Up and Running at Koloa Substation - Kauai Island Utility Cooperative

Chief of Operations
Mike Yamane and
Production’s Russ Santiago
man the smart grid
Information table.
16 KIUC CURRENTS
The business portion of the meeting began at
4:30 and included a report from board Chairman
Phil Tacbian, committee reports from board
members, a report from President and CEO David
Bissell and a financial report from new Vice
President and CFO Karissa Jonas.
Chairman Tacbian welcomed members,
recognized outgoing President Randy Hee,
introduced David Bissell as president and CEO,
Karissa Jonas as CFO and Michael Yamane as chief
of operations. He briefly discussed the board
approval of KIUC’s Habitat Conservation Plan and
the special election triggered by a member
petition earlier this year. Other activities of the
board were covered by the respective committee
chairs.
The president’s report included selected
highlights from 2010, including the five­year
collective bargaining agreement reached with
IBEW; KIUC’s first­ever rate case approval; 4
megawatts of photovoltaic purchased power
agreement signed, with 1 MW in service; and the
settlement agreement reached with the U.S.
Department of Justice on endangered and
threatened species.
Bissell also provided an overview of 2011 to
date, including a 6.7­MW firm biomass PPA signed
with Green Energy Team; the hydropower
assessment under way, discussing both member
support for continuation of the assessment and
continued stakeholder and member outreach; a
signed 6 MW A&B PV PPA and additional 10 MW
of PV under PPA and 20 MW more under
development or negotiation. He also noted the
first battery energy storage system (currently in
operation), and plans for purchase of two
additional 1.5­MW batteries.