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Elk River .~ Municipal Utilities 13069 Orono Parkway • P.O. Box 430 Elk River, MN 55330-0430 June 4, 2009 To: Elk River Municipal Utilities commission John Dietz Jerry Gumphrey Daryl Thompson From: Theresa Slominski Re: Dollar Savings and PCAs Phone: 763.441.2020 Fax: 763.441.8099 At the May 12, 2009 commission meeting, under other business as an additional agenda item, Commissioner Dietz directed that a calculation of employee related cost savings be prepared. The calculation was directed to include cost savings from staff restructuring, non replacement of employees, and the delay/denial of budgeted wage actions. Commissioner Dietz stated that he would like to see the employee related cost savings used to directly offset any Power Cost Adjustments (PCAs) rather than charging a PCA to customers. The compilation of the totals for staff includes the salary, as well as the related employer and benefits costs, is on the following page for your review. The total of the savings is approximately $115,500. This compilation does not take into account any other area of increased expense, such as legal fees. A recap of 2009 year-to-date PCA accumulation is included, as well as the 2008 PCAs. In 2008 we incurred $968,891 in PCAs and passed along $733,870. There have been no PCAs charged to customers in 2009. As was noted in the May meeting, the 2009 budget was conservative with the ramp up of consumption for the second data center (customer provided projections were more liberal) specifically with the intention of being able to offset any PCAs. Also, 2009 budget Power Costs increased $2,139,012 and rates were only increased $1,692,899, effectively absorbing 21% of the increase through budget constraints.