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2015 ANNUAL REPORT Nancy Barnes Commissioner Barnes Was First Elected in 1992 by District 2 in the East County Area A2015 Bright Annual Report Future ANNUAL REPORT Highlights About 2 015 2 014 ELECTRIC SYSTEM Us Customers (year end) 195,142 192,584 Clark Public Utilities is a customer- Total operating revenue $379,227,000 $375,782,000 owned public utility district that Electricity sales (megawatt hours) 5,342,650 5,282,000 provides electric and water service Peak demand (megawatts) 933 1,063 in Clark County, Washington. The utility is a municipal corporation Net income (loss) $22,373,000 $14,961,000 organized under laws of the state Employees (year end) 360 356 of Washington. It was formed by a vote of the people in 1938. The utility consists of three separate GENERATING SYSTEM operating systems: electric, generation, and water. Total operating revenue $104,909,000 $105,058,000 Electricity generation 1,812,759 1,423,448 The utility is governed by a three- (megawatt hours) member elected board of com- Displacement (megawatt hours) 131,238 397,825 missioners. Each member serves Employees (year end) 1 1 a six-year term with one of the positions open every two years. WATER SYSTEM Customers (year end) 32,808 32,137 Total operating revenue $17,471,000 $15,697,000 Water sales (cubic feet) 512,475,000 466,607,000 Peak 24-hour demand (gallons) 27,300,000 23,370,800 Net income (loss) $4,242,000 $1,904,000 Employees (year end) 29 29 2CLARK PUBLIC UTILITIES 015 • 2 • 2015 ANNUAL REPORT Nancy Barnes Commissioner Barnes was first elected in 1992 by District 2 in the East County area. She was re-elected in 1998, 2004 and 2010. Her current term expires in 2016. Barnes is a past president of the Washington Public Utility Districts Association and currently serves as the utility’s representative to the Northwest Public Power Association. Nancy E. Barnes First elected 1992, term ends 2016 Jim Malinowski Elected in 2012, Commissioner Malinowski represents District 1 in the North County area. His term expires in 2018. Currently, Malinowski participates in the Washington Public Utility Districts Association and is the utility’s delegate to Energy Northwest. Jane Van Dyke Commissioner Van Dyke was elected in 2014 and represents District 3, which includes much of the City of Vancouver Jim Malinowski west of Interstate 205. She previously served First elected 2012, term ends 2018 as a Clark Public Utilities commissioner from 1984-2002. Van Dyke now represents the utility on the boards of the Columbia River Economic Development Council and Columbia Springs. She also serves as the American Public Power Association representative. Commissioners Jane Van Dyke Elected 2014, term ends 2020 CLARK PUBLIC UTILITIES • 2 • 2015 ANNUAL REPORT CLARK PUBLIC UTILITIES • 3 • 2015 ANNUAL REPORT Report from the Providing reliable service is our priority Our commitment begins with providing service our CEO/General Manager customers can count on, because electricity and water are vital to the way we live and work. In 2015 Wayne W. Nelson we delivered electricity with 99.98 percent reliability. As a customer-owned utility, we’re committed to Most of the outages were caused by trees or limbs providing the electricity and water our customers that fell into or through power lines. While we do need 24 hours a day, seven days a week, with preventative tree trimming year round to help extremely reliable service, stable rates, and minimize the impact of weather, even the most exceptional customer satisfaction. As a reflection of meticulously maintained systems will suffer in sustained these efforts, we’ve been ranked, “Highest in heavy winds. Customer Satisfaction among Mid-Sized Utilities in the West” by J.D. Power for the eighth year in a row. It’s Reliability doesn’t just happen. It’s a commitment to an honor to be included in an elite group of utilities design, build and maintain a resilient and redundant focused on customer service excellence. system. And it’s a commitment that’s backed up by a team of dedicated employees who take pride in the work they do. Our efforts include continuously evaluating the CEO & Directors: Left to Right performance of equipment, identifying weak links and aging infrastructure in the systems, and taking Lisa M. Fix • Customer Service steps to fix those problems. This year, our proactive Richard A. Dyer, Jr. • Finance/Treasurer approach included replacement of a transformer at Cal R. Morris • Engineering the Heisson Substation and procurement of an Lena Wittler • Communications additional substation transformer to hold in reserve. Wayne W. Nelson • CEO/General Manager Dan Bedbury • Energy Resources Dan Krebs • Operations Douglas A. Quinn, PE • Water Services Michael K. Harris • Information Services Leadership CLARK PUBLIC UTILITIES • 4 • 2015 ANNUAL REPORT We provide stable rates and a dependable Additionally, we own the River Road Generating power supply Plant, a natural gas combined cycle combustion We are committed to rate stability. Operating at no turbine, have an 18 percent interest in a small profit, utility commissioners set the budget annually hydroelectric facility, and purchase the entire output with the goal of equal revenue and expenditures. of a wind generation facility. We also maintain an Through thoughtful management of our power aggressive and successful energy conservation supply and ongoing evaluation of cost-saving program. opportunities, the utility has avoided rate increases for electric service since 2011. During that same The future depends on our people period we have increased the rate stabilization fund Like utilities across the industry, many of our senior to a total of $50 million to protect customers from staff members are nearing retirement. And planning fluctuation in power supply costs. for the future means planning for future leadership. Power supply issues are central to utility management To that end, the utility encourages ongoing because the cost of power is the single largest professional development, training and education portion of our Electric System budget – about 70 for employees across the organization. The investment percent. Maintaining a diverse resource portfolio in technical skill-building courses and industry helps Clark Public Utilities keep rates affordable. As a certification programs helps build a bank of preference customer of the Bonneville Power knowledge and experience to support the next Administration, our customers have access to one of generation of utility leaders. the lowest cost resources in the Pacific Northwest, the Federal hydropower system. In 2015, BPA provided Energy efficiency is a great investment about 51 percent of our power needs with clean, Maximizing our current power supply through reliable hydropower. conservation is the least expensive investment we can make toward accommodating future growth in Clark County. Reduced energy use helps hold off a need to build additional generation facilities by making the power we have now go further. continues on page 6 Leadership CLARK PUBLIC UTILITIES • 4 • 2015 ANNUAL REPORT CLARK PUBLIC UTILITIES • 5 • 2015 ANNUAL REPORT Community From CEO Continues... purchased by participants was ten, making it a true from page 5 community solar installation. Our conservation programs exceeded targets in 2015. More than 40 percent of the total energy At our administrative offices in the downtown area, savings came from commercial and industrial the addition of three new electric vehicle chargers, efficiency projects and there remains significant including a rapid Level 3 charging station, help to potential for cost-effective conservation in those power the growing fleet of local plug-in cars hitting customer classes. About 60 percent of the savings the road in Clark County. Also new this year was the came from residential users, who reduced energy addition of two public Level 2 chargers at our waste through upgrades to the home and behavioral Operations Center to support both employees and changes. customers who’ve moved behind the wheel of electric vehicles. New technologies shine bright in county With enthusiastic support, five Community Solar Water resources planned for future generations projects were completed on property adjacent to Planning for future growth in our water service area is the utility’s Operations Center. Together the arrays, a lengthy process, beginning decades ahead of funded by more than 700 utility customers, make for projected need. To that end, the Paradise Point Well a striking example of renewable energy. The output Field is being developed to address increased of the system will provide generation credits and residential and commercial development in the north state incentives for participants who purchased from part of Clark County. When finished, Paradise Point one to 100 units at $100 each. A unit is equal to 1/12 will provide for the expanded water needs in that of a solar panel and the average number of units area for the next 20 years. CLARK PUBLIC UTILITIES • 6 • 2015 ANNUAL REPORT Community Reliability In 2015, the river crossing for the water transmission volunteered more than 5,800 hours at community line under the East Fork of the Lewis River was events, which included collecting nearly 7,500 pounds completed and work continues on this regional of food for the Stop Hunger Warehouse, hosting the resource in cooperation with the cities of Battle Home & Garden Idea Fair that attracted 22,000 Ground and Ridgefield, which also operate water customers, and serving more than 65,000 cups of free systems in the area. water at the Clark County Fair. Employees also volunteered with the utility’s StreamTeam to improve Reliability is also key in the water utility and the utility water quality and restore habitat along the Salmon proactively maintains and upgrades existing water Creek Watershed by planting 35,000 native trees. infrastructure to ensure that service is consistently available. This year, construction began on a new The utility hosted the first Race for Warmth in 2015, reservoir that will significantly increase storage raising more than $19,000 for Operation Warm Heart.
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