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Bowie’s TWDB loan application goes to board on April 8
By BARBARA GREEN
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The City of Bowie’s application for a $9.7 million loan for wastewater system improvements will go before the Texas Water Development Board when its meets on April 8.
City Manager Bert Cunningham told the city council this past week it looks like the loan is moving forward and may receive approval as the state continues to request additional information from city engineers.
As with most state or federal programs paperwork is mountainous and the process is lengthy. Cunningham began looking into the program when he first came on the job in spring 2018. The city was invited to apply in November 2019 with the application process beginning in February 2020 with the selection of bond counsel and engineers.
Things have moved along with officials with the TWDB submitting a project schedule that begins with the loan closing June 1 if it is approved by the board. The end of the planning phase would come Sept. 27, 2021 as the engineering feasibility study report is completed.
Read the full story in your mid-week Bowie News.
NEWS
First concrete poured on Nelson Street
Concrete was poured on Nelson Street this week as the massive drainage project underway for almost nine months is getting near its end. Traffic will see a big relief once Nelson reopens, it was closed on Aug. 21, 2022 once a large section of the street on the north side collapsed following years of flooding and lack of drainage. (Courtesy photos Brent Shaw)
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Bowie raising electric rates .0111 cents to recover costs
By BARBARA GREEN
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Bowie City Councilors reluctantly approved an increase of .0111 cents in the city’s electric rates in an effort to recover the ongoing increases in wholesale power costs.
The increase will go into effect in the July 15 billing cycle and residential customers can expect an increase of just under $9 a month. The average residential use is 800 kilowatt hours a month and this new rate would add $8.88 to the monthly bill.
The power cost recovery factory has been in debate by the council since earlier in February when City Manager Bert Cunningham recommended the increase, but then council said no.
Bowie’s power rates are set up in two categories: Base rates and power cost recovery. Base rates, customer charges and energy charges are intended to recover costs to the utility related to operating an maintaining the system (profit).
The PCRF is the variable portion of wholesale power costs and changes as needed based on factors in the wholesale market, including, but not limited to increases or decreases in the cost of natural gas, the fuel that generates most of the electricity in Texas. The PCRF is intended to recover wholesale costs of resale power.
Read the full story in the weekend Bowie News.
NEWS
Old metal line cracks, breaks on Pecan
City of Bowie crews were busy earlier this week making a repair on a 12-inch water line on Pecan and Cooper where a valve was not holding. (Bottom) This was the rusty metal section of pipe cut out and replaced to repair the line. (Courtesy photos)
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