Get Full Government Meeting Transcripts, Videos, & Alerts Forever!
Get email alerts on the Governance topic
No spam. Unsubscribe anytime.
Staff reports utility policy rewrite and early-stage data center interest; board to receive drafts by December
Summary
Staff said a team is drafting updated utility policies with a target first draft by mid-November and a December deadline; staff also reported preliminary interest from a data-center developer exploring up to 2.5 MW, and asked the board for continued review of potential power-supply options.
Staff told the Albany Utility Board Oct. 9 that a cross-functional team is drafting a suite of updated utility policies and procedures, using templates from other utilities as a starting point and aiming to provide a first draft to the board by mid-November with a December 31 deadline for final review.
Policy staff said team members include utility management, finance representatives, and staff with previous policy-writing experience; the approach is to adapt existing policy examples to local technology and operational contexts. Staff asked for board participation in review and said they will circulate a list of policies reviewed and the items they used as templates.
In an operations update, staff also told the board they had a data-center prospect (described as a data-mining or data center developer) exploring roughly 2–2.5 MW of capacity and that staff are evaluating contractual and generation options. The general manager said Albany currently has about 32 MW of generation capacity and staff will report options and contract terms to the board as they develop.
Staff also briefed the board on building-access and lift-station issues that had temporarily disrupted in-person customer service; staff said those issues are being resolved and customer service operations have resumed normal activity.
