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To: City Council DL
Subject: BWP proposed Rate Increase
Date: Thursday, May 4, 2023 11:20:31 PM
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Good Day:
In receipt of notice re: Public Hearing on June 6th re: proposed BWP rate increase.
BWP identifies the average household anticipated monthly bill increase, however what isn't calculated are the related charges and fees that are based on a percentage of the electricity usage.
Specifically.....
1. Service Charge
2. State Energy Surcharge
3. Utility Users Tax
4. In-lieu Transfer fee
I would like to know the ACTUAL cost of the increases when the above charges are ALSO calculated and included to reflect the TOTAL cost.
Likewise, anticipated water rate increases with the Water SERVICE CHARGE included.
Thank you,
MM
Of course I talk to myself; sometimes I need expert advise! (~_*)
1 Clark, Kimberley
From: Lindell, Dawn
Sent: Friday, February 3, 2023 8:47 AM
To: Brian Garcia; Aquino, Sean
Cc: City Council DL; Edwards, Jeannine; Hess, Justin; Kramer, Bob; Prescott, Patrick; Wilke, Judie Subject: Re: 21% BWP rate increase
Mr. Garcia‐ thankfully we do hedge both natural gas and energy or else the current energy pricing issues would be much, much worse for us. We have a risk management policy that we review every few years. This policy will be reviewed again by council this spring.
In this situation, the lack of train engineers to deliver coal to our Intermountain Power Project has caused an unexpected gap in our energy portfolio. This happened at the same time that the southwest received a few weeks of rain so solar energy simply was not generated. This left us and several other utilities with no choice but to buy off of an energy market that soared in pricing. We also ran our natural gas plant more to make up the difference. As you have seen from SoCal Gas, those prices also soared 200%.
Thankfully we hold a solid financial position. However, this leaves us with a gap that we must make up in rates.
I hope
that this helps.
Warm regards,
Dawn Roth Lindell
Dawn Roth Lindell
General Manager
(818) 238-3554 office | (818) 391-8729 mobile
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From: Brian Garcia < .com>
Sent: Friday, February 3, 2023 8:02:32 AM
To: Aquino, Sean <[email protected]>
Cc: City Council DL <[email protected]>; Edwards, Jeannine <[email protected]>; Hess, Justin <[email protected]>; Kramer, Bob <[email protected]>; Lindell, Dawn <[email protected]>; Prescott, Patrick <[email protected]>; Wilke, Judie <[email protected]> Subject: Re: 21% BWP rate increase
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Thank you for your quick response. There is a lot to digest. Not certain of everything yet but a “suggestion for the box,” is the a mechanism to hedge out the rising costs of natural gas fluctuations? Or is the volume to great to be considered?
Appreciate your time,
Citizen BrianG
On Thu, Feb 2, 2023 at 11:42 PM
Aquino, Sean <[email protected]> wrote:
2 Dear Mr. Garcia,
We are currently still in the process of finalizing the BWP budget for the next two year cycle. At this point, we are still working through final costs. It appears that the rate increase will run 8‐9% for this year and 8‐9% next year. This increase is driven by the cost of energy, inflation and the $120 million bond measure that will enable us to complete a list of capital projects. This bond measure was reviewed and approved by City Council on January 24, 2023 by a vote of 5‐0.
The staff report and related documents are available via this link for anyone to review. You may click below and scroll down to Item N.6:
https://burbank.granicus.com/GeneratedAgendaViewer.php?view id=42&clip id=10035
The list of capital improvement projects include the following:
It appears that you have some incorrect information. First, the bond payback period will be the life of the bond and that is expected to be 30 years. Therefore, the rate impact will last the full 30 years. Without doing the bonds which allow us to pay over the life of the bonds, we would need to increase rates more than 50% to pay for the bonds. This would not include the inflationary impacts nor would it include the cost increase of natural gas to run the plants and the cost of buying energy off of the market primarily due to issues we have had getting the coal to the Intermountain Power Plant . That plant is running at less than half the planned capacity. Second, you mention a 21% rate increase. I am not sure where that is coming from.
3 While I know that rate increases are difficult, we must continue to maintain and upgrade the system to ensure that we can safely provide electricity and water to Burbank. The bonds enable us to do that. We are also under significant regulations to meet renewable targets set by the state of California. If we do not meet the requirement of 60% renewables by 2030, then we are subject to fines which could be as high as $147 million. We would still have to pay to reach the renewable targets. Finally, we are required to hold some cash reserves to meet the needs of this community in a disaster. We are dangerously close to the minimum reserves due to the recent high energy cost fluctuations, significant inflation costs that we face as shown in the list below, and some unplanned repairs of electrical equipment.
Emissions control system upgrade for the Lake One Unit – an increase of 25% from $2 million to $2.5 million A renewable solar, plus energy storage project ‐ increase of 71%, from $35/MWh to $60/MWh New substation buildout ‐ increase of 47% from ~$17M to ~$25M Rebuild substation ‐ increase of 67% from ~$9M to ~$15M Copper coils for 1‐inch service lines ‐ increase of 64% from $6.09 to $9.98 per foot 8‐inch ductile iron pipe – increase of 42% from $20.79 to $29.59 per foot Other increases in materials:
o Plastic conduit 125%
o Chlorine gas 193%
o Plastic 57.7%
o Metals 35.5%
o Water meter boxes 25%
o Precast concrete products 12.8%
o Concrete 9.9%
Once our budget is completed, we will be reviewing this with City Council on either May 9 or 16, 2023. At that point, we will be able to give you a more thorough public review.
Thank you,
Sean Aquino
Assistant General Manager, Customer Service
(818) 238-3711 office | (818) 967-7866 mobile
[email protected]
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4 From: Kramer, Bob <[email protected]>
Sent: Wednesday, February 1, 2023 4:50 AM
To: Brian Garcia < >; City Council DL <[email protected]> Cc: Hess, Justin <[email protected]>; Wilke, Judie <[email protected]>; Prescott, Patrick <[email protected]>; Lindell, Dawn <[email protected]>; Aquino, Sean <[email protected]>; Edwards, Jeannine <[email protected]>
Subject: RE: 21% BWP rate increase
Brian
Thank you for your email. Let me check with appropriate staff.
Sincerely
BobKramer
From: Brian Garcia < .com>
Sent: Tuesday, January 31, 2023 7:37 PM
To: City Council DL <[email protected]>
Subject: 21% BWP rate increase
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Hello
Is there anywhere that details the terms of this rate hike which is supposed to pay for a bond issue over a three year period?
5 And, is the rate temporary?
What will the bond issue proceeds be used for?
Citizen
BrianG
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From: Aquino, Sean
To:
Cc: Hess, Justin; Wilke, Judie; Lindell, Dawn; Kramer, Bob; City Council DL; Becker, Jennifer Subject: RE: Budget Questions
Date: Monday, May 22, 2023 4:34:38 PM
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Good afternoon,
Thank you for your questions.
The In-Lieu of Tax item on your utility bill is a 7% charge on retail electric sales. BWP is a community owned utility and we collect these funds to pay the city for services such as police, fire, library, etc. This also covers the wear and tear that BWP puts on the city streets, sidewalks, etc. as we drive with our heavy vehicles.
This
is hard on the roads and BWP does need to pay its fair share to the city general fund to cover this. The general fund receives 5.5% and the street lighting fund receives the remaining 1.5% to maintain the city’s street lights.
The $91 million mentioned at City Council is the number of total available one time funds, including our formal reserves, our Section 115 Trust, and about $19 million in our estimated general fund cash balance. It is not a budget surplus - these reserves would only be utilized in the case of an emergency. The $19 million one-time cash can be used at the City Council’s discretion but only for items that are one time in nature.
Measure P sales tax revenue for FY 23-24 is projected at $29 million. Half of this goes to the general fund to support city operations and the other half goes to the municipal infrastructure fund to fund the city’s capital improvement program (CIP) as well as maintenance of city facilities. This is already factored into the proposed budgets of both funds for FY 23-24.
We must prepare for a carbon-neutral future as required by state regulations to build sustainable and renewable sources of energy for future Burbank generations.
If the city does not meet the state’s
requirements of providing the community with 60% of the energy coming from renewables by 2030, the city can face penalties amounting to as much as $147 million, not including the cost for procuring the required renewables to meet state mandates.
Thank you,
BWP_Logo Sean Aquino
Assistant General Manager, Customer Service
(818) 238-3711 office | (818) 967-7866 mobile
[email protected]
BurbankWaterAndPower.com
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From: Kramer, Bob <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, May 16, 2023 12:39 PM
To: Pamela Richardson <r com>; City Council DL <[email protected]> Cc: Hess, Justin <[email protected]>; Wilke, Judie <[email protected]>; Aquino, Sean <[email protected]>; Lindell, Dawn <[email protected]> Subject: RE: Budget Questions
Thank you.
Rex Richardson
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From: Jay Koiwai < >
To: [email protected] <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, May 23, 2023 at 03:41:51 PM PDT
Subject: Re: JUNE 6 Public Hearing Notice (LA Times 05/17/23 Publication) Please reply if you haven't already.
Thank you.
On Sunday, May 21, 2023 at 07:05:16 PM PDT, Jay Koiwai <[email protected]> wrote:
Dear Ms Clark, Burbank City Clerk,
I am writing in regard to a recent Burbank City Council JUNE 6, 2023 @ 6:00 pm Public Hearing Notice published in the LA Times ~ 05/17/23. (Please see attached) The notice states,
"Citizens attending have the right to submit written and oral comments regarding the proposed utility rates." including Written protests by Property owners or property tenants directly responsible for payments will be considered if submitted by the close of the public hearing.
Please respond with the address and room number where the Burbank City Council will hold this Public Hearing.
It would also be nice to be able to have City Council
representative's districts and office addresses included for those unable to attend to submit their written comments prior to the meeting.
I appreciate your timely response as most of the public is unaware of the hearing's subject; Utility increases and/or location let alone who represents them on Burbank City Council.
Thank you,
Sincerely,
Jay Koiwai
From: Clark, Kimberley
To:
Cc: Dekermenji, Melissa
Subject: RE: JUNE 6 Public Hearing Notice (LA Times 05/17/23 Publication) Date: Tuesday, May 23, 2023 3:31:00 PM
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Hi Jay,
Thank you for your email. I agree that it would be helpful to include the physical address of Burbank City Hall on notices of this kind in the future along with the email address to reach our Councilmembers. The email address to reach all City Councilmembers is [email protected] and I have
forwarded your email to them. I will speak with my team and the other department heads about improving our process going forward.
I appreciate you taking the time to contact us so that we can provide better service in the future.
The physical address of the hearing (and all City Council meetings) and to send U.S. mail correspondence to the Councilmembers is:
Burbank City Hall
275 E. Olive Avenue
Burbank, CA 91502
Best regards,
KIMBERLEY CLARK
City Clerk
(818) 238-5851
275 E. Olive Avenue
Burbank, CA 91502
[email protected]
BurbankCA.gov
From: Jay Koiwai < com>
Sent: Sunday, May 21, 2023 7:05 PM
To: City Clerks <[email protected]>
Subject: RE: JUNE 6 Public Hearing Notice (LA Times 05/17/23 Publication)
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Dear Ms Clark, Burbank City Clerk,
I am writing in regard to a recent Burbank City Council JUNE 6, 2023 @ 6:00 pm Public Hearing Notice published in the LA Times ~ 05/17/23. (Please see attached) The notice states,
"Citizens attending have the right to submit written and oral comments regarding the proposed utility rates." including Written protests by Property owners or property tenants directly responsible for payments will be considered if submitted by the close of the public hearing.
Please respond with the address and room number where the Burbank City Council will hold this Public Hearing.
It would also be nice to be able to have City Council
representative's districts and office addresses included for those unable to attend to submit their written comments prior to the meeting.
I appreciate your timely response as most of the public is unaware of the hearing's subject; Utility increases and/or location let alone who represents them on Burbank City Council.
Thank you,
Sincerely,
Jay Koiwai
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To: Lindell, Dawn
Cc: Kramer, Bob; City Council DL; Hess, Justin; [email protected]; Wilke, Judie; Aquino, Sean; WILLIAM BALLAS Subject: Re: June 6, 2023 Public Hearing on Proposed Rate Changes Date: Tuesday, May 9, 2023 6:24:06 AM
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Ms. Lindell,
Thank you for responding in detail to my email asking about utility rate increases.
The information you gave was quite informative.
However, I must comment on the 5 main reasons our costs are increasing that you listed "Inflation", "Volatility in energy prices" and "Regulatory requirements" are a result of wrongheaded
decisions made by our elected representatives at both the state and federal levels of government.
I am confident you would agree. Now we must pay for those decisions.
As for "Adapting to climate change", the climate has always been changing. I find this is a catchall phrase
to justify unpopular decisions.
Finally, "Aging infrastructure", only this single reason can truly justify a rate increase.
Best to All,
Willian F Ballas
On Mon, May 8, 2023 at 5:19
PM Lindell, Dawn <[email protected]> wrote:
Dear Mr. Ballas –
Thank you for your note. I have not asked our staff to research the last year that city council did not pass the requested rate increase. My long term staff does remember some years where they did not get the requested increase but did receive a smaller increase. To find those exact years will require many, many hours of listening to past city council meetings. Truly, I do not have the staff to dedicate to that effort. We are running very, very lean.
In your note, you said that it is presumptuous to assume we will need an increase for the second year since no one can predict the future. Unfortunately, the combination of supply chain issues, high inflation, unfunded regulatory mandates and need to move to renewable generation does enable the BWP team to say, with confidence, that we will need these
increases at a minimum.
We are currently under-collected by over $15 million in electric. For the past several years, our rate increases have not covered the costs to run the utility. We need to make up this deficit and then we need to continue to bring in enough to move both water and electric services to the recommended reserves level.
We had several years with zero rate increases when we did not even keep up with inflation.
Previous electric rate increases by year:
Year Rate
Increase
Under-collection
amount
FY16/17 2.10% $1,055,000
FY17/18 0% $1,223,000
FY18/19 0% $1,737,000
FY19/20 1% $8,939,000
FY20/21 0% $9,687,000
FY21/22 2.50% $7,091,000
FY22/23 6.00% $15,597,000
FY23/24 8.50% $16,424,000
FY24/25 8.00% $9,209,000
The city charter requires us to prepare a balanced budget. We have created a plan to collect this under-collected amount while moving ahead as we must to meet the requirements for renewables over the next five years. If we were to collect this in one year, the residential customers would need to pay a 48% increase in that year. Instead we are spreading this out over 5 years. These rate increases are designed to arrest the under-collection and return us to recommended reserves. Those reserves are depleted to the minimum amount. We need to be at the recommended amount of reserves for unexpected expenses like a turbine that fails or an earthquake recovery.
For water, the dollar amounts are smaller but the story is similar.
Year Rate Increase Under-collection amount
FY16/17 3.40% $1,105,000
FY17/18 3.40% $1,370,000
FY18/19 4.90% $912,000
FY19/20 4.90% $1,686,000
FY20/21 0% $2,808,000
FY21/22 6.00% $3,839,000
FY22/23 9.00% $2,642,000
FY23/24 9.00% $1,493,000
FY24/25 9.00% ($1,780,000)
The second year, for water, we are beginning to recover reserves to move from our minimum reserves toward recommended reserves. We have over 30 water lines that cross the Verdugo fault. We have very old pipe. We need to get to recommended reserves to ensure we have funds to cover an emergency.
What kind of issues are driving the costs? There are 5 main reasons our costs are increasing:
1. Inflation is causing increased costs of materials and goods. Examples include:
cost of chlorine to treat the water is up 200% (tripled), cost of copper coils for water service has doubled, cost to build new renewable generation is up 100% - 200%, ductile iron pipe is up more than 50%, the cost to build a substation is up 67%. Metropolitan Water District raised the cost of our water 5% last year, 5% this year and is raising the cost of our water 7% each of the following two years.
2. Volatility in energy prices, with some energy sources like natural gas recently tripling in cost. This table shows how much we have seen the price of natural gas and energy soar in the last three years:
Year Natural gas $/MMBTU Energy $/MWh
2020 $3.00 $47.61
2021 $7.10 $61.81
2022 $9.20 $96.28
Prices have tripled for natural gas and doubled for energy. For the first four months of 2023, natural gas prices were at $11.33 and the cost of energy averaged $88.81. Even these averages do not tell the whole story. While we do hedge – slowly buying energy and gas to 90% of our need in advance of the year, when we have a heat dome, like we did last August/September, and have to buy additional gas and energy to meet the needs of Burbank, prices are significantly higher.
Gas prices climbed to as high as $49.675/MMBTU and
energy prices peaked at $1100/MWh during that time. Our power marketing team was able to pay less than the peak prices but still considerably above the average to meet our needs.
This has contributed to our low reserves.
[email protected]
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From: Kramer, Bob <[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, May 8, 2023 4:55 AM
To: WILLIAM BALLAS < >
Cc: City Council DL <[email protected]
>; Lindell, Dawn
<[email protected]>; Hess, Justin <[email protected]>; [email protected]; Wilke, Judie <[email protected]>; Aquino, Sean <[email protected]>
Subject: RE: June 6, 2023 Public Hearing on Proposed Rate Changes
William
Thank you for your email. Let me check.
Sincerely
BobK
Bob Kramer
Community Assistance Coordinator
275 East Olive Ave Burbank CA 91502
P: 818.238.5795| F: 818.238.5757 | [email protected]
-----Original Message-----
From: WILLIAM BALLAS < >
Sent: Monday, May 8, 2023 4:34 AM
To: Kramer, Bob <[email protected]
>
Cc: City Council DL <[email protected]>; Lindell, Dawn <[email protected]>; Hess, Justin <[email protected]>; [email protected]; Wilke, Judie <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: June 6, 2023 Public Hearing on Proposed Rate Changes
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Good Morning Mayor Kramer,
A follow-up to your May 1st email response to my query ........
Has staff determined if there was any year that the annual utility rate increase request was not approved by the City Council ?
WFB
On Mon, May 1, 2023 at 4:20 AM Kramer, Bob <[email protected]> wrote:
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> William
>
> I can ask staff regarding your questions. You are asking me about things that occurred over 30 years ago, and I believe your memory may be better than mine. I can tell you in general, that no elected official wants to vote for rate increases. I remember that the preference that stepping up small increases each year was better than a larger increase in a single year.
>
> Sincerely
>
> BobK
>
>
> Bob Kramer
> Community Assistance Coordinator
> 275 East Olive Ave Burbank CA 91502
> P: 818.238.5795| F: 818.238.5757 | [email protected] >
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: WILLIAM BALLAS < >
> Sent: Sunday, April 30, 2023 10:15 AM
> To: Kramer, Bob <[email protected]
>
> Cc: City Council DL <[email protected]>; Lindell, Dawn > <[email protected]>; Hess, Justin <[email protected]>; > [email protected]
> Subject: June 6, 2023 Public Hearing on Proposed Rate Changes >
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>
> Bob Kramer,
>
> Please help my memory .......... When was the last time this annual public hearing was held and the City Council DID NOT approve the proposed rate changes ? >
> The last time I can remember was when articles were published in the Burbank Leader written by you complaining about the proposed water price increases that year ........ and if I recall correctly, water prices were not increased at that time by the amount proposed, if at all ?
> What year was that ?
> Shortly after that you were elected to the City Council. >
> Has there been any year since that rate increase proposals have not been approved ? >
> Proposing rate increases over two consecutive years is quite presumptuous. > Who can predict the future ?
>
> The outcome of this hearing is fait accompli.
>
> Best to All,
>
> William F. Ballas
> Burbank
<[email protected]>; Kramer, Bob <[email protected]> Sent: Tue, May 9, 2023 3:17 pm
Subject: RE: New Revenues - Water and Electric Rates
Good afternoon Mr. Adkins,
BWP staff is proposing changes to the rules and regulations section dealing with offsite charges which are the most impacted infrastructure by new developments.
Currently there is a $0.48 per sq ft offsite charge for any new construction to recuperate the costs associated with the utility's offsite facilities to feed the new load. This fee has not been updated since 2005 and is not a good representation of the costs associated with the substation capacity being utilized by the new development.
The new proposed structure is based on the panel size of each new development and will charge a capacity charge per KW of metered panel demand, the fee will be based on the most recent substation costs and will be updated through the fee schedule.
This type of charge is already being
utilized with major developers and is an effective mechanism of cost recovery.
For example, over the last 7 years we collected approximately $300,000 in offsite charges from customers below 5MW based on the $0.48 sq ft charge. If we had the KW capacity charge in place that we are currently proposing, we would have collected an equivalent to $6,000,000.
The Rules and Regs changes will be going to City Council on June 6th for their consideration of approval.
Thank you,
Sean Aquino
Assistant General Manager, Customer Service
(818) 238-3711 office | (818) 967-7866 mobile
[email protected]
BurbankWaterAndPower.com
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-----Original Message-----
From: Kramer, Bob <[email protected]
>
Sent: Thursday, May 4, 2023 12:04 PM
To: ERIC ADKINS < >; City Council DL <[email protected] >
Cc: Hess, Justin <[email protected]>; Wilke, Judie <[email protected]>; Lindell, Dawn <[email protected]>; Aquino, Sean <[email protected]> Subject: RE: New Revenues - Water and Electric Rates
Eric
Thank you for your email.
I am going to send it over to appropriate staff.
Sincerely
BobK
Bob Kramer
Community Assistance Coordinator
275 East Olive Ave Burbank CA 91502
P: 818.238.5795| F: 818.238.5757 | [email protected] -----Original Message-----
From: ERIC ADKINS < >
Sent: Thursday, May 4, 2023 8:40 AM
To: City Council DL <[email protected]
>
Subject: New Revenues - Water and Electric Rates
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Recommend the City Council ask BWP for feedback on potentially charging an additional rate component for new development and ADU’s. New development puts additional strain on infrastructure and forces BWP to find new resources (higher costing) to meet the higher demand.
New development should “buy into” the water and electric systems, not ride the coattails of the existing rate payers.
Eric Adkins
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Subject: Support for proposed Burbank Water and Power budget and rate increases Date: Tuesday, June 6, 2023 8:31:24 AM
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Dear Mayor Anthony, Vice Mayor Schultz, Councilmember Mullins, Councilmember Perez, and Councilmember Takahashi,
My name is Chris Weber, and I support both the Burbank Water and Power (BWP) proposed budget and rate increases. The proposed investments identified in the budget and the rate increases will allow BWP to properly meet its three-fold policy objectives of affordability, reliability, and sustainability now, in the immediate future, and in preparation to being greenhouse gas (GHG) neutral by 2040.
Affordability: BWP continues to adjust its rates so that they better reflect market prices as well as have resources to invest in additional sustainable energy sources or update its aging infrastructure. The price volatility in the energy markets and inflationary pressures on infrastructure materials (ex. copper coils, transformers) are some examples of the challenges facing BWP this upcoming year. Electricity rate increases and redesigned water rate tiers will enable the utility to maintain the existing infrastructure and put BWP’s residential rates closer to parity with other local markets. Income assistance programs will also continue to support residents with financial hardships.
Reliability: BWP received the American Public Power Association’s highest honor in recognition of the outstanding reliable electric service provided to the Burbank community, a mark of pride for our city and the utility. To maintain this reliability, BWP must invest in its aging infrastructure, as it is more cost- effective to conduct maintenance and planned upgrades rather than endure large-scale service interruptions such as water main breaks and failures in the electric distribution infrastructure.
Sustainability: Under the exceptional leadership of General Manager Dawn Roth Lindell, BWP publicly committed to “take meaningful strides in addressing this generation’s greatest challenge – climate change” and implemented changes to move us towards achieving this aim (such as increasing the amount of renewable energy in Burbank's energy portfolio and hiring Drew Johnstone as BWP’s sustainability officer). To meet the state’s requirement of having 60% of its power portfolio from renewable sources by 2030 and address the climate crisis, BWP must content with rising costs for renewable resources. If we do not approve these rate increases this year, our future investment costs will be both more expensive and potentially under emergency conditions. I strongly support these rate increases and the BWP proposed budget, and look forward to seeing your support as well.
Thank you for your time and consideration. I look forward to your discussion on this topic.
Best,
Chris Weber
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City Council DL
Subject: Vote
Date: Friday, May 26, 2023 3:19:14 PM
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City Council,
I do not approve the propose rate as I feel it is becoming to big of an expense for Burbank residence.
Much appreciated,
Erich