Transcript 100 Years of Service

Citizen’s Academy
Kathy Viehe
Interim General Manager for Utilities
Focus on Mission and Core Values
Mission - Provide safe, reliable, competitively
priced utility services in an environmentally
responsible manner to enhance the quality of life in
our community.
Core Business Values
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Safety - We provide services to our customers while
ensuring the utmost safety of our employees, the public
and the environment.
Efficiency - We provide effective and quality services to
both internal and external customers.
Environmental Responsibility - We seek ways to
reduce our impact on the environment.
Professionalism - We have standards that help us
achieve our mission, including keeping commitments
and being honest, courteous and respectful.
Long history of citizen-owned
utility in Gainesville, providing
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Electric
Water
Wastewater
Natural Gas
Telecommunications
Public Power Benefits
• Citizen owned
• Fund city services
– Approximately $743 million over 100 years
• Not for profit
• We are local
– Local decision making (you can participate)
– Personal service (local call center averages 1,000
calls per day)
– Reliability (average time a customer is without
power is one of the lowest in Florida)
Financial Strength
• GRU holds bond ratings of Aa2 from
Moody’s, AA from Standard & Poor’s and
AA stable from Fitch
• Citizen owned means dollars support
City’s General Fund
– Police
– Parks and Recreation
Long-Term Planning
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Cost effectiveness
Environmental impacts
Reliability
Diversity of fuel sources
Balancing with local, state and federal
regulations
Generation Sources
John R. Kelly Generating Station
Deerhaven Generating Station
Generation Sources
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Reliable generation can
meet 100% of need in an
emergency
Extremely efficient
technology using
combined heat and
power
Expected to save 46
percent more energy
than traditional
generation
Generation Sources
• Solar
– Solar FIT
– Rebates for
residential
– Rebates for water
heating
• Landfill-Gas-ToEnergy
• Biomass from waste
wood
Reducing Risk – Diverse Fuel Strategy
Solar
0.1%
Solar
1.5%
Coal, Gas and
Nuclear
Purchases
15.6%
Nuclear
4.1%
Landfill Gas
1.1%
Natural Gas
17.1%
Biomass*
18.6%
Coal
61.8%
Nuclear
5.1%
Landfill
Gas
1.5%
Coal
57.9%
Natural Gas
15.4%
Oil
0.2%
2010
0.0%
* Assumes GRU retains 50 MW of GREC
2015
Water Quality and Safety
• Drinking water
continues to meet and
better all federal and
state standards
• Full water quality report
online at www.gru.com –
EPA requirement
• Record of decision has
been issued for clean up
of Cabot/Koppers site to
further protect drinking
water supply
Delivering Customer Value
• Working hard to deliver on our mission
• Constantly looking for ways to bring
convenience to your lifestyle
– eBill, bill format, phone system upgrades,
mobile website
– Investing in new technologies to make
operations more flexible and efficient
We employ more than 800 of
your friends and neighbors