The regular meeting of the Board of Electric Commissioners was convened at 5:30 p.m. on Wednesday, January 10, 2007 at the Burlington Electric Department, Burlington, Vermont.

Commissioners Jennifer Wallace-Brodeur, Scott Johnstone, and Jan Harris were present. Commissioners Christine Salembier and Sarah Judd were absent. Staff members present included: Barbara Grimes and Munir Kasti. Other staff members present included Chris Burns, Ken Nolan and Shawn Enterline.

Patricia Crowley, Clerk, was present. Channel 17 was present for the taping of this meeting.

Commissioner Wallace-Brodeur called the meeting to order at 5:40 p.m.

Agenda
There were no changes or revisions to the agenda.

2. Minutes of the December 13, 2006 meeting:
Commissioner Johnstone moved to accept the minutes for the December 13, 2006 meeting. The motion was seconded by Commissioner Wallace-Brodeur and approved by all Commissioners present.

3. Public Forum
No one from the public was present for the meeting.

Commissioners’ Corner
The Commission had no updates.

4. General Manager/Commission Information Items
Ms. Grimes informed the Commission and the viewing public that effective January 1, 2007, BED’s business hours are 8:00am to 5:00pm. If the door is locked when the Commissioners arrive for the Commission meeting, all they have to do is pick up the phone in the entry way to BED and the dispatcher on duty will unlock the door for them.

Ms. Grimes stated to the Commission that she received a very nice message from a BED customer thanking one of our lineworkers, Jay Rouille, for his kindness and follow through with him. Jay also made arrangements to have the cutover work done on a Saturday when less people would be affected. Ms. Grimes stated that she appreciates Jay as a BED employee and that he represents us well.

5. ***CONSENT AGENDA***
5.01 EEI Agreement with Goldman Sachs
Upon no discussion of the Consent Agenda items, this item was passed with the approval of the agenda at the beginning of the meeting.

6. Approval of East Avenue Loop Project Cost Allocation Agreement with GMP (Discussion/Vote)
Ms. Grimes informed the Commission that having this agreement before them this evening is totally on the shoulders of Munir Kasti and Ken Nolan. She stated that these two people deserve all of the credit for getting this agreement. A brief discussion followed.

Upon no further discussion, Commissioner Johnstone moved that the Board of Electric Commissioners approve the Cost Allocation and Ownership Responsibilities Agreement for the East Avenue 115kV Loop Project with Green Mountain Power and authorize the General Manager or her designee to sign the agreement. The motion was seconded by Commissioner Harris and approved by all Commissioners present.

7. Energy Efficiency Update (Discussion)
Chris Burns was present for the Energy Efficiency Update to the Commission. Mr. Burns referred to Tom Buckley’s 1/2/07 memo which was included as part of their Commission packet. Mr. Burns stated that BED is meeting with Efficiency Vermont on a continuing basis to determine how best to modify existing programs to increase their focus on peak demand reduction, in addition to energy savings. He stated that this process will lead to the filing of a revised projection of program budget and savings targets for the Calendar Year 2007-2008 period for these efforts, expected by the end of this quarter, though no date has yet been set. Discussion followed.


There being no further business to discuss, Commissioners Johnstone and Harris moved to adjourn at 6:28p.m.which was approved by all Commissioners present.

Attest:

Patricia J. Crowley, Clerk