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Coffeyville approves $642K insurance renewal and $1.0M parts purchase for power plant overhaul
Summary
Commissioners authorized a $641,704 commercial property policy for the city’s generation facilities and a $1,000,007.62 purchase order for parts to combine scheduled 18k and 24k hour overhauls of generation engines; staff said combining outages could save roughly $500,000 in capacity payments.
The Coffeyville City Commission approved two electricity-related spending items on Tuesday: a commercial property insurance renewal for the city’s power-generation plants and a purchase order for overhaul parts to service generation engines.
An insurance representative, briefing commissioners on behalf of the city’s broker, recommended renewing a special policy for generation facilities underwritten by Chubb at a one-year premium of $641,704. The broker confirmed that the quoted amount excludes an optional terrorism premium; commissioners asked whether cyber events would be covered and staff said cyber/terrorism coverage was excluded from that terrorism premium and would require separate negotiation.
Separately, Chris Weiner, the city’s executive director of electric, asked the commission to authorize a purchase order for parts to combine the 18,000- and 24,000-hour maintenance intervals for three generation engines. Weiner presented a parts total of $1,000,007.62 and said he added a contingency for potential additional parts because of long lead times on some items. He and Tony Lawson, superintendent of electric generation, said combining the two intervals reduces total downtime; Weiner estimated combining the outages would save about $500,000 in lost capacity payments by shortening total outage days.
Commissioners discussed lead times, freight costs and labor. Staff said most parts were in stock at the time of the meeting but some previously listed items had lead times of up to five months; labor to perform the overhauls was estimated in the neighborhood of $1 million and some labor and bus-bar repairs have already been funded. The commission voted to approve the resolution authorizing the insurance payment and the resolution to authorize the purchase order for parts.
Outcome and next steps: Resolution R-24-69 (insurance) and Resolution R-24-70 (purchase order for overhaul parts) were approved by voice vote. Staff will proceed with ordering parts, manage shipping options where practical to avoid schedule delays, and continue procurement for labor and turnaround scheduling.
