Electric City Power, Incorporated
JOURNAL OF BOARD PROCEEDINGS
July 10, 2006

Electric City Power, Incorporated (The Corporation): Regular meeting of the Board of Directors
Great Falls Civic Center, Gibson Room

CALL TO ORDER: 5:30 PM

ROLL CALL: Directors present: George Golie, Randy Gray, Bob Pancich, and Dawn Willey. Also present were the City Manager, Assistant City Manager, and Administrative Officer.

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR REPORT

City Manager John Lawton gave the Executive Director Report. He discussed the June 26th Public Service Commission (the PSC) hearing in which the PSC heard testimony on ECPI’s petition to operate a small customer electricity supply program for a limited number of homes in Great Falls. The two parties to the hearing were ECPI and the Montana Consumer Counsel. Both agreed to a stipulation that resolved all issues previously raised during PSC proceedings. The PSC will likely reach a decision sometime this summer.

Lawton also updated the Board on ECPI’s additional energy supplies that will begin to flow on January 1 of 2007 and 2009 respectively. These two blocks of 7 and 12 megawatts are contracted for from Southern Montana Electric Generation and Transmission Cooperative (SME).

The Board then briefly discussed the proposed acquisition of NorthWestern Energy by Babcock and Brown, Inc.

  1. OLD BUSINESS
  2. NEW BUSINESS
    1. Approval of Board Meeting Minutes of June 12, 2006.

      Randy Gray moved to approve the June 12th minutes. The motion was seconded by Dawn Willey and the minutes were approved by the Board unanimously.
  3. BOARD MEMBER REPORTS

    George Golie inquired about whether or not the City had spoken to developers of wind powered generation facilities in the region about the possibility of firming their power with output from the proposed Highwood Generating Station. The City Manager explained that the City has had some preliminary discussions with wind developers.

  4. COMMUNICATIONS

    1. Public Comment

      Stuart Lewin asked the Board questions about the City’s plans to supply electricity to residents of Great Falls and about its role in the proposed Highwood Generating Station.

      Mary Jolley, a candidate for Montana House District 22 commented on previous Board minutes, the ECPI web page, the City’s role in the proposed Highwood Generating Station, an Attorney General’s Opinion relating to natural gas utilities, and changes to Montana Code.

      Bill Zucconi asked about City expenditures to date on the proposed Highwood Generating Station, talked about risk equity, and asked what businesses the City would like to enter.

The Board’s next meeting will be August 7th at 5:30 PM in the Gibson Room of the Great Falls Civic Center.

Chairman Bob Pancich adjourned the meeting at 6:30PM

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