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A
B
Can
I've
been
here
a
little
over
ten
years,
so
almost
11
in
January,
director
of
electric
services?
We
have
basically
underneath
my
supervision.
There
are
basically
five
areas.
One
area
is
our
distribution
office.
Those
are
our
linemen
that
take
care
of
when
there
are
outages
or
to
put
up
lines
and
things
like
that.
We
have
tech
services,
they
deal
with
our
meters
and
if
you
have
any
kind
of
power
quality
issues
they'll
handle
that
we
have
engineering
which
basically
designs
and
plans
for
new
installations,
as
Ames
continues
to
grow,
will
then
put
in
that
system.
B
We
have
our
power
plant
located
at
the
end
of
Main
Street.
We
have
other
generation
over
off
of
Edison,
that's
our
fourth
area,
and
then
we
have
administration,
which
is
our
fifth
area,
and
actually
we
have
a
sixth
area
I.
Just
thought
of.
We
also
have
our
energy
markets,
and
that
sounds
a
little
strange,
but
we're
constantly
buying
or
selling
energy
to
meet
the
needs
of
the
city.
Earlier.
B
Lot
really
went
into
the
decision
we
have
been
operating
on
coal-fired
generation
for
nearly
a
hundred
years
back
in
2013,
the
Environmental
Protection
Agency
started
looking
at
new
rules
and
regulations
that
would
impact
our
power
plant
and
at
that
time
staff
sat
down
with
an
engineer
and
we
compared
okay.
What
what
would
the
future
look
like
on
coal
versus?
What
would
the
future
look
like
on
natural
gas?
B
We
sat
down
and
we
saw
the
opportunities
or
it
was
better
for
the
utility
to
switch
to
natural
gas,
went
to
City
Council
and
in
2013
they
authorized
staff
to
begin
converting
the
plant.
The
good
news
is:
is
that
both
units?
This
is
unit
7
and
8.
That
said
at
the
end
of
Main
Street
that
conversion
was
completed
here
recently
this
spring.
So
now,
both
of
our
units
that
traditionally
ran
coal-fired
are
now
powered
using
natural
gas,
but.
B
Not
oh,
the
city
of
ames
actually
has
a
neat
portfolio
when
we're
supplying
our
customers.
Our
generation
is
predominantly
natural
gas
on
Main
Street.
However,
we
do
offset
that
partially
with
what's
called
RDF.
That's
a
fancy
term
refuse
drive
fuel.
What
is
refuse
derived
fuel.
It
is
a
it
is
the
county's
municipal
waste,
so
things
that
you
throw
away
in
your
garbage
can
are
brought
to
the
city
of
Ames
processed.
They
take
out
the
things
like
glass
and
aluminum
that
gets
recycled
and
the
burnable
stuff
is
shredded
processed
fluffed.
B
If
you
will
and
sent
to
the
power
plant-
and
we
mix
that
with
natural
gas
to
provide
electricity
to
the
to
the
residents
of
Ames,
that's
RDF,
pretty
cool,
Wow
yeah,
it's
historically
or
traditionally,
most
people
actually
bury
garbage.
You
mean
you
hear
about
landfills
and
stuff,
like
that.
The
neat
thing
in
Ames
is:
there
are
no
active
landfill
in
in
Story
County,
so
we
we
take
your
garbage
and
we
actually
turn
that
into
a
fuel
which
then
creates
electricity.
B
So,
right
now,
some
of
this
electricity,
you
could
say,
is
being
provided
by
the
garbage
you
throw
away
beyond
RDF.
We
also
have
wind,
we
have
36
megawatts
of
wind,
that
we've
contracted
for
over
20
year
period
that
sets
over
near
Colo
and
ziering,
and
those
are
24.
Wind
turbines
like
on
a
day
like
today,
are
spinning
pretty
good
we're
getting
a
lot
of
wind
energy
again,
very
environmentally
friendly,
and
that
provides
anywhere
between
ten
and
fifteen
percent
of
our
daily
needs.
B
The
other
thing
that
we
have
is:
we
do
have
two
peaking
units
so
on
the
absolute
hottest
days
or
during
emergencies,
we
can
run
a
couple
of
peaking
generators,
thats
it
over
on
Edison
to
provide
any
any
emergency
or
backup
or
peak
shaving
energy.
The
other
thing
that
we
have
is
is
we
also
are
constantly
looking
at
the
energy
market.
B
We
are
interconnected
with
a
bunch
of
other
utilities,
so
we'll
look
on
a
day-by-day
basis
and
say:
should
we
run
our
power
plant
hire
or
should
we
low
and
buy
from
the
market
so
when
the
market
is
cheaper,
will
buy
that
energy
and
bring
that
into
ames?
So
we're
constantly
on
an
hour-by-hour
basis,
looking
at
what
what
we
can
do
for
the
betterment
of
ames
is
electric
customers.
So.
A
B
You
said
an
interesting
word,
you
said:
buy
a
home
energy
audit.
Let
me
correct
you
right
there.
It
costs
you
nothing
fun
fact,
fun
fact:
fun
fact.
Our
home
energy
audits
are
free
and
let
me
explain
that
more
in
a
broader
scale.
You
know
you
just
got
done
asking
me
all
of
our
generation.
Where
does
the
electricity
come
from
another
neat
component
of
our
energy
portfolio?
B
What
you're
asking
me
about
is
a
home
energy
audit,
yeah,
okay,
so
what
that
is,
is
you'd,
be
surprised
and
I've
even
had
one
done
in
my
home
and
I
was
surprised
when
I
got
the
report,
but
we
have
some
professionals
called
the
energy
group
out
of
Des
Moines
that
come
up
and
they
will
walk
through
your
house
or
they'll.
Even
do
commercial
businesses
and
they'll
come
into
your
house
and
they
can
work
around
they'll
take
measurements.
B
If
it's
an
older
house,
they
do
what's
called
a
blower
door
test
and
basically
they
put
some
equipment
on
the
front
door
and
they
check
to
see
how
much
air
leakage
you
have
throughout
your
house.
Wow
yep,
they'll
they'll,
look
at
insulating
values.
You
know
how
much
insulation
do
you
have
they'll
look
at
the
lighting
and
they
come
out
with
a
fairly
detailed
report.
B
That
says
you
know
if
you
can
do
this
and
this
and
this
and
this
you
can
save
on
your
energy
consumption,
both
heating
and
cooling
and
in
the
long
run,
even
investing
a
little
bit
of
money
on
some
of
these
projects
will
quickly
pay
for
itself.
I.
Remember,
for
example,
on
my
audit
I
happen
to
have
a
gas
fireplace.
B
Okay,
no
big
deal
I've,
always
left
the
pilot
on
never
thought
about
it,
and
they
showed
me
that
if
I'd
turn,
my
pilot
light
off
in
my
gas,
fireplace
I
think
I
would
save
like
twenty
or
thirty
dollars.
If
I
turn
it
off
in
may
and
turn
it
back
on
in
november,
I
could
save
that
much
money
yeah
because
and
it's
actually
creating
heat,
which
then
my
air
conditioner
has
to
work
a
little
bit
harder.
B
Real
easy,
if
you
can
go
to
our
website,
it's
ww
city
of
ames,
all
one
word
org,
and
in
there
you
can
go
to
smart
energy
and
through
there
there
are
all
of
our
different
programs,
both
commercial
and
residential
and
on
our
residential
page.
It's
the
last
line.
You
just
click
on
that
type
in
your
name
and
address,
and
we
get
it
set
up
for
you.
Oh
that's.
B
Our
business,
what
we're
trying
to
do
is
avoid
that
next
generator
building
that
next
big
power
plant
and
by
us
encouraging
our
customers,
it's
not
so
much
to
use
less
energy
but,
more
importantly,
it's
to
to
lower
or
prevent
that
next
peak
demand,
because
the
peak
demand,
which
typically
occurs
in
the
summer
hot
day,
air
conditioners
running
all
that
good
stuff.
If
we
can
shave
that
off,
we
don't,
we
can
delay
the
next
time,
we
need
a
generator
and
if
we
can
delay
that
we're
talking
about
millions
and
millions
of
dollars
of
investment.
B
B
Sure
will
we
have.
The
electric
department
has
an
advisory
board,
okay
appointed
by
the
mayor,
and
this
was
started
back
in
nineteen
eighty-two.
A
couple
of
the
topics
that
are
coming
up.
The
big
question
are
some
of
the
big
issues.
Right
now
is
regarding
solar
and
solar
power
and
solar
panels,
and
there
are
a
couple
of
initiatives
that
we're
looking
at.
We've
recently
had
a
meeting
with
your
ab
and
the
public
and
that
occurred
on
the
6th
of
October.
Where
we're
looking
at.
We
have
a
concept
we
have
a
in
our
rate
design.
B
B
The
other
thing
that's
happening
is
there's
many
people
that,
like
solar,
but
maybe
their
renters,
maybe
they
they
have
a
house
that
doesn't
face
the
right
way
or
they
really
don't
want
to
put
solar
panels
on
their
own
home.
We're
encouraged
that
we
have
the
possibility
of
building
a
community
solar
project
and
the
first
part
of
that
is
is
what
does
the
model
look
like?
B
Does
the,
for
example,
does
the
utility
bill
the
solar
panel
or
solar
farm
and
then
allow
everybody
to
use
it
so
kind
of
socialized
the
costs
and
the
benefits
that's
kind
of
what
we
did
with
wind?
Another
concept
that
is
out
there
is
there
are
some
residents
that
feel
so
strongly
about
it
that
they
themselves
want
to
somehow
participate
and
that's
kind
of
a
different
model
where
we
could
say.
Okay,
would
you
like
to
participate
and
enjoy
the
solar
power?
Specifically,
so
we've
had
a
report
done.
B
With
the
solar
system,
then
we
one
of
the
biggest
challenges
is
finding
a
good
place
to
put
it
solar
panels.
We
need,
we
think
we
need
about
10
acres
and
obviously
the
10
acres.
It
has
to
not
a
lot
of
trees
around
it,
not
a
lot
of
buildings,
so
we're
that'll
be
one
of
our
next
challenges
as
we're
where
in
the
city
do
you
put
it
yeah
and
we
got
to
figure
that
out.
Then
we
have
a
few
things
we
got
to
roll
out.
You
know
how
will
people
participate?
B
If
that's
the
direction
we
go,
should
it
be
owned
by
the
city,
or
should
it
be
owned
by
a
third
party
and
there's
some
nuances
with
federal
funding,
federal
taxes
and
things
like
that
that
make
one
option
may
be
better
than
another?
So
there's
a
lot
of
more
questions
that
we
got
to
try
to
answer,
but
I'm
hopeful
that,
in
the
very
near
future,
we'll
have
a
solar
farm
sitting
somewhere
names
thanks.
A
For
being
on
the
show,
today,
Don
it's
my
pleasure
for
more
information
regarding
the
Ames
electric
services
or
the
rebates
discuss
today.
Please
visit
our
website
at
city
of
Ames
network
/,
smart
energy
and
remember:
halloween
is
coming
up
and
recommended
trick-or-treat
hours
and
Ames
is
Monday
October
thirty-first
from
5
30
to
7
30.
That's
all
for
this
week
be
sure
to
tune
in
next
week.
For
this
weekend,
Ames.