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Home My WebLink About4.02 UtilityAuditReslts "' P'~:~ - ;:~0:";~~'':, "c"." '-':~t~. ~~ '~~f,~JF';'~,f"~,~:~~ :i'":;T~~~~\{{;;::''0'~',t:-.'. :,~ "j;' .:, . . CITY OF DUBLIN AGENDA STATEMENT City Council Meeting Date: October 24, 1994 SUBJECT: Informational Report - Results of Utility Audit Report by: Public Works Director Lee Thompson EXHIBITS ATTACHED: Letter from Equitax RECOMMENDATION:~ Receivereport FINANCIAL STATEMENT: The City's agreement with Equitax provides that Equitax will receive 50% of any future savings which result from the audit for a period of two years. The estimated savings on the two affected accounts is +$4,625 per year; therefore, Equitax would receive +$2,313 per year. The payment to Equitax is to be made from the operating budgets for the individual utility accounts. DESCRIPTION: In February of 1994, the City Council approved an agreement with Equitax for an audit of the City's utility bills. The audit was performed on electric (pG&E), gas (Enron Access), and water and sewer (DSRSD) bills. The audit has now been completed, and . Equitax reports that our existing accounts were correct; however, Equitax is recommending changes in rate schedules for PG&E electric service to the Swim Center and Kolb Park. The greatest amount of savings would be achieved for the Swim Center, estimated at $4,185 per year. The change being initiated is from an A-I rate schedule to A-to. Both of these are commercial rates; however, the A-IO rate has only been available for installations such as the Swim Center for the last few years. A small amount of savings, estimated at $440 per year, would be achieved for Kolb Park by changing to an A-6 "time of use" schedule. "Time of use" rates are effective when the greatest use of energy takes place during "off-peak" hours. Since the main usage of electricity at Kolb Park is the lighting for the tennis courts, nearly all the usage takes place during off-peak hours. Staff had already changed the rate schedules for the Civic Center and Dublin Sports Grounds to "time of use" rates. As noted in the Financial Statement above, the estimated annual savings for these two accounts is $4,625. The City's agreement with Equitax provides that Equitax will receive 50% of the annual savings for a period of two years. The payment to Equitax will take place after the utility bills have been received and will be calculated based on actual savings achieved. a:(9495) loctoberlagstuaud :1~-;;-~.~~----------~~~--~~----------------------------------------------;;-;~~~;:-;;-;;- I( FILE ~ . EGU ITA:xe . 90 GREAT OAKS BLVD. SUITE 204 . SAN .JOSE. CA 95119 408.578.7900 September 22, 1994 RtC€fV~r:' (' Cp '; 6 igQJ o01-./.,; I\J: Ginger Russell City of Dublin Public Works Department P.O. Box 2340 Dublin, CA 94568 purH .-"" ;q......, -,. '.' Q' ~f{.,# \ ~ '~_.' .-.. Dear Ms. Russell: EQUITAX has essentially completed our audit and analysis work on your utili ty accounts and the results are summarized below. Enclosed are detailed analysis charts and graphs illustrating the effects of the changes we will be initiating for you. Your bills are remarkably clean considering the number of accounts involved. You obviously do an excellent job controlling and monitoring the utility expense. We are pleased to report the following savings: PG&E - Electric: Modification to account DJN68 53303 yields $4,185 annual savings. Modification to account FJN20 40601 yields $440 annual savings. All other accounts audited were found to be correct. As specified in our agreement (General provision 5), we need written authority to act on your behalf to initiate the above changes. Please copy the enclosed authorization form onto your letterhead, sign and return it to EQUITAX in the enclosed return reply envelope. As part of our continuing service to you, EQUITAX constantly reviews and evaluates utility rate changes, rule changes, and decisions made by the California Public utilities Commission and how they affect your accounts. Should our analysis indicate such changes and decisions provide opportunities beneficial to you, we will move to assure that your costs are kept at a minimum. Feel free to contact Bob Neuhaus, Bob Lansburg, or me if you have any questions or we may be of further service. Sincerely, encl. cc: B. Neuhaus B. Lansburg " ft . ~ .. recvr.;1ea osper 1 , \ . .. . " . . . . -. ..... . .. . . n City of Dublin . . .n ..._, 'd ... .,.. dd...... .. . .. . .. ..,-,... .... .' --,--' '," ", " . . . ...------- ...".... ," ... 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AUG H SEP OCT NOV DEC USAGE PROFILE KWH USED 1,523 1,645 1.667 1,400 1.226 933 933 1.192 1.190 1,523 1,523 1,523 COST COMPARISON BEFORE MONTHLY A VG KWH COST COST $175 0.1149 $189 0.1149 $191 0.1146 $162 0.1157 $204 0.1664 $157 0.1683 $157 0.1683 $199 0.1669 $198 0.1664 $252 0.1655 $175 0.1149 $175 0.1149 AFTER MONTHLY A VG KWH COST COST $171 0.1123 $184 0.1119 $186 0.1116 $159 0.1136 $131 0.1069 $103 0.1104 $103 0.1104 $128 0.1074 $128 0.1076 $159 0.1044 $171 0.1123 $171 0.1123 29'-Aug-94 MONTHLY SAVINGS $4 <JAN $5 FEB $5 MAR. $3 APR $73 MAY .. $54JUN $54 JUI.: $71 ..AUG $70 SEP $93 OCT H $4 NOV $4 DEC An.~u~1 Totals 280 260 240 220 200 180 160 140 120 100 80 60 40 20 Before lIS After o JAN fEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC 'jilii!i:~:i:i:ill:~:~l:::~rjl~l~ilii[!!!:j::!::::~:~:~~:~~~:~~::::::~II~i::::::::::::::: A- Co~~.\L. '--TJ L.l se.. . J J ... n. o .... .. . _n n. . .. CityofDUblin . .. . . ... ... . . 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