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Coffeyville staff, UFS outline power-cost adjustment, present three electric-rate scenarios
Summary
City staff and UFS consultants reviewed a corrected power cost adjustment (PCA) calculation, recommended a 6-month rolling average, and showed three rate-track scenarios that would raise monthly residential bills modestly over the next few years; no decision was made.
City Manager Ben Brubaker, Director of Electric Services Chris Weiner and UFS consultant Jill Jurczyk on March 11 reviewed a revised power cost adjustment and three multi-year electric-rate scenarios for Coffeyville’s municipal utility. The presentation was for discussion only; Brubaker told commissioners, “it is just a discussion item. So to be very clear, there's no decisions that we're asking for tonight.”
The discussion focused on correcting how the city calculates its PCA — the monthly charge that passes wholesale power-cost changes through to retail customers. Jurczyk said the tariff requires an annual calculation of the loss-adjustment factor that accounts for unbilled units (city usage and lighting). “Historically … we’ve just used a 7% adjustment. But the tariff specifies that this adjustment factor should be calculated every year,” she said, adding that Coffeyville’s correct loss factor for the year should be…
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