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TO ORDER FOR OCTOBER 15TH.UH, THIS MORNING WE HAVE THOMAS ECKEL,
[PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE]
UH, WHO WILL LEAD US IN THE PLEDGE.UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, DIVISIBLE, LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.
WE HAVE A RELATIVELY SHORT, UM, MEETING THIS MORNING, BUT THEN WE HAVE, UH, WE DO HAVE AN INFRASTRUCTURE COMMITTEE MEETING AFTER OUR CLOSED SESSION, WHICH I THINK IS BEING, GONNA BE A LITTLE MORE LENGTHY.
UM, ALL RIGHT, WE'LL OPEN UP WITH OUR CONSENT CALENDAR.
DO I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT? OH, SORRY.
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PRESIDENT CORDERO.VICE PRESIDENT PARKIN? PRESENT.
UH, DO I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT CALENDAR
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ITEMS NUMBERS ONE AND TWO? OKAY, WE HAVE A MOTION.ANY PUBLIC COMMENT, PLEASE? OKAY, SEEING NO PUBLIC COMMENT.
OKAY, WE'LL GO INTO OUR REGULAR AGENDA.
[3. 26-56462 Recommendation to adopt Specification UD-26-344 and award a contract to S & J Supply Co., Inc., of Santa Fe Springs, California, to furnish and deliver ductile iron pipe, fittings, and related materials, in an annual amount not to exceed $1,330,330, for a period of one year, with the option to renew for two additional one-year periods, for a total contract amount not to exceed $3,990,990; and authorize the General Manager to execute all documents necessary to enter into the contract, including any amendments. Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. ]
UM, ITEM NUMBER THREE, UM, IS THE AWARD OF CONTRACT TO S&J SUPPLY COMPANY, UM, TO FURNISH AND DELIVER DUCT TILE IRON PIPES, FITTINGS AND RELATED MATERIALS.UH, WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.
THERE IS NO PRESENTATION ON THIS THIS MORNING, UH, UNLESS SOMEONE WANTS TO HEAR IT.
UH, STAFF IS AVAILABLE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE.
OKAY, MOVING ALONG, DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT ON ITEM NUMBER THREE? I SEE NONE.
UH, ANY COMMISSIONER COMMENTS? OKAY, NO.
UM, ALL RIGHT, SO LET'S MOVE ON.
[4. 26-56463 Recommendation to adopt Specification UD-26-342 and award a contract to S & J Supply Co., Inc., of Santa Fe Springs, California, to furnish and deliver fire hydrants and fire hydrant parts, in an annual amount not to exceed $590,892, for a period of one year, with the option to renew for two additional one-year periods, for a total contract amount not to exceed $1,772,676; and authorize the General Manager to execute all documents necessary to enter into the contract, including any amendments. Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. ]
THING WITH ITEM NUMBER FOUR, TO ADOPT SPECIFICATION TO AWARD A CONTRACT TO S&J SUPPLY COMPANY TO FURNISH AND DELIVER FIRE HYDRANTS AND FIRE HYDRANT PARTS.ALSO IN THIS ONE, WE WILL HAVE NO PRESENTATION, UH, AND STAFF IS AVAILABLE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
UH, DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS? MACING NONE, ANY COMMISSIONER COMMENTS? GO AHEAD.
I WAS JUST WONDERING, I KNOW THAT WE HAD RECEIVED REPORTS IN THE PAST ON THE NUMBER OF FIRE HYDRANTS AND THE TESTING AND MAINTENANCE.
CAN I JUST GET AN UPDATE ON HOW DOES THIS IMPACT THAT OR DOES IT? COMMISSIONER, GOOD MORNING, COMMISSIONERS.
UH, COMMISSIONER PARKIN, THIS CONTRACT IS SOLELY FOR OUR INVENTORY TO REPLACE AND REPAIR FIRE HYDRANTS SHOULD THE INVESTIGATION FIND THAT WE HAVE A HYDRANT THAT NEEDS REPAIR.
OR WHEN WE RUN A NEW MAINLINE, WE DO ACTUALLY PUT IN ALL NEW FIRE HYDRANTS.
UM, AND SO THIS IS FOR MATERIAL FOR THAT.
SO IT'S A LITTLE SEPARATE FROM THE ANNUAL FIRE HYDRANT INSPECTION PROGRAM THAT'S A CONTINUOUS BASIS.
AND RIGHT NOW IT'S STILL ON A FIVE-YEAR CYCLE.
UM, TRYING TO SEE IF JARED'S IN HERE.
HE'S BETTER ABLE TO SPEAK TO THIS, BUT, UM, WE'RE, WE'RE STILL ON TRACK WITH OUR FIVE-YEAR ANNUAL INSPECTION CYCLE.
NOW, ON A SEPARATE NOTE, WE ARE...
WE JUST COMPLETED, UM, INSPECTION OF ALL FIRE HYDRANTS WITHIN THE CITY TO MAKE SURE ALL THE FIRE HYDRANT NUTS, UM, ARE GONNA BE RESTANDARDIZED TO THE ORIGINAL FIRE HYDRANT WRENCHES.
AND SO WE DID FINISH THAT THIS YEAR, AND HOPEFULLY BY THE NEXT QUARTER WE'LL HAVE CHANGED ALL THE FIRE HYDRANT NUTS THAT WE FOUND THAT ARE NOT THE TRADITIONAL SIZES.
WE'RE GONNA CHANGE IT BACK TO, UM, THE MORE, UM, TRADITIONAL SIZES SO THAT THE FIRE DEPARTMENT CAN USE THEIR OWN TRADITIONAL FIRE SPANNER WRENCHES.
UM, SO THAT, THAT, THIS CONTRACT WILL ALSO HELP SUPPORT THAT EFFORT.
IS THERE ANY REIMBURSEMENT WE RECEIVE FOR INSTALLING AND MAINTAINING THE FIRE HYDRANTS? NO, THE FIRE HYDRANT IS PART OF OUR JUST REGULAR R&R.
SO IS THERE AN AVERAGE ANNUAL COST FOR REPLACEMENTS OF PI - FIRE HYDRANTS? IT KIND OF VARIES AND IT'S...
IT, IT AVERAGES AROUND 200,000, BUT IT DEPENDS.
UM, WE HAD A, UM, A SPAN WHERE WE'RE GETTING A LOT OF HIGH FIRE HYDRANTS STOLEN, AND THAT WAS COSTING US A LOT OF MONEY, UM, TO REPLACE THE FIRE HYDRANTS THAT ARE STOLEN.
EACH FIRE HYDRANT, THEY RANGE AROUND $3,500.
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ONE GOES MISSING, IT'S, UH, IT'S $3,500 A POP, NOT TO MENTION ALL THE STAFF EFFORT AND TIME TO, UH, TO DEAL WITH THE ISSUE.SO THIS IS A, THE SA- SAFE GUESSTIMATE AT, UM, NOT TO EXCEED 590,000.
THERE IS, THERE IS BUFFER IN THERE AND IT VARIES.
UH, I'LL SAVE DISCUSSION ON, UH, UH, INSPECTION AND, AND FLOW TESTING AND ALL THAT FOR ANOTHER TIME.
YOU WERE READING MY MIND ON THE, UH, STEM NUT SIZES.
SO JUST, I, I JUST WANTED TO CONFIRM THESE NEW ONES ARE GOING TO BE IN COMPLIANCE WITH EXISTING HYDRANTS THROUGHOUT THE CITY WITH, WITH STEM NUTS THAT MATCH THE SPANNER WRENCHES ON THE FIRE ENGINES.
SOMEWHERE ALONG THE LINE, WE SWITCHED TO AN INCH AND A HALF STEM NUT, UM, TO OPERATE THE FIRE HYDRANT, AND THAT WAS NOT A STANDARD NUT SIZE FOR THE TRADITIONAL LONG BEACH FIRE DEPARTMENT WRENCHES.
SO WE WENT AND DID A FULL SURVEY OF ALL APPROXIMATELY 8,000 FIRE HYDRANTS, GOT OUR COUNT.
WE HAVE ABOUT 600, MIKE? 550 THAT WE HAVE TO GO AND REPLACE, SO WE'VE ORDERING THE PARTS, AND THEN WE'RE GONNA GO AND PUT THEM DOWN TO INCH AND AN EIGHT, AND THEN THAT WILL FIT THE STANDARD SPANNER WRENCH.
AND THAT CAN BE DONE IN THE FIELD? CORRECT.
UM, AND I WAS ALSO GONNA ASK THE NUMBER, SO 550.
UM, DO WE HAVE, OR ARE WE PLANNING ON, UH, NOTIFYING THE FIRE DEPARTMENT ONCE THAT PROCESS IS COMPLETED SO THAT THEY CAN, UH, NO LONGER CARRY THE ADDITIONAL APPLIANCE THAT, THAT, UH, THE ADDITIONAL WRENCH THAT WE PROVIDED TO THEM, UH, FOR THE LARGER STEM NUTS? YEAH, I'VE BEEN PROVIDING ANATOL AN UPDATE ON THIS AND HE'S, HE'S COORDINATING WITH, UM, CHIEF BUCHANAN ON, ON THE ISSUE.
DID WE DO THE, DID WE DO THE VOTES? NO.
UH, ANY PUBLIC COMMENT? ANY...
NO MORE CONDI - COMMISSIONER COMMENTS? UM, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THIS ITEM, PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.
ANY OPPOSED? OKAY, MOTION CARRIES.
[5. 26-56464 Recommendation to receive and file an informational presentation regarding Long Beach Public Utilities Department natural gas supply, transportation, storage, and procurement operations. Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. ]
IS TO RECEIVE AND FILE AN INFORMATIONAL PRESENTATION REGARDING, UH, THE DEPARTMENT'S NATURAL GAS SUPPLY, TRANSPORTATION, STORAGE, AND PROCUREMENT OPERATIONS.DO I HAVE A MOTION TO RECEIVE AND FILE? OKAY, WE HAVE A MOTION AND WE HAVE A SECOND.
UH, WE WILL CALL ON TONY FOSTER TO INTRODUCE THIS ITEM AND OUR SPEAKER.
UH, WE'RE HAPPY TO ANNOUNCE, UH, THAT THIS IS INTENDED TO BE AN ONGOING SERIES THAT WE INITIALLY PRESENT TO THE RESOURCE COMMITTEE AND THEN GOING FORWARD IF THE RESOURCE COMMITTEE WISHES TO THE, THE FULL BOARD.
SO THIS IS THE FIRST IN A SERIES AND, UH, AT THIS TIME I'LL TURN IT OVER TO DENNIS BURKE AND THEN I'LL COME BACK AT THE END TO SUMMARIZE.
I AM THE ENERGY SERVICES OFFICER IN CHARGE OF THE GAS PROCUREMENT DIVISION.
AND TODAY, UH, WELL, I'VE BEEN WITH THE CITY FOR 19 YEARS AND THE ENTIRE TIME I'VE DOING GAS PROCUREMENT.
UH, TODAY I'LL BE TALKING ABOUT HOW SUPPLY, TRANSPORTATION, STORAGE AND BALANCING WORK TO SERVE CUSTOMERS OF LONG BEACH.
THE TOPICS I'M GONNA BE COVERING IS WHERE DOES THE NATURAL GAS ORIGINATE? HOW DOES GAS REACH LONG BEACH? HOW DOES LONG BEACH UTILITIES MANAGE GAS DAILY? AND HOW DOES GAS PLANNING DIFFER FROM WATER PLANNING? GAS BEGINS WITH THE PRODUCERS.
THESE ARE AT THE ACTUAL COMPANIES THAT PRODUCE GAS, WHETHER IT'S FROM A WELL, PUMPING GAS DIRECTLY FROM THE GROUND, OR AS A BYPRODUCT OF OIL PRODUCTION.
THROUGH GAS PROCUREMENT CONTRACTS, MARKETERS SUCH AS SHELL, BP, AND GOLDMAN SACHS PURCHASE A CERTAIN QUANTITY OF GAS FROM THESE PRODUCERS, WHICH IS DELIVERED INTO THE INTERSTATE PIPELINE SYSTEM.
FROM THERE, THROUGH PIPELINE CONTRACTS, THE MARKETERS DETERMINE WHERE THE GAS ULTIMATELY FLOWS.
IN THE CASE OF LONG BEACH'S PREPAID DEAL, MERRILL LYNCH PURCHASES MUCH OF THE GAS FROM THE ROCKIES AND FLOWS IT INTO THE SOCALGAS SYSTEM.
OVERALL, ABOUT 90% OF CALIFORNIA'S NATURAL GAS SUPPLY COMES FROM OUT OF STATE.
AS YOU CAN SEE FROM THE MAP, THE COUNTRY HAS CRISSCROSSED WITH A SERIES OF INCOR - INTERCONNECTED GAS PIPELINES.
THIS NETWORK OF PIPELINES HELPS REDUCE SHOCKS TO THE MARKET.
FOR EXAMPLE, SEVERAL YEARS AGO, A POLAR VORTEX HIT THE MIDWEST AND BROUGHT FREEZING TEMPERATURES.
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DEMAND DRASTICALLY INCREASED IN THIS AREA, WHICH CAUSED PRICES TO REACH ABOUT 20 TO $25 A DECATHERM IN THAT REGION.AND TO PUT THAT INTO CONTEXT, THE AVERAGE PRICE IS, HOVER IS USUALLY AROUND THREE TO $4.
SO MARKETERS WANTING TO GET THE HIGHEST PRICE FOR THEIR GAS BEGAN DIVERTING GAS FROM OTHER REGIONS TO THE MIDWEST.
BY DIVERTING MORE GAS TO THE MIDWEST, IT REDUCED GAS SUPPLY TO OTHER PARTS OF THE COUNTRY, INCLUDING CALIFORNIA, AND THIS REDUCED SUPPLY IN THE STATE CAUSED PRICES TO RISE.
SO THIS INTERCON - CONNECTION OF PIPELINES HAS AN EQUILIBRIUM EFFECT ON THE NATIONWIDE MARKET.
NOW CALIFORNIA HAS ITS OWN ISSUES.
UH, IT'S WHAT I CALL AN ISLAND.
WHILE EAST OF THE ROCKIES HAS A NETWORK OF PIPES, CALIFORNIA IS FED THROUGH JUST A HANDFUL OF LARGE PIPELINES.
IF SOMETHING WERE TO HAPPEN TO ONE OF THESE PIPELINES, A LARGE SUPPLY OF GAS GETS CUT OFF WITH FEW ALTERNATIVE ROUTES TO DELIVER GAS TO CALIFORNIA.
THIS IS WHAT HAPPENED DURING THE PRICE SPIKE OF THE WINTER OF 2023.
THERE WAS AN EXPLOSION IN ARIZONA ON ONE OF THE PIPES FEEDING CALIFORNIA, CAUSING SUPPLIES TO BE DRASTICALLY REDUCED, AND THIS CAUSED PRICES TO SPIKE.
UM, MARKETERS WOULD HAVE LOVED DELIVERING, UH, GAS TO CALIFORNIA DURING THIS TIME AND TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE HIGH PRICES, BUT THERE WAS A FEW ALTERNATIVE ROUTES TO GET GAS INTO CALIFORNIA, UH, AND NO WAY FOR THE CALIFORNIA MARKET TO REACH AN EQUILIBRIUM WITH THE REST OF THE COUNTRY, AND THIS IS WHY PRICES REMAINED SO HIGH FOR SO LONG DURING THAT TIME.
AS GAS TRAVELS THROUGH THE INTERSTATE PIPELINE SYSTEM, IT ENTERS THE SOCAL GAS SYSTEM THROUGH RECEIPT POINTS.
THESE ARE THE POINTS WHERE THE, UH, INTERSTATE PIPELINES PHYSICALLY ATTACHED TO THE SOCALGAS SYSTEM, AND SOCALGAS DOESN'T JUST LET COMPANIES DELIVER INTO THEIR SYSTEM.
COMPANIES NEED TO RESERVE CAPACITY AT THESE RIGHTS BEFORE THE GAS IS EVEN ALLOWED INTO THEIR SYSTEM.
LONG BEACH ENTERS INTO THREE-YEAR CONTRACTS WITH SOCALGAS, WITH LONG BEACH DETERMINING THE RECEIPT POINT AND THE VOLUME OF GAS.
A KEY ASPECT TO CHOOSING THE, UH, GOOD RECEIPT POINT IS RELIABILITY.
SOCALGAS OFTEN PERFORMS MAINTENANCE ON THESE POINTS, AND ANY MAINTENANCE CAUSES OUTAGES, WHICH THEN MEANS LONG BEACH'S GAS NEEDS TO BE REROUTED TO A DIFFERENT RECEIPT POINT, WHICH ADDS ADDITIONAL COST.
THE ADDITIONAL COST ISN'T DRAMATIC, BUT IT DOES CAUSE CUSTOMERS TO PAY A LITTLE MORE ON THEIR BILLS.
WE CURRENTLY HOLD CAPACITY AT AARONBERG AND NEEDLES.
LIKE I SAID IN THE LAST PRESENTATION, IF YOU'RE EVER ON A ROAD TRIP IN THE MIDDLE OF NOWHERE AND YOU SEE THESE SIGNS AND YOU START GOING LIKE, "WHAT'S OUT HERE?" SOME OF THOSE SIGNS LEAD TO THESE RECEIPT POINTS.
LIKE I GOOGLED TAUPOK, WHICH WAS THE RECEIPT POINT WE WERE DELIVERING GAS TO, UH, UP UNTIL A COUPLE MONTHS AGO, AND TOPOK HAS A POPULATION OF TWO PEOPLE AND A PIPE.
OVERALL, WE HAVE FIVE DIFFERENT SUPPLIERS DELIVERING GAS INTO THE SOCAL GAS SYSTEM FOR LONG BEACH CONSUMPTION.
OFF TO THE RIGHT IN THE BLUE, YOU SEE SHELL AND MERRILL LYNCH.
THESE ARE THE COMPANIES DELIVERING GAS FOR OUR CORE CUSTOMERS.
TO THE LEFT AND GREEN, YOU SEE CONSTELLATION, NRG, AND CALIFORNIA RESOURCES CORPORATION.
OUR VERY LARGE CUSTOMERS ARE GIVEN A CHOICE OF PURCHASING THE GAS SUPPLY FROM THE CITY OR FROM AN OUTSIDE MARKETER.
THESE MARKETERS DELIVER GAS THROUGH THE SOCAL GAS SYSTEM FOR SPECIFIC CUSTOMERS LOCATED IN LONG BEACH.
OFF TO THE LEFT IN THE BACK, THESE ARE OUR LOCAL PRODUCERS THAT DELIVER GAS DIRECTLY INTO OUR SYSTEM.
THEY HAVE AN IMPACT ON HOW MUCH GAS WE NEED DELIVERED THROUGH THE SOCALGAS SYSTEM.
THE MORE GAS THEY DELIVER, THE LESS GAS WE NEED COMING IN FROM SOCAL.
AND TO GIVE AN EXAMPLE, THUMBS, WHICH IS THE OIL ISLAND GROUP, CAN DELIVER ENOUGH GAS TO MEET OUR DEMAND DURING HOT SUMMER DAYS.
THIS MEANS THAT WE WOULDN'T NEED ANY GAS COMING IN FROM SOCAL IF THEY WERE TO DELIVER THEIR WHOLE AMOUNT.
AND ON A SIDE NOTE, WE ARE WORKING ON ENTERING A CONTRACT WITH THUMBS FOR THE 2028 OLYMPICS.
IF SOMETHING WERE TO HAPPEN AND SOCAL GAS ISN'T ABLE TO DELIVER GAS TO LONG BEACH, THUMBS HAS THE ABILITY TO SUPPLY THE CITY WITH ENOUGH GAS TO GET US THROUGH THE OLYMPICS.
TRANSPORTING GAS TO THE SOCAL GAS SYSTEM DOES
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INCUR COSTS.LONG BEACH DOES HAVE TO PAY FOR TRANSMISSION OF GAS THROUGH THEIR SYSTEM AND TO RESERVE CAPACITY RIGHTS AT THE VARIOUS RECEIPT POINTS.
COSTS ARE DETERMINED BY RATES CHARGED IN THEIR TARIFFS, WHICH ARE APPROVED BY THE CALIFORNIA PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION.
LONG BEACH CONTRACTS WITH SOCAL GAS FOR STORAGE SERVICES ON THEIR SYSTEM.
THESE CONTRACTS SET A SO - TOTAL AMOUNT OF GAS WE CAN STORE ALONG WITH THE AMOUNT OF GAS WE CAN INJECT OR WITHDRAW ON A DAILY BASIS.
THE OVERALL AMOUNT OF GAS WE CAN STORE CAN COVER ABOUT TWO TO THREE WEEKS DURING THE WINTER AND ABOUT FOUR WEEKS DURING THE SUMMER.
STORAGE HELPS PROTECT CUSTOMERS IN TWO WAYS.
IF SOMETHING WERE TO HAPPEN TO THE INTERSTATE PIPES FEEDING CALIFORNIA, WE HAVE A LOW COST GAS SUPPLY OF GAS READILY AVAILABLE IN THE SOCAL GAS SYSTEM.
STORAGE ALSO HELPS PROTECT CUSTOMERS IF PRICES RISE.
AND GOING BACK TO THE POLAR VORTEX EXAMPLE, PRICES CLIMBED IN CALIFORNIA DURING THAT TIME.
WE AVOIDED HAVING TO PURCHASE HIGH PRICE GAS TO MEET DEMAND DURING THAT TIME BY WITHDRAWING LOW COST STORAGE GAS.
IF SUPPLY IS EXCEEDING DEMAND, WE CAN INJECT GAS INTO STORAGE INSTEAD OF, INSTEAD OF HAVING TO SELL AT A POSSIBLE LOSS.
OVERALL, OUR STRATEGY IS TO INJECT GAS WHEN PRICES ARE LOW AND WITHDRAW GAS WHEN PRICES ARE HIGH.
AND JUST KIND OF A RECAP ON A DAILY BASIS, UH, LONG BEACH, WE FORECAST CUSTOMER DEMAND, WE PURCHASE THE NATURAL GAS COMMODITY, WE MANAGE SUPPLY CONTRACTS AND PRICE EXPOSURE, WE NOMINATE SUPPLY AND MONITOR AND BALANCES, AND WE OPERATE OUR OWN LOCAL DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM.
SOCALGAS, THEY PROVIDE TRANSPORTA - TRANSMISSION SERVICE, THEY OPERATE REGIONAL STORAGE FACILITIES, THEY ADMINISTER BALANCING REQUIREMENTS, THEY MANAGE PIPELINE CONSTRAINTS AND OPERATING ORDERS, AND THEY SET REGULATED TRANSPORTATION AND STORAGE CHARGES.
NOW FOR GAS PROCUREMENT SPECIFICALLY, THERE ARE FOUR STEPS.
THE FIRST STEP IS FORECASTING WHERE WE WANT THE GAS DELIVERED, WE COMPARE VARIOUS OPTIONS WHETHER TO BUY OR WITHDRAW, AND WE MAKE THE ULTIMATE DECISION ON WHAT WE WANT TO DO.
THIS SLIDE AGAIN, BUT, UM, NEXT WE FORECAST DEMAND.
BECAUSE MOST OF LONG BEACH CUSTOMER LOAD IS DELIVERED TO RESIDENTIAL AND SMALL COMMERCIAL CUSTOMERS, WEATHER PLAYS A HUGE ROLE IN DEMAND.
WE LITERALLY USE TWICE AS MUCH GAS DURING THE WINTER THAN WE DO DURING THE SUMMER.
OTHER FACTORS ALSO PLAY A ROLE, SUCH AS THE CLOSURE OF THE SURF PLANT, WHICH REDUCE THE CITY'S OVERALL DEMAND.
BUT FIRST, AND MOST IMPORTANTLY...
UH, BUT FIRST WE, UH, STEP IS FORECASTING, UH, SUPPLY.
WE FIRST NEED TO FIGURE OUT THE VOLUME OF GAS BEING DELIVERED ON A DAILY BASIS.
UM, SOCALGAS HAS BALANCING REQUIREMENTS.
THEY CAN ASSESS PENALTIES AS IF LONG BEACH HAS TOO MUCH OR TOO GAS, LITTLE, TOO LITTLE GAS COMING IN RELATIVE TO DEMAND.
WE BEGIN BY DETERMINING THE AMOUNT OF GAS BEING SUPPLIED.
WE HAVE SUPPLY FROM FIVE DIFFERENT SOURCES COMING IN THROUGH THE SOCALGAS SYSTEM.
WE CALCULATE THE TOTAL MASS...
AMOUNT COMING IN FROM THESE SUPPLIERS.
NEXT, WE LOOKED AT THE GAS BEING DELIVERED DIRECTLY INTO OUR SYSTEM FROM LOCAL PRODUCERS.
AND LIKE I SAID BEFORE, THE MORE GAS THEY HAVE COMING IN, THE LESS GAS WE NEED COMING FROM THE LOCAL PRODUCERS.
BECAUSE LONG BEACH'S CUSTOMER LOAD IS DELIVERED TO RESIDENTIAL AND SMALL COMMERCIAL CUSTOMERS, WEATHER PLAYS A HUGE ROLE.
APOLOGIES FOR REPEATING MYSELF.
UH, WE LITERALLY USE TWICE AS MUCH GAS DURING THE WINTER THAN DURING THE SUMMER.
AND LIKE I SAID BEFORE, SURF CLOSURE ALSO PLAYED A ROLE, UH, REDUCED OVERALL CITY'S DEMAND.
THE FIRST AND MOST IMPORTANT, WE LOOK AT THE WEATHER CONDITIONS.
IF A COOLING PERIOD IS FORECASTED, WE NEED TO PURCHASE MORE THAN IF THERE'S A WARMING PERIOD.
WE LOOK AT HOR - HISTORIC USAGE ON DAYS WITH SIMILAR TEMPERATURES WHILE TAKING ACCOUNT THE TIME OF YEAR.
WE ALSO LOOK AT THE CONSUMPTION PATTERNS OF OUR LARGEST CUSTOMERS.
FOR EXAMPLE, ON HOLIDAYS, MANY LARGE CUSTOMERS ARE CLOSED, WHICH CAN HAVE A DRASTIC AMOUNT, IMPACT ON DEMAND.
NEXT, WE LOOK AT WHERE WE WANT THE GAS DELIVERY, WHICH HAS A DIRECT IMPACT ON THE PRICE WE PAY.
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FOR EXAMPLE, IF WE HAVE CERTAIN RECEIPT POINT, IF A CERTAIN RECEIPT POINT IS DOWN DUE TO MAINTENANCE, IT WOULD BE POINTLESS TO PURCHASE GAS TO BE DELIVERED AT THAT RECEIPT POINT.WE WOULD HAVE TO CHOOSE AN ALTERNATIVE ROUTE, WHICH HAS ITS OWN COSTS.
WE THEN LOOK IF WE HAVE EXCESS RECEIPT POINTS ABOVE THE PREPAY VOLUMES.
IF WE DO HAVE EXCESS RIGHTS, WE CAN AVOID PAYING SOME OF THE COSTS BY HAVING DELIVERED GAS DELIVERED TO THAT RECEIPT POINT.
WE ASK MARKETERS FOR PRICING ON THE VOLUME AND A PARTICULAR SPOT WE WANT OUR GAS DELIVERED.
WE ALSO LOOK AT THE PRICE AND VOLUME OF STORAGE WE HAVE AVAILABLE.
AND THIS CHART OFF TO THE RIGHT JUST KIND OF SHOWS THE VOLATILITY OF THE GAS MARKET.
AND FINALLY, AFTER WE RECEIVE QUOTES ON PURCHASING ADDITIONAL GAS TO MEET DEMAND, WE COMPARE THESE PRICES TO SUCH THINGS AS THE COMMODITY RATE WE'RE CHARGING CUSTOMERS AND THE FIRST IN MO- MONTH INDEX PRICES, WHICH IS BASICALLY WHAT WE'RE PAYING MERRILL LYNCH FOR THE PREPAID GAS, AND THE PRICE AND VOLUME OF OUR STORAGE.
WE ENSURE THAT WE HAVE RECEIVE POINT WHERE WE'RE ABLE TO RECEIVE THE GAS AND CHOOSE A RELIABLE MARKETER.
IF PRICES COME DOWN, IT MAKES SENSE TO PURCHASE GAS ON THE MARKET.
IF PRICES INCREASE, WITHDRAWING GAS FROM STORAGE MAY BE THE MOST BENEFICIAL TO CUSTOMERS.
THIS IS DONE EVERY DAY OF THE YEAR, 365 DAYS A YEAR.
AND THEN THE NEXT DAY, WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO CHECK OUR SUPPLY AND DEMAND AND TO MAKE SURE THAT WE WERE IN BALANCE.
AND NOW I'LL TURN IT OVER TO TONY FOSTER TO TALK ABOUT THE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN GAS AND WATER PLANT.
IS EVERYBODY CLEAR ON ALL THIS? YEAH.
SO WE WILL COME BACK AGAIN AND AGAIN, UH, TO TAKE ON DIFFERENT ASPECTS OF THIS OVER THE COURSE OF THE YEAR AND BEYOND.
AND, UH, IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS THAT DEVELOP NOW OR LATER, WE ARE MORE THAN HAPPY TO ANSWER.
SO, IN THIS FINAL SLIDE, I WILL HIGHLIGHT THE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN NATURAL GAS AND WATER FORECASTING AND ATTEMPT TO SUMMARIZE WHAT JUST...
BOTH GAS AND WATER RESOURCE PLANNING AIM TO PROVIDE RELIABLE, AFFORDABLE SERVICE, AND AT ITS ESSENCE, NATURAL GAS FORECASTING REQUIRES DAILY COORDINATION BETWEEN CUSTOMER DEMAND, COMMODITY PURCHASES, TRANSPORTATION AND STORAGE.
ON THE, UH, SCREEN BEFORE YOU ARE THOSE FOUR COMPONENTS.
FIRST, IN THE UPPER LEFT, STAFF FORECASTS CUSTOMER USE BY EVALUATING WEATHER, HISTORICAL CONSUMPTION, INCLUDING MAXIMUM AND MINIMUM PERIODS, SEASONAL PATTERNS, AND CUSTOMER ACTIVITIES.
THIS INCLUDES SHIFTS TO ALTERNATIVE ENERGY SOURCES, PARTICULARLY ELECTRIFICATION.
TEMPERATURE CHANGES DIRECTLY AFFECT SUPPLY NEEDS.
COLDER CONDITIONS INCREASE HEATING DEMAND WHILE WARMER WIMER - WINTER CONDITION...
OR WHILE WARMER CONDITIONS CAN REDUCE CONSUMPTION, MAKING WEATHER AN IMPORTANT FORECASTING INPUT.
NEXT, IN THE UPPER RIGHT, STAFF ADJUSTS PURCHASES BY COMPARING FORECAST DEMAND WITH CONTRACTED SUPPLY, PRIMARILY THE MERRILL LYNCH PREPAY CONTRACT, AND THE LOCAL PRODUCTION.
WE DETERMINE WHETHER TO PURCHASE ADDITIONAL GAS, USE STORAGE, OR MANAGE EXPEC - UH, EXPECTED SURPLUS.
THESE DECISIONS REQUIRE CONTINUOUS REVIEW AS WEATHER AND OPERATING CONDITIONS CHANGE.
NOW MOVING TO THE LOWER RIGHT.
STAFF MUST ENSURE PURCHASES, UH, P - THE PURCHASE GAS REACHES LONG BEACH THROUGH INTERSTATE PIPELINES TO THE CALIFORNIA BORDER, THEN THROUGH THE INTERSTATE SOCALGAS SYSTEM.
WE EVALUATE RECEIPT POINTS, TRANSPORTATION CAPACITY, MAINTENANCE SCHEDULES, AND UNEXPECTED PIPELINE RESTRICTIONS.
A FAVORABLE PURCHASE PRICE HAS LIMITED VALUE IF THE DELIVERY ROUTE CANNOT ACCOMMODATE THE GAS.
AND LASTLY, STORAGE PROVIDES SUPPLY AND OPERATING FLEXIBILITY.
LONG BEACH CAN INJECT GAS WHEN PURCHASE, PURCHASING CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE AND WITHDRAW IT TO MEET DEMAND OR AVOID MORE EXPENSIVE PURCHASES.
STORED INVENTORY AND DAILY WITHDRAWAL CAPACITY REQUIRES SEPARATE EVALUATION.
STAFF MUST CONSIDER INVENTORY LEVELS, CONTRACTUAL CAPACITY RIGHTS, AND PIPELINE OPERATING CONDITIONS BEFORE RELYING ON STORAGE.
THESE DECISIONS SUPPORT BALANCING, WHICH IS SIMPLY KEEPING THE SCHEDULED SUPPLY ALIGNED WITH CUSTOMER CONSUMPTION WITHIN OPERATING REQUIREMENTS.
DEMAND CHANGES MAY REQUIRE ADJUSTMENTS TO PURCHASES, DELIVERY NOMINATIONS, OR STORAGE ACTIVITY.
FORECASTING THEREFORE GUIDES DAILY TRANSACTIONS, DELIVERY ARRANGEMENTS, AND LONGER TERM DECISIONS.
AFFORDABILITY REQUIRES EVALUATING COMMODITY
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PRICES ALONGSIDE TRANSPORTATION AND STORAGE CHARGES.STAFF COMPARES SOURCES BASED ON COST AND RELIABILITY.
LONGER TERM PLANNING CONSIDERS EFFICIENCY, ELECTRIFICATION, AND CHANGING CUSTOMER USE PATTERNS.
WATER PLANNING SHARES THESE OBJECTIVES, EMPHASIZING GROUNDWATER AND IMPORTED SUPPLY AVAILABILITY, RELATIVE COSTS, AND INVESTMENTS IN WELLS, PUMPING, AND TREATMENT FACILITIES.
FOR LONG BEACH, GAS RESOURCE PLANNING MUST CONNECT THE LONGER TERM OUTLOOK WITH DAILY OPERATIONS.
FORECASTS GUIDE PURCHASES, DELIVERY, STORAGE, USE, AND CAPACITY, AND WE RE - UH, THAT WE RETAIN TO SERVE CUSTOMERS RELIABLY AND AT A REASONABLE COST.
AND FINALLY, THIS PRESENTATION, AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, BEGINS A SERIES HIGHLIGHTING NATURAL GAS PROCUREMENT.
IT HIGHLIGHTS FORECASTING, RATE SETTING, RISK MITIGATION, LEGISLATIVE AND REGULATORY MATTERS, AND OTHER ASPECTS OF GAS UTILITY OPERATIONS.
WE LOOK FORWARD TO THESE DISCUSSIONS WITH THE BOARD AND ITS GUIDANCE AS OUR INTEGRATION EVOLVES.
SO THIS CONCLUDES OUR REPORT, AND WE ARE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE.
UH, GREATLY APPRECIATE THAT, AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO THE SERIES.
HOPEFULLY IT'S NOT A SOAP OPERA, IT'S A SERIES.
DENNIS, THIS IS YOUR SECOND TIME YOU'VE NOW SPOKEN IN FRONT OF, AND YOU DID A GOOD JOB.
YOU'RE GETTING TO BE GOOD FOR YOU.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT PRESENTATION.
UM, DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS? ANY COMMISSIONER COMMENTS? YES.
SO, UH, I, UH, CURIOUS ABOUT, UH, THUMBS AND, AND, UH, UH, THAT SUPPLY OF LOCAL SUPPLY OR LOCAL SOURCE.
SO OBVIOUSLY THE OIL ISLANDS ARE, ARE A PRETTY SIGNIFICANT, UM, UH, MINERAL RIGHTS THAT THE CITY OF LONG BEACH HAS, WHICH PUTS US IN A REALLY UNIQUE POSITION.
UM, THERE'S BEEN MUCH TALK ABOUT WINDING DOWN OIL OPERATIONS, UM, AND, AND THAT'S, THAT'S JUST AN ASIDE, BUT CURIOUS I- IF, IF WE WERE TO ACQUIRE LOCAL SOURCES LIKE THUMBS, UH, ARE WE, ARE WE RECEIVING THE ACTUAL...
UH, WHERE'S THE CONNECTION POINT? ARE WE RECEIVING THE ACTUAL MOLECULES THAT COME OUT OF THE OIL ISLANDS OR DO THEY NEED TO GO THROUGH SOME, SOME SORT OF PROCESS BEFORE THEY CAN, UH, THE GAS CAN GET INTO OUR SYSTEM? THEY'RE ACTUALLY CONNECTED TO OUR SYSTEM MOST DIRECTLY, THEY PUT GAS INTO OUR SYSTEM.
SO WHERE DOES THE ODORIZATION COME FROM? THAT'S, UH, THUMBS DOES THAT.
THEY'RE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE ODORIZATION AND, UM, THEY HAVE WHAT THEY CALL AN AIMING PLANT, WHICH THE GAS IS PRODUCED FROM A BYPRODUCT OF OIL AND IT'S KIND OF DIRTY.
UM, THE AMINE PLANT CLEANS UP THAT, UH, GAS, SO IT'S PIPELINE QUALITY.
UM, AND THEN THEY HAVE A CHOICE OF EITHER SENDING IT DIRECTLY INTO OUR SYSTEM, WHICH IS WHEN WE RECEIVE A LOT OF GAS, BUT THEY ALSO HAVE A POWER PLANT.
SO THEY HAVE THE OPTION OF SENDING THEIR GAS TO THE POWER PLANT OR SENDING THE GAS TO LONG BEACH.
UH, FOR THE MOST PART, IT GOES TO THEIR POWER PLANT, WHICH IS WHY WE DON'T CONTINUE - THEIR POWER PLANT, WHERE IS THAT AND WHAT DOES IT POWER? UH, IT'S KIND OF A CIRCUIT...
SO, UH, THUMBS PRODUCE THE GAS AND THIS IS THE POWER PLANT, GENERATES ELECTRICITY, AND THEN THE ELECTRICITY GENERATES, IT POWERS THE OIL OPERATIONS.
SO - POWER PLANT IS LOCATED, UH, DOWN IN FORT AREA.
AND THEY USE THE POWER GENERATED FROM THEIR OWN GAS, UH, TO GENERATE ELECTRICITY FOR THOSE DRILLING OPERATIONS.
AND THEN IT'S AN ECONOMIC DECISION WHERE THEY BURN THEIR OWN GAS OR SELL IT TO US.
OH, UH, ROUGHLY, I HATE TO PUT YOU ON THE SPOT, BUT JUST, UH, JUST A, A, A ROUGH IDEA, UH, HOW MUCH, UM, NATURAL GAS WOULD WE PURCHASE FROM THUMBS OVER THE COURSE OF A YEAR? LIKE, WHAT PERCENTAGE OF OUR TOTAL USAGE? THAT ALL DEPENDS.
UM, SOMETIMES AS LITTLE AS 1%, UM, BUT, LIKE, WHEN PRICES SPIKED, IT MADE MORE SENSE FOR THEM TO SELL THE GAS TO US AT A HIGHER PRICE AND THEN PURCHASE THEIR ELECTRICITY FROM EDISON.
UM, SO, I MEAN, IT CAN RANGE FROM BETWEEN ONE AND 5% OF OUR TOTAL SUPPLY.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, COMMISSIONER? OKAY.
WE'VE ALREADY HAD COMMISSIONER COMMENTS.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR FOR, UH, THIS ITEM NUMBER FIVE, PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.
ANY OPPOSED? OKAY, MOTION CARRIES.
ITEM NUMBER SIX IS TO RECEIVE A, A RECOMMENDATION TO RECEIVE AND FILE OCTOBER 1ST RESOURCES COMMITTEE REPORT, AND I WILL BE GIVING THAT...
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UM, I'M SORRY.THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR JUMPING ON THAT.
I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND, AND I WILL NOW PROVIDE MY REPORT.
[6. 26-56465 Recommendation to receive and file October 1, 2026 Resources Committee Report. Suggested Action: Approve recommendation. ]
WAS GIVEN ON CALIFORNIA'S, UH, REGULATORY FRAMEWORK AT OUR LAST, UH, RESOURCE COMMITTEE MEETING, WHICH WAS ON OCTOBER 1ST.AND THIS WAS A FRAMEWORK FOR WATER CONSERVATION.
THIS PRESENTATION COVERED THE HISTORY AND THE EVOLUTION OF THE STATE'S MANDATED, UH, REGULATIONS FOR CONSERVATION.
THE CURRENT FRAMEWORK, AS YOU ALL KNOW, IS KNOWN AS MAKING WATER CONSERVATION A CALIFORNIA WAY OF LIFE, WHICH INCLUDES ALL THE OBJECTIVES THAT OUR DEPARTMENT WILL MEET FOR THE INDOOR AND THE OUTDOOR, UH, WATER USE, WATER LOSS, UH, COMMERCIAL, INDUSTRIAL, AND INSTITUTIONAL BEST PRACTICES, UH, AND BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICES.
UH, STATE COMPLIANCE ON THIS WILL BEGIN IN 2027, AND THERE WILL BE MANY MILESTONES THAT LONG BEACH, UH, UTILITIES WILL NEED TO CONTINUE TO WORK TOWARDS TO ACHIEVE, UH, AND REMAIN IN COMPLIANCE INTO THE FUTURE.
UH, SECONDLY, WE RECEIVED THE PRESENTATION THAT YOU JUST ALL HEARD TODAY, WHICH PROVIDED US AN OVERVIEW OF OUR NATURAL GAS RESOURCES, UH, AND IT'S NOW COME TO THE ENTIRE BOARD.
WE LOOK FORWARD TO THIS SERIES AS WE MOVE FORWARD.
I THINK IT'S VERY EDUCATIONAL AND VERY, VERY IMPORTANT TO THIS GROUP.
SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THAT.
OKAY, ITEM NUMBER SIX IS A REC - OH, THAT'S NOT, I DON'T...
I DON'T KNOW WHY, WHERE I AM TODAY.
UM, WE HAVE A MOTION AND WE HAVE A SECOND.
ANY PUBLIC COMMENT? ANY COMMISSIONER COMMENTS? ALL RIGHT.
[PUBLIC COMMENT]
TO SPEAK ON ANY, UH, NON-AGENDA ITEM THIS MORNING? UH, SEEING NONE, THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD IS NOW CLOSED.[ANNOUNCEMENTS]
YES.WE HAD, OVER THE WEEKEND, THERE WAS A SERIES OF CONVERGENCES OF VARIOUS WEATHER PHENOMENA.
I'M TRYING TO PUT THE RIGHT TONE TO IT.
UM, AND IT, IT WAS A CITYWIDE RESPONSE AND THERE WAS A NUMBER OF RESPONSES AT ALL KINDS OF DIFFERENT LEVELS, BUT OUR CREWS WERE ENGAGED AND INVOLVED.
SO I WOULD LIKE TO CALL ON SEAN CURTIS TO KIND OF GIVE YOU JUST A GENERAL OVERVIEW OF WHAT HAPPENED OVER THE WEEKEND.
UM, THE ANTICIPATION OF THE EL NINO WEATHER PHENOMENON IS TO OCCUR THROUGHOUT THE WINTER, BUT WE ALREADY WERE SEEING SOME EFFECTS.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME THIS MORNING.
UH, FOR THIS ANNOUNCEMENT, I'M GOING TO PROVIDE AN OVERVIEW OF THE SEVERE, UH, STORM THAT HIT OVER THE WEEKEND, UH, THE UNDERLYING CONDITIONS THAT INTENSIFIED ITS IMPACT AND HOW OUR TEAMS, UH, MOBILIZED TO SUPPORT THE CITYWIDE RESPONSE TO THE STORM, UH, HURRICANE RACHEL.
UH, TO UNDERSTAND THE SEVERITY OF THIS EVENT, UH, IT IS IMPORTANT TO LOOK AT THE COMPOUNDING FACTORS THAT BUILT UP LEADING, UH, INTO IT.
FIRST, OF COURSE, WE HAVE CLIMATE CHANGE AND THE, UH, VERY STRONG EL NINO THAT IS AFFECTING OUR, UH, AREA.
WE ARE ALREADY OPERATING UNDER THE HEIGHTENED RISK OF EL NINO, UH, DRIVEN BY BROADER, UH, GLOBAL CLIMATE TRENDS.
UH, BECAUSE OF THE, THE INCREASING HEAT OF THE PACIFIC OCEAN, WE ARE SEEING A LARGER NUMBER OF SEVERE STORMS, UH, IN THE EASTERN PACIFIC.
UH, RECENTLY WE HAD HURRICANE MARIE AND POLO, AND THEN OVER THE WEEKEND, WE HAD THE EFFECTS FROM HURRICANE RACHEL.
AND CURRENTLY, WE ARE MONITORING TWO ADDITIONAL HURRICANES IN THE PACIFIC, BEING SIMON AND TRUDY THAT ARE OFF THE COAST OF MEXICO.
SO WHILE IT MAY NOT BE FORECASTED TO HIT SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, WE WILL HAVE THE INDIRECT IMPACTS BEING RAIN, STORM SURGE, AND SO FORTH ALONG THE COAST.
UM, IN ADDITION, THERE WAS A KELVIN WAVE THAT AFFECTED THE, UM, UH, THAT CAUSED AN ELEVATED SEA SERVICE, UH, SEA SERVICE LEVELS.
AND THEN OF COURSE, WE HAD THE HIGH TIDES THAT OCCUR NOR - NATURALLY IN THE AREA.
SO THIS CAUSED THE, THE STORM SURGE TO INUNDATE THE PENINSULA AREA AS WELL AS SEEP INTO NAPLES, UH, OVER THE WEEKEND.
AND OF COURSE, BECAUSE OF THE TWO PREVIOUS HURRICANES BEING, UH, MARIE AND, AND POLO, THERE WAS ALREADY DAMAGE IN THE PENINSULA AREA ALREADY.
AND SO TOGETHER, THESE ELEMENTS CREATED A PERFECT STORM EVENT, UH, SETTING THE STAGE FOR UNPRECEDENTED, UH, COASTAL DAMAGE, UH, IN THE PENINSULA AREA.
BECAUSE WE ANTICIPATED SOME OF THESE IMPACTS, WE DID A SERIES OF PREPARATION EVENTS, AND ALYSSA LOPEZ, MY STAFF, WILL BE PRESENTING IN THE, UH, COMMITTEE, UH, MEETING LATER TODAY TO TALK
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ABOUT THOSE IN DETAIL.BUT OVERALL, WE, WE PARTICIPATE IN INTERAGENCY COORDINATION WITH THE CITY, UM, TO ENSURE THAT WE'RE ALL ALIGNED IN HOW WE'LL RESPOND AND PREPARE FOR THESE EVENTS.
WE ALSO DID A SERIES OF INTERNAL PREPAREDNESS ACTIVITIES, UM, HAVING REGULAR MEETINGS AND ENSURING WE ARE, UH, PREPARED FOR THESE TYPES OF, UH, EVENTS DUE TO EL NINO.
WE ALSO LOOKED AT AND EVALUATED OUR STAFFING LEVELS SO THAT WE CAN SUPPORT A RESPONSE TO OUR, UH, UH, TO ANY IMPACT FROM THE STORMS. AND WE'VE DONE A SERIES OF PREVENTATIVE MAINTENANCE HERE IN OUR FACILITIES, AS WELL AS OUR REMOTE FACILITIES TO ENSURE THAT THEY CAN, UH, FUNCTION PROPERLY.
UH, SO WHEN THE PEAK OF THE STORM HIT OVER THE WEEKEND, FRIDAY THROUGH SUNDAY, UH, THE, THE HURRICANE'S IMPACTS HIT THE PENINSULA PRETTY HARD.
UH, THERE WAS SEVERE FLOODING IN THE ROADWAYS AS WELL AS FLOWING THROUGH HOMES.
AND THEN ALL THOSE COMBI - THOSE TWO COMBINED, UH, UNDERMINED SEVERAL HOMES IN THE PENINSULA.
AND AS A RESULT, EIGHT HOMES WERE RED TAGGED BY COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AND, UH, THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, AND ONE WAS YELLOW TAG.
UH, IN RESPONSE TO THESE, UH, CONDITIONS, OUR EMERGENCY OPERATIONS FOCUSED ON FOUR KEY AREAS.
THE FIRST BEING TREATMENT PLANT OPERATIONS.
OUR OPERATORS, UH, AT THE TREATMENT PLANT, UH, MONITORED SCADA SYSTEMS TO ENSURE THAT OUR INFRASTRUCTURE WAS, WAS, UH, PROPERLY FUNCTIONING, AND OF COURSE TO IDENTIFY ANY POTENTIAL IMPACTS.
AND THEN SPECIAL FOCUS BY THE TREATMENT PLANT STAFF WAS FOCUSED AT OUR SEWER STATION, UH, S11, WHICH IS IN THE PENINSULA OFF OF 62ND PLACE.
UH, THEY STAFFED IT TO ENSURE THAT THE STATION WAS, WAS OPERATING NORMALLY, AS WELL AS SETTING UP, UH, SEWER, UH, BYPASS EQUIPMENT IN THE EVENT THAT THE STATION HAD ANY IMPACTS DUE TO THE STORM SURGE.
SECOND, OUR SEWER OPERATIONS DIVISION, UH, PATROLLED THE PENINSULA DURING THE HIGH TIDE EVENTS TO ENSURE THAT, UH, S - THE SEWER MANHOLE COVERS WERE SEALED ADEQUATELY TO PREVENT, UH, ANY OF THE OCEAN WATER ENTERING INTO OUR SEWER STATION, AS WELL AS EDUCATING THE PUBLIC TO ENSURE THAT THEY'RE NOT, UH, POPPING THE MANHOLES TO ALLEVIATE THE, THE, THE FLOOD WATERS.
UH, DOING SO WOULD INTRODUCE A LOT OF WATER INTO THE SEWER SYSTEM AND OVERWHELM THE SEWER PUMP STATION.
SO WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WAS PREVENTED AS WELL.
THE SEWER STATION PERFORMED AS IT SHOULD, AND THERE WERE NO IMPACTS TO ANY OF OUR, UH, SEWER INFRASTRUCTURE THERE.
AND BECAUSE OF THE RED TAGGED HOMES AND, AND THE ONE YELLOW TAGGED HOME, WE COORDINATED WITH THE FIRE DEPARTMENT TO PERFORM UTILITY SHUTOFFS AT THE AFFECTED RESIDENCE.
SO OUR WATER SERVICES DIVISION, THEY SHUT OFF THE WATER SERVICE TO THE IMPACTED HOMES.
AND THEN OUR, OUR GAS SERVICES AND, UH, ENGINEERING INSPECTION TEAMS LOOKED AT THE CONDITION OF THE HOMES AND SHUT OFF GAS SERVICES TO PREVENT ANY LEAKS OR EXPLOSIONS, UH, FROM THE HOMES THAT WERE AFFECTED.
LASTLY, MY DIVISION WORKED, UH, AROUND THE CLOCK TO ENSURE THAT WE MAINTAINED CONTINUOUS TRACKING OF ALL, ALL FIELD PERSONNEL IN THE PENINSULA AS WELL AS NEIGHBORS TO ENSURE THAT THEY ARE SAFE.
AND THEN IN THE EVENT OF AN EVACUATION OR INFRASTRUCTURE FAILURE IN THE AREAS, WE WERE ABLE TO ACCOUNT FOR THEM AND ALERT THEM SHOULD SOMETHING HAPPEN.
UH, IN CLOSING, I WANNA TAKE A MOMENT TO COMMEND ALL OF THE STAFF WHO, UH, WORKED OVER THE WEEKEND TO SUPPORT THE CITY'S RESPONSE TO THIS EVENT.
UM, THEY, THEY WORKED VERY HARD TO SAFEGUARD OUR COMMUNITY AND PRESERVE OUR KEY INFRASTRUCTURE.
I BELIEVE THAT THEIR PROFESSIONALISM, RESILIENCE, AND COMMITMENT DURING THAT DIFFICULT TIME REFLECTS THE VERY BEST OF OUR ORGANIZATION.
AND WITH THAT, I CONCLUDE MY PRESENTATION AND I'M OPEN TO ANY QUESTIONS.
THANK YOU FOR THAT VERY TIMELY REPORT.
AND THANKS FOR, UH, RECOGNIZING THE FOLKS OUT IN THE FIELD.
UH, THE FACT THAT WE DIDN'T HEAR OF ANY SEWAGE PROBLEMS OR, OR ANY OTHER PROBLEMS, THAT TELLS US THAT, THAT THEY WERE DOING EXACTLY WHAT THEY NEEDED TO DO OUT THERE.
UH, MY QUESTION IS IN REGARDS TO THE INCIDENT COMMAND SYSTEM.
I'M, I, I KNOW FOR SURE THERE WAS A ROBUST SYSTEM SET UP.
WERE WE PLUGGED INTO THAT, UH, SYSTEM OR WAS THAT A UNIFIED COMMAND? WHERE DID WE FALL IN THERE? SO THE FIRE DEPARTMENT ESTABLISHED A UNIFIED COMMAND, UH, OFF OF CLAREMONT TOWARDS THE PENINSULA.
UH, WE WERE PRIMARILY PLUGGED IN THROUGH THE TEAM'S COORDINATION CHANNEL.
WE WEREN'T DIRECTLY AT THE INCIDENT COMMAND POST, BUT WE WERE MONITORING THE COMMUNICATIONS AND ACTED APPROPRIATELY IF THEY REQUESTED SUPPORT OR NEEDED, UH, IF THEY RED TAGGED ANY HOMES SO WE COULD RESPOND
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QUICKLY.THE, UM, WITH REGARDS TO LIKE THE, THE EFFORTS TO, UH, PROACTIVELY BYPASS THE, THE SEWER STATION, UM, THE MANHOLE PLUGS, UH, MANHOLE COVERS, WAS THAT INFORMATION RELAYED TO THE INCIDENT COMMAND AT ALL? YEAH.
SO WE HAD A SERIES OF COORDINATION MEETINGS AND WE LET THEM KNOW WHAT OUR EFFORTS WERE AS PROACTIVE PREVENTION AS WELL AS RESPONSE.
SO THEY WERE REGULARLY UPDATED ON WHAT WE WERE DOING AS WELL.
THAT'S HOW IT'S SUPPOSED TO WORK.
ANY OTHER COMMISSIONER COMMENT? ANY OTHER ANNOUNCEMENTS? GOOD JOB.
UM, BEFORE I CLOSE, I JUST WANNA LEAVE, LEAVE YOU WITH, UH, A FEW THOUGHTS.
UM, THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION AND UNICEF, UH, MONITOR WHAT THEY CALL WASH.
I'M SURE SOME OF YOU HAVE HEARD OF THAT BEFORE.
IT'S, IT STANDS FOR WATER, SANITATION, AND HYGIENE.
AND THEY MONITOR THIS GLOBALLY.
2.2 BILLION PEOPLE LACK SAFELY MANAGED DRINKING WATER IN THE, IN THE WORLD.
3.4 LACK SAFELY MANAGED SANITATION SERVICES IN THE WORLD.
SO AS YOU MOVE ALONG YOUR DAY, I WANNA THANK YOU FOR THE WORK THAT YOU DO.
KEEP THAT IN MIND GLOBALLY, BUT THEN ALSO THANK YOU FOR THE WORK THAT YOU DO TO BRING IN ADEQUATE WASH SERVICES TO OUR COMMUNITY.
AND WITH THAT, WE'RE GONNA GO INTO A CLOSED SESSION.
[CLOSED SESSION]
UM, THE CLOSED SESSION IS, UH, REGARDING PENDING LITIGATION, A CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL RELATING TO LIABILITY CLAIMS PURSUANT TO SUBPARAGRAPH TWO OF SUBDIVISION D OF SECTION 54956.9 OF THE CALIFORNIA GOVERNMENT CODE, UH, MERCURY INSURANCE.UH, DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS ON THAT? OKAY, SEEING NONE.
UH, WE WILL NOW RECESS INTO CLOSED SESSION AND WILL RETURN AFTER THAT.
UH, OUR CLOSED SESSION IS, UH, COMPLETED.
WE'VE CONVENED THAT SESSION AND I'M GONNA ASK MARCIA TO PROVIDE A RECORDABLE
[ 26-56466 Pending Litigation – closed session conference with legal counsel relating to liability claims pursuant to subparagraph (2) of subdivision (d) of Section 54956.9 of the California Government Code: Mercury Insurance/CAIC (C25-0338). ]
ACTION, PLEASE.UH, THE BOARD OF PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSIONERS HAS SETTLED THE GOVERNMENT TORT CLAIM OF MERCURY INSURANCE, CAIC, CLAIM NUMBER C25-0338 IN THE AMOUNT OF $933,311.06.
[ADJOURNMENT]
HAVE A GOOD DAY.