Agenda Item 9AFebruary 4, 2013
MEMORANDUM
TO : The Honorable Mayor
and Members of the Commission
FROM: Jim Hanson ~
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SUBJECT: City Manar 's Report
AGENDA ITEM# 9A
FEBRUARY II , 2013
City Electrical Usage; JEA representatives met with City staff last month to discuss a number of issues of mutual
concern including the City's electrical usage . They provided three graphs showing the amount of power used by the
City and the price paid for that power. These are included on two attached pages entitled "Electric Statistics Three
Year History" and "Electric Charges Three Year Trend".
The amount of power used by the City of Atlantic Beach for all of the City's combined accounts has been steadily
declining since the beginning of2012. The amount the City's paid for that power has also gone down. These
savings are directly a result of two different projects. One was the energy grants that were recently completed that
paid 100% of the costs for replacement of a number ofHV AC units in various City buildings, the replacement of
ball field lights and installation of switches in various offices that turn the lights off when no one is there. The
savings from the electric retrofits in City buildings is estimated over $50,000 per year.
The second big savings project is related to the wastewater plant upgrades. With the elimination of one of the two
wastewater plants, and the replacement of large electric motors and blowers with newer, more efficient computer
controlled units, the City's electric bill for wastewater treatment alone is going down by about $230,000 per year .
Electric Statistics
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