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1 Is a Municipal Electric Utility Right for Your Community? Barry Moline, Executive Director Florida Municipal Electric Association P.O. Box Tallahassee, FL (850) , ext. 1 bmoline@publicpower.com August 2010

2 Public Power in Florida 34 municipal electric utilities (of 400+ cities) 3 million Floridians (15%) Large & Small JEA: 409,000 customers OUC: 198,000 customers Moore Haven: 984 customers 2

3 Florida Municipal Electric Association Legislative & Regulatory Training News & Information Public power advocates 3

4 Bias? FMEA s 34 members pay dues Fund about 2/3 of association operations If you were to become a member, would pay about $5-10K in dues Represents 0.5% of association budget FMEA Board of Directors established policy on creation of new municipal electric utilities: Provide information to interested cities Stay objective Do not be Pro or Con Support that accurate information be used in decisionmaking 4

5 U.S. Electric Utilities Number of Electric Utilities 2008 Cooperative 882 Federal 9 Investor-Owned 217 Publicly Owned 2,010 5

6 U.S. Electric Utilities Ultimate Customers 2008 Cooperative 12% Federal 0% Publicly Owned 15% Investor-Owned 73% 6

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8 Florida s Public Power Utilities =Winter Park 8

9 U.S. Electric Utilities 2008 Rates/kWh* Residential Commercial Industrial Publicly Owned 9.9 cents 9.2 cents 6.7 cents Cooperative Private *Revenue/kWh, U.S. Department of Energy, Energy Information Administration, Form EIA-861,

10 Florida Electric Utilities 2008 Rates/kWh* Residential Commercial Industrial Publicly Owned 12.0 cents 10.6 cents 8.2 cents Cooperative Private FPL *Revenue/kWh, U.S. Department of Energy, Energy Information Administration, Form EIA-861,

11 Florida Electric Utilities 2008 Rates/kWh* All Rates Averaged (Res, Com, Ind) Publicly Owned 10.8 cents Cooperative 10.9 Private 10.7 FPL 11.0 *Revenue/kWh, U.S. Department of Energy, Energy Information Administration, Form EIA-861,

12 FMEA Rate Chart July 2010 FPL = $97.52 * 12

13 Cooperative Rates July

14 Electric Utilities Philosophy Public Private Coop Locally owned u u Consumer owned u u Consumer governed u u Profit to: stockholders u members u community u Collect & pay taxes u u u Open meetings, records u Public accountability u u 14

15 Reliability System Average Interruption Duration Index (SAIDI) Average annual outage length for each customer served. SAIDI = 250 # minutes of all interruptions total number of customers served Minutes MUNIS FPL TECO PEF GULF FPUC Florida Utilities Source: Florida Public Service Commission, Florida Municipal Power Agency Reliability Project 15

16 Reliability Average Length of a Services Interruption (L-BAR) Number of minutes each customer is out of power during an outage. 250 L-Bar = minutes of interruption total number of outages Minutes MUNIS FPL TECO PEF GULF FPUC Florida Utilities Source: Florida Public Service Commission, Florida Municipal Power Agency Reliability Project 16

17 Winter Park Reliability MAIFI - Momentary Average Interruption Frequency Index Blinking Clocks Index

18 Hurricanes and Emergencies Mutual Aid FMEA and APPA members agree to assist each other during storms Immediate response Hurricane Seasons Hundreds of Crews assisted from across FL and the US 18

19 What s Inside a Utility Bill? Utility bill has 3 parts: Generation Transmission Distribution Generation = about 65% of bill Transmission = about 10% of bill Distribution = about 25% of bill 19

20 City provides power and distribution on one bill. Breakout of Electricity Costs City contracts with wholesale power provider Generation & Transmission Power supply contract or self generation City provides line crews and billing Transfer to general fund City distribution costs (local poles & wires)

21 Is There Cost Competition Today? Utilities compete at wholesale for generation today, buying and selling to each other. Most sales are for large quantities. Individual customers not allowed to purchase power separately 21

22 Electric Municipalization City purchases local poles & wires. Issues bonds to purchase system. Maintains with own crew or contracts out. Purchases power on wholesale market. Barriers FPL not eager to sell. Contentious negotiation? Stranded costs? Legal, political battle? 22

23 Municipalization benefits: Why are you here? Save $ for businesses & consumers? Excellent customer service & accountability Why? Commission is Regulator; demands action A lot easier to call local elected officials, city manager or utility director than the CEO of a large utility Excellent reliability More efficiency, renewables More underground wires you pay, but you own Faster response during outages? $ stays in community 23

24 Municipalization drawbacks Politics can influence operations Transfer to general fund impacts rates Some cities have relied on their electric revenues to balance the budget Operations, training budget can be questioned to stay in line with other municipal departments Rate increases may be perceived as politically unfavorable and become election issues Importance of staying abreast of legislative and regulatory changes 24

25 Difficult Choices: Weighing the Pros & Cons What is most important to you? Rates? Reliability? Efficiency, Renewables? Undergrounding? Storm response? Cost will probably be about the same in the long run 25

26 Is this complicated? Heck Yes! Long road ahead: Purchase poles & wires Legal battle Engineering expertise Political battle 26

27 Is this complicated? Heck No! Not rocket science: If 2,000 cities can do it, so can you We have good lawyers. We have engineers If it s a good idea, the politics will be obvious. 27

28 Do you need to build a power plant? NO!!! City would buy power on the wholesale (bulk) power market for all local customers. This is extremely common: more than half all municipal electric utilities in the U.S. buy power this way. Cost is similar, but market is not very liquid. Contracts typically 5-10 years 28

29 Do we need to hire staff or can you contract this out? Winter Park chose to contract out for 5 years Learned how to operate in first 5 years Bringing operations in-house for $ savings Considered but rejected using neighboring utility, OUC, for operations In-house saves some money, but contracting allows easier transition 29

30 Recent Experience Dunedin Reliability, undergrounding Decided No Belleair Reliability, undergrounding Referendum: 46 Yes, 54 No Casselberry Reliability, undergrounding Decided No Winter Park Reliability, undergrounding 2005 Referendum: Yes (69 Yes, 31 No) Rates remained same before vs. after purchase Many others investigating, discussing 30

31 Recent Experience Who s considered selling? Sebring Sold in early 1990s Purchased unnecessary generation, caused high rates Tallahassee, 2000, Decided No Homestead, 2004, Decided No Green Cove Springs, 2006, Decided No Mt. Dora, 2009, Decided No Vero Beach, 2010 Discussing? 31

32 The road ahead Community, City Commission discussion. Studies: 1. Preliminary ($25-100K) 2. Detailed engineering ($250K) Franchise expiration with buyout clause Once in a lifetime opportunity? Determine price: Negotiation, mediation Legal action: Courts No regulatory body approval needed (PSC or FERC) 32

33 Big Issues The Future No big issues that impact only municipals compared to coops or IOUs Everyone concerned about power supply costs and addressing climate change Power supply will become greener (less coal) and more expensive, no matter who owns the poles and wires Responding to hurricanes, maintain storm hardening investments Energy efficiency and renewable energy growing But investment requires $ Nuclear is a hedge against climate change, and can raise costs. However, depending on the pace of climate change, it s a cost that may be unavoidable Some munis investing in nuclear, some just a little, some not at all 33

34 Lessons Learned from Buy and Sell Debates Take issue seriously Define reasons why you want change Do not expect lower rates Expect accountable operations Expect more efficiency and renewables Expect more undergrounding But at a cost Expect excellent reliability Expect BIG responsibility and accountability Cities with electric utilities have a strong customer service mindset Expect high industry standards for operations, training, management and governance 34

35 100-year decision... Perspective 35

36 Conclusion Study your options Honestly lay out costs, benefits Due diligence vital Decision may be more qualitative than quantitative Quality of life vs. Cost impacts Referendum may be appropriate, but Elections are VERY political and emotional Not always the best forum for decisionmaking, especially on a major economic issue like this Work to understand the issues that are facts and those that are opinions. 36

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