NEWS
BTU officials reviews city power bill components
By BARBARA GREEN
editor@bowienewsonline.com
Ken Lindburg of Bryan Texas Utilities reviewed the City of Bowie’s transmission cost of service with council members Monday night explaining each item on the city’s monthly power bill.
While the discussion did not require any action, it provided information for councilors as they went into a workshop after the meeting where they discussed possible changes related to power cost recovery factor and other budgetary and planning needs.
BTU is the city’s bulk power provider with a long-term contract. The City of Bowie budgeted $4,474,005 for power in the 2023-24 budget.
Lindburg offered the city’s April bill as the example.
The line items that come directly from BTU include the energy charge, demand charge and fuel charge. The TCOS charge is a pass through from the state for transmission and for April made up 27% of the city’s bill. The bill also has an ERO fee.
Read the full story in the mid-week Bowie News and watch for more from the Tuesday night meeting in your weekend Bowie News.
CORRECTION – There is an error in the amount of bulk power the city budgeted for 2023-24. The correct number is $4,474,005, not $474,005. We apologize for this error.
The Nocona City Council approved a trio of Nocona Economic Development Corporation requests and considered infrastructure work questioned by a city council.
Councilors met on June 10. Two of the NEDC requests had already been presented with the timeclock for comment started. With that time limit over, the requests were finalized.
The Type A and B Boards will spend $19,225 at the Indian Oaks Golf Club for equipment, aerifying and top dressing the greens and batteries for rental carts. It also will expend $20,000 to the Nocona Chisholm Trail Rodeo Arena Committee to build new concrete bleachers, railings, fence and platform.
The third NEDC request is a new one related to a Type B board loan of $200,000 to Amy and Chris Nunneley for a new apartment and office construction project.
Read the full story in the Thursday Bowie News.
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It will be available in the stores at its regular time.
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