WATER UPDATE 

Water Quality 

�        Water quality during March met or exceeded State and Federal drinking water standards.

�        The Valley Pumping Plant (VPP) blend ratio for the month of March was 62% MWD to 38% BOU.  

Financial and Operations Update 

�        The Water Cost Adjustment Charge (WCAC) account had a balance of $1,296,658 as of March 31, 2005.  

�        Fiscal Year 2004-05 Year-To-Date Water Fund Financial Results as of March 31, 2005:

( ) = Unfavorable

* Includes Power Plant Sales, Commercial and Industrial Reclaimed Sales 

(A)       Revenues are reduced by the amount of the WCAC over-collection ($331K) and lower CCF sales due to cooler than normal temperatures and above average rainfalls ($455K).

(B)       Additional income from closing of old work for others projects.

(C)       Additional income from closing of old AIC projects.

Fiscal Year 2004-05 Water Fund Financial Reserve balances as of March 31, 2005 are summarized in the following table: 

BOU Water Production 

�        The BOU plant was shut down March 1 through March 4 due to a scheduled MWD shutdown for maintenance that began February 22^nd.  MWD treated water is needed at the BOU for blending.  

�        The carbon was replaced in two of the three vessels in each train of the Vapor Phase Granulated Activate Carbon (VPGAC) filters. Laboratory testing of the treated air stream after the carbon change confirmed compliance with the operating permit. One vessel in each train has damaged carbon retention screens and is out of service until new screen material arrives and is installed.  Consequently, only one VPGAC filter train can operate at a time because of the need to regenerate the carbon on a regular basis. This limits the plant to half capacity at 4,500 gpm. Repairs to the carbon retention screens should be completed before the end of April.   

�        The BOU well field has had water production problems due to the persistent low water table and two major wells down for maintenance. New pumps and motors have been installed in the two major wells. The new equipment will allow greater water production on the order of 6,000 to 7,000 gpm. Achieving 9,000 production capacity is an ongoing effort and is being addressed by the Well Field Performance Attainment Study.     

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) 

�        Calgon Corporation is working on the alternative design requested by the EPA. Construction and fabrication of the new screens will follow the EPA�s approval, which is the controlling feature in proceeding with the project. Construction is projected to take three months once it is approved. EPA approval is not expected before June. Construction will begin after EPA approval and the order/receipt of long lead materials. The Treatment Plant will experience reduced operating capacity during project construction. Consequently, there will be an increased need for purchased water from the Metropolitan Water District (MWD). 

Capital Projects 

�        Construction of a new 12-inch reclaimed water main in San Fernando Blvd. from Santa Anita Ave. to Valencia Ave. began in December. Once this water main is completed, the existing 8-inch main will be converted for reclaimed water use. This work is being done in advance of the South San Fernando Streetscape project. Project progress has been slow due to rain. The 12-inch main is in place. The lateral connections from the main to the side streets are underway. The main will then be pressure tested and disinfected before the existing water services are tied over. The conversion of the 8-inch main to reclaimed use will then follow. All work should be completed in May. 

�        The interior of the McClure water storage tank has been recoated with an engineered coating system which has a useful life of 20 years.  It was placed back into service on March 17.  

Legislative Update  

�        Refer to the attached legislative reports. 

ELECTRIC UPDATE

 Electric Reliability 

�        On March 12, there was an outage affecting 1,211 customers for two hours due to a mylar balloon. As of March 31, 2005, the system-wide average is 0.3005 outages per year, compared with an industry average of 1.2 outages per year. As of March 31, 2005, the average service availability is 99.9942%, exceeding the City goal of 99.99%. The average outage length is 76.7 minutes, compared with an industry average of 80 minutes.  

The following table shows the system-wide reliability statistics for Fiscal Year 2004-05 through March 31, 2005 as compared to Fiscal Year 2003-04: 

Financial and Operations Update 

�        Fiscal Year 2004-05 year-to-date Power Financial Results as of March 31, 2005:

 ( ) = Unfavorable  

(A)       Includes December settlement payment from El Paso for $828k.

(B)       BWP received a $679k reimbursement from SCPPA for labor and projects related to MPP. These funds, although AIC in nature, are applied against MPP expenses and offset the retail power supply expenses.   

�        Fiscal Year 2004-05 Power Fund Financial Reserve balances as of March 31, 2005 is summarized in the following table: 

Local Generation Operations Update

Unit Status 

�        Olive 1 is on-line and available for normal service.  

�        Olive 2 is down for boiler inspection. 

�        Olive 4 is available for emergency service.  

�        Lake One is unavailable through May 5, 2005, pending installation and testing of the new SCR catalyst. 

�        The Micro-Turbine Project installation is almost complete.  

�        Hydro energy production for March was 60,800 kWh compared to the goal of 50,000 kWh. The year-to-date actual hydro production is 524,300 kWh compared to the goal of 600,000 kWh.

March 2005 Unit Data 

  Magnolia Power Project (MPP) 

The items in this report are provided as a general overview of the status of the Project. These items are discussed in considerable detail among the Project Participants at the Project Coordination Meeting each Friday and at Coordinating Committee meetings. 

Safety 

Through March, Kvaerner has worked 923,687 man-hours with no lost time cases and four recordable cases.  

 Budget 

Refer to the attachment for detailed information on actual expenditures for the period ending March 31, 2005. 

Schedule 

The major construction activities on the Project are essentially complete. The checkout and calibration activities necessary for First Fire are now in progress. It does not appear that the Date of Firm Operation will occur on May 25. It is anticipated that the Date of Firm Operation will occur by the end of June.  Refer to the attachment for detailed information on Project milestones. 

Finance 

The Magnolia Power Project Finance Committee continues to review refunding proposals and has taken no action regarding the refunding of Project A bonds. 

California Energy Commission (CEC) Compliance  

Monthly reports are being submitted to the CEC as required. Burbank Public Works Department issued a Notice of Violation for dirt entering the Burbank Western Channel caused by landscaping work in that area. 
 

Engineering, Procurement and Construction Activities since last Project Director�s Report of March 14 

 Transmission 

�        Southern California Edison (SCE) Tax Issues on Facilities Agreement. Discussions will resume with SCE management to determine how SCE routinely handles tax issues on facilities improvements with municipal entities. The SCPPA attorney will be contacting Greg Simay to set up a meeting with Lawren Minor as soon as his work schedule permits. 

�        Transmission Legal and Regulatory Study. The final report was distributed on December 10. 

�        Scheduled Services Agreement (SSA). The SSA is in the final stages of discussion before review by the respective city attorneys of each of the participants. 

Coordinating Committee Actions 

On March 29, a Special Coordinating Committee Meeting was held via teleconference.  The Coordinating Committee approved the following items: 

• Agreement with General Electric for purchase of Initial Spare Parts for $7,379,486.
• Authority to execute a lease-purchase agreement with GE Capital for financing the purchase of Initial Spare Parts at an interest rate not to exceed 4.1 percent on a five-year term.

Project Manager�s  Actions Since Last Project Director�s Report of March 14 

With consultation and agreement from Project Participants, the following actions have been taken:

• Approved $34,500 for Alstom for extension of time for Technical Services Advisor.
• Approved $60,693 for Kvaerner for reprogramming the distributed control system. This amount will be backcharged to Alstom.
• Approved $82,000 for Kvaerner for fabrication of large bore pipe hangers. This amount will be backcharged to Alstom.

Key Milestones and Anticipated Significant Activities For Next 30 Days 

 Power Supply Capital Projects  

�        SCADA/EMS 

A budget submittal for upgrading the existing Telvent SCADA/EMS hardware, software, and RTU�s is included in BWP�s Fiscal Year 2005-06 Budget. The updated hardware requirements are being prepared.  

Work continued on several SCADA displays that will be needed for Magnolia operations, including determining system energy accounting and losses.     

BWP Engineering staff has moved the Telvent Emergency Back-Up server from the SCADA Center to its final location in the new Magnolia Services building. It is installed and is awaiting connection to the existing fiber optic system. It should be connected and fully operational by mid April.  

The Switching Procedure application of OPERA is operational and in use by the dispatchers. Improvements are being made and switching procedures are being reviewed and revised as needed.  

BWP engineering staff continues to work with Siemens New Energy to implement the New Energy Scheduling software that will be used for MPP. The servers for the scheduling software have been delivered and installed by New Energy and BWP staff in the new Magnolia Services/ MPP Control Building. The servers will be connected to the DCS and testing will begin in early April.  

Telecom  

Engineering developed a fiber optic service proposal for Technicolor to connect the following facilities to the BWP fiber ring: 

• 2255 Ontario St
• 2233 Ontario St.
• 4109 Burbank Blvd.
• 4119 Burbank Blvd.
• 117 Isabel St.
• Disney lot, Building 95.

Engineering developed a fiber optic service proposal for Disney to connect Team Disney Building 500 S. Buena Vista St. to Ascent Media 2901 W. Alameda Ave. 

Engineering developed a proposal for Media Net to connect DVS 2921 W. Alameda Ave. to LADWP Receiving Station �E�. 

Engineering developed a proposal for Media Net to connect DVS 2600 W. Alameda Ave. to LADWP Receiving Station �E�. 

Engineering developed a proposal for Media Net to connect Disney Channel Building 3800 W. Alameda Ave. to LADWP Receiving Station �E� 

Engineering developed a proposal for Media Net to connect NBC Studios 3000 W. Alameda Ave. to LADWP Receiving Station �E� 

Engineering developed a proposal for Qwest to connect Qwest Cyber Center 3015 Winona Ave. to SBC 280 E. Palm St. 

Engineering developed a fiber optic service proposal for Disney to connect Disney Feature animation South 2130 Riverside Drive to Disney 640 Paula in Glendale. 

Engineering developed a proposal for Media Net to connect Ascent Media 2130 Hollywood Way to LADWP Receiving Station �E� 

Engineering personnel released a fiber optic job for Station Relays to connect Olive Station to Western Station in Glendale & Capon Station to Western Station in Glendale. 

Engineering personnel released and BWP field personnel completed a fiber optic job for IT to connect Qwest Cyber Center to SCADA for cities network system. 

Field personnel completed a fiber optic job for Disney to connect Disney ABC Building 2100 Riverside Drive. 

MPP Service and Control Building � Third Floor Tenant Improvements

BWP Administration Building, Phase III Interior Remodel 

Furniture installation was completed on the third floor of the MPP Service and Control Building. The current schedule has seventeen (17) Power Systems and BWP Finance personnel taking occupancy the second week of May. 

Work continues by Perkowitz+Ruth Architects and their structural, electrical, mechanical and plumbing disciplines to complete the construction documents for the Administration Building remodel.  

Electrical Distribution 

Construction work for extending the ducts and manholes along Oak St. from California St. to Buena Vista, and along Buena Vista to Edison Rd. is complete. Underground cable has been delivered and installation is completed. The first 34,500 volt line is completed and energized. The Keystone-Capon #1 line was also energized.   

Since July 2004, 99 power poles have been replaced or installed. Since July, a total of 136 pole replacements were engineered and 158 issued to the field. In March, engineering finished designing secondary line improvements in the hillside area and most of them have been completed.  

Since July, 14 pad mounted customer stations have been engineered, 10 were issued to the field and 11 pad mounted transformers have been energized. BWP has completed work on a new service consisting of a 34.5 kV pad-mounted switch and a 34.5 kV to 277/480 V transformer for Hydro Aire. This service was energized in March. A deteriorated pad-mounted switch has been replaced in the Bel Aire Dr. area. BWP also replaced the pad-mounted switch in the Disney Channel Building with an automatic source transfer switch.  

Extensive underground work needed to provide service to three major developments in the downtown area (Olive Civic Plaza, Burbank Village Walk, and Senior Artists Colony) was completed in February. Olive Civic Plaza and Senior Artist Colony were energized in March.  

The preliminary design of the Warner Ranch industrial circuit from Capon Switching Station at Warner Ranch is in progress. BWP has placed an order with Southwest Power to purchase a padmount switch and other related equipment on behalf of Warner Bros. All equipment and materials have been received. BWP has also purchased a 34,500 to 4,160 volt padmount transformer from ABB Inc. for this project which was delivered in March 2005. Warner Bros. paid the full amount as a deposit for the purchase of these items. This project is expected to be completed by June 30, 2005.  

The removal of power poles along the Flood Channel in preparation for the placement of trees was completed on schedule.  

Construction for the second phase of the streetlight system undergrounding on Magnolia Blvd. between Pass Ave. and Buena Vista St. was completed in October on schedule. Power sources for the Magnolia Park street decorations are ready for merchants. The design drawings for the last phase of undergrounding the streetlight system on Magnolia Blvd are complete. 

Engineering is working with the Redevelopment Agency on South San Fernando Blvd. street improvement projects and with the Public Works Dept. and Traffic Signal Division on other street/traffic improvement projects including the Olive/Alameda Intersection Widening, Empire Avenue Streetscape Project and San Fernando Intelligent Transportation System Project. 

Since July, 22 additional streetlights (including 7 pole-mounted lights) have been engineered in response to requests from residents, with 19 lights installed. Conversion of the streetlight series circuit on Buena Vista Ave. to low voltage was completed in March and one other series conversion work order tied to Public Works street improvement projects was issued to the field.  

Engineering has completed two aid-in-construction underground streetlight designs tied to the Olive Civic Plaza and Burbank Village Walk developments. The job order for the Senior Artists Colony has been issued to the field.  

Replacement of the remaining oil switches with pole mounted airbreak switches has been issued to the field with the exception of one Pacific-16 distributing switch, which will be removed during the unloading of the feeder. 

The Southern California Public Power Authority (SCPPA) awarded a contract to ABB Inc. to design/build the Gas Insulated Switchgear (GIS) expansion at the Olive Switching Station. This will connect the Magnolia Power Plant to the Olive Switching Station. ABB has completed all the work and BWP completed the energization of this project during the week of November 16, 2004, except for the connection to MPP. The underground connections to MPP via step-up transformers was completed in December 2004 for testing purposes. BWP is waiting for Kvaerner to put it in normal service.      

Bock Co. completed the installation of a new underground duct system in the BWP Yard to underground two, 69,000 volt overhead lines as part of BWP�s overall plan to improve and modernize the BWP generating site. Both riser poles north of the Magnolia Bridge are completed along with cables to the first manholes at the northeast corner of the BWP Yard. Cable and all other related materials are ordered. This work is expected to be completed before MPP goes on-line. The 69 kV cable for the Olive-Lincoln lines was delivered by the end of August and the cable for Olive-Lincoln #1 and #2 has been pulled. BWP crews have completed the splicing and termination of lines. Both lines were energized in November 2004. 

The 69,000 volt underground cable and devices for making the connections from MPP to the Olive Switching Station were ordered. The Generator Step Up (GSU) and other related power transformers were manufactured, tested, and shipped from Turkey in early June 2004. These transformers arrived on site and were set on the pads. The 69 kV cable was shipped on August 28, 2004 and arrived on site before September 3. Eighteen runs from the MPP GSU to the GIS were pulled. All terminations have been completed and cables are ready to be energized. All related work was completed and the GSU was energized for testing purposes in December 2004. BWP has also completed all work related to the connection of the MPP reserve transformer to the Burbank Substation. The connection was tested in December 2004 and was energized as a permanent connection in January 2005.     

BWP staff is working on the Olive Switching Station retrofit by upgrading circuit breakers, busses and other equipment. This upgrade is needed for MPP. Approximately 80% of the work is complete. The Olive-Lincoln #2 breaker, B-3 bank breaker position, A-3 bank breaker position, Olive-1 breaker position, and Olive banks A-4 and A-5 breaker positions are completed. Crews are currently working on Olive Unit 2 bank breaker position and the line to the City of Glendale (Olive-Capon-Western #1) line position.  

The underground duct work to upgrade the underground portion of the western leg of the Olive-Capon-Western #1 line, and relocate the riser pole to the south side of Olive Ave., is complete. The Bock Co. is working on the final resurfacing of the street. BWP crews have completed most of the pole and cable work and are in the process of making final connection.

BWP Electrical Engineering has completed the design for the new underground ducts installation along Verdugo Ave. from Kenwood to California St. The underground duct work at Verdugo Ave., from Frederick to Buena Vista, and along Buena Vista, was started on October 6 and was completed in January 2005. BWP crews were expected to start pulling the cable in early January but were delayed due to heavy customer related work, Hydro-Aire, the Senior Artist Colony and a Cusumano project.   

BWP overhead distribution crews completed reconductoring and reinsulating the 69,000 volt line       (pole line joint with SCE) along Buena Vista from Verdugo Ave. to Chandler Blvd. The same crew has completed the remaining reinsulation work in the direction of the Olive Switching Station. This will eliminate having to wash insulators as the replacements will be Polymer insulators. The Toluca-Capon #1 overhead distribution crew is working on forming this new line. The underground work is all complete and the overhead work is in progress and needs coordination with SCE due to a shared pole line along Hollywood Way and relay work at RSE. BWP has completed another 69,000 volt line (Toluca-Capon #1) between Capon switching station and LADWP RSE and it is ready for service.  

Engineering completed the preliminary work to relocate the Burbank Substation from its existing location to a new location at Lake St. and Olive Ave. in BWP�s yard. Navigant Consulting is doing an analysis of whether the new proposed reconfiguration of a 34,500 volt system in this area will work BWP has completed preliminary engineering work and asked ABB to provide an estimate for this 3 year project.  

A total of 248 remote meters were installed in March; 34 were requested by the Customer Service Division and 214 were meter change-outs and meters for new apartments performed by the Line Crews or Test Shop. The Senior Artist Colony project alone required 144 meters.  

The remote read meters that BWP has been installing are Itron Centrons with built in radio transmitters. The meters transmit at an average of one second intervals in the 900 MHz range. Each broadcast contains the meter�s unique ID number, kWh read, tamper codes and communication check code. The meter reader can read the meter from the sidewalk thus avoiding dogs, gates, and other hazards. The remote read meters also increase the meter reader�s efficiency and accuracy.  

BWP Electrical Engineering is working with Power Plant personnel and the consultants for the Micro Turbine Project at the landfill to bring it online. The electrical connection and the padmount transformer is already upgraded and we are working on the protection and some commissioning issues.  

Legislative Update: 

Refer to the attached legislative reports.  

RED:RAC:FCF:WOM:GLS:JLF

H:APRIL W&E OPERATIONS REPORT  

Attachments

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