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• Addition of new Field Engineering position(to be defined after Technical Service <br /> Superintendent position is filled); <br /> • Addition of new Key Accounts Specialist; <br /> • Creation of new Assistant Electric Superintendent to be filled through internal promotion <br /> from qualified lineworker candidates without backfilling vacated lineworker potions in <br /> 2015; <br /> • Contracted cleaning services or equivalent part-time employee for the Field Services <br /> Buildings; <br /> • Planned delay of multiple vehicle purchases; <br /> • Feeder and LFG expansion projects paid from transfer from reserves; <br /> • Consultant for MISO Attachment 0 transmission analysis. <br /> • 2015 APPA Lineworkers Rodeo in Sacramento, CA. <br /> The proposed 2015 rates were designed to be applied as evenly as possible to all rate classes for <br /> typical customers. This approach results in an approximate retail rate increase of 3.25%for typical <br /> customers. The proposed rate design also continues the direction of shifting to more fixed cost <br /> recovery to mitigate revenue recovery volatility related to weather. The proposed 2015 electric <br /> rates are: <br /> Residential <br /> Meter Charge ... $12.00/Month <br /> Summer Energy Charge (May-Sep) ... $0.1360/kWh <br /> Winter Energy Charge (Oct-Apr) $0.1205/kWh <br /> Non-Demand Commercial <br /> Meter Charge ... $20.00/Month <br /> Summer Energy Charge (May-Sep) ... ... ... ... $0.1304/kWh <br /> Winter Energy Charge (Oct-Apr) $0.1087/kWh <br /> Demand Commercial (50kW peak or greater) <br /> Meter Charge ... $60.00/Month <br /> Energy Charge $0.0649/kWh <br /> Summer Demand Charge (May-Sep) ... $16.94/kW <br /> Winter Demand Charge (Oct-Apr) ... $11.99/kW <br /> In November the Commission had concern with the preliminary 2015 budget projected margin of <br /> 1.16%being too tight. The budget was reviewed by staff and the rate design was modified to <br /> improve the proposed projected margin to 1.46%with the rate design above. An alternate rate <br /> design was also developed to produce an approximate 2%margin. To achieve this 2%margin, the <br /> rate increase for a typical electric customer would be 3.75%. It works almost as a direct pass <br /> through; to improve margins from 1.5%to 2%results in an increase of rates from 3.25%to 3.75%. <br /> Because the electric reserve policy targets are met with sufficient unrestricted reserved above the <br /> reserve target,management is comfortable with the proposed 3.25%rate increase and projected <br /> 1.46%margins. <br /> POWERED Dr <br /> Page 2 of 4 NATURE <br /> Reliable Public <br /> Power Provider POWERED T o S E R V E <br /> 59 <br />