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Power board reviews monthly funds flow, operations and customer-data concerns
Summary
At its Sept. 8 meeting, the Hall Power Board reviewed a monthly funds-flow report, discussed customer-data disclosure for collections, and heard brief operations updates including a transformer swap and a stadium lighting outage.
The Hall Power Board reviewed its monthly funds-flow and operating snapshot at the Sept. 8 meeting, where Superintendent Almer presented cash positions, rate-sufficiency calculations and collection procedures.
Superintendent Almer told the board, "First thing I provided was the, as you can see, the funds flow. It kinda gives you a snapshot of, what we're doing," and walked members through several pages of the packet showing operating cash, temporary investments and a prepayment from Silicon Ranch for transformers and equipment. He said total operating funds and temporary investments were "a little over $10,000,000," with roughly $4,127,000 tied to the Silicon Ranch prepayment.
Almer summarized the utility's rate-sufficiency checks, saying the board's calculated requirement and actual revenue were nearly identical — "point 067%" off — and pointed to a 3.7% figure on a page the packet labeled as purchases-to-sales (described in the packet as distribution losses/transformer losses measured in kilowatt hours).
Board members and staff also discussed how much customer-level information to include in public reports. Almer said some industrial customers may not want proprietary or delinquency details disclosed and noted that collections write-offs occur about once a year. "Once it's presented to the board, most of that is public information," he said, while acknowledging the sensitivity of divulging individual-customer data in a public forum.
Members received brief operational updates. Alderman Almond praised staff for a recent transformer swap, saying the work was "smooth sailing" and asked that staff be recognized for the effort. Almer described the swap in technical terms, noting crews ordered two 2,500 kV transformers and replaced units at multiple substations without disrupting customer service.
Almer also reported a recent outage affecting lights at a local football field that forced a game cancellation. He said crews responded promptly and the lighting was restored for subsequent events.
No formal actions or votes were taken on the funds-flow report, collections procedures or the operational updates; they were presented for the board's information and follow-up as needed.
