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Votes at a glance: BPU approves April minutes, forwards 2026–27 resource pool budget and Abiquiu task order to County Council (5-0)
Summary
At its May 21 meeting the Board of Public Utilities approved routine consent items including board minutes, recommended the 2026–27 resource pool budget to County Council (contingent on a new Electric Coordination Agreement) and recommended awarding task order AGR22-18C for Abiquiu Hydro, each by 5-0 roll-call votes.
The Los Alamos Board of Public Utilities on May 21 recorded a series of formal actions that the board forwarded to County Council or placed in the record. All votes shown below were taken by roll call and passed 5-0.
Votes at a glance
1) Approval of board minutes (April 2 and April 16, 2025) Motion: Move that the Board of Public Utilities approve the minutes of the April 2 and April 16, 2025, meetings as presented. Outcome: Approved, roll-call vote 5-0.
2) 2026–2027 resource pool budget (recommendation to County Council) Motion: Recommend approval of the 2026–2027 resource pool budget as presented, with an explicit contingency: the recommended budget is contingent on the terms of a future Electric Coordination Agreement (ECA) that is expected to replace the 1985 ECA before the current extension ends on Dec. 31, 2025; the budget may require future amendment depending on the eventual ECA terms. Forward the recommended resource pool budget to County Council for review and approval. Outcome: Recommended to County Council, roll-call vote 5-0.
3) Task order AGR22-18C — Abiquiu Hydroelectric plant firewall and office project Motion: Recommend award of task order AGR22-18C to GME General Building LLC for the Abiquiu Hydroelectric plant firewall and office project for a total amount of $409,207.95 (including contingency and gross receipts tax) and forward to County Council for approval. Staff indicated $59,207.95 of additional funding would come from repurposing the El Vado penstock bypass valve allocation in the CIP and that the El Vado work would be re-budgeted in a later fiscal year. Outcome: Recommended to County Council, roll-call vote 5-0.
Consent and procedural votes - The board approved the amended agenda and the consent agenda items that remained after items A, C and E were pulled for discussion. These procedural votes were recorded and carried by roll-call 5-0.
Roll-call participants (as recorded in the minutes): Member Hollingsworth — yes; Member Heffner — yes; Member Nackley — yes; Member Stromberg — yes; Member Gibson — yes.
Notes and next steps: The 2026–27 resource pool budget recommendation includes contingency language because staff said the final terms of an updated Electric Coordination Agreement are unknown; the board forwarded the recommendation for County Council review. The Abiquiu task order and the proposed reallocation of CIP funding were also forwarded to County Council; staff indicated the El Vado penstock bypass valve project would be deferred and re-budgeted to address the Abiquiu shortfall.
