED AS SPARE IN CASE IT'S NEEDED.

THE SUBSTATION PARTIALLY DEENERGIZE WHERE THE TRANSFORMER NEEDS TO BE LOCATED.

THE UNIT CAREFULLY PICKED UP BY THE CRANE AND ROTATED TO THE PAD FOR PLACEMENT WITHOUT ISSUE.

WHEN THE TRANSFORMER UNSISTER SHIPPED IT'S NOT ENTIRELY PUT TOGETHER AND WILL NEED TO BE ASSEMBLED AFTER OFF LOADING.

>>THE PICTURE TO THE LEFT AND THE PICTURE IN THE CENTER OF THE SCREEN SHOW THE LARGE RAID AIDER FINS THAT NEED TO BE CONNECTED TO THE UNIT. THE FINS ARE USED TO PSYCH IT WILL MINERAL OIL INSIDE OF THE TRANSFORMER WHICH KEEPS THE UNIT COOL WHILE LARGE AMOUNT OF ELECTRICITY ARE FOLLOWING THROUGH IT. ESPECIALLY IN THE SUMMER TIME.

IF THESE RADIATOR FINS ARE NOT INSTALLED WHILE THE UNSISTER ENERGIZE THE TEMPERATURE WILL INCREASE DRASTICALLY CAUSING IRREPARABLE DAMAGE. THE PICTURE ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE SCREEN SHOWS THE TRANSFORMER BUSHINGS BEING INSTALLED. THEY ARE USED AS CONNECTION POINT TO TRANSFORMER WITH WE'RED CONNECTIONS.

THE BUSHING WILL NOT COME PREVIOUSLY INSTALLED DUE TO FRAGILE CONSTRUCTION. DAMAGE TO THEM CAN HAPPEN IN TRANSIT AND CAUSE REPLACEMENT BUSHINGS TO BE WARRANTED.

THE FINAL STEP TO TRANSFORMER ENERGIZATION TESTING AND COMMISSIONING PROCESS. IN ORDER TO ENERGIZE THE TRANSFORMER SPECIFIC PROTECTION AND MONITORING SYSTEMS NEED TO BE CONNECTED, IN ORDER TO ENSURE PROPER TRANSFORMER OPERATION. THE SYSTEM ALLOW FPLA TO CONTINUALLY MONITOR THE VOLTAGE AND CURRENT AS WELL AS THE INTERNAL TEMPERATURE AND PRESSURE TO PROTECT THE UNIT AGAINST EXTERNAL DAMAGE LIKE ANIMAL CONTACT OR LIGHTNING STRIKES. GREAT CARE MUST BE TAKEN WHILE WIRING UP THE UNIT AS MISPLACED WIRE COULD CAUSE MAJOR ISSUE. THE PICTURE ON THE LEFT SHOWS LEAD SUBSTATION TECHNICIAN WORKING THROUGH THE DRAWING TO CONFIRM TRANSFORMER CONNECTION.

THE MIDDLE 60 CROSBY GORED WIRING UP PROTECTION SYSTEMS AND CONTROL HOUSE AND THE PICTURE ON THE RIGHT TRENT URI MAKING THE CONNECTION OF THE TRANSFORMER.

ONCE THE TESTING AND COMMISSIONING OF THE UNIT IS

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ENERGIZED ON DECEMBER 17TH, 2020 WITH NO MAJOR ISSUE.

CURRENTLY SERVING THE SOUTHWEST PART OF TOWN.

ISSUE OCCURRED IN JANUARY OF THIS TOWN TRIPPING OFF-LINE.

ISSUE DETERMINED WHO WIRES HAD BEEN CROSSED.

UPON FIXING THIS ISSUE, FPLA HAS NOT HAD ANY OTHER PROBLEMS SINCE THE UNIT PLACED INTO SERVICE.

PICTURE ON THE SCREEN SHOWS THE UNIT FULLY ASSEMBLED AND ENERGIZED. SPECIAL THANK YOU TO OUR TND AND OUR SYSTEMS OPERATIONS DEPARTMENTS FOR HELPING AND ASSISTING IN THE CORD FAIGS. IT TOOK ALL DEPARTMENT TO MAKE SURE THIS WAS AS SEAMLESS AS POSSIBLE WITHOUT MAJOR ISSUES.

ONLY ONE MINOR ISSUE WE HAD IN JANUARY WAS EASILY FIXABLE.

THE UNSISTER CURRENTLY WORKING AND CURRENTLY OPERATING AS EXPECTED. WITH THAT I WILL TAKE ANY

QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE. >> ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE

BOARD. >> I HAVE A QUESTION.

WHAT THE CURRENT MAINTENANCE OF SOMETHING LIKE THAT VERSES THE OLDER ONES THAT WE HAVE. IS IT SIMILAR? I DON'T KNOW WHAT CAN MAINTENANCE SCHEDULE IS ON

SOMETHING LIKE THAT? >> YOU TALK ABOUT THE MAINTENANCE SCHEDULE ON THE TRANSFORMERS?

>> WE REVIEW THEM OFTEN TO MAKE SURE THERE'S NO SIGN OF MAJOR DAMAGE OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.

WE MONITOR THEM TO MAKE SURE THAT PAINT IS GOOD ON THEM.

THEY ARE NOT EXPERIENCING LEAKAGE, ANY PRESSURE AND THE INTERNAL TEMPERATURE IS GOOD. WE MAKE SURE WE GO THROUGH THEM MONTHLY AT THE VERY LEAST TO ENSURE THE PROPER

OPERATION. >> CHANGE OIL OR ADD OIL?

>> WE HAVE A COMPANY CALLED HARTFORD STEAM OIL WHICH WE PROVIDE OIL SAMPLES TO. THEY PROVIDE US OIL STATUS UPDATES ON THEM. IF THEY ARE VERY BAD IN THE CASE OF KING TRANSFORMER NUMBER 2 THEY USUALLY RECOMMEND REPLACEMENT OF THOSE.

SINCE THE OIL IS NOT AS -- IT'S NOT HARD TO REPLACE WITH VOLUME OF OIL. THAT IS WHAT INSTIGATED THE

REPLACEMENT PROGRAM. >> CHAIRMAN, HOW LONG WOULD THESE TRANSFORMERS LAST? DO THEY HAVE LIFE TIME

EXPECTANCY? >> INDUSTRY STANDARD LIFE EXPECTANCY ABOUT 25 TO 30 YEARS.

SOME TRANSFORMERS WE HAVE ARE EXCEEDING THAT.

WE FIND OUT THEY WILL HAVE OIL ISSUE AND STRUCTURE ISSUES.

25 TO 30 YEARS IS STANDARD. >> NEWER ONES DON'T HAVE

LONGER LIFE EXPECTANCY. >> THEY ARE USUALLY ABOUT THE

SAME. >> UH-HUH.

>> I NOTICE WHEN LOOKING AT THE CHART YOU HAD TWO THAT WERE 36 YEARS. AM I RIGHT?

>> I BELIEVE SO. >> THE TWO OF THEM 36 YEARS.

THE ONES THAT WE DID REPLACE SAVANNAH TRANSFORMER NUMBER ONE AND TWO WERE RESPECTFULLY 40 AND 39-YEAR-OLDS OLD.

THEY ARE THE OLDEST ONES IN THE SYSTEM.

WE HAVE I THINK FOUR OF THESE CURRENTLY OVER 30 YEARS.

>> OKAY. ERIC YOU MIGHT MENTION ONE OF THE WAYS OF PLANNING OUT THE HEALTH OF TRANSFORMER SOMETHING CALLED THE GAS ANALYSIS.

YOU EVALUATE, ANALYZE THE GAS AND IT TELLS YOU HOW THE TRANSFORMER IS DOING. IT'S LIKE CHECKING YOUR BLOOD

SO TO SPEAK. >> OKAY.

NOTHING ELSE. THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU MUCH. >> THANK YOU.

[J. DIRECTOR]

>> I DON'T THINK THERE'S REPORT FOR THE BOARD.

QUICK ITEMS MR. CHAIRMAN. AT THE LAST MEETING I DISCUSSED APPROPRIATIONS AWARD OF $425,000 FOR SEWER LINE PROJECT ON SOUTH BEACH. THIS WAS ORIGINAL ESTIMATE OF THE REQUEST WHICH WAS BEING CONSIDERED BY THE LEGISLATURE.

THANKS TO THE WORK OF OUR GRANTED RIDER AMY ADAMS AND PERSEVERANCE AND SUPPORT BY SENATOR GAYLE HARREL AND REPRESENTATIVE THE FINAL APPROPRIATION BILL APPROVED $900,000 FOR THE PROJECT. WHICH IS ACTUALLY A LITTLE BIT MORE THAN WE HAD ORIGINALLY ASKED FOR.

WE REALLY APPRECIATE THEIR HELP ON THIS IMPORTANT PROJECT. JUST TO BRING YOU UP-TO-DATE OVER THE LAST YEAR OR SO WE SUCCESSFULLY RECEIVED OVER 5 MILLION IN GRANTS TO OUR WASTEWATER PROJECTS WHICH WILL HELP US EXPEDITE REPAIRS TO OUR AGEING INFRASTRUCTURE AS WELL AS INITIATING SOME NEW SERVICES AND FLEETWOOD ACRES.

NEXT ITEM IS WE SET UP THE JOINT CITY COMMISSION FPLA BOARD BUDGET WORKSHOP FOR THE 21ST OF MAY AT 10:00 A.M.

SHOULD TAKE ABOUT TWO HOURS. IT WILL BE OVER AT USC.

HOPEFULLY YOU RECEIVED AN INVITATION FOR THIS MEETING THIS MORNING. AND LAST ITEM IS WE'RE HAPPY TO ANNOUNCE MOEC REOPENED THIS PAST SATURDAY.

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IT'S NICE TO GET BACK CLOSER TO BEING NORMAL, ANYWAY.

THAT'S ALL I HAVE, MR. CHAIRMAN.

>> OKAY. THANK YOU.

>> I GOT THE REPORT ON IT THIS TIME.

[L. COMMENTS FROM BOARD MEMBERS]

>> ANY MEMBERS OF THE BOARD? >> MR. CHAIRMAN I WANT TO CALL YOU ON THE INFORMATION BEFORE YOU WHICH IS CELEBRATION OF THE 100TH YEAR ANNIVERSARY. LOTS OF DIFFERENT THINGS PLANNED. THE FIRST BYING FRIDAY FEST AND SATURDAY THE BOAT PARADE AND BLESSING OF THE FLEET.

AND THEN THERE'S EVENTS THROUGHOUT THE MONTH OF MAY.

AND SO IT WILL BE A BIG CELEBRATION.

PUT ON MOST MOSTLY BY VOLUNTEERS.

>> THEY ADVERTISE T-SHIRTS. YEAH.

IT'S A UNIFORM.

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