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City of Holland Named

Quarterinalist for Georgetown Energy Prize

2014 MMEA Fall

Conference Information

Michigan

Leaders: ‘Lake Erie Must Be Protected’

September 2014

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Cover Photo: 2014 Detroit Gold Cup Hydroplane Races

CURRENTS contents

Current Developments:

6 City of Holland Named QuarterinalistforGeorgetown Energy Prize

8 PortlandBLPandHomeworks Tri-County Electric Share Innovative Concrete Pole Solution

10 DTE Energy, Ford to Build State’s Largest Solar Array

September 2014

LakeEriewithtoxicalgaebloomsingreen

Energy and Utility News:

3 MichiganLeaders:‘LakeErieMustBe Protected’

11 Employment

12 2014 MMEA Fall Conference Registration

14 2014 MMEA Fall Conference Highlights

20PublicPowerCalendar

20 Fast Facts

Artist rendering of Ford, DTE Solar Array project

10 PowerLineSupplyCelebrates50 Years of Service

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ToxicAlgaeBlooms

(See, Lake Erie, continued on page 4)

State department leaders are reviewing the recent algae bloom in western

Lake Erie that tainted drinking water for Ohio and Southeast Michigan

residents.

The danger was caused by harmful algal blooms in Lake Erie. Blue-green algae

are a type of naturally occurring, photosynthetic bacteria. When the organism

dies, it releases a toxin called microcystin. The blooms are fueled by phosphorus

levels in the water, which come from some key sources on land.

Leaders from the Michigan departments of Environmental Quality and

Agriculture and Rural Development stressed that Michigan has taken major steps

to address the factors it can control.

“Governor Snyder has charged Michigan government agencies with taking a

hard look at what has been done to address the problem and what more we need

to do,” said DEQ Director Dan Wyant. “The fact is, the algal blooms in Western

Lake Erie are the product of several key factors -- municipal sewer discharges,

farm and other surface runoff, invasive species like zebra and quagga mussels,

and weather.

“We can’t control the weather, but we are determined to do all we can with the

pieces we can address.”

MDARD Director Jamie Clover Adams discussed steps taken in recent years

that have reduced phosphorus inputs. Programs like the Michigan Agriculture

and Environmental Assurance Program have removed nearly 62,000 pounds of

phosphorus from the Western Lake Erie basin watersheds by encouraging farmers

to use best practices. The Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program has

helped create buffers between agriculture operations and surface water.

“We’re committed to work aggressively to expand technical assistance in the

basin through conservation districts and other groups to help farmers implement

conservation practices. We will continue to work with other state and federal

partners to complete the full nutrient reduction proposal under the Farm Bill

Regional Conservation Partnership Program,” said Clover Adams.

“We can’t

control the

weather, but we

are determined

to do all we

can with the

pieces we can

address.” --Department of

Environmental Quality

Director Dan Wyant

Michigan Leaders:

‘Lake Erie Must Be Protected’DEQ, MDARD discuss steps to a cleaner western Lake Erie basin

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DEQ announced a ive-point plan to bolster Michigan’s phosphorus reduction efforts. The plan

includes:

• Optimize phosphorus removal at ive key wastewater treatment plants in the watershed.

• Optimization means ine-tuning plant operations to minimize phosphorus in the treated efluent.

• Reduce agricultural and non-point source

discharges to the Maumee River watershed.

• Cease the open water disposal of dredged Toledo

Harbor sediments.

• Implement the Phosphorus Control Activities

Checklist to best degree achievable.

• Develop science-based understanding of the role

of invasive mussels in the basin ecology and how

they impact cycling of phosphorus. Support the

evaluation of emerging technologies to control

invasive mussels.

MDARD also announced long-term plans to focus on

agriculture’s role in protecting the basin, including:

• Seek the elimination of the sunset on state

MAEAP/groundwater funding.

• Work with Michigan agribusiness to build a close

linkage between MAEAP and the 4R Nutrient

Stewardship Program to enhance agriculture’s

capacity to reduce nutrient loss to our waterways.

• Continue to aggressively seek out opportunities

to expand technical assistance in the WLEB

through conservation districts and other

organizations to assist farmers in implementing

conservation practices.

• Continue work with Ohio and Indiana to

complete the full nutrient reduction proposal

under the Farm Bill Regional Conservation

Partnership Program (RCPP) to bring additional

funding resources in the WLEB to reduce nutrient

loss.

• Continue our science-based approach to the

application of manure on snow covered or

frozen ground, limiting application to only those

locations with a low to very low MARI index

rating only when necessary and on no slopes

greater than 3 percent for liquid manure nor 6

percent for solid manure.

Lake Eriecontinued from page 3

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Current Developments

City of Holland Named

Quarterinalist for Georgetown Energy Prize

The City of Holland has been selected to advance

to the quarterinalist round of the Georgetown University Energy Prize, a $5 million national

incentive competition that aims to dramatically

improve America’s energy standing by challenging

communities across the U.S. to reduce their energy

consumption.

The City currently has a 40-year strategic energy

plan underway, and has a long history of large-scale,

energy eficiency programs, including:• Capturing waste heat from energy production for

the downtown snowmelt system;

• Installing LED pedestrian lighting downtown and

at Centennial Park;

• Converting trafic signals to LEDs;• Determining next generation energy production

at the upcoming Holland Energy Park, which cuts

greenhouse and other emissions by more than 60

percent;

• Offering a wide variety of utility energy eficiency and educational programs.

“Holland is a leader in researching and implementing

ways to save and reduce energy, which gives us a

strong starting position for the Georgetown Energy

Prize,” said Ryan Cotton, city manager. “Additionally,

our history of collaboration and cooperation between

community organizations gives us a competitive edge

we need to make it into the next round.”

The City has assembled a collaborative team, outlined

a plan and has secured commitments from local

government, utilities and several community-based

organizations such as Holland Board of Public Works,

Hope College, Grand Valley State University, West

Coast Chamber of Commerce, Good Samaritan

Ministries, Michigan Saves, Holland Public Schools,

SEMCO ENERGY Gas Company, the Holland

Community Sustainability Committee, and the

Community Foundation.

Holland plans to use the Energy Prize process to

assemble new programs, best practices and methods

to communicate additional ways to save energy, save

money and increase the environmental quality of life

for its residents. During the next few months, Holland

will ine tune energy eficiency plans, and will look to the community for input and participation in the

competition.

In total, during the two years of the GUEP

competition, there is the potential to save more than

$1 billion in total energy costs and cut millions of

tons of CO2 emissions, collectively among competing

cities. If awarded the $5 million prize, it will be used

on energy eficiency programs that help ensure the continued implementation of the plan.

Dr. Francis Slakey, founder of the $5 million

competition at Georgetown University, remarked that,

“the communities we selected are leaders in energy

eficiency who will develop innovative approaches that will inspire and enable others to follow in their

footsteps.”

The Georgetown University Energy Prize aims to

rethink America’s energy use by harnessing the

ingenuity and community spirit of towns and cities all

across America. Over the course of a two-year period,

the Prize will challenge small- to medium-size towns,

cities, and counties to rethink their energy use, and

implement creative strategies to increase eficiency. To compete for the Prize, local governments,

residents, utilities, and others will need to work

together to demonstrate success in sustainably

reducing energy consumption. For more information,

visit www.guep.org, or follow the Prize on Twitter (@

GUEnergyPrize).

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Current Developments

Portland BLP and

Homeworks Tri-County

Electric Share Innovative

Concrete Pole Solution

The City of Portland Board of Light & Power (BLP)

and Homeworks Tri-County Electric have chosen an

innovative concrete pole and line sharing solution

north of Portland along Divine Hwy inside the City

Limits and Portland Township.

The original line, built in the 1970s or early 80s, ran

through a swampy area for about ½ to ¾ of a mile. It

was a double circuit distribution line with Portland

on one side and Homeworks on the opposite side.

Homeworks wanted to remove its 3-phase line and

asked BLP to share the other line along Divine Hwy.

Cable TV and iber optic phone lines attached under the power lines caused a violation of the National

Electric Safety Code due to low clearances for some

vehicles. Since the cable and phone lines created

the violations, they were responsible for the costs of

raising the poles and lines.

About a year ago the Board of Light & Power and

Homeworks began the approval and planning process.

Eventually, someone suggested the idea of using

concrete poles.

The planning team contacted companies in the south

where concrete poles are commonly used along the

coastline and in hurricane zones. Those companies

suggested it would be cost prohibitive to ship poles

to Michigan. They pointed the planning team to U.S.

Great Lakes, The StressCrete Group, a Canadian

company with contacts in Ohio.

The Stresscrete Group wanted to break into the

Michigan market with concrete distribution poles (to

their knowledge there were no concrete distribution

poles in Michigan). Because of this, BLP and

Homeworks believe they received a good price. The

phone and cable companies were responsible for the

full cost of wood poles and associated contractor

costs. Homeworks/Tri-County and the City of

Portland spilt the added cost of using concrete.

After both utilities received approvals, the poles

arrived. Homeworks/Tri-County had contactors from

Campbell Electric, Indian River, Michigan, who had

experience setting concrete poles.

“The end product looks good and we are happy with

it,” said Mike Hyland, Director, City of Portland

Electric Department. “Homeworks has problems

with beaver damage to some wooden poles in their

northern service area, and may expand the use of

concrete poles, which are guaranteed for life.”

For more information, contact: U.S. Great Lakes, The

StressCrete Group, Steve Herriman, Ofice 800-902-9155, cell 905-902-9155.

ConcretepoleinstallationalongDivineHighwayintheCityofPortland

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Current Developments

Associate & Afiliate Member News

Power Line Supply

Celebrates 50 Years of

Service

Power Line Supply is celebrating 50 years of service

to our utility customers with an open house on

September 16th to allow our customers and vendors

to tour our renovated and expanded facilities.

We have a comprehensive stafing team from a dedicated account management team, consisting

of members of our inside sales/support team,

logistics/warehousing team, accounting group, and

Ford, DTE Energy to Build

Michigan’s Largest Solar

Array

Ford is teaming with DTE Energy to build Michigan’s

largest solar array at Ford World Headquarters.

The project, funded by DTE Energy, will provide

employees with 360 covered parking spaces and 30

charging stations for plug-in electric vehicles such

as the company’s Ford Fusion Energi and C-MAX

Hybrid Energi.

A kiosk will also be on site offering general

information to visitors about solar power and speciic details about the Ford carport.

The solar canopy will have capacity to generate 1.038

megawatts of electricity – enough to power 158

average-sized homes. It will be the second-largest

solar carport in the Midwest, after a 1.1-megawatt

facility at the Cincinnati Zoo in Ohio, and it will

reduce the amount of electricity Ford pulls from the

grid to run its ofices.

Under a recently inalized agreement, DTE Energy will construct, operate and maintain the carport for 20

years. Construction is slated to begin in September

and be completed in early 2015. The solar installation

is part of an initiative DTE Energy launched in 2009

called SolarCurrents. The program works to fulill DTE Energy’s commitment to generate 10 percent of

its energy from renewable sources by 2015.

“This project will help us come closer to meeting

Michigan’s renewable energy goals and diversify our

energy portfolio,” said Irene Dimitry, DTE Energy

vice president, marketing and renewables.

This is the second collaboration between Ford and

DTE Energy in recent years. In 2010, the companies

teamed up to install a 500-kilowatt solar photovoltaic

panel system at Ford’s Michigan Assembly Plant in

Wayne, Michigan. Energy generated by the system

helps power vehicle production at the plant.

Ford World Headquarters is home to other

environmental innovations. In 2012, a “living roof”

was installed when a 2,500-square-foot portion of the

rooftop needed repair.

Multiple varieties of sedum were planted to reduce

storm water runoff from the building. The project

built on the success Ford saw a decade ago when

it developed its irst green roof at Dearborn Truck Plant, home of F-150 pickup production. Consider the

numbers:

• 10.4 acres of drought-resistant vegetation (the

equivalent of eight football ields) was planted on top of the truck plant

• The vegetation helps create a natural storm water

management system that costs two-thirds less to

operate than a conventional treatment system

• The roof, covered with 11 plant species that act as

insulation, lowers the amount of heat entering the

building by 70 percent, reducing cooling costs by

5 percent

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The City of Croswell is seeking applicants for

the Next Superintendent of Croswell Light and

Power. The City will be accepting Resumes

until the position is illed. Interested candi-dates may contact the City Administrator for

more information or visit www.cityofcroswell.

com for complete job description.

Qualiied candidates should have management experiences. Positive attributes might include

lineman, water licenses, economic develop-

ment experience, business management,

utility management, community relations, GIS, SCADA, and local government experience is a

plus.

Contact Sam Moore City Administrator City of

Croswell smoore@croswell-mich.com

Employmenttechnical services group. All of our staff is dedicated

exclusively to serving the needs of the utility industry.

Power Line Supply Company is committed to

Michigan and built around serving all aspects of the

utility industry. As a Michigan based company, 100%

of our time and 100% of our effort is dedicated to the

utility industry and our utility customers. Our goal

and our commitment are to remain 100% utility, 100%

of the time.

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2014 MMEA Fall Conference

MMEA 2014 Fall Conference

October 1, 3, 2014 Hosted by Bay City Electric Light & Power and Sebewaing Light & Water Department

DoubleTree Bay City-Riverfront – Bay City, Michigan Fall Conference Format The MMEA Fall Conference will be held �� �ednesday and Thursday, with the General Membership Meeting on Friday morning. Four additional break-out sessions have been added to th� �ednesday program (1� �ession options to choose from) along with educational vendor exhibits all day �ednesday and until after lunch on Thursday (1:30 p.m.). The additional sessions were added to broaden the participation by MMEA member employees beyond the management level. In addition, the break-out sessions and vendor displays increase the opportunity for MMEA members to interact with Associate and Affiliate Members and learn about the benefits of new technology being implemented throughout our industry. This conference has much to offer to utility

directors, public power board members, and utility management and operations personnel. All programs will be held at the DoubleTree Bay City-Riverfront Hotel. Included in this e-mail is a schedule with information on speakers, topics and times as well as registration forms. Please check the MMEA web site at www.mmeanet.org for updates to the conference program and schedule. Thursday Dinner Cruise Join us for the presentation of MMEA’s Lifetime Membership Award on board the Princess �enonah! Enjoy a cocktail reception (sponsored by our Associat� e Affiliate members) and an elegant dinner buffet

as we cruise downriver toward the Saginaw Bay. Entertainment (provided by our hosts) features Marty

Viers. For many years Marty has been one of Mid-Michigan’s most versatile and in-demand musicians.

�hile the ship’s dining area is covered, it is not heated so please dress accordingly.

HOTEL INFORMATION The DoubleTree Bay City-Riverfront Hotel is located at O�� �enonah Park Place, Bay City, Michigan. MMEA guests receive a special rate of $93 plus applicable taxes for a standard room. The number to call for reservations is (9�9) �91-�666. Make sure you mention that you are with the MMEA to get the group rate. September 9, 2014 is the deadline for making room reservations under the MMEA special rate. After September 9, 2014 rooms will be assigned on a first come first served basis. Please make your

reservations early as the hotel rooms tend to sell out early for our events. If you have difficulties making your room reservations please contact Susan Montalvo at: (51�� 323-�8� �t. 103.

MEALS

If you know that you will not be attending some of the MMEA sponsored meal functions please make a notation on your registration form. This will assist MMEA staff in making accurate meal count guarantees. Questions? Contact Susan Montalvo at MMEA at (51�� 323-�8� �t. 103 or e-mail at mmea@mpower.org

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2014 MMEA Fall Conference

Wednesday, October 1

BREAK-OUT SESSION DESCRIPTIONS

Session 1

1. Uility Outage Planning and Scheduling

John Kause, PE Director of Projects

Administraive Controls Management Jim Krebs, PE

Vice President

Administraive Controls Management

Overview - Presenters will review proven techniques

to assist with the proper planning, scheduling, and

project management of implemening a successfully planned outage. The following will be covered:

• Project Resource Management

• Project Process Flow and Mapping

• Template Scheduling techniques

2. Customer Saisfacion – Measuring Percepion in a Changing Industry

Todd Morris Sales Director SDS Research Bill Cook General Manager Zeeland Board of Public Works

Overview – This break-out will focus on the criical importance of measuring uility customer opinions and aitudes. • Can you answer these quesions? • How saisied are customers with their uility

service? • How do customers rate the value of the service

received? • How do customers rate the reliability of uility

service? • How well does the uility communicate with

customers?

• Are uility customers aware of or interested in Smart Grid technology?

• How does the service you provide compare with other uiliies?

If you don’t have answers to these quesions, you could be spending considerable ime and resources implemening programs that your customers neither want nor need. The survey process is simple, cost efecive and will provide valuable data directly from your customers. In the session, you’ll learn the process for conducing a professional and non-intrusive survey.

3. Strategic Planning in Public Power

Steve VanderMeer Sr. Vice-President, Planning and Markeing Hometown Connecions

Overview - Public Power, and the electric industry in general, is undergoing some of the most

seismic changes this industry has ever seen. New generaion and distribuion technologies, new compeitors, an aging workforce, a rapidly evolving regulatory landscape at the state and federal level, and greater customer expectaions have all made it virtually impossible to coninue conducing business as usual. For many public power uiliies, now is the ime to update old strategic plans, or perhaps crat a new plan for the irst ime. Hometown Connecions will present on how even a quick strategic planning efort can beter posiion a uility to thrive in our increasingly tumultuous environment. Hometown Connecions will review the criical elements of a strategic plan in a public not-for-proit that also must compete directly or indirectly with private for-proit companies. Hometown Connecions will present on how a simple eight step process can ensure

that staf, governing board, customers and other stakeholders are in greater alignment embracing a

successful course of acion for the uility.

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4. Municipal Broadband - Building the Informaion Super Highway Our Residents & Businesses Need and Want

Michael J. Watza General Counsel PROTEC Kitch Atorneys & Counselors Thomas J. Asp, BSEE, MBA Principal Analyst and Engineer CTC technology & energy Elwood J. Downing VP, Membership Outreach & Engagement Merit Network, Inc. Melanie McCoy Superintendent Sebewaing Light & Water Department

Overview – As more customers are asking for

high speed internet – there is an opportunity for Municipal Electric to provide the service. In

order to comply with the Michigan laws regarding telecommunicaions systems, there are necessary steps. This session will provide the steps required,

and various approaches a municipal can take –

either providing the service wholesale or retail or a

combinaion.

Session 2

5. Demonstraing Environmental Compliance with New Combusion Rules

Lillian Woolley Sr. Chemical Engineer Fishbeck, Thompson, Carr & Huber John F. Caudell Sr. Environmental Engineer Fishbeck, Thompson, Carr & Huber

Overview - Changes in new combusion rules such as: • Maximum Achievable Control Technology (MACT)

standards for Major Sources, 40 CFR Part 63

Subpart DDDDD standards (IB MACT), • Generally Achievable Control Technology (GACT)

for Area Sources, 40 CFR Part 63 Subpart JJJJJJ

standards (IB GACT) and, • Naional Emission Standards for Hazardous Air

Pollutants from Coal- and Oil- Fired Electric Uility Steam Generaing Units (MATS Rule) include lower and fewer emission limits, and more

complex recordkeeping and reporing

As a result, more boiler operators will choose to

install control equipment rather than switch fuels

to natural gas or shut their boilers down. Installing

and operaing control equipment usually involves a large capital investment, a scheduled outage and

troubleshooing ater the installaion to ensure the equipment operates properly. But planning for compliance with these combusion rules requires important addiional efort.

The new fuel combusion rules require establishing a fuel sampling/analysis program, with sampling and analysis done for mercury, chlorine and possibly trace metals as oten as once per month. We have observed:

• Most companies afected by the IB GACT/MACT Rules have litle or no fuel analyses available and no periodic fuel sampling/analysis program.

• HAP tesing has not been performed in the last few years and the older data that is available does not include the fuel analyses taken during the test.

• Companies need to recognize that any stack tesing or emissions monitoring that is done needs to be coordinated with the fuel sampling

and analysis program. Control equipment operaing parameters need to be tracked during any tesing and then recorded coninuously to ensure that the operaion of the control equipment is adequate to achieve the required

emissions reducion.

This presentaion ideniies the key Boiler MACT and GACT regulaions that may apply to your exising and newly installed boilers that burn natural gas, oil, and solid fuels. The regulaions are very complex and

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having a clear vision of your future operaing needs is essenial for near-future compliance with these regulaions.

6. Maintenance of Your Electrical System for Maximum Reliability

Alan A. Holt, P.E. Northern Region Operaions Manager / Chief Engineer Premier Power

Overview - The presentaion begins with a review of reliability principles and a discussion of how reliability can be obtained by various methods, e.g. Design, Operaion, Maintenance and Equipment. Deining the required system reliability will be addressed as well as a system assessment philosophy. The presentaion will then cover speciic components of the electrical system, to include: • Batery Systems • Transformers (prevenive and predicive

maintenance) o Special emphasis on oil analysis & electrical tesing review • Circuit Breakers o Oil

o Air

o Vacuum

o SF6

• Cables

Each secion will include the types of tesing typically performed, the purpose for the paricular tests and analysis tools for reviewing test data.

7. Presentaion Synopsis: Conducing an Organizaional Assessment

Steve VanderMeer Sr. Vice-President, Planning and Markeing Hometown Connecions

Overview - Networking among peers and industry professionals is a hallmark within the public power

industry, providing insights, benchmarks, new ideas and further encouragement for performance

excellence. Hometown Connecions has developed an organizaional assessment model that draws upon its work with hundreds of public power systems across the naion. Such an assessment can be a key driver to strategic

planning, capital planning and budgeing. It also afords the uility an outside, unbiased view of its operaions, highlighing its strengths, providing industry benchmarks and best pracices, and developing a list of prioriized recommendaions for the uility’s use. This presentaion will outline one approach to doing an organizaional assessment, and highlight key indings and trends among other public power systems.

8. Combined Heat and Power (CHP) – Two Perspecives

Jack McCormick. Mechanical EIT, Commonwealth Associates, Inc. Lori Myot Vice President

NTH Consultants, Ltd.

Overview – The reduced environmental impacts from

CHP technology does not necessarily translate into a more streamlined permiing landscape for such faciliies. With the promulgaion of Greenhouse Gas (GHG) regulaions, the air permiing requirements remain fairly cumbersome. Nevertheless, the beneits far outweigh the environmental issues related to tradiional coal combusion faciliies. The environmental porion of this presentaion will discuss the beneits of choosing CHP technology over tradiional separate steam and electric generaion, and provide case studies highlighing the environmental beneits and permiing requirements. The drivers and trends porion will discuss what afects a CHP project outcome, including concepts such as fuel chargeable to power, fuel chargeable

to steam, coincident use of steam and electricity, right sizing and full use of equipment essenial to project economics. Financial concepts are presented

with drivers such as standby maintenance power tarif, debt coverage raios, return on investment, depreciaion, and tax credits. Concepts such as

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ixed and variable O&M are presented for typical projects. Finally, project costs are discussed including development costs, permiing, interest during construcion, spare parts costs and LTDSA’s.

Session 3

9. Smart Grid on any Budget

Jim Schaut Public Power Representaive Wesco Distribuion Doug Voda Global Segment Leader for Medium Voltage SmartGrid

ABB

Overview• Smart Grid soluions can be developed and

implemented for any size of uility • Develop concept, implement, and allow for

expansion

• Establish prioriies around uility vision and roadmaps

• Parameters include regulaions, penalies, and rate case informaion

• Eiciency and Reliability are the easiest to jusify for Smart Grid applicaions in distribuion and transmission applicaions

• Investments and value is not linear…..Example:

Implement communicaion….get more value as you complete more applicaions – AMI, VVO, FDIR, M/D

10. Pole Tesing and Reliability Analysis – Game Changing Technology and Analyics That Will Afect When and Why You Will Condemn Aged or Damaged Poles

Jason M. Brown Vice President

mPower Teresa Simpson Power Line Supply

Overview - First, it is an introducion to new technology then the uiliies can implement it in any

of three scenarios:

1. Buy or Lease equipment and do inspecions themselves

2. Have us or another subcontractor do the

inspecions 3. Integrate the data into their GIS and Asset and/or

Capital Improvement Plans

11. Cash Reserve Policies – Recommended Minimum Reserves

Dawn Lund Vice President

Uility Financial Soluions, LLC

Overview – A current concern for uiliies across the country is “how much reserves should our uility hold?.” This session discusses the importance of a formal cash reserve policy and how it can relate to the overall health of the uility. Five inancial risk areas are discussed and how that can translate into

establishment of a minimum amount of reserves the

uility should hold unique to their circumstances. An example cash reserve policy calculaion will be reviewed and the methodology discussed.

12. Introducion to Arc Flash/Shock Hazard in Electrical Equipment NFPA 70E

Andy Gohl, Project Manager NTI Ceriied NFPA 70E, BA, NETA 3 Tech. Uiliies Instrumentaion Service, Inc.

Overview – One person is killed and 10 injured every two days in the United States. Some of these cases occur in MI. OSHA and NFPA developed the NFPA 70E

safety standards to prevent this from happening. This very brief introductory seminar for Superintendents, Electrical Workers and Operators will cover the following:

• Why were these standards developed? • Applies to whom? • What is Arc Flash and Electrical Shock • How does Arc Flash and Shock hazard occur and

some real examples

• How to miigate Arc Flash and Shock hazard

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Session 4

13. (TWO PARTS) Part I - Use of Filming Amines in Power Plant Boiler Systems

Daniel M. CiceroSenior Industry Development ManagerNalco

Overview – Changes in the fossil-fueled power

generaion industry have forced uility operators to cycle their plants more frequently. The efects of cyclical operaion have been documented by EPRI and industry leaders. To minimize corrosion and transport of corrosion products through the steam

system, interest has grown over the past several years in the applicaion of ilm-forming technologies either for online corrosion inhibiion or protecion during lay-up. This paper will discuss the changes in the industry that have created this interest, current pracices to address the needs and a discussion of the ield trial protocol in progress at NIPSCO to evaluate a number of ilming amine technologies.

Part II - Steam Turbine Performance and Maintenance

Kristan Sears

Site Services ManagerField Operaions, USDresser-Rand

Overview - The presentaion will review daily, weekly, monthly data collecion which assist with the coninuous assessment of your steam turbine performance and maintenance requirements.

Then discuss speciic components of the steam turbine system to include:

• Equipment/system life cycle analysis indicaive of usable life remaining before major maintenance

is required;

• Risk prioriized indings with corresponding remedial recommendaions;

• Trending analysis predicing ime-to-maintenance for components, equipment, and systems;

• Correlaions between components / systems / operaions providing insight into the interrelated behavior of each; ascertained if a

measured change is indicaive of a potenial problem or simply an expected result of operaional changes; and

• Economic analysis of equipment capacity, operaing condiions, system performance, etc. provides cost / proit jusiied recommendaions for improvement.

14. Cyber Security Soluions Overview

Bruce Gordon Vice President Sales N-Dimension Soluions

Overview - N-Dimension Soluions provides defense-in-depth cyber security soluions for criical infrastructure environments focused on the municipal electric market. This session will cover

cyber dangers, atacks trends and what you can do to miigate risk, increase reliability, and ensure revenue for your uility. Also covered in this session are step by step programs including training, assessments, monitoring, as well as speciic soluions for SCADA. EMS. DMS, AMI, GIS and other operaional systems. N-Dimension Soluions, works closely with APPA, Hometown Connecions, and HD Supply in order to help keep you and your customers safe.

15. How to Explain the Need for a Rate Increase to Boards/Councils and the End User

Dawn Lund Vice President

Uility Financial Soluions, LLC

Overview – Recommending a rate increase can

be a challenging ime, but someimes even more challenging is communicaing the need for an increase to gain support from boards/councils and

the end user. This session will discuss key inancial targets that help determine when a rate increase is

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needed, a methodical approach to explaining the

increase, and the consequences of foregoing an

increase. A step by step educaional approach will be discussed.

16. Mutual Aid Preparedness

Joe McElroy Director of Safety & Loss Control Michigan Electric Cooperaive Associaion Jim Weeks Execuive Director Michigan Municipal Electric Associaion

Overview - Emergency Acion Planning/Mutual Aid Storm Preparaion:A) Emergency Communicaion/Before, during & ater the event

1. In-state/Regional Events

2. Statewide Events

3. Naional Events

B) Municipal/Cooperaive in-state Mutual Aid 1. APPA/NRECA Signed Agreements

2. Bird-dog training 3. Wire spoter training . Follow-up evaluaions

C) Equipment Resource Informaion 1. Importance of up to date informaion 2. Annual April request for informaion

Thursday, October 2

A few of Thursday’s speakers will include:

Sally Talberg, MPSC Commissioner:Prior to her appointment,

Commissioner Talberg worked

in the public and private sectors

over the past 15 years with a focus on energy policy and uility regulaion. Most recently, she served as a senior consultant at

Public Sector Consultants where

she conducted research and

analyses and wrote reports on energy policy issues.

Karl Karg, Partner, Latham & Watkins, LLP:Karg’s environmental pracice includes enforcement defense, liigaion, crisis response and management, permiing and compliance counseling. He is

paricularly experienced in the defense of US Department of Jusice/EPA and state enforcement acions and ciizen suits under the Clean Air Act, and

other environmental statutes.

Mat Ward, CEO, Sustainable Strategies D.C:Ward is a co-founder of the Naional Brownields Coaliion and the Brownield Communiies Network, and he has served as naional policy director to a number of organizaions. He formerly served as a partner and leader of the Green Pracice Group at The Ferguson Group.

Steve Mitchell, Chairman, Mitchell Research & Communicaions:Mitchell has worked in more than

40 states for corporate, media,

governmental, and associaion clients, including governors, members of

Congress, state legislators, mayors, ciies, townships, counies, and states.

Larissa Shaaked, Regional Sales Manager, GE Power & Water:Shaaked has worked for the Canadian

Nuclear Safety Commission in Compliance Regulaion and in Reactor Safety and Field Engineering. Her current focus is in Renewable Energy Business sales of wind turbines and solar equipment.

Valerie Brader, Deputy Legal Counsel and Senior Policy Advisor to Governor Rick Snyder (R-Michigan): Brader’s service with the administraion began in September 2012, as the chief energy policy oicer at the Michigan Economic Development Corporaion (MEDC).

Thursday dinner cruise on board the Princess

Wenonah. Entertainment by Marty Viers.

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Board of Directors

Melanie McCoy, President

Sebewaing Light and Power Dept.

Bill Cook, Vice President

Zeeland Board of Public Works

Ray Anderson

City of Norway

Carl Fedders

City of Marshall

Larry Halberstadt

South Haven Department of

Public Works

David Koster

Holland Board of Public Works

Greg Pierce

Lowell Light & Power

Tom Richards

City of Harbor Springs

Dennis Hicks

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Calendar of Events

Fast Facts

Sept.14-17, 2014 APPA Business & Financial

Conference, Portland, OR

Oct. 1-3, 2014 MMEA Fall Conference, Bay City, MI

Oct. 26-29, 2014 APPA Customer Connections

Conference, Jacksonville, FL

May 20 – 21, 2015 Great Lakes Electric Utility Show,

Lansing, MI

Michigan is 10th in the nation in natural gas

production, producing 6.9 trillion cubic feet of gas since 1925.

(Source: Michigan State University)