NEWS
Bowie Council undertakes Electricity 101 in workshop
By BARBARA GREEN
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Bowie City Council members took part in Electricity 101 Monday night as staff from Schneider Engineering discussed rate design and market questions during a workshop.
The council also received a brief overview of legislative changes related to truth in taxation and calculating the tax rate going into effect in
Electricity
Steve Moffitt, Jason Wiesepape and Ramsey Cripe traveled from College Station for Monday’s discussion.
Moffitt explained the differences between the retail market and the public power market. Senate Bill 7 in 1999 brought electric deregulation to Texas.
The City of Bowie operates as a public power utility certified to service a specific area. There are a few outlying areas that are dual certified with another power company. Customers cannot choose their energy provider since the City of Bowie has not “opted in,” to deregulation which would allow customers to participate in the retail market. Read the full story in the mid-week Bowie News.
The regular meeting of the Bowie City Council for July 22 has been cancelled. City Manager Bert Cunningham and Mayor Gaylynn Burris will be attending the Texas Public Power Association conference.
City of Bowie officials were on hand to inspect the emergency electrical generators that were delivered last week.
Mayor Gaylynn Burris and City Manager Bert Cunningham inspected one of three emergency electrical generators purchased as part of an ongoing Federal Emergency Management Agency Hazard Mitigation Grant. They also talked with Jay Evans, head of the city electric department, and Jerry Sutton, director of the water treatment plant about the next step for installation of the generators.
This grant provides funding for one 150 kW and two 250 kW generators for use at the water treatment plant.
Read the full story in the mid-week Bowie News.
City Manager Bert Cunningham and Mayor Gaylynn Burris talk with the electric and water department staff about the new generators. (Photo by Cindy Roller)
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