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Board Pack MANX ELECTRICITY AUTHORITY BOARD
MANX ELECTRICITY AUTHORITY BOARD MEETING 24 MARCH 2003 M Proffitt 1 CONFIDENTIAL AGENDA MEETING OF THE MANX ELECTRICITY AUTHORITY TO BE HELD ON MONDAY 24 MARCH 2003 AT 10.15AM IN THE BOARDROOM AT BALLACOTTIER 1 TO CONFIRM the Minutes of the Meeting held on 27 February 2003 (copy enclosed). 2 TO CONSIDER matters arising from the Meeting held on 27 February 2003. 3 TO NOTE the Chief Executive's Monthly Report (Paper No MEA 03/09 enclosed). 4 TO REVIEW the Financial Statements as at 28 February 2003 (Paper No MEA 03/10 enclosed). 5 TO RECEIVE a Presentation from Paul Blake on Health & Safety. 6 TO APPROVE Health & Safety Procedures (Paper No MEA 03/11 enclosed). 7 TO NOTE The Divisional Monthly Reports (Paper No MEA 03/12 enclosed). 8 TO NOTE the Report of the Capital Investment Manager (Paper No MEA 03/13 enclosed). 9 TO APPROVE a Recommendation for the Replacement of Castletown Primary Substation (Paper No MEA 03/14 enclosed). 10 Any Other Business. 11 TO CONFIRM the date of next meeting as Thursday 24 April 2003. _._. --- - MINUTES OF A MEETING OF THE MANX ELECTRICITY AUTHORITY HELD AT 9.30AM ON THURSDAY 27 FEBRUARY 2003, IN THE BOARDROOM, BALLACOTTIER, BRADDAN, ISLE OF MAN Mr W J McCallion Chairman Deputy Chairman Mr T D Mackay Mr T Ferrer Mr J C Fargher Present: — Apologies: Dr J C Taylor In attendance: Chief Executive PA Mr M J Proffitt Mrs A J Cottier — 09/03 Minutes The Minutes of the meeting held on the 30 January 2003, having been previously circulated to Members, were taken as read, confirmed as a correct record and signed by the Chairman. 10/03 Matters Arising (a) Minute 02/03(a) — Oil Spill from Pulrose Power Station IT WAS NOTED that the clean up following the oil spill had resulted in MEA claiming £90,000.00 and PGT claiming £50,000.00 under the Zurich liability policy. The policy carries a £1000 deductible. IT WAS CONFIRMED that Alarm Triggering for Oil Seepage was to be monitored whilst engines were not running. (b) Minute 02/03 (b) — Windfarm IT WAS NOTED that ROC's (Renewable Obligation Certificates) could be sold for a potential £1 Million per annum at current trade levels. IT WAS NOTED that the Chief Executive was dealing directly with Rosie Winterton MP's office and that the local DTI were aware of MEA's strategy as regards the Chief Secretary's Office. IT WAS CONFIRMED that Snuff the Wind was the preferred site by MEA, however if the Planning Department preferred Meary Veg this site would be used given that no problems were foreseen with airport traffic. IT WAS NOTED that the Meary Veg site had comparable wind readings with Snuff the Wind with the exception of summer where winds were recorded as a little lighter. The new specification of the turbines, approximately 100kW more than previously stated, indicates that the lighter Summer winds could be compensated for during the Winter, if using Meary Veg, in terms of annual energy potential. (c) Minute 02/03(c) - Legislation IT WAS NOTED that the Chief Minister had indicated the reading of the Gas & Electricity Bill should pass through Tynwald smoothly. IT WAS AGREED that an additional Board Member should be considered from a Legal background to fill the empty seat created by the new Bill, in addition to the Chief Executive joining the Board. The Chairman requested that the Board consider suitable candidates. -I- IT WAS CONFIRMED that a Board Member did not have to be a Manx Resident and that Members should deliberate over a week and submit three potential candidates names to the Chief Executive. (d) Fibre Optic IT WAS CONFIRMED that the Chief Executive would send a Memorandum of Understanding to the DTI, to include details of the recent discussions re Fibre optics due to the retirement of Chief Executive, Ken Bawden on 21 March 2003. (e) Minute 03/03(a) — CCGT & Gas Pipeline IT WAS CONFIRMED that the first fire of a gas turbine was under review based on Health & Safety Rules. (f) Minute 03/03(b) - Manx Gas IT WAS CONFIRMED that a supply agreement was being developed for Manx Gas. The Chief Executive reported that Manx Gas were trying to change the basis of the agreement so that they can procure their own gas contracts with suppliers. The Chief Executive confirmed that this was non-negotiable and the only supplier would be MEA and furthermore, if Manx Gas was to pursue this line it would be considered tortuous interference. It is believed that Manx Gas are wishing to conceal their `feed-stock price' and MEA position would make them transparent. (g) Minute 03031(c) JNC IT WAS CONFIRMED that the staff pay increase was 7.2% with a 2% lump sum on base salary from 1 April 2003. IT WAS CONFIRMED that the Chief Executive intended to advise the workforce that the agreed pay deal was a catch-up from the past 3 years. The Chief Executive further confirmed that the wage structure needed to be the best in order to obtain and retain the best people. (h) Tariff IT WAS CONFIRMED that the Chief Executive would bring the Tariff to the next meeting as the budget was with Accounting at present. IT WAS CONFIRMED that cash flow problems would exist for the next two years due to cost of fuel, operating expenses at the Power Station, particularly the water demineralising plant, which required a full-time chemist and an investment in training. IT WAS CONFIRMED that a positive cash flow would ensue after the 2 year bedding in period with the new station. (i) Minute 0303(d) - MCCL IT WAS CONFIRMED that MCCL would incorporate a Telecoms subsidiary and that visiting Directors are exempt from work permits if only working for 3 consecutive days a month on the Island. 11/03 Chief Executive's Report The contents of Paper No MEA 03/05 were noted. (a) JP Morgan Chase IT WAS CONFIRMED that the hearing of a perfunctory-type objection would take place on 28 March 2003. The Merits of the case test will take place between 6 and 9 October 2003. The stall on the case is due to Michael Brindle QC's commitments. The Chief Executive -2- reported that the Financial Press was indicating that JMPC had set aside money in acknowledgement of claims. IT WAS AGREED that the Chief Executive contact the Attorney General, informally, to appraise him of status of case. (b) Capital Projects - Gas IT WAS CONFIRMED that gas was now on the Isle of Man, which was noted as a tremendous achievement. IT WAS NOTED that insufficient Nitrogen had been available to bring the pipe up to 70bar of pressure and consequently BGE dropped the pressure of SIPS2 to 63bar in order that both pressures were equal prior to the sub-sea valve being opened, thus avoiding a pressure rush. IT WAS CONFIRMED that Natural Gas was now being held at 70bar in the subsea spur and Nitrogen at 12bar in the land pipe. It was further noted that Nitrogen pressure had been maintained so system was good. IT WAS CONFIRMED that as soon as natural gas passes through the pressure reduction station it then becomes the property of MEA. Therefore, gas would be brought through the system when the Power Station is ready for its first fire. (c) Capital Projects — Power Station IT WAS NOTED that test modelling had indicated the formation of a gas cloud on the inside of the packaging of the Turbine. In normal circumstances the air vent which is used for cooling would also disperse this cloud. However, this particular cloud is ten times larger than Health & Safety requirements allow. IT WAS CONFIRMED that GE was working closely with MEA in order to resolve the problem. The strategy to resolve the problem is thought to be in `trousering' (baffling) the turbine. The Chief Executive confirmed that a model of this solution had been put together for his review during a trip to Houston. GE advised MEA that the remodel would be done by close of business on the following Monday and the Chief Executive confirmed that this was the case. GE would continue to work closely with Health & Safety executives on the test modelling to ensure satisfactory dispersal. IT WAS NOTED that the 'Steam Blow' would be continuous for 5-6 hours based on water availability. It was noted that the Steam Blows could last 5 days before the target plate wag clear. IT WAS FURTHER CONFIRMED that the public would be dealt with via media. (d) Power Outage IT WAS CONFIRMED that the power outage had been caused by a Switching Operation at Lord Street undertaken by an Authorised Staff Member of Generation Division. Therefore, the error had been a human one and the Chief Executive outlined the technical issues, which caused the outage. IT WAS CONFIRMED that the transformer being brought back into service had had a link reinstalled. Prior to being brought back into service it was soaked for 24 hours. When the authorised staff member attempted to close the circuit breaker it would not close due to 24kV pass through it. The operator should have ensured ambient voltage and followed the circuit breaker routine. -3- IT WAS NOTED that a Senior Authorised Person should only proceed with a "man in the control". The individual concerned has been sent on a 5 day retraining course before being reissued with his Authorisation. Procedures are now in place that future situations require a second member of personnel to be present. IT WAS CONFIRMED that press coverage had been minimal. (e) CEO Trip to USA IT WAS NOTED that last month Mr Chris Stott had given a presentation to Government in relation to licences for satellite broadcasting. IT WAS NOTED that the Isle of Man has an allocation of frequencies. Mr Stott represents a company called ManSat, which is a Manx Resident Company who wish to resource the granting of licences by the Isle of Man Government. IT WAS NOTED that one of the interested carriers is Boeing. IT WAS NOTED that ManSat were leasing a transponder dish on the Island from Manx Telecom and this facility would enable the carriers to avoid Atlantic crossing costs and other carriers. IT WAS NOTED that Manx Telecom had quoted an unacceptably high cost which Boeing rejected. Consequently discussions were terminated with Manx Telecom. IT WAS NOTED that due to MEA's fibre-optic cable having available capacity the MEA were in a position to deal with ManSat and Boeing. IT WAS NOTED that an opportunity had also arisen with a Mr Jim Valle who was in the business of obtaining redundant capacity across the globe and he may require a network operating centre on the Isle of Man. The Chief Executive's trip report to USA was noted and entered as follows: Tuesday 18 February met with GE Personnel (Greg West, Jay Manning, Chris Dalston) and Rick Stewart by teleconference. Reviewed CFD issue with gas turbine packaging and determined suitable timing for the delivery of the engineering solution. Wednesday 19 February (am) met with Don Hull and Danny White of Boeing Space & Communications Services along with Chris Stott of ManSat. Proposition is for Boeing to use MEA's telecoms company to provide access off-Island into Manchester and London telehouses. Boeing's signal will arrive on-Island and delivered to our fibre optic via Satellite connection provided by ManSat. This is a very real opportunity, however, I explained that for credit purposes our customer would need to be Boeing not ManSat. Wednesday 19 February (pm) met with Chris Stott, George Abbey (Senior Advisor to Boeing and NASA), John Bryant (Democratic Congressman), Major General Charles Bolden (Astronaut) and Israel Galvin (Telecoms Advisor). Discussed role of MEA's telecoms provider as service to ManSat with regard to other non-Boeing related business opportunities. All of the above are ManSat Advisors (ManSat is a Satellite Communications Company based in Houston, Texas, headed by Chris Stott a former Boeing employee and the names are the de-facto Board of Directors. ManSat is a Manx registered company and for that purpose has Manx Directors. -4- Wednesday 19 February (pm-late) met with Chris Stott and James Valle, Fibre-bridge Global Network. Discussed MEA's telecoms provider role in the FBGN's business plan. FBGN wishes to co op capacity globally including terrestrial, satellite and subsea. If successful FBGN would require a network operation centre domiciled in tax efficient and politically stable jurisdiction. This proposition has been put to Manx Telecom who's pricing has been rejected by FBGN and therefore the opportunity for IoM denied. It is the opinion of the writer that the pricing issue can be overcome and the opportunity for the Isle of Man restored. - Thursday 20 February (all day) met with Minister Downie, David Morter and Neil Corlett (DTI) and Billy Parker (WilTel Communications), Robert Miller (WilTel Communications), Mike DeSirey (WilTel Communications) and James Valle. WilTel is a communications company, which acts as a carriers carrier having developed a network of fibre optic around most of the USA. James Valle reviewed his proposition that should he domicile FGBN in the Isle of Man he would be looking to WilTel as best practice to construct and operate his Network Operating Centre (NOC). We reviewed MEA telecoms ability to construct and operate an NOC of its own using WilTel's best practice and training services provided by them. FBGN in the writers opinion is an excellent proposition but is not funded and without wherewithall. This, however, could be an opportunity for MEA's telecom. (g) Gas & Electricity Bill IT WAS CONFIRMED that the new bill could be completed in both Houses by the end of March. IT WAS NOTED that Skyward would progress once the Bill had been passed. IT WAS NOTED that the meeting in the Millennium Room to Ministers had been very positive and that focus had totally concentrated on Natural Gas. (h) Treasury IT WAS NOTED that quarterly liaison meetings had been scheduled with Treasury and these had been very successful. IT WAS NOTED that Mr Charles Fargher would like to attend the next meeting. 12/03 Financial Statements for the Period ended 31 January 2003 The contents of Paper No MEA 03/06 were noted. IT WAS CONFIRMED that the category of Establishment Costs included such items as Insurance, Stationery, Freight, Radio, Telephone, Water Rates, Rents, Security Selections, Site Security, Wayleaves, etc. The largest total within this category was Insurance £556,000.00. 13/03 Operational Monthly Report The contents of Paper No MEA 03/07 were noted. (a) Staff Pension IT WAS AGREED that the Chief Executive advise status of Widow's pension and provision for children under 18. (b) Energy Trading IT WAS CONFIRMED that MEA would continue Trading with PowerGen until a new contract commenced in September. An extended contract has been put in place from March to September to fill this void. -5- (c) Retail & Marketing IT WAS NOTED that the Chairman had received excellent service at Ramsey Showroom recently. IT WAS NOTED that Manx Telecom had removed its sale of Mobile phones from the Showroom in Ramsey and that local company Swift Communications had been approached to the fill the vacancy. (d) Internal Audit IT WAS NOTED that a Risk Strategy was in place with regard to Corporate Governance. IT WAS AGREED that risk strategy be included in the annual operating plan and that once cleared by the Chief Executive this be passed to Mr Mackay to progress with Paul Dewar. IT WAS CONFIRMED that action was being taken towards ISO. The Chief Executive confirmed that series 9000, 14000 and 18000 were being developed. (e) PR IT WAS CONFIRMED that the Mount Murray Hotel had been secured for the Power Station and Natural Gas Gala Dinner on 5 September 2003. The Chief Executive would be working with Alison Cottier on the production of a VIP list in order to ensure availability on the evening. 14/03 Capital Investment Management The contents of Paper No MEA 03/08 were noted. 15/03 Any Other Business (a) Power Station Opening IT WAS CONFIRMED that HRH Duke of Edinburgh would conduct the opening of the Power Station on Tynwald Day (7 July 2003) following the ceremony at St Johns. It was noted that this information was to remain confidential until Buckingham Palace had released the itinerary. (b) Health & Safety Executive Mr Ferrer advised that policy documents were now on the MEA Intranet and that Paul Blake was now looking at HSE procedures for the entire site. IT WAS CONFIRMED that each Director had signed off the policy statements and that the Safety Management System would now cascade down from the Directors. IT WAS NOTED that Paul Blake had been very well supported by Matt Patrick, Tony Honour and Adrian Dobbins. IT WAS NOTED that Paul Blake would now be looking into Contingency and Emergency plans for Ballacottier, Incident Rooms, Communicating with Customers, etc. IT WAS NOTED that the Procedures would be released into the PowerTalk newsletters monthly together with a note of support from the MEA Board. In addition the Vision Statement document would be placed on display in the main reception areas of MEA premises. IT WAS NOTED that arrangements should be put into place for safety walks to be undertaken by the Chief Executive and Trevor Ferrer. — IT WAS NOTED that Paul Blake would be making a presentation at the next Board Meeting. — IT WAS NOTED that the 1 to 1 staff review and staff reward should partly be assessed on HSE compliance. (c) EA Dinner The Chairman confirmed a table had been booked at the EA Dinner to be held on 5 March 2003 and guests attending would be himself, the Chief Executive, Mr Mike Henthorn, Mr Henry Davey and Mr Chris Spencer together with their wives. In addition, it was noted that the following day would encompass a trip to the Barclays Capital Trading Facility together with hospitality from Barclays. — 16/03 Next Meeting IT WAS AGREED that the next meeting should be held at 9.30am on Thursday 27 March 2003. — Mr Mackay tendered his apologies for the following meeting. There being no further business the meeting concluded at 1.45pm. Chairman Date MEA 03/09 MANX ELECTRICITY AUTHORITY CHIEF EXECUTIVE'S REPORT MIKE PROFFITT FEBRUARY/MARCH 2003 1 CCGT & Pipeline 1.1 1.2 2 The CEO will update the responsible Director's report at the meeting. The criticality of most key items now changes on a daily basis and it is considered appropriate to brief the Board as to standing as at 0800hrs 24 March 2003. BGE & Gas Supply 2.1 BGE have structured their financing of the subsea spur, which involves a suite of documents for MEA's consent and approval. These are currently under legal review. 2.2 BGE have placed the subsea spur section of the gas pipe into a separate company and while there is no change to the commercial terms of our relationship the lending Bank require various assignments into this company. 2.3 BGE have agreed to supply volumes of gas during start-up and commissioning. 3 Windfarm 3.1 In consultation with the UK DTI, it is apparent that the opportunity to qualify our renewables for ROC's is a real one. However, I have learned that this would expose our "supply" side of the business to "Climate Change Levy" which would far outweigh the benefits from ROC trading. 3.2 This has no bearing on the commitment to develop renewable energy, as a Board policy, which has always been an environmental commitment. 4 Manx Gas 4.1 4.2 5 Island Outage — 19 February 2003 5.1 5.2 5.3 6 We have negotiated agreements to supply and transport gas to a point of delivery at the Pulrose AGI. These agreements are nearing completion and drafts are attached for your review. An independent investigation into the incident at Lord Street Substation where a switching procedure caused a trip and subsequent Island-wide outage has been completed. The report casts doubt on previous explanations and draws the conclusion that the design of the system is such that switching should be carried out at low load. The report is attached and can be discussed at the meeting. MCCL Fibre Optic Optimisation 6.1 The CEO will provide a presentation and explanation of the attached Structure Diagram for the commercialisation of the fibre optics. 1 THIS MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING is made the [ ] day of [ j 2003 BETWEEN: (1) MANX ELECTRICITY AUTHORITY, a statutory board existing under the laws of the Isle of Man and constituted pursuant to the Isle of Man Statutory Boards Act 1987 and the Isle of Man Electricity Act 1996, whose principal place of business is at Ballacottier, Cooil Road, Douglas, Isle of Man IM99 IPS ("MEA"); and (2) [MANX GAS LIMITED] a company incorporated in [the Isle of Man] (registered number [ ]) whose registered office is at [Murdoch House, South Quay, Douglas, Isle of Man IMI 5PA] ("MG"). — WHEREAS: — (A) MEA is developing a power station at Pulrose, Isle of Man, (the "Pulrose Power Station") which will be capable of running on natural gas; (B) MEA has entered into an agreement (the "Pipeline Connection Agreement" or "PCA") with Bord Gais Eireann ("BGE") dated 18 February 2002 whereby BGE agrees to transport gas from Moffat, Scotland, for delivery to MEA on the Isle of Man; (C) MEA is in the process of constructing a pipeline (the "Onshore Pipeline") that will connect the delivery point under the PCA with the Pulrose Power Station; (D) MG is converting the distribution network in the Douglas/Onchan areas within the Isle of Man to a natural gas distribution network (the "Distribution Network"); (E) MEA and MG propose to enter into a gas sales agreement (the "GSA") whereby MEA will sell and MG will purchase natural gas for the Distribution Network; (F) MEA and MG propose to enter into a gas transportation agreement (the "GTA") that will set out certain of the rights and obligations in respect of the transportation of the natural gas to be sold under the GSA; and (G) MEA and MG propose to connect the Distribution Network to the Onshore Pipeline to enable MEA to deliver, and MG to take delivery of, gas under the GSA and GTA. IT IS HEREBY AGREED: 1. THE GSA MEA and MG shall negotiate the terms and conditions of the GSA based on, inter alia, the provisions set out in this MOU (including Schedule A) PROVIDED that such provisions are not exhaustive and PROVIDED FURTHER that nothing in this Agreement shall oblige either party to enter into the GSA or any other agreement. 2. THE GTA MEA and MG shall negotiate the terms and conditions of the GTA based on, inter alia, the provisions set out in this MOU (including Schedule B) PROVIDED that such provisions are not exhaustive and PROVIDED FURTHER that nothing in this Agreement shall oblige either party to enter into the GTA or any other agreement. lo\avoo_s 1 3. THE UPSTREAM GAS SUPPLY 3.1 MG shall fully co-operate with MEA by providing such information as MEA may reasonably request for the purpose of procuring an upstream gas supply and executing an upstream gas supply agreement (the "UGSA") that in all material respects matches the requirements of MG. 3.2 MG shall use all reasonable endeavours to ensure that information provided pursuant to Clause 2.1 is up to date, accurate, complete and not misleading in any respect. 3.3 MG shall not contract with, or make any representations to, or otherwise do anything which could give rise to any right or obligation enforceable by, any upstream gas supplier in connection with the subject matter hereof save with the prior written consent of MEA, which shall not be unreasonably withheld, and confirms that it has not as at the date of this MOU entered into any contract with, made any representation to, or otherwise done anything that could give rise to any right or obligation enforceable by, any upstream gas supplier in connection with the subject matter hereof. Nothing herein shall prevent or restrict MG from dealing with any upstream gas supplier, other than a supplier with whom MEA is discussing or reasonably expects to discuss the UGSA, solely for the purpose of obtaining market information to assess the proposed terms and conditions of the GSA. For the avoidance of doubt, MG shall not, in such dealings, disclose any information that is confidential under the terms of this MOU. 3.4 Should the MEA enter into the UGSA, it shall do so as principal and not as agent for MG. 4. TERM This MOU shall come into effect from the date of its signing and shall remain in effect until the earlier of the expiry of a period of six (6) months from the date hereof or the execution of the GSA and GTA. 5. CONFIDENTIALITY The contents of this MOU, the proposed terms of the GSA and GTA from time to time and the content of all negotiations in connection therewith, and all information disclosed by or for and on behalf of a party (the "Disclosing Party") in connection with the subject matter hereof (whether before or after the date hereof), shall, for a period of three (3) years following the date hereof (notwithstanding the earlier termination of this MOU pursuant to Clause 3), be kept confidential by the other party (the "Receiving Party") and shall not be disclosed by or for and on behalf of the Receiving Party to any third party save as follows: 1018C7 0C_ 5 (a) to the extent that such information is already in the public domain otherwise than pursuant to a breach of this MOU by the Receiving Party or pursuant to any disclosure by a person to whom the Receiving Party has lawfully disclosed such information where the disclosure by such person would be a breach of this MOU were such person a party hereto; (b) to the extent that such information is disclosed to the Receiving Party by a third party who may lawfully disclose such information; (c) to the professional advisers to the Receiving Party who are bound to such party by a duty of confidence which applies to any information disclosed; (d) to the extent required by applicable law or by the regulations of any stock exchange or regulatory authority to which such party is subject or pursuant to any order of court or other competent authority or tribunal; (e) to any government department or regulatory authority having jurisdiction over the Receiving Party, to the extent required to enable it to carry out its obligations under this Agreement or to comply with its obligations at law; (f) to its or its Affiliates' officers, employees and agents, in each case, to the extent required to enable it to carry out its obligations under this Agreement PROVIDED that the Receiving Party shall in each case make such persons aware of the confidential nature of such information and the terms of this Clause 4 and shall procure that such persons comply with this Clause 4 as if they were parties hereto; and (g) in the case of MEA as Receiving Party, to any gas supplier or transporter or other person to the extent reasonably required in order to enable MEA to put in place such arrangements as are reasonably required in order to deliver gas and otherwise perform its obligations under the GSA and GTA. An "Affiliate" shall mean, in respect of a party, any company that is a subsidiary or a holding company of such party, or that is a subsidiary of such holding company. The terms "holding company" and "subsidiary" shall have the meaning respectively given in section 736 of the UK Companies Act 1985 (as amended from time to time). For the purpose of this definition only, an Isle of Man statutory board and any company incorporated in the Isle of Man shall be deemed to be a "company". — 6. ENTIRE AGREEMENT AND VARIATION 6.1 This MOU constitutes the entire agreement between the parties in relation to the transaction referred to herein or therein and supersedes any previous agreement between the parties in relation to such transaction. 6.2 Neither party has entered into this MOU in reliance upon any fact, matter, circumstance or representation other than as set out in this MOU PROVIDED that nothing in this Clause 6.2 shall be deemed to purport to exclude liability for any fraudulent misrepresentation. 6.3 No variation of any of the terms of this MOU shall be effective unless it is in writing and signed by or on behalf of each of the parties hereto or thereto. The expression "variation" shall include any variation, supplement, deletion or replacement however effected. 7. THIRD PARTY RIGHTS No person other than a party may enforce this MOU by virtue of the Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act 1999. 10\80700_5 3 8. COUNTERPARTS This MOU may be executed in any number of counterparts and by the parties to it on separate counterparts, each of which when so executed shall be an original, but all the counterparts shall together constitute one and the same instrument. 9. ASSIGNMENT Neither party may assign all or any of its rights in or under this MOU without the prior written consent of the other party. 10. GOVERNING LAW AND JURISDICTION 10.1 This MOU shall be governed by and construed in accordance with English law. 10.2 Each party irrevocably agrees that the courts of England shall have exclusive jurisdiction in relation to any claim, dispute or difference concerning this Agreement and any matter arising therefrom. IN WITNESS whereof the parties hereto have executed this MOU the day and year first above written. Signed by ) For and on behalf of ) MANX ELECTRICITY AUTHORITY ) (Director) (Director/Secretary) — Signed by For and on behalf of MANX GAS LIMITED ) ) ) (Director) (Director/Secretary) 10\80700_5 4 SCHEDULE A GAS SUPPLY AGREEMENT (GSA) — Seller: MEA (or an Affiliate) Buyer: MG Quantity of Gas Per Gas Year: To be detailed in the GSA Delivery Point: The Pulrose delivery point only (unless otherwise agreed) - to be detailed in the GSA. Price: MEA and MG will enter into an "arms-length" GSA, which reflects MG's detailed gas supply requirements and preferred pricing structure. The terms of the GSA will replicate, on a pass-through basis, the terms of the UGSA that MEA will enter into with a third party. To the extent that there is a take or pay obligation under the UGSA that will be reflected in the GSA. Conditions Precedent: The GSA and the UGSA will contain the same conditions precedent. Any conditions precedent insisted upon by the upstream gas supplier will be reflected in the GSA. The parties intend that the GSA will be conditional upon, inter alia: (1) (a) All necessary consents for the construction and operation of the second gas interconnector from Scotland to Ireland ("IC2") including those due from the Government of the Republic of Ireland or any agency or instrumentality thereof having been obtained; (b) All necessary consents for the construction and operation of the pipeline connection (and its related facilities) from 1C2 to Pulrose including those due from the Government of the Republic of Ireland or any agency or instrumentality thereof having been obtained; (c) The grant by the Isle of Man Territorial Sea Bed Committee of approval of the Works Authorisation Application and the grant of the easement relating to the laying of IC2 and the 10\001005 5 pipeline connection (and its related facilities) from IC2 in the territorial waters of the Isle of Man including the payment by BGE of the fee in relation to that easement; (d) The provision by the Isle of Man Council of Ministers of a letter of comfort to BGE; (e) Satisfaction of all conditions to the Works Authorisation in respect of the pipeline connection (and its related facilities) from 1C2 stipulated by the Isle of Man Director of Harbours or any other Isle of Man entity; (2) IC2 and the pipeline connection from 1C2 to Pulrose (together with the umbilical cable and onshore pressure reduction station) having been successfully commissioned; and (3) MEA and BGE having entered into an operation and maintenance agreement in respect of the Pressure Reduction Station, and such agreement having become unconditional, and that these conditions will be reflected in the UGSA. Start Date: 1 April 2003 or [ days following notification by MEA that all conditions precedent have been satisfied or, to the extent permitted by the GSA, waived, whichever is later. Term: Co-terminous with PCA. Force Majeure/Change of Law: To be consistent with the BGE Code of Operations and the UGSA, and shall include fisherman interference, act of god, act of terrorism, sabotage, war, malicious damage, breakdown of plant or machinery, fire, flood, storm or other unusual weather conditions. Termination: "Usual" termination provisions would apply (including, for the avoidance of doubt, termination where the PCA terminates early for whatever reason). Security: [To discuss] Gas Specification: To be consistent with the BGE Code of Operations. ion,.80700_5 6 SCHEDULE B GAS TRANSPORTATION AGREEMENT (GTA) Transporter: MEA (or an Affiliate) Shipper: MG Quantity of Gas Per Gas Year: To be detailed in the GfA Delivery Point: The Pulrose delivery point only (unless otherwise agreed) - to be detailed in the GSA. The GA will address the process for connecting the Distribution Network to the Onshore Pipeline, including (without limitation) the location of the connection, timing, technical co-ordination, siting and specification of valves and meters and risk allocation. Transportation Charges: The gas transportation contract between the MEA and MG will cover the transportation of gas from Moffat (the interconnection between SIPS and the Transco NTS) to Pulrose (the interconnection between the MEA-operated Pipeline and the MG system). This covers the transportation on the BGE system from Moffat to the Isle of Man spur interconnection, the offshore Isle of Man spur (operated by BGE) and the onshore MEA Pipeline. The contract does not cover the transportation of gas, nor the charges involved, on the Transco NTS. These will be incorporated in the GSA. The charges for transportation, under the contract, will consist of a "capital" element and an operating and maintenance ("O&M") element. The "capital" element charge will cover the whole of the transportation of gas from Moffat to the MG interconnection at Pulrose. The charge will be 4.5 p/therm in Year 1 (covering the period 1 April 2003 and 31 March 2004). On 1 April 2004, and on the subsequent anniversaries, the charge will increase by the percentage change in [the UK CPI] over the immediately preceding 12 month period. The "O&M" element will cover the following costs: • The Isle of Man share of the SIPS interconnector O&M costs; 10\80700_5 7 • The BGE O&M charge relating to the operation of the offshore IOM spur; • The O&M costs relating to the onshore MEA pipeline; and • The administration costs relating to the onshore MEA pipeline. The total "O&M" costs will be shared on a pro-rata basis between the MEA and MG in relation to their respective annual transportation volumes PROVIDED that (1) during the first twenty (20) years of the GTA, the MEA volume for this purpose shall be a deemed volume (the "Deemed MEA Volume" or "DMV") and (2) if the term of the GTA is extended beyond twenty (20) years, the MEA volume for this purpose during such extension period(s) shall be the actual volume transported. The DMV will be updated annually based on actual Isle of Man gas demand for electricity generation and the nominated (to be agreed) heat rate efficiency at the Pulrose Power Station. Where MG usage of the onshore MEA pipeline exceeds eighty percent (80%) of total usage (over a period to be agreed and excluding times at which MEA usage is reduced due to, inter alia, force majeure), MG will have the option to undertake the operation and maintenance of that section of the pipeline on terms satisfactory to MEA. MG will be responsible for balancing its gas inputs at Moffat and offtakes at Pulrose on terms substantially similar, mutatis mutandis, to those set out in the BGE Code of Operations. MG shall not be entitled to aggregate its inputs or offtakes with MEA or any third party. Any other charges levied by BGE or other third parties will be shared on a pro-rata basis, based on actual relative MEA and MG volumes. 8 Conditions Precedent: The parties intend that the GTA will be conditional upon, inter alia: (1) (a) All necessary consents for the construction and operation of IC2, including those due from the Government of the Republic of Ireland or any agency or instrumentality thereof, having been obtained; (b) All necessary consents for the construction and operation of the pipeline connection (and its related facilities) from 1C2 to Pulrose, including those due from the Government of the Republic of Ireland or any agency or instrumentality thereof, having been obtained; (c) The grant by the Isle of Man Territorial Sea Bed Committee of approval of the Works Authorisation Application and the grant of the easement relating to the laying of 1C2 and the pipeline connector (and its related facilities) from IC2 in the territorial waters of the Isle of Man, including the payment by BGE of the fee in relation to that easement; (d) The provision by the Isle of Man Council of Ministers of a letter of comfort to BGE; (e) Satisfaction of all conditions to the Works Authorisation in respect of the pipeline connection (and its related facilities) from IC2 stipulated by the Isle of Man Director of Harbours or any other Isle of Man entity; (2) IC2 and the pipeline connection from IC2 to the Isle of Man (together with the umbilical cable and onshore pressure reduction station) having been successfully commissioned; and (3) MEA and BGE having entered into an operation and maintenance agreement in respect of the Pressure Reduction Station, and such agreement having become unconditional. Start Date: 1 April 2003 or [ ] days following notification by MEA that all conditions precedent have been satisfied or, to the extent permitted by the GTA, waived, whichever is later Term: Co-terminous with PCA. 10\80700_5 9 Force Majeure/Change of Law: To be consistent with the BGE Code of Operations, and shall include fisherman interference, act of god, act of terrorism, sabotage, war, malicious damage, breakdown of plant or machinery, fire, flood, storm or other unusual weather conditions. _ Termination: "Usual" termination provisions would apply (including, for the avoidance of doubt, termination where the PCA terminates early for whatever reason). Security: [To discuss] Gas Specification: To be consistent with the BGE Code of Operations. 10\80700_5 10 Executive Finance Dir endent Bo ard ),, v Cash/Shares Private Equity Bank Business Plan Telecoms Licence • • • • • • •• V •--4 (NI W crl O I I I Report Into Outage Incident at Lord St Substation On Wednesday 19th February 2003 Report into an outage incident at Lord St Substation On Wednesday 19 6 February 2003 This report concerns an outage incident, which occurred at 2.38pm on Wednesday 1.9'' February 2003, and resulted in loss of supply to around 80% of the MEA's customers for periods of up to 35 minutes during which time supplies were progressively restored. This report is compiled in response to the request of Mr A.Lewis, and has terms of reference shown by Appendix I. Executive Summary At 2.38pm on Wednesday 20 th February 2003 when approximately 45MW ( 72% of the Island electrical demand at that time ) was being imported from Bispham a switching operation, undertaken at MEA's substation at Lord St caused disconnection of this import. The TOM generation at that time was three 9.6MW diesel sets running at Peel Power Station, which with the abrupt increase in their load, reduced both frequency and voltage. This triggered automatic load shedding devices at all of the MEA's 33kV to 11kV distribution substations excepting Douglas North, Laxey, and Sulby. These substations continued to supply their networks with a load of around 12MW, which was within the capability of those generators. The operation at Lord St had been indicated as a fault of the in service interconnector transformer. The action taken to restore supplies was by the start up of diesel generators at Pulrose, and as this plant became available, the previously disconnected sections of 11kV networks were switched in as quickly as possible. Total supplies were restored by 3.13pm. Following an immediate technical review of the incident the interconnector transformer was deemed to be un-faulted, and was restored to service by 5pm. Background Since 2000 the 90kV interconnector cable has played an important role by allowing the transmission of power between the Isle of Man, and the UK. It links two substations. Bispham near Blackpool, and Lord St in Douglas. It was designed for a continuous 40MW capacity, and has a capability of 60MW for short emergency periods. Following a review of the cable rating, it has been up-rated to 50MW continuously. Although the interconnector comprises a single cable only the land based equipment, principally transformers and switchgear are duplicated so that individual units may be taken out of service for inspection or maintenance whilst the full transfer capacity remains available. At the time of the incident one such maintenance on a Lord St 90kV/33kV transformer equipment, the tap changer, had recently been completed and it was required to return the transformer to normal service. As part of the restoration process the transformer had been energised at 90kV the previous day, and following a process of checking and preparation the principal remaining actions were to close the transformer lower voltage circuit breakers. These were intended to be closed in sequence, first the main load carrying 33kV circuit breaker, followed by the subsidiary 22kV breaker which connects to local reactors only. This sequence. as attempted was prevented by interlocks, the operator then reversed this sequence, closed the 22kV breaker and the consequential current flow caused the in-service transformer to be disconnected. Technical Outline of the Lord St transformer and it's connection The maintained Lord St transformer is designated as 2T3 and it's connections are shown by a simplified schematic diagram Appendix 2 which also shows the in service transformer 2T4. It will be seen that each transformer has two lower voltage connections. The first and major connection is to the 33kV bus - bar and the rating of the associated transformer winding is 60MVA which approximates to the designed emergency load rating of the interconnector. The second connection is to the 22kV bus-bar, and this transformer winding is rated at 2OMVA which approximates to the reactive quantity, the only load connected to this bus-bar, which is required to allow a controlled compensation to be provided for the capacitive cable charging current. This aspect is a normal operational feature of the cable since, as the reactive load of the MEA system varies, switching the reactors provides the required and approximately constant quantity of reactive compensation. The entire interconnector system is fitted with a very high level of a fault detection and protective system. Each individual item of main equipment is covered by more than one high speed fault detecting relays, which are envisaged as the only protection which would normally operate under a fault condition, but also has a back-up cover provided by a more basic and slower acting system of over current detection. The simplified diagram does not show these features, but it is to be noted that the back-up arrangement for each transformer is the detection of over current entering each of its surveyed windings, which above a certain limit would cause the total transformer to be disconnected. The over current operating limit of the 22kV winding is much less than the levels of the 90kV or 33kV windings. Operator actions giving rise to outage of interconnector capacity Operational control of the interconnector is vested with MEA's generation division and, accordingly one of the engineering staff of this division went to Lord St and set up to undertake the required switching on transformer 2T3 through the installed remote control and indication system. He had prepared a switching programme, Appendix 3, which he took with him, which correctly identifies the major actions, and their sequence, which he was to undertake. The programme system requires that he is to note the times when each section of the programme is started and completed. After two preliminary steps he moved to item 3 of his programme "close 33kV circuit breaker" which he found to be non effective, the control equipment rejecting his instruction. He re-attempted twice to the same effect, and then tried to contact two engineering colleagues for discussion who were unfortunately out of telephone contact. He suspected a protection interlock to the remaining action, which was to - check that the 22kV circuit breaker was closed, and to remove the suspected interlock, he then proceeded with closing that circuit breaker. Shortly after this the 22kV winding overload protection of the in-service transformer 2T4 operated, disconnecting that transformer and the import of approximately 45MW of power into the Isle of Man. As noted in the executive summary, the resulting overload of the three inservice diesel generators caused frequency and voltage to collapse, and automatic load shedding equipment disconnected all except I2MW of the Island load. Technical Discussion i) The operator had been careful to equalise the tap positions of both the on load and the unloaded transformers. This is an adjustment which can be made to allow the equal sharing of load between them as soon as the unloaded 33kV circuit was closed. However each winding of the transformer has an impedance which requires an "internal" voltage to drive the load current through it, this is normally arranged by an automatic device which moves the tap position to maintain a fixed voltage output, as the load current increases or decreases. Thus the on-load transformer operated on tap 11 allowed for this internal voltage and produced the required 33kV at around 75% of its rated output. The off-load transformer at the same tap, having no internal load/ voltage requirement produced an output voltage some 6% higher on both it's 33kV and 22kV outputs. When the 22kV circuit was closed the transformers attempted to equalise their loads through their 22kV windings. This caused a current to flow from the higher voltage transformer to the other. The entry of this current into the inservice transformer was within the protection setting of it's over current detecting relay which reacted as though the transformer had absorbed a fault current and the in-service 90kV 33kV and 22kV circuit breakers were opened. ii) The operator suspected an interlock to the 22kV circuit breaker and this is confirmed by reference to Appendix 4, the equipment interlocking diagram which shows that 2R5, amongst 5 other checked items, needs to be closed before the 33kV breaker 2X3 is released for a closing action. The connection of a reactive load to the interconnector and it's progressive energisation from the UK end was a stated requirement of the control scheme and required to apply before which ever of the two 33kV breakers was the first to be closed. This is the action, which in those circumstances synchronises the Isle of Man to the UK. system. The operator did not know that an interlock bypass could be applied to allow the closure of the second transformer breaker without the full range of interlock checks. Also he did not recognise that the 22kV bus section breaker could have been opened to avoid the flow of current from the off-load transformer to the other. A recommendation is provided on these points. iii) In respect of the set tripping level of the 22kV back-up over current relay it was found that this operated when 430 amp, around 75% of the winding 20MVA rating, had flowed for a period of around 3 seconds. Whilst, the 3 I tripping level is compromise between the damage a fault may cause and the amount of current and time taken to operate, it is considered that a higher setting should be applied within the context of the overall 22kV arrangement, and a recommendation is provided. iv) In respect of the operation of the Distribution load shedding system it was found that the relays actuating the load shedding event operated at their design point beyond which greater retention of load would have caused a total system shut down. However, review of this system is due with the forthcoming use of the Gas Turbine generators, and if possible, refinement will be sought. A recommendation is made for the forwarding of this system performance information to the persons undertaking this review. Procedure and operator comments All high voltage switching amongst many other operations, is subject to restrictions and control under the MEA Safety Rules. These rules establish and define the duties of a Control Engineer, the Senior Authorised and other operational Engineers and persons deemed to competent for certain duties. To allow for out of hours working a control baton logic is used which allows an Operational Engineer to be the Control Engineer, singularly, until he passes the baton to an established control centre. To overcome staff limitations within the Generation Division the operator who was qualified as a Control Engineer also undertook a dual function as operator, this denied one of the usual safety features of the safety rules that at least one level of overview would be in place, and in this instance should have avoided the operator moving on from a prevented action until the cause had been ascertained It is also apparent that although the operator was qualified to HND and MA ( Open University ) standard, his work experience within the generation Division had not exposed him to three winding transformers, and an effective knowledge of specialised transmission practice. In the instance of this major plant it is considered that appropriate operator knowledge and the control overview should be in place and a recommendation is made on this point. Persons Interviewed The persons interviewed and providing information to this report were: Mr T Qualtrough, Mr N. Eastham, Mr A. Cooil, Mr M. Gosden, Mr S Hayes. MEA, A Resources and Project Engineer, who undertook the operations. MEA, A Control Systems Engineer MEA, A Safety Procedures Engineer MEA, A Protective Systems Engineer Cruickshank and Partners, A control Systems Design Engineer Recommendations The following recommendations are not mutually exclusive since the precautionary measures recommended to avoid recurrence of the event may be viewed as overlapping layers. The first two recommendations may also be taken as general and if not already applied should have application across the total of the NIEA's systems. The remaining are more specific to the interconnector. 1) That interconnector switching should be:i) Planned in advance and the plan reviewed by an appropriately qualified Control Engineer, who may refer to specialist advice if required. ii) Undertaken under control of an established control Engineer. 2) That the involved engineering staff should be fully trained and conversant with the interconnector and it's land based equipment as a transmission link between the TOM and UK systems, and that retraining should be undertaken at two yearly intervals. 3) That the interlock provided between the 33kV and 22kV circuit breakers should be reviewed. Although a by-pass is fitted, this incident shows the interlock may be mis-interpreted. The required function is to ensure that the connection of a reactive load would be in place prior to interconnector energisation, but when one transformer is already in service the interlock is a complication which could be avoided. A necessary interlock function when one transformer is already in service is that one of the 22kV bus bar and transformer circuit breakers is open when the second 33kV breaker is also open. There is also a remote possibility of a 33kV bus-bar fault which automatically opens one of the transformer 33kV breakers, in this event an intertrip is required to be sent from the 33kV breaker to the 22kV breaker of the same transformer. 4) The 22kV back-up over current setting should be increased and a new set of co-ordinated tripping levels be established. These settings details are beyond the purpose of this report, but a level of at least the overload rating of the 22kV winding is suggested. 5) The actions of the emergency load shedding system disconnected load and allowed the in service diesel engines to recover their normal frequency and voltage. The use of this live information is considered to be helpful to the revisions needed for CCGT operations and should be passed to PB Technologies Ltd, who are undertaking this review. 5 6) That in the instance of the operator involved in this incident his switching authorisation should be suspended until * a refresher course of network operations training has been satisfactorily completed. It is noted that this training has been undertaken as quickly as possible under the auspices of the NGC training centre "EKRING" during week commencing 3 rd March 2003. M.S. Gibson Dip.EE; C. Eng; MIEE; MILE Electrical Systems Advisor 7dI March 2003 6 APPENDIX Memorandum To: M S Gibson - Electrical Systems Advisor From: J A Lewis - Director Capital Investments & Technical Services Subject: Network Incident 19 February 2003 - Inquiry Terms of reference Date: 21 February 2003 Further to our conversation of 20 February 2003, I wish to confirm the request that you enquire into the incident that caused a major shut down of the MEA Distribution Network on 19 February 2003. Your terms of reference are as follows:(i) Establish the state of the network prior to the incident. (ii) Establish the state of the network following the incident. (iii) Examine the actions of the operational staff prior to and during the incident. (iv) Establish the cause of the incident and what action could have been taken to avoid its occurrence. (v) Consider whether any of the circumstances or results of this investigation could have a bearing on other MEA installations or procedures. (vi) The final report to be completed within 14 days should be prefaced by an executive summary and contain recommendations to ensure similar incidents can be avoided. Should you wish to discuss any of the protection design issues with Messes Forbes, Browning or Cruickshanks I will arrange the necessary orders to be placed to secure their services. J A Lewis Director Capital Investments & Technical Services APPENDIX 2 TO BISPHAM ISOLATOR \ 2D1 I 90KV BUS BAR X 2T3 60MVA TRANSFORMER NO.3 2T4 X 60MVA TRANSFORMER NO.4 %10 L 2R5 x 2R6 22KV BUS BAR R1 R2 R3 2D9 2D10 / 33KV BUS BAR 2X3 i X 2X4 X X X X X T1 33KV FEEDER 33KV FEEDER 11KV X CIRCUIT BREAKER CLOSED CIRCUIT BREAKER OPEN 11KV - A Vreg 9A>01-41)1- -7( -1 tiOrc-6sarrD pJc>iZ s---ast-0 A)i - eaSirto Q. 5 nor 1SChler NATOVo6 [ Ez1010 7 1r7 ' ATCCSio Lor 5..ts,Tor avrc-cWeb, EEJ 1- _ 3- t-- s aw- 5)-1 4- u o ngi ed 0 r- ../ .---' 5-Ntr-Ch -\ 1 1 a 6 (t-C. -4ca-o ari . Qw eBesseity At Location lime of Operation \ A _s- Olga r ,.. 4r).4)i 3 ._. . \ Message 6 T98 9Z T . -. L5 I . t.0 .1 .4 Message Sent by APPENDIX 3 APPENDIX 4 • 2X3 INTERLOCKING DIAGRAM 2T3 CLOSED 2R5 CLOSED 2D1 CLOSED 90kV CABLE ENERGISED 2D9 CLOSED 2X3 VSI SELECTED AND INTERLOCK BYPASS OR 2X3 CLOSE RELEASE OR 2X4 CLOSE RELEASE 2X4 INTERLOCKING DIAGRAM 214 CLOSED 2R6 CLOSED 2D1 CLOSED 2D2 CLOSED 90kV CABLE ENERGISED 2D10 CLOSED 2X4 VSI SELECTED INTERLOCK BYPASS AND Figure 1 - Interlocking Diagrams for CB2X3 and CB2X4. MEA 03/10 MANX ELECTRICITY AUTHORITY ACCOUNTS COMMENTARY FEBRUARY 2003 PROFIT & LOSS Income Energy Sales Energy sales are below plan by £731,000 however the Budget for 02/03 was not seasonalised. Restating the plan on a seasonal basis would result in a year to date plan of £24,738,000 with a variance of 4520,000 split between a positive price variance of £697,000 and a negative volume variance of -£1,217,000. The average unit-selling price is 7.41p against a plan of 7.2p per unit. Actual sales volumes are below plan by 16.9 million units - Actual units 326,681,,plan units 343,591,000. Plan sales £'000's monthly Plan sales £'000's cumulative APR MAY 2,134 2,061 2,134 4,195 JUN 2,002 6,197 Actual Sales £'000 monthly Actual Sales £'000 cumulative 2,182 2,182 2,101 6,491 2,208 4,390 JUL AUG 2,061 2,076 8,258 10,334 1,969 8,460 2,005 10,465 SEP 2,105 12,439 OCT 2,309 14,748 NOV 2,412 17,160 DEC 2,602 19,762 JAN 2,616 22,378 FEB 2,360 24,738 2,088 12,553 2,091 14,644 2,189 16,833 2,553 19,386 2,475 21,861 2,357 24,217 Plan sales units monthly Plan sales units cumulative 29,639 28,624 27,812 28,624 28,827 29,233 32,075 33,496 36,135 36,338 32,786 29,639 58,263 86,075 114,699 143,526 172,759 204,835 238,331 274,466 310,805 343,591 Actual Sales units monthly Actual Sales units cumulative 34,102 30,390 30,316 24,401 26,786 29,290 27,111 25,991 33,535 32,996 31,763 34,102 64,492 94,808 119,209 145,995 175,285 202,396 228,387 261,922 294,918 326,681 Average Price in pence Plan price in pence VARIANCE Price Variance Volume Variance Total £'000 variance 6.40 7.20 6.81 7.20 6.85 7.20 7.10 7.20 7.17 7.20 7.16 7.20 7.24 7.20 7.37 7.20 -£273 £321 £48 -£253 £448 4335 £629 £294 -£123 £325 £202 -£47 £178 £131 -£68 £182 £114 £71 -£176 -£104 £389 -£716 4327 £195 7.40 7.20 7.41 7.20 7.41 7.20 £528 £627 £697 -£903 -£1,144 -£1,217 -£376 -£517 -£520 Other Income Other income includes £100,000 billed to Sita Waste re the Incinerator Cable. A further £100,000 has been invoiced but this has been treated as deferred income as we have not yet been charged for all the associated costs on this job. EXPENDITURE Energy Purchase Overall Energy purchases are over budget by £925,000 as a result of increase fuel prices and longer than planned Cable outages. Based on the first in first out policy for fuel consumption the following shows the movement in the average price per litre of fuel consumed. MEA 03/10 MANX ELECTRICITY AUTHORITY Apr 02 May 02 Jun 02 Jul 02 Aug 02 Sep 02 Oct 02 Nov 02 Dec 02 Jan 03 Feb 03 FUEL — Cost of Fuel consumption £'000 820 1,121 662 108 119 163 328.8 471 449 553 579 Litres Consumed LTS 3,978 7,016 4,470 740 675 870 1,820 2,794 2,067 2,889 2229 Average actual cost per Lt consumed 0.2062 0.1599 0.1481 0.1459 0.1763 0.1874 0.1807 0.1686 0.2172 0.1914 0.2598 Plan cost per Lt consumed 0.1800 0.1800 0.1800 0.1800 0.1800 0.1800 0.1800 0.1800 0.1800 0.1800 0.1800 Other Expenditure Other expenditure for February is lower than budget by £124,000, and has a year to date favourable variance of £1,168,000. Administration costs include the following: Audit, Consultancy and Legal Fees Bad Debts written off Donations & Sponsorship Public Relations Travel, Accommodation, Expenses and Hospitality Total Year to Date Administration Costs Year to date £136,688 £49,597 £19,975 £38,184 £57,217 £301,631 Establishment costs include the items listed below: Advertising Computer hardware, software, consumables & maintenance Office Equipment Insurance premiums Post, Freight and Stationery Rates and Rents Telephones and Fax Wayleaves Subscriptions, Sundries and Miscellaneous Credits re Internal recharges to Retail Division Total Year to Date Establishment Costs Year to date £41,126 £417,927 £25,013 £672,741 £237,743 £201,804 £181,562 £165,209 £147,699 4143,000 £1,947,824 BALANCE SHEET Fixed Assets The Fixed Asset total of £247,876,000 includes the following expended amounts Gas Pipeline £37,373,969 Power Station £78,726,916 Fixed Deposits £17 million is on deposit with local banks. 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We are determined to manage risk effectively and to see that our activities, services or products do not harm employees, contractors, customers or members of the public. We are committed to achieve high standards of occupational health and safety and these high standards will not be compromised for other business objectives. All employees are accountable for this performance and have a role to play in implementing this policy. The successful implementation of this policy relies upon the co-operation of all employees who must comply with the occupational health and safety requirements relevant to their duties and responsibilities. The effectiveness and implementation of this policy will be reviewed at least annually by the Board, or otherwise as recommended by the Safety Council." MANX ELECTRICITY CORPORATE POLICY AUTHORITY DOCUMENTATION TLD / 001 r ig) ....1., LEVEL ONE DOCUMENT MANX ELECTRICITY AUTHORITY COMMITMENT TO HEALTH AND SAFETY OUR VISION To achieve a workplace that is free from all injuries and work related illness and where safe and healthy working is a way of life for everyone involved in our business. OUR BELIEF That all work related injuries and occupational illnesses are preventable, and we will never be satisfied until we have eliminated these from the workplace. OUR APPROACH • • • • • • • • To create a culture where everyone accepts personal responsibility for their own health & safety, and for that of others. To establish clear line management accountability for driving continuous improvement in health & safety performance. To work to the highest standards for the safe operation of equipment and facilities. To involve everyone in the task of improving health & safety performance. To develop, train and motivate every member of staff so that working safely becomes much more than a condition of employment. To encourage and support everyone to improve safety outside the workplace. To actively encourage our contractors to share our vision, belief and approach. To monitor ourselves against our vision belief and approach, and report our health & safety performance regularly. W John McCallion Chairman PAGE 1 ISSUE No. / ED. No. ISSUE 01 Michael J Proffitt Chief Executive DATE 31 / 01 / 03 MANX ELECTRICITY CORPORATE POLICY AUTHORITY DOCUMENTATION TLD / 002 (,. .L.) ......4, LEVEL ONE DOCUMENT Manx Electricity Authority — Health, Safety and Environmental Policy We, the MEA, being a responsible employer are committed to providing a healthy, safe and clean environment for employees, customers and the public. A policy on Health, Safety and Environment (HSE) is endorsed and our principles are: — • Recognise the responsibility to protect employees, customers, public and the environment • Meet all legal requirements, regulations and exceed where expedient • Provide a healthy and safe workplace • Provide a clean business environment • Adopt a balanced approach in the business operation • Achieve high standards of operational integrity, make continuous improvement, minimise HSE risks and impact on the environment • Encourage and train employees for HSE concerns and responsibilities • Encourage and formally require partners, suppliers and contractors to comply with our policy • Monitor compliance and disclose all relevant information W John McCallion Chairman Page 1 ISSUE No. / ED. No. Issue 01 Michael J Proffitt Chief Executive DATE 31 / 01 / 03 MANX ELECTRICITY CORPORATE POLICY AUTHORITY DOCUMENTATION TLD / 003 ra .....A., LEVEL ONE DOCUMENT Manx Electricity Authority Environmental Management System Policy We are committed to protecting the environment and will take a robust approach in this commitment by demonstrating sound environmental policies, procedures and actions. We will adopt an 'Environmental Management System' (EMS) based on ISO 14001, which will consist of a framework for implementing, monitoring and controlling our impact on the environment and provide confidence that this impact will be managed in a responsible and reliable manner through the process of continuous improvement. The EMS provides us with an internationally recognised standard with which to assess and measure our performance and in particular will: • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Adopt and aim to apply the principles of 'sustainable development', that is, development that meets the needs of the present, without compromising the abilities of future generations to meet their own needs Strive to adopt the highest available environmental standards in all areas of operations and business Adopt a 'cradle to grave' assessment of responsibility for products and services Aim to minimise the use of all materials, supplies and energy Wherever possible, use renewable or re-cycled materials and components Minimise waste used in all parts of the business and aim for 'waste free' processes Expect similar environmental standards from all third parties, (i.e. contractors, suppliers, etc.) involved with the business, as apply to us Publicise our environmental position Encourage employee involvement in environmental action Regularly liaise with the local community Adopt an environmentally sound transport strategy Aim to include environmental considerations in investment decisions Regularly assess the environmental impact of all operational and business activities Assist in developing solutions to environmental problems, and support the development of Government/public policy W John McCallion Chairman Page 1 of 1 ISSUE No. / ED. No. ISSUE 01 Michael J Proffitt Chief Executive DATE 31 / 01 / 03 MANX ELECTRICITY CORPORATE POLICY AUTHORITY DOCUMENTATION TLD / 004 Eio LEVEL ONE DOCUMENT Manx Electricity Authority Health, Safety, Environmental and Quality Policy Statement We are committed to providing a quality power supply and services to our customers in a manner that ensures a healthy, safe and clean business environment for our employees, customers and the public. OUR goals are 'Zero Accidents', 'Zero Non-compliance' and 'International Standard Products and Services'. OUR Principles are to: _ • • • • • Exceed the service requirements and expectations of our customers, to ensure we are their preferred energy service supplier Operate to the highest standards in Health and Safety Conduct our business in a manner that strives to balance the sustainable environmental social and economic needs of the community Develop a competent, innovative, responsible and motivated work force Encourage and require, wherever appropriate, our business partners, suppliers and contractors to adopt equivalent principles We will continue to systematically identify, monitor, review and control our health and safety risks, environmental impacts and quality issues to ensure continuous improvement. Health, Safety, Environmental Protection and Quality is every persons responsibility. W John McCallion Chairman PAGE 1 ISSUE No. / ED. No. ISSUE 01 Michael J Proffitt Chief Executive DATE 31 /01 / 03 MANX ELECTRICITY AUTHORITY TLD / 005 6,F0 CORPORATE POLICY DOCUMENTATION \A, LEVEL ONE DOCUMENT Manx Electricity Authority Health, Safety, Environmental and Quality (HSEQ) Policy for Business Partners, Contractors and Suppliers We are committed to continual improvement of the company's high standards of occupational health, safety, environmental protection and quality (HSEQ) in the company's operations. In achieving this commitment, we will foster partnerships with business partners, contractors and suppliers who can demonstrate excellence in HSEQ performance with their providing of services and products. We will adopt a risk-based 'partner, contractor and supplier performance management system' based on significant HSEQ commitment by our business partners, contracted services and suppliers. In particular, we will: • • • • • • • • Seek to inform and educate business partners, contractors and suppliers of our HSEQ policies, requirements and approach Identify the significant HSEQ impacts and business implications of our contracted services and purchased materials to ensure a satisfactory implementation and operation of a risk-based contractor and supplier performance management system Define HSEQ performance requirements in tender and contract documentation for significant HSEQ risks Implement a formal system for evaluating and selecting contractors and suppliers, which includes a review of their past performance thus ensuring that HSEQ is considered on equal terms with technical and commercial criteria Purchase materials and goods to specifications which are compliant with relevant legislation and our requirements, to minimise any HSEQ impact Develop long-term partnerships with business partners, contractors and suppliers who can demonstrate HSEQ competence and who can consistently deliver their services and products to our requirements Review the HSEQ performance of business partners, contractors and suppliers, providing feedback aimed at correcting any deficiencies identified and for constructive comments Keep abreast of market trends and developments so as to continue acquiring quality services and products W John McCallion Chairman Page 1 of 1 ISSUE No. / ED. No. ISSUE 01 Michael J Proffitt Chief Executive DATE 31 / 01 / 03 MEA 03/12 MANX ELECTRICITY AUTHORITY OPERATIONAL MONTHLY REPORT - FEBRUARY 2003 GENERATION/PROCUREMENT GENERATION and ENERGY TRADING - ALAN CUBBON/RICHARD BUJKO/ General Market Intelligence in the Energy Sector: • UK Government energy white paper was released this month, main goals for government energy policy include : 1. To work towards cutting UK's carbon dioxide emissions by 60% by 2050. 2. To maintain reliability of energy supplies. 3. To promote competition in UK and world-wide energy markets 4. To ensure every home is adequately and affordable heated. 5. Main focus on potential of renewable and green energy. • Strong oil prices influenced significantly both gas and power markets, making February a bullish month. • Wholesale price movements blamed on increases to UK and Manx Gas domestic gas prices. Npower and Powergen have both recently increased their tariff prices by 4.3% and 6.2% respectively. • British Energy signed a four-year agreement to supply up to 15% of its output to Centrica, which represents about 20% of Centrica's annual requirement. • Vestas Celtic Wind Technology is to carry out all the offshore work on behalf of Powergen Renewables for the £75m project at Scroby Sands, 3Krn East of Great Yarmouth. The project will feature a total of 30 turbines and is expected to produce enough electricity to power 41,000 homes. • The U.K. Trade and Industry Secretary, Patricia Hewitt has referred Centrica's purchase of Dynergy's gas storage business to the Competition Commission. Concerns have been raised relating to Centrica's potential market dominance in gas storage. Generation Operational — February 2003 Structure and Plans • CCGT Integration Strategy submitted for Approval. • Budgets (FY04) and Business Plans (FY04-08) submitted for Approval. • Plan to close Ramsey for Spring/Summer and move Peel onto a daytime only operation. • Shift Managers appointed (3 no. From 6 applicants). • Inventory Manager and Temporary Plant Attendant interviews being conducted. • Advertisements for Electrical and Mechanical Technicians published. Maintenance and Inventory Management • Engine Availability very high (maintenance activities managed as short-duration, off-peak). • No major plant breakdowns in Feb, with plant starting as required. • Increased H&S audits of existing or new procedures to ensure compliance. • Support to PGT in preparation of Emergency Procedures for gas handling. • Steam turbine spares and Gas turbine package spares reviewed and ordered. • CCGT Fuel quality procedure agreed with Total fuels. Operational Performance (Tablel) • The total electricity procured in February — as measured by the sum of cable imports at Bispham and gross generation output - increased by 7.6 % to 36,039 MWh (33,500 MWh Feb 02). • The total units generated by on-island plant reduced by 32.1 % to 9,349 MWh (13,778 MWh Feb 02) 1 MANX ELECTRICITY AUTHORITY MEA 03/12 OPERATIONAL MONTHLY REPORT - FEBRUARY 2003 • • • The electricity imported via the interconnector increased by 35.3 % to 26,690 MWh (19,722 MWh Feb 02). The interconnector was utilised to provide 74.1 % of the island demand (58.9 % Feb 02). The interconnector load factor has increased to 81.2 % (66.8 % Feb 02). Trading across the Interconnector - February 2003 Contractual • • • • Existing electricity import supply contract with Powergen terminates at the end of March 03 and new electricity contract currently being finalised to extend terms of supply on a monthly basis from 1st April until CCGT fully commissioned. First procurement took place of natural gas on 25 February to stock gas pipeline between Glen Mooar and Glen Vine. This month's report reflects the changes in the use of the Interconnector. Last year import was restricted following the fault at Bispham, whilst this year, imports has been effected by the work undertaken by Burlington Resources and Powergen "float" and "export" requests. The additional MEA costs associated with Burlington Resources will be re-charged and are currently estimated at £29,171 for February, this work is due to be completed by c. July 03. Powergen made 31 "Float" and 7 "Triad" calls in February. The total number of option calls to the end of February is now 216 out of a maximum of 260. Annual Forecasts (Table 2) • • The predicted total procurement demand to year ending March 03 is 405.5 GWh representing an increase of 20.9 GWh or an annualised growth rate of 5.4 %. The predicted Island load to year ending March 03 (excluding all generation standing load) is 382.4 GWh representing an increase of 22.5 GWh or an annual growth rate of 6.2 %. Market Prices (Table 3) • • • • The current UKPX (RFD) average price has increased by 16.3 % to £17.94 /MWh (£15.42 Feb 02). The SAP natural gas price assuming a thermal efficiency of 45% for CCGT plant indicates that the average electrical conversion price has increased by 31.7 % to £16.63 /MWh (£12.63 Feb 02). The February gas spark spread fell by 53 % to £1.31 /MWh (£2.79 Feb 02) The average cost of gas oil has risen by 46.1 % to £0.21 per litre (E0.14 Feb 02); and is expected to continue rising as war in Iraq becomes more imminent. Financial Performance (Table 4) • • • The total cost of the imported power for February is estimated at £504,480 and the marginal cost of imports has fallen by 25.9 % to £18.90 /MWh (£25.50 Feb 02). The total cost for diesel generation is estimated at £579,024 and the marginal cost of generation has risen by 109.4 % to £64.47 /MWh (£30.78 Feb 02). The combined marginal cost of procurement for February is estimated at £1,083,504. Unit cost of procurement has increased by 10.2 % to £30.07 /MWh (£27.27 Feb 02). MEA 03/12 MANX ELECTRICITY AUTHORITY OPERATIONAL MONTHLY REPORT - FEBRUARY 2003 February 2002 TABLE 1 Operational Performance Total Units Procured Generation Standing Load USO to ENS Export @ Bispham USO to On-Shore 10M Load Import @ Bispham Diesel Generation Hydro Generation Total On-Shore Generation Fuel - Litres per units Gen I/kwh Thermal Efficiency % MAXIMUM DEMAND MEA Generation MW Island Load MW (Spot) Island Load MW (Avg) Min. Demnd - Island Load M' Interconnector - Availability Load Factor % of Total .. 5.4% 94.6% 0.1% 94.6% 58.9% 39.8% 1.3% 41.1% Units (MWh) 36,039 1,996 34,043 46 33,997 26,690 8,981 368 9,349 0.241 40.4% 92.3 76.27 74.19 26.39 Diesel Generation CCGT Hydro Generation Total On-Shore Generation Import @ Bispham Total Units Procured Generation Standing Load USO to ENS Export @ Bispham USO to On-shore IOM Load TABLE 3 5.5% 94.5% 0.1% 94.3% 74.1% 24.9% 1.0% 25.9% Feb 2002 % Change 7.6% 10.7% 7.4% 107.3% 7.3% 35.3% -32.7% -16.0% -32.1% 5.7% -0.5% -10.9% 5.8% 7.2% 8.5% 0.0% 21.5% 100.0% 81.2% Annual Totals 2002/03 to end of Jan 2003 122.8 0.0 3.3 126.1 244.1 370.2 20.8 349.4 0.4 349.0 Feb 2003 Unit Growth (MWh) 2,539 193 2,346 24 2,322 6,968 -4,359 -70 _ -4,429 0.013 -0.2% -10.1 4.4 5.3 2.2 82.20 80.70 79.51 28.62 Predicted Annual Totals 2002/03 Units (MWh) 125.5 0.0 3.60 129.1 276.4 405.5 22.7 382.9 0.5 382.4 Variance Market Prices UKPX (RPD) AVERAGE SAP Nat Gas AVERAGE (Electrical) Spark Spread (Gas to Elec.) AVERAGE SBP AVERAGE SSP Gas Oil (Revd) AVERAGE (PPI) BSUoS AVERAGE % of Total 100.0% 66.8% Annual Totals 2001/02 Units (MWh) 101.9 0.0 1.96 103.9 280.7 384.6 21.5 361.5 1.6 359.9 TABLE 2 Annual Forecast ' Units (MWh) 33,500 1,803 31,697 22 31,675 19,722 13,340 438 13,778 0.228 40.6% Variance February 2003 Unit Growth (MWh) 23.6 0.0 1.64 25.2 -4.3 20.9 1.2 21.3 -1.1 22.5 ' Yr. 2001/02 YTD % Growth 23.1% - 84.1% 24.3% -1.5% 5.4% 5.6% 5.9% -69.0% 6.2% Variance 16.3% 31.7% Price £/MWh 17.21 14.56 2002/03 Price £/MWh 15.57 11.80 1.31 28.03 13.63 0.21 -53.0% -15.3% 23.1% 46.1% 2.65 35.87 9.18 0.16 3.77 28.12 10.31 0.18 42.4% -21.6% 12.3% 7.5% 0.50 3.0% 0.57 0.63 10.1% Price £/MWh 15.42 12.63 Price £./MWh 17.94 16.63 % Change 2.79 33.08 11.07 0.14 0.48 - % Change -9.5% -19.0% MEA 03/12 MANX ELECTRICITY AUTHORITY OPERATIONAL MONTHLY REPORT - FEBRUARY 2003 Feb 2002 TABLE 4 Financial Performance Diesel Generation Hydro Generation Total On-Shore Generation Contract Import - Peak Contract Import Off Peak - Total Import (Estm Feb 03) System Charges (Estm Feb 03) Contract Associated Charges (Estimated Feb 03) Total Procurement Cost Combined Marginal cost of Procurement Feb 2003 Cost Units Tariff (MWh) 13.3 0.4 13.8 14.5 5.2 (f/MWh) 30.78 0.00 29.81 28.24 14.74 (£) 410,649 0 410,649 410,107 76,673 19.7 19.7 0.6 24.68 0.48 11.79 486,780 9,496 6,697 19.7 25.50 502,973 33.5 27.27 913,622 , Units (MWh) 9.0 0.4 9.3 19.4 7.3 26.7 26.7 0.9 Tariff (E/MWh) 64.47 0.00 61.94 19.69 13.97 18.13 .3.90 ... 17,070 3.618 26.7 36.0 18.90 30.07 504,480 1,083,504 0.64 Cost (E) 579,024 0 579,024 381,869 101,923 483,792 Growth 109.4% 107.8% - 30.3% -S2% -26.6% 32.8% -67.0% - 25.9% 10.2% , Glossary ➢ UKPX (RPD) -UKPX Reference Price Index of Electricity as published by UK Power Exchange (expressed in £ per MWh) ➢ SBP - Imbalance Market System Buy Price as published by Elexon (£ per MWh) ➢ SSP - Imbalance Market System Sell Price as published by Elexon (£ per MWh) ➢ SAP - System Average Price of Natural Gas as published by Transco (£ per MWh as an Electrical Output assuming a MEA CCGT station thermal efficiency of 48%) ➢ BSUoS - Balancing System Use of System cost - NGC Transportation Cost - as published by Elexon ( £ per MWh) UNITS SENT OUT 2002 2003 ----Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Total Actual (Month) 29.7 29.9 27.7 28.7 28.9 29.0 33.0 34.4 36.7 36.8 34.0 349.0 Budget (Based on Monthly Weighted Average ) 29.2 28.2 27.4 28.2 28.4 28.8 31.6 33.0 % Difference 1.7 6.1 1.4 1.9 1.8 0.8 4.5 4.0 35.6 35.8 32.3 33.9 372.3 3.3 3.0 5.3 0.0 0.0 Actual (Cumulative) 29.7 59.6 87.4 116.1 145.1 174.1 207.1 241,4 278.1 315.0 349.0 0.0 - Budget (Based on Monthly Weighted Average ) 29.2 57.4 84.8 113.0 141.4 170.2 201.8 234.8 270.4 306.1 338.4 372.3 - % Difference 1.7 3.9 3.0 2.8 2.6 2.3 2.6 2.8 2.9 2.9 3.1 0.0 - ➢ The monthly budget figure is a weighted average of the annual 2002/03 budget figure of 372.3 million units sent out to the Island. ➢ This represents a 3% increase on 2001/02 • The monthly weighting is a 5 year average monthly weighting of total units sent out. • MANX ELECTRICITY AUTHORITY MEA 03/12 OPERATIONAL MONTHLY REPORT – FEBRUARY 2003 WEEKLY MAXIMUM DEMAND 1 April to 31 March 1999 to 2003 — 1999/00 — 2000/01 2001/02 2002/03 90 85;03 80 < Th. 70 < 85:- 11.1 6° 2 55 50:11 45 11 I I 111 .1" 2 Units to Onshore Island Load (12 Month Moving Total ) 390 380 3707 360= • 350 7 340:330:- 310 Ji l l i l l l l i l l l k l l k F. iT 8 l l l l l l t l l l l l l l l l l l l i l l 0 k o • tiLi C 3 o 0 TECHNICAL SERVICES/CAPITAL PROJECTS – ASHTON LEWIS TECHNICAL SERVICES – ADRIAN DOBBINS In the reporting period, Technical Services have provided input and resource for the following issues:Whole Island Network/Generation Operational Philosophy As described last month, a development of the above philosophy is a course for Generation and POT operatives, which takes the proposals defined and delivers them as a training package. ENS staff will also be trained. Four courses are planned to be given throughout April. 5 MANX ELECTRICITY AUTHORITY MEA 03/12 OPERATIONAL MONTHLY REPORT — FEBRUARY 2003 Interconnector Maintenance & Unplanned Outage On 19 February 2003 transformer 2TX3 at Lord Street was being returned to service following planned maintenance. Unfortunately during the process the Interconnector tripped out of service resulting in a substantial loss of Island supplies. During the recovery period immediately following the trip, Technical Services provided assistance to Generation Division to establish the reason for the failure and in the re-connection of supplies from the UK. Technical Services subsequently investigated the incident, and have made a report with recommendations to the Chief Executive. Health & Safety Policy With the aid of Mr Paul Blake, work has continued on the development of the Board's Safety Management Policy as it relates to the new and existing power stations through the creation and enhancement of the following; • • • • • Emergency Contingency plans (commissioning) Major Accident Prevention plans. Emergency Gas Leak procedures Emergency Fire procedures Chemical Handling procedures Specifics of these plans and procedures were presented to the Fire Service and the Island's Emergency Response team producing some extremely useful feedback thus allowing the further improvement of our emergency documentation. Technical Services has also recently undertaken an impromptu audit of safety and safety management procedures at the construction site, and the findings of this investigation have been made to the Site Safety Team. Commissioning and Start Up of the CCGT Station The commissioning section of the Start Up and Operations Team numbers twenty five (25), made up of staff drawn from MEA and NEL Power with support from PB Power. A new section of operators has been established to take the CCGT through its "bedding in" period. This group numbers 11 and is currently undergoing specific plant training, which has been developed "in house". The Commissioning Team continues to produce a suite of procedures which will facilitate the commissioning, operation and maintenance of the new station for its first year of operation. Team commissioning activities now extend to initial work at the power station gas AGI (Above Ground Installation), plus pre-commissioning checks and liaison with number of vendor representatives who are working on-site testing of the Distributed Control System (DCS) equipment, GT control systems, station batteries, and generator transformers. Other works undertaken this month include: • The development of risk assessments and method statements for the GT enclosure CO2 discharge test and system pressure test. • The First Fire risk assessments and tracking register used to target work to achieve this milestone. • The development of a South Site temporary gas and fire annunciation system for the existing `D' station control room. 6 MEA 03/12 MANX ELECTRICITY AUTHORITY OPERATIONAL MONTHLY REPORT — FEBRUARY 2003 • Site access and security inspections for Construction All Risks and Operational insurance. • The production and control of a safety permit to work system facilitating works on completed work packages now under the Commissioning Team's jurisdiction. COMPUTER SERVICES — GARY CORKHILL Pulrose PIS As part of the work relating to the commissioning of the new control room at Pulrose power station, upgrades have been completed on one of the computer networks on site. There are two networks at Pulrose, one for the general administration (file storage, printing, e-mail, Internet access etc) and the other for operation and control. The main server for the operational network has been replaced and the network operating system upgraded to windows 2000. This is providing a more resilient network, allowing easier support and accommodates the requirements of the various applications being developed within Generation Services. Operating Systems MEA intend to upgrade the operating systems on the desktop PCs, to the latest version of windows (Windows XP) over the next twelve months. This process involves rebuilding each existing computer with the new operating software and reinstalling the existing applications. Before this process can commence, each MEA application has to be tested using Windows XP to ensure that they are compatible with the software (older applications may not be compatible with Windows XP and may have to be upgraded). IT staff have taken delivery of a number of Windows XP computers and are currently undergoing training. Following the training, testing of the various applications will take place before the new software is rolled out to the users. This upgrade will take MEA PCs to the latest version of the Microsoft operating system and allow new technology to be implemented such as remote user support and automatic downloading of software. Business Continuity Planning As part of the company wide project concerning emergency planning, the business continuity plan for Information technology is currently being updated. Part of the work in this area has included the installation for a file server at Heywood house, which will act as a backup device. In the event of computing facilities being lost at Ballacottier for any length of time, this server can be used to rapidly restore critical system. MEA are also in the process of investigating the use of replication software, which can keep an up to the minute copy of data on a separate file server, again for critical systems in case of prolonged loss of the existing facilities. Meridian Document Management System The Meridian document management system has been identified as the corporate software for the management and control of all documents within the MEA. As part of the development of the software an upgrade is taking place that simplifies use for staff and also give a corporate look and feel to the structure of the information held in the system. Additional training is also taking place for users across all departments. ➢ Service Requests open as at 31 January 2003 ➢ Number of Service Requests opened during February (See below for breakdown of requests) ➢ Number of Service Requests closed during February ➢ Open Service requests as at 28 February 2003 7 224 368 418 174 MEA 03/12 MANX ELECTRICITY AUTHORITY OPERATIONAL MONTHLY REPORT — FEBRUARY 2003 MEA Corn puler Services New Service Requests February 2002 300 256 Serv ice Req uest 250 - 200 150 100 50 34 37 26 8 5 3 0 0 S CP 4/' *64' 74 <ecr 4 Hardware/Software & CO MS are actual faults Summary of calls during last 12 months Dec 2001 Jan 2002 Feb 2002 Mar 2002 Apr 2002 May 2002 June 2002 July 2002 Aug 2002 Sep 2002 Oct 2002 Nov 2002 Dec 2002 Jan 2003 Feb 2003 Calls open at start of month 144 154 188 164 199 165 199 184 228 226 229 199 161 176 224 Calls opened during month 206 498 487 557 511 491 373 474 427 512 417 355 319 457 368 Calls closed during month 196 464 511 522 545 457 388 430 429 509 447 393 304 409 418 Calls open at end of month 154 188 164 199 165 199 184 228 226 229 199 161 176 224 174 CORPORATE SERVICES FINANCE — CLODAGH MAHER The Department is currently preparing for the Financial Year-End. The Auditors KPMG are conducting the Interim Audit — commencing 17 March and will be with us for two weeks. They will return on 28 April to commence the full year-end audit. -8 MANX ELECTRICITY AUTHORITY MEA 03/12 OPERATIONAL MONTHLY REPORT — FEBRUARY 2003 We have reallocated some time and tasks within the Department for a trial period to deal with the constantly increasing supplier payments. This appears to be working well and will be monitored over the next few months. CUSTOMER SERVICES — LINDY LEWIS Hand Held Meter Reading Terminals The project is proceeding to programme. Parallel testing is to commence week commencing 17 March 2003 and training is on going. Navision Staff Training Two members of staff, one from Customer Services and the other from Retail have started "in house" training with all Corporate Services staff on Navision, this is also part of a staff team building exercise. Energy Debts Inaccuracies have been identified in the energy debt report, a fix has now been put onto the programme cancelling out open entries which were getting classed as debts and not payments. A new report, which covers over 120 debts, is now attached. NON ENERGY DEBTS (ENS & RETAIL) £1,400,000 £1,200,000 £1,000,000 £800,000 £600,000 £400,000 £200,000 £0 ■ OVER 90 DAYS ■ 0.40 DAYS 1 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 $111111 1 11 11 11 11 III 111 11 II 11 _ 1:3:3 saa= AUG US SEPT __ OCT IMINIEM 739,00 Energy Debts E800,000.00 £600,000.00 • FEBRUARY £400,000.00 £200,000.00 £0.00 ■ FEBRUARY 0-120 Days Over 120 days £672,014.00 E142,456.00 MANX ELECTRICITY AUTHORITY MEA 05/12 OPERATIONAL MONTHLY REPORT FEBRUARY 2003 HUMAN RESOURCES - TONY HONOUR 280 281.8 277.8 294 Out turn takes into account projected retirements and forthcoming fixed term appointments. 1.30 2.11 2.20 2.30 Two staff on sick leave in excess of one month. 0 0 2 2 Joint Negotiating Council At the meeting of the JNC held on the 22 January 2003 the following increase in salaries was proposed with effect from 1 April 2003 until 31 March 2004. 1. 7.2% increase in base salaries consolidated. 2. A facilitation payment of 2% of salaries to enable discussions to continue on Performance Management with the intention to ballot staff on the possible introduction of a scheme in 12 months time. A total of 246 Ballot papers were sent out to staff on 14 February 2003. A total of 199 Ballot papers were received by 28 February 2003. The result of the Ballot is as follows: 159 Ballot papers in favour of the proposal were received and 40 Ballot papers not in favour of the proposal were received. - 10 - MANX ELECTRICITY AUTHORITY MEA 03/12 OPERATIONAL MONTHLY REPORT — FEBRUARY 2003 This is an 80% return on the Ballot papers and 80% of those who submitted a Ballot paper were in favour of accepting the proposal. This increase will be paid in the April 2003 salary. Careers Conventions HR Staff have been representing the MEA at external Career Conventions at Ramsey Grammar and QEH Schools. The events were well attended by pupils and parents. Recruitment The HR Department are currently assisting with the recruitment of a number of staff who will be appointed on a 12 month fixed term contract for the commissioning of the CCGT Plant. Staff Movement Mr John Craine, Shift Charge Engineer in Generation sadly passed away. Resignation of Information Systems Co-ordinator, ENS — Michael Cannan Resignation of PT IT Operations Assistant — Mike Cottam WAYLEAVES GEORGE TOMLINSON - Easements, Wayleaves, Leases and Conveyances The following agreements have been put in place during the month in securing substation sites and cable routes for the MEA distribution system. Easements Wayleaves Leases Conveyance 13 0 1 2 ADMINISTRATION — MARGARET GRAHAM Payroll Overtime Procedures are being reviewed by Paul Dewar, Head of Internal Audit, across all Divisions. An initial review has been carried out within Administration. RETAIL AND MARKETING — JAMES WILLIAMS Retail Sales and Repairs — Feb 2002 v Feb 2003 Location Douglas Castletown Peel Port Erin Ramsey Workshop Total: Feb 2002 (£) 139,986 9,814 16,799 26,151 38,481 12,162 243,393 Feb 2003 (£) _ 117,367 11,027 16,834 23,982 48,985 7,607 225,802 -22,619 -16% +1,213 +12% +35 +.2% -2,169 -8% +10,504 +27% 4 ,555 -37% -7% -17,591 - MEA 03/12 MANX ELECTRICITY AUTHORITY OPERATIONAL MONTHLY REPORT - FEBRUARY 2003 Retail Sales and Repairs - Jan 2003 v Feb 2003 Location Jan 2003 177,100 16,247 20,783 36,264 54,941 13,072 318,407 Douglas Castletown Peel Port Erin Ramsey Workshop Total: Feb 2003(£) -59,733 -5,220 -3.949 -12,282 -5,956 -5.465 117,367 11,027 16,834 23,982 48,985 7,607 225,802 -34% -32% -19% -34% -10% -42% -92,605 -29% ➢ Overall profit margins for February 2003 increased to a level of 27-30%. Promotional support continues to be received from our major suppliers for the funding of promotions and advertising. ➢ Sales for Feb03 v Feb02 are stated with a 7% decrease due to a GL correction being made to the sales figures last year to include the sales of ' free' stock from Electrolux. The procedures have now been altered this year to record this stock correctly. Without the addition of this £25,000 in 2002 we would be able to report an increase of £7,409 against last years figures, (+3%). Over-all Gross Receipts For all showrooms, takings inclusive of energy payments, daywork receipts and appliance sales are as follows: Location Douglas Castletown Peel Port Erin Ramsey Total: Feb 2002 (£) 337,038 40,922 49,192 67,975 146,408 641,537 320,040 66,066 38,625 109,734 74,518 608,984 Feb 2003 (£) -16,998 -5% +25,144 +61% -10,567 -21% +41,759 +61% 7 1,890 -49% -32.,553 -5% - Retail Projects ➢ Retail management have now re-written and finalised a new contract for the provision of a delivery and stock movement service for the retail business. The contract has been written in conjunction with Internal Audit and has also been reviewed and confirmed by Cains Advocates to ensure that each clause of the contract is written correctly. We now have a very structured and `legal' contract that will make it a lot easier to manage this side of the business. Three companies have responded to the advert asking for interests to be stated in tendering for the contract, these being Diamond Express, Securicor Omega and Trade Distribution Limited. Each of these companies have now received a tender pack giving them clear instructions regarding the information required, along with a copy of the new terms governing the relationship between the successful tenderer and the Authority. The deadline for the return of these documents is Friday 28 th March 2003. It is then expected that Retail management will be in a position to recommend a new contractor to the Chief Executive/Board for consideration/approval during the following week. ➢ Retail management has started to make progress on the suggestions for the development of Stanley House and the showroom at Castletown. Proposals have now been received from Dean Wood and Chris Blackburn with work now being done to clarify a number of issues detailed in these proposals. A further meeting is to be sought with Chris Blackburn and the Heritage Department to ensure that we have a full understanding of the limitations in working on a listed - 12 - MANX ELECTRICITY AUTHORITY MEA 03/12 OPERATIONAL MONTHLY REPORT — FEBRUARY 2003 building before deciding on the improvements we would like carried out. Once this meeting has taken place next week we will be in a position to submit proposals to the Chief Executive's office for consideration ➢ In relation to last months comments regarding the possibility of selling telecom equipment from MEA showrooms as a further source of income, it is disappointing to report that after positive contact was made with Swift Telecom to discuss this possibility, no further information has been received to-date detailing the range of products and prices as promised by Swift, even after further contact. Retail management will ensure that further advances are made to Swift, however, if further delays are incurred an alternative source for supply will be sought. ➢ Manx Telecom Pronto `Go' vouchers have now been made available to all MEA showrooms. Denominations of £10 and £20 vouchers are being sold. ➢ With the introduction of natural gas to the island, retail management have begun looking into the possibility of stocking natural gas appliances and dual-fuel appliances. A number of suppliers are sending information to the retail office for our consideration. Electrolux Group have offered to fund a 'gas appliance launch' for the MEA with grand ideas of celebrity chefs running demonstrations, prize give-aways, competitions and major support for advertising etc. We will be progressing with these suggested ideas at our next meeting with the Electrolux rep with a further update included in next months board report. ➢ With regards to the appliance repairs workshop, regular monthly business update meetings are now taking place to ensure that a strong focus is placed on the development of the business, also bringing the workshop and it's staff closer to the division than they have ever been before. Each meeting is structured with next steps compiled from issues discussed and followed up with a review at the next meeting. All staff have been very responsive to this new approach with benefits being seen already at this early stage. Retail management have started to think about the potential impact gas will have on the installation and repair of gas appliances on the island. Wanting to ensure that the appliance workshop develops to cope with this business opportunity, we have begun to look at the possibility of developing engineers within the workshop to Corgi registered status. Marketing & Advertising ➢ Further work continues on the retail advertising and promotional plan to ensure the division has a more structured approach to marketing and advertising. Retail have recently launched a '6 Months Interest Free Credit' promotion, run with Conister Trust, to a truly fantastic response in the first week of the promotion, taking just over £102,000 in the first 7 trading days of March 2003. MANX ELECTRICITY AUTHORITY MEA 03/12 OPERATIONAL MONTHLY REPORT — FEBRUARY 2003 ELECTRICITY NETWORK SERVICES OVERVIEW — JOHN BEVAN ELECTRICITY NETWORK SERVICES - MATT PATRICK GENERAL Staffing The ENS organisational tree was updated and Corporate services were advised of staff numbers. PLANNING Applications The running total for new load connection from l st April is 4.8MW. OPERATIONS & MAINTENANCE General Seven network faults were registered with the result that for February alone the CMLs lost were 29.67. The outage of Lord Street substation accounted for 97% of this value. The annual CMLs figure is running at 73.68 minutes/connected customer. Bispham Following on from the success of the Douglas Head cable temperature monitoring installation we are investigating a similar installation at Bispham. The effect of a multiple cable crossing will reduce the interconnector rating and more information is required to assist operational decision making. Interconnector The BRL gas pipeline works are still in progress with the gas pipe in situ and trenching works due to commence soon. The time taken and hence the costs incurred by BRL operations are increasing and the latest indication of costs to BRL is £223,000. Lord Street 90kV Substation Follow up maintenance work has been completed on transformer 2Tx3. The tap changer problem on 2Tx3 has been resolved, the oil leaks on reactor 2BR1 were rectified and Drycol breathers have been fitted to both transformers. The substation plant was restored to normal service on 20 th February 2003. OPERATIONS SUPPORT Transport The position in the transport fleet is that 31 vehicles have been replaced since April 2002. Tenders for vehicle maintenance are being processed so that new contracts will be in place from April 2003. MEA 03/12 MANX ELECTRICITY AUTHORITY OPERATIONAL MONTHLY REPORT — FEBRUARY 2003 Safety Education of 3rd parties on cable damage and ways to avoid it continue as follows:• Letter being sent by HSE to Contractors; • Safety leaflets issue to ACE Hire for issue with equipment. As a result of vehicle accidents within ENS we are investigating the provision of defensive driving courses for staff. RESOURCES Pulrose Power Station Work associated with the new CGGT continues to be supported by ENS staff. STATISTICS Monthly Summary Feb 2003 Year to Date 6 6 £670,000 £101,673 £300,000 £381,664 106 95 £7,370,000 £2,883,904 £3,300,000 £4,070,063 31 22 0 PLANNING Target No Capital projects Actual No Capital projects completed Target Capital expenditure (£) Actual Capital expenditure (£) Target Revenue expenditure (i) Actual Revenue expenditure (£) No of outage requests - GIS No of Final Records received No of Final Records com leted iz OPERATIONS & MA 8 0 0 .0 Target km of 0/H line Patrolled (Km) Actual km of 0/H line Patrolled (Km) Target No Primary S/S maintained Actual No Primary S/S maintained Target No Secondary S/S maintained Actual No Secondary S/S maintained No defects on HV networks No defects removed from HV networks Target No. U/G faults Actual No. U/G faults Target No 0/H faults Actual No 0/H faults 14 8 0 0 10 0 1 0 N/A 5 N/A 1 154 194.1 0 0 110 26 4 2 N/A 45 N/A 51 42 86 462 346 19 46 3 9 7 4 100 97 29.67 372 330 28 21 20 I7 1,221 1,066 73.68 0 2 9 11 PPRATIONS SUPPORT COMFY HEAT SALES Target (kW) Actual ( kW) CUSTOMER STANDARDS New Supply Quotes (Target 22 days) Pass New Supply Quotes (Target 22 days) Fail No customer complaints No customer complaints resolved No. voltage complaints No voltage complaints-resolved No of ESS issued No of Legal Searches issued No Customer Minutes Lost/No Customers DOCUMENTATION Target procedures Actual procedures produced - 15 - Previous Years Total MANX ELECTRICITY AUTHORITY MEA 03/12 OPERATIONAL MONTHLY REPORT — FEBRUARY 2003 ENVIRONMENT No Reportable Environmental Incidents. No Environmental near miss No Investigations No reports SAFETY No accidents No near misses No investigations No Road Traffic Accidents No First Aid injuries LTI > 3 Days LTI < 3 Days No reports No RIDDOR reports STORES Stock value (£) Stock turnover (£) TRANSPORT No Operational Vehicles No Pool Vehicles No of Vehicles Days Lost No of New Vehicles (not yet operational) No of Vehicles Disposed STAFF Actual No Staff Forecast No Staff No of Staff Meetings No of One to One Reviews Target Overtime (£) Actual Overtime (£) Units of Work No Work Days Absence RESOURCES Target No Capital projects Actual No Capital projects completed 0 0 0 0 I 0 0 0 0 1 1 I 0 0 0 0 1 2 4 9 5 0 0 0 6 5 £1,313,576 £63,363 N/A £1049,001 76 5 N/A N/A 1 0 31 26 97 104 4 0 £20,045 £37,365.51 99.5 N/A N/A 70 104 £161,749 £317,091.96 45 741.5 N/A 3 N/A 47 INTERNAL AUDIT — PAUL DEWAR Audit Assignments Completed Generation Purchasing and Contracts The draft report has been issued to the Generation and Generation Project Managers for review and comment. A closing meeting is to be arranged shortly. Network Services Purchasing and Contracts The draft report is in a process of being issued to the Electricity Network Services Manager for review and comment. A closing meeting is to be arranged shortly Audit Assignments in Progress Creditor Payments Audit fieldwork is complete and a draft report is to be issued to the Accounting Manager over the next few days. MANX ELECTRICITY AUTHORITY MEA 03/12 OPERATIONAL MONTHLY REPORT — FEBRUARY 2003 Network Services Stock Inventory and Stores Control The scope of the audit has been agreed with the Electricity Network Services and Stores Managers. Audit fieldwork has begun. Generation Plant Maintenance A follow-up audit on agreed management responses has taken place. A report is being prepared for issue to the Director of Generation and Procurement. Overtime Claims and Payments This audit assignment is to cover all divisions. The terms of reference has been agreed and issued to all divisional managers. The audit fieldwork has commenced. Meter Reading A follow-up audit on agreed management responses has commenced. A report is to be issued to the Director of Corporate Services shortly. Non-domestic Meter Installation A follow-up audit on agreed management responses has commenced. A report is to be issued to the Director of Electricity Network Services before the month end. Other Matters Annual Operating Plan Further work has taken place to finalise the annual operating plan for 2003/2004. The aim is to have the final version of the plan approved jointly by the Chief Executive and the Chairman of the Audit Committee at the April 2003 Audit Committee meeting. 1 to 1 Reviews Discussions have taken place with audit staff concerning changes to the performance review process. 1-to-1 reviews have been arranged for week commencing 24 March. - - PUBLIC RELATIONS EXTERNAL/INTERNAL ALISON COTTIER - Spirit of Mann Book It was agreed that the MEA become sole sponsor this year of the Spirit of Mann Book. The cost is £7,000.00, however, this includes 200 copies of the book which was extremely well received in the past. We have suggested that the front loose cover is bespoke photo of the CCGT plant for MEA and that these could then be the memento given to guests at the PS Gala Dinner on 5 September 2003. Other Items Preparation for the Staff Party has taken a good deal of time this month and at the time of writing it is the Eve of the event. It is hoped this will be an enjoyable event for all who attend. Media Review Articles published in IoM Newspapers/Online beginning 21 February to 20 March 2003, as follows (copy articles attached): 1. POSITIVE 25/02/03 loM Examiner "Tynwald agrees research into natural gas for all"' Article promoted by media. -17- MEA 03/12 MANX ELECTRICITY AUTHORITY OPERATIONAL MONTHLY REPORT — FEBRUARY 2003 21/02/03 Manx Independent "Blackout caused by fault at subsea cable station" Article promoted by media in liaison with this office. 2. NEUTRAL 3. 07/03/03 "Natural gas flows into pipeline for first time" Article promoted by this office. 4. 07/03/03 Manx Independent "Square: It has gone on for far too long" Article promoted via Commissioners meeting attended by South Reporter. The quote re MEA is incorrect and this office spoke with Ken Berry to request a retraction. On going into the situation it seemed impossible to determine who was at fault and consequently we did not pursue the retraction but did ask that this office be contacted in future for MEA comment. 5. 07/03/03 "Praise for efficient MEA" Article promoted by Consumer. 6. POSITIVE Feb 2003 Automation Magazine "The importance of information gathering" Article promoted by Hexatec in liaison with this office. POSITIVE Manx Independent NEGATIVE Manx Independent POSITIVE The following statistics indicate our appearances in IoM Newspapers ("Media") and ("PR") indicates appearances in media instigated by this office. Year Positive Neutral Negative TOTAL 1998 PR 9 2 5 16 Med 13 6 19 38 54 1999 Med 28 9 20 57 PR 21 2 5 28 85 2000 Med 22 9 4 35 PR 50 3 0 53 88 2001 Med PR 22 43 14 10 3 , 5 39 58 97 2002 PR Med 14 18 8 40 28 2 0 30 70 2003 Med 6 1 1 8 PR 3 1 0 4 12 MANX ELECTRICITY AUTHORITY MEA 03/13 Capital Investment Management - Ashton Lewis Pulrose Power Station CCGT STATUS Congestion in the turbine hall and effective ventilation of the GT enclosures remain the issues causing a negative impact on the project programme. Forward progress is being maintained but not to the extent necessary to maintain the previously forecast first fire and completion dates. PGT estimate the first fire of GT 6 to be achieved on 31 March. The item most likely to prevent this being achieved is the enclosure ventilation issue. ENGINEERING AND PROCUREMENT The CFD (computational fluid dynamics) modelling of the gas turbine ventilation enclosure has progressed during the reporting period, however the results obtained have not been better than twice the recommended explosive limit. GE have undertaken their own modelling, using a different form of ventilation distribution. The result of this exercise indicates (verbally) that the ventilation and cooling design as supplied is adequate. These results are to be discussed with the PM84 review panel on Wednesday 19 March 2003. A significant number of technical items remain to be closed out between MEA/PB Power and PGT/NEL Power. It is intended that a review will be held at Ballacottier and the items needed prior to l g fire implemented immediately and those that remain be scheduled for implementation during the commissioning period. In total 252 orders for sub-contract equipment have been placed by PGT out of a total planned value of 275. The planned value has increased by 15 since the last report. The only significant items remaining to be placed are for pipework insulation and finish painting of installed equipment. ON SITE CONSTRUCTION Construction progress issues principally relate to the cabling and pipework installation. Pulling of cables has progressed well with over half installed (by length and by number), however, glanding and terminations are well below this proportion and only around one tenth of the cables have been tested. Pipework has built up a substantial backlog of radiographic testing due mainly to the difficulty of establishing a safe area to perform the radiography whilst other activities such as cabling continues. Glazing of the building continues on the external east face. The south side glazing will be completed after the service trench alongside the building is completed and the external scaffolding can be re- erected. Work in the steam turbine area progresses with the installation of the overhead crane. The DCS has been installed, powered up and initial software down loaded. Lack of cables hampers further work. The south side cooling radiators are nearing completion. The partial closure of Pulrose Road, continues with transfer of the excavation to the north side of the road, the southern half having been completed There are currently 425 PGT staff and sub-contractors on the CCGT and `D' station sites, 1579 site safety inductions have been performed. MANX ELECTRICITY AUTHORITY MEA 03/13 An issue arose with the status of Work Permits for a number of the steelwork painters, this was resolved with the site inspector. Painting has stopped for the moment due to access difficulties. The HSWI issued a prohibition order on work on the west side cable duct whilst access was improved for workers in this area who had not been acting in a safe matter. It was lifted after remedial measures had been taken around two hours later. Away from main construction activities the 1500 tonnes of oil contaminated soil being stored a Snugborough is being transferred from 23 March 2003 to Germany for "re-cycling" all approvals and contracts now being in place. START UP AND OPERATIONS The commissioning section of the Start Up and Operations Team remains at 25, made up of staff drawn from MEA and NEL Power and support from PB Power. A new section of operators has been established to take the CCGT through its "bedding in" period. This group numbers 11 and is currently undergoing specific plant training. Team commissioning activities now extend to initial work at the power station AGI (above ground installation). A number of vendor representatives are working on-site installing DCS equipment, GT control system, batteries, and generator transformers. I 1£ CO MMI TTE D poiI el e ISc heme Total 22, 958,042 E2, 062,433 22, 958, 042 £286, 902 252, 47C 3 3 1E21, 700, 000 896' 41,6 2, 200, 000 1I £ I £23, 900, 000_1 £23, 900, 000 VARI ANCE 1 VARIANCE EXP ENDE DI COM MITTED N OT TO DATE I YET EXPE NDEO1 996' 11' 6 I+Contingency 1 NOTYET COMMITEDI 2, 000, 000 I 1£ 9, 200,000 I 1, 500, 000I £1, 237,403 £26 2, 5971 BU DGET 3 jeloiqns 1 I Land Acq uis ition Costs I 1E M EA Costs Te sti ng AndComm iss ion ing PBPower Se rv ices Project Manageme nt &Eng ineering I I 400, 000I IMetering a n dPressu re Stations ( MEA 1 4341) ICo ntrolSystem & Fibre Optic Ca ble A £700, 000 I I Leg a lAdm inistration Opera tiona l Procedures £100, 000 1 Construction Cost Materials Procurement Gas Pipeline System Scheme 3, 175, 000 3 vps'fros' L 31 3I 31 I000`004 3 1 000.00 1 CV 609' 569`0Z I Scheme Tota l c 3 L990' 999 31 3 1I 96 9' 9/ 1 86 0' £ 417' 12 1 6094 g69' 0Z 3 3 I 4£ 4`£179` 0Z 3_1 31 31 I000' 0017 000' 00L 3 1 3 1 3 10 00` 00 4` 9 3 1I000`005 3 11 000'001` 1 c3) r- 31 3 3 000' 004' 9 00 0. 009 C. 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Z6e 4 44 41 Iose. 46 Z I569` 9/ 50 4` Z/9 1000' 00117 4 1g 6 ' Ca I oco' 001. 49 (4 3 1 (.J 3 31I 000' SL 31 3 31 000taz 3I1 . 000 .00£ 1— I szv ps 3 3I 31 4 £917' 49 oce 000` z 31 li Ca IZL9' S017 I 000' 001' 1 3 31I 69e 909` 9 Is izTfrE I61-e 1-17£ E 1 1.£ L' 1.6E 3 I£ 31 ZE9' 9 1.L`Z I 3I 3 PEJ4UO3odp , NI VI .41- 31 Cu CA 7I tca' sil' z 4.1 3 1:7 49. 99Z 3 I1 909' 59 I 000`SZ 31r000' 03SZ OE IT JOIW I000' 00Ct 3I [Contam inated La n d I Des ign Tea m [Legal And Adm in istration I Sub Tota l I+Conting ency co mmill TO DATE-IFT(ETEXF EXPENDED 1 1 98£` 44 NOTY ET1 41 3i1 /1717`Z/9‘ Z 3 1 3 1 31 3I 3 3 1 Cu I000' 5Z 311 E L6' 9 31 Z£9' ES 3 uW:r3- 1 DStation Works hop & Overc la dding Scheme 44 31Ijai: ge l. 1 8Z£' 994 1000`00£' Z 433111NWO D BUD GET - GAS PROJECT13MARCH 2003 II I 1 Spur Line a ndPressu re Reduction Station Costs IScheme Tota l 250, 000I £214,4 I£108, 723, 019I COMMI TTED FE1, 057, 34 45, 700 I 748,414 I 242, £7,557, 408 I I 1 IC82, 24C PC 1E786,211 1 - £27, 5061 86,339,470 IE 913, 894 O O N F 0 O 0 0 ul O 0 z0 Z 0 U) I LU111 cr; I. - 0 111 Irj 0 >0 a oa 0 11.1 F 0 0 0 0 O 0 0 0 0 41 0) 11) LL E U) 0 (1) 0) 0 0 O 0O o 0 O 0) CD 0 c0 0_ 8 8 2 0 O oo •r- 0) ao Nr 0) SD 0) N N CO 0 CO M N 0 0) O O 0) O N (0 O Cri U) co LL1 CL 0 XF LLI z a ‘1" N N N SD U) N ‘1: O O C.) 0 O O O 0 O 0 O 0 O O O O O O O 41 rT) LU 0 3 0) 0) O (0 0) O O C) 0 0) et 0 O N O O 0 O N 0 (0 O U) (0 Cr) 0 0 0 O O O O 0 16 In O 0 O N N LU O 2 0 0 0 C 5 N oC111 c.) -0 N 111 CD N CO SO SO CO CD (.0 (.0 N CET (0. aS. N CO 41 uf 0) -J 0 - o O Oa O M 0) N N O O N N O 0 O O 0 O O 0 0 0) C 0 a >, C a) Co Scheme Tota l 275, 000 j 11, 000, 000I 3 qnsI I Add PGTBudget ( 3 1) £ 1, 000, 00 0] 250, 0001LE . £100, 000 ] I 1 £ I 45, 700I 800, 000I £41 4, 059 £ 775, 000 £ 000'00E1 4 4 3 640' EZZ 904 3I I 000' 00E1 4 4 3 3 I 000.00E' 404 3I 3I 3 I 999' 27t 001 3 II 179E' 0917` 8 I 3I 3 I- Contam inated La nd Remova l MEACosts I PB Powe r Project Ma nagement&Eng ineering IEastCoastGas Supply Fea sib ility Study ILan d&Works hop Re nta l I Demo lition IEnabling Works IBu ild ing Des ign/P lanning Application _ _ IControl a ndInstru mentation I11kVSwitchgear Refurb ishment IDiese l Exhaust Re-Route IControlRoom Refurbis hment I Legal a ndAdministration ITotal Items (33) to (47) I+Conting e ncy 100, 242,6551 196.9Lg' E 3I 1.96' 919. 0 000`SZL' 0 I 3 E9' 64g' Z I 3II.0 00' 092 3 I L09 . 09 /99` 6417' 9 I000' 092 3 PGTBudget IPhase 2Chim ney Demolition EXPENDED I COMMITTED NOT I 1 YETEX PENDEI TODATE 6179`C9C' ZZ 3j 3 3 31 Bu ju!ai lI O U) 7-1ALV 6EE' 99 3 1 000'£ 11' 91 I OL17. 99S` L I £ 4• 1-' 90£1 I 3I 3 3 I 31 3 3 3 ••••• U) CO N CO 0 0 •••N C)t h ED SD 1,vr .4- 4- 4r CI Cc) Cr) C.) 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Z99 3I 3] I IEEV L W W 09E' El. 29L' Ll COM MITT ED . 3 szi'a giv uL I 3 I mug 3 Iocio'clow t. 3 I000'000' 13 000`00L 66E' LZ 3I1 000'092 3II 92 4' L4 3 3 1 9172' Z8 I 000' 009 I=Vs 3 II000' 009' 4 3I 91713 . 17Z9` 4 3 I426' E LL 3 3 IE42' 913L BU DGET . 6P0' 171,_ _3 6EC L6V 1 3IL994' 9L I620' 4 3 1-176` 99E L9a 3 3 F9E2' 904 I 1 000' 002 [0 00'00E 000`00e' 404 IN311 Pu lrose Power Station CCGTScheme I 98C` 99 3 00E' Vgl. 3 1I L917' 96 I 000' 006' 13II 49L' 468 3 EE9t 99 3 3 3 4/ w 3I 6994 Z1.17 917C /g 0' 4 1 000' 009 4/ 1 /.99.9Z IOL E' 4 3 ■ I 901.' 66z 000' ELL` 9/ 44 3 1769' 009` 1. 31I 5176` 1.L9 3 909' SLZ W W 8LEr a 9ZO'SLE 3 BUDGET - GASP ROJ ECT13MARCH2003 S99' 69V I Z . 0) 00 N N 0) W . 10 (.0 CD 0 41 •111:- 4.• N 0 No N ces- E O z 0 8 41 N ch NN - N N W 0 O N O N N N 41 LK 0) 0 O O C a) E C O VARIANCE SEENOTEB I VA RIA NCEI isloiI Budget Totals £2, 000, 000 3 200,000] ow:0 0 n IScheme Total I 400, 000] 2, 1 63, 632 4 ■ N rn 1441- C 0 YET EXPE NDED COMM ITTE D NOT £278, 6 81I £281, 373 Os 0i O O O 0 CO *et O S O N ao rfl E O a) U C.) D C.) C a CO 0 0- E a) C GS U) Ca 0 0 3 0 CO 03 co rct ao 0 0 0 0 0 O O 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14ri 0 Oi O C41 N a) U) - a) C 0 N ti Ci O N. N N O Co N (a 0 1r, €41 E 0 U CaO C U) c) co C 0 U) N CO UU) CO N N CO CO ‘.4 O (a Ca ti N N O N N CO O 01 O CO Of 0 •‘- all N O 0 0 0 N N O 3 cot a) C 0 U cc 2 a) cc In Cf) >4. 0 co =1 a) C O £265, 000Oversp en d du e to s ite water cond itions req u iring a su bsta ntia lincrease in the sca le of wo rk. LE TOID EXPEL 12) oa 0 Differe nce du e to adjustments NOT COMB E £2, 16 0, 940I 3 000' 00eZ 3j ISu bTotal + Continge ncy £400, 000 3 I Tunne l andShaft IFishe mians' Co mpensation I Su rvey/Env ironme nta lImpactStu dy MEA/PBEng ineering Costs 1 I 000'004 0) 3 BUDGET G42 3 3j ZE9` £91.' Z I Z69' Z 3 3 Spur Line Costs ( Rechargeable to BGE) I I VARIANCE IS EE N OT E A 777.9777 3 1_000' 00Z 3 000' 000' 4 11113.41 CNI CO 4ctr CO CO CO CO 3H 3 eso' vL i. 3- I 000' g9V 1 La Inv z 3 3 3 3I n ii BU DGET - GASPROJ ECT 13 MARC H 2003 3 3 7=-7 1, I 9/0. Z 01.9' 09 IA CO N rcsr ca (a .ct CO It) O Cu 0 CO rn Of N CO O O 01 N ca N MANX ELECTRICITY AUTHORITY MEA 03/14 SYSTEM REINFORCEMENT - SOUTH 1 INTRODUCTION 1.1 Increasing demand for electricity in the South of the Island has reached a point where a major upgrade of the primary substation supplying the South at Castletown is now required to accommodate future load growth and provide firm capacity. 1.2 The purpose of this paper is to seek approval for the reconstruction, on an MEA owned site of the Castletown 33/1 IkV substation. 1.3 The overall scheme comprises of the establishment of a purpose built substation building equipped with the appropriate switchgear and transformers. 1.4 The paper proposes the expenditure of £3.128M to establish a new upgraded primary substation at Castletown on land owned by the MEA for which planning approval has been obtained. 2 BACKGROUND 3 2.1 Over 35 years ago, the towns and villages on the Island were expanding with the consequent increase in demand for electricity, the decision was taken to establish the primary source of supply for the South of the Island, at Ballalough, on the outskirts of Castletown. 2.2 The initial capacity was soon overtaken by demand and in 1975 the supply to the substation was upgraded with the installation of a 33kV cable from Peel. 2.3 In 1987 the demand was such that the transformers at Castletown Primary Substation were replaced with larger units. PRESENT POSITION 3.1 Castletown Primary Substation comprises of 2 x 7/14MVA transformers and associated 33kV switchgear to provide alternative routes of supply from either Douglas or St Johns. 3.2 The 11 panel 11kV switchboard is the source of supply to the 171 distribution substations providing local supplies to Castletown, Port Erin, Port St Mary, Colby, Ballasalla and Santon. 3.3 The network load supplied from Castletown Primary Substation has this year reached 13.8MW (Appendices 1 and 1A) and is likely to reach the firm capacity of the substation early in 2004. 3,4 The 33kV switchgear at Castletown Primary Substation is over 27 years old and has been under close scrutiny since 1988 following the discovery of electrical discharge activity within its bus-bar chamber, -1- MANX ELECTRICITY AUTHORITY 4 5 6 MEA 03/14 3.5 This year during a routine monitoring check audible discharge activity was detected in an area of the 33kV bus-bars not previously affected. The source of the discharge has been identified and repairs affected. 3.6 The 11kV switchgear at the Substation has been extended since first installed and is located such that it does not meet modern day operating requirements or standards. PROPOSAL 4.1 On land owned by the MEA adjacent to the existing Castletown Primary Substation planning permission has been obtained to construct a purpose built building to be equipped with 33kV switchgear, 11kV switchgear, 2 x 12/24MVA transformers and associated control/auxiliary equipment. 4.2 On completion the existing equipment would be dismantled. SUBSTATION STANDARDISATION 5.1 Subject to satisfactory contractual terms, it is proposed to equip the replacement substation with Siemens 33kV and 11kV switchgear of the type installed at Lord Street, Middle River and Douglas North primary sites. 5.2 Standardisation will reduce the cost of spares holding, maintenance and produce savings in the training of staff on the safe operation of the equipment. SCHEME COST 6.1 The basic requirements to meet system demand and operating requirements are:£0 00' s i ii iii iv v vi vii viii ix construct a purpose built substation building install 33kV switchgear, 7 panel board install 11kV switchgear 11 panel board 11kV cables and connections to existing network 33kV cable and connections to existing network install 2 x 24MVA stepdown transformers control and auxiliary equipment engineering on-costs contingency (10%) Total 882 600 481 45 20 490 170 150 290 3128 MANX ELECTRICITY AUTHORITY 6.2 The expenditure is estimated to arise in current and subsequent financial years apportioned as below. 2003/2004 2004/2005 7 MEA 03/14 2,325,000 803,000 RECOMMENDATIONS 7.1 The Authority is recommended to approve: i the expenditure of £3,128,000 for the replacement of Castletown Primary Substation ii the Chief Executive be empowered to enter into contracts and commit expenditure for the construction work, cable works and equipment procurement for the above scheme. 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P- P-7 NC `4, r^ CI \ V"' •■•••• r C7 FI RM CAPACI TY sI C 1.11 OD 0 CA Castletown 7.5 /15MVA C ER [TM] • C 0 ui O 0 0 CD 0 0 PC H z zO 14 z U 0 0 C/) 0) 5 3 7.5/ 1 4MVACER [TX2] C Castletown 7. 5 / 15 MVA CER [TX1] - CU C c C Ca 2 'a. CD 2 CD co E .0 .0 c co • 04 TT-•04 1: u? 4:0 ei cr! CO C") O • 0,1 re) r N C •—• •0 O N 05 0 c 0 z I) FIRM CAPACITY O 0 N u_CD 0 F2 - 0 o EEn g cr) I cm co co * it ffi cis g = =ul 1 82 8 1:3 to) e CD 0 o E5 O O U_ 0 N— N ce) U) CO I,- CO 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Cf) M M Crl el 01 CI cel 0 2 m >,L C13 0) I I CI CD 45 y •to ra asCD it 0 O ci 'Total (T1 &T2) as u_CD ---- Ballakaighen E E U- 1-1 00 (MI') puetuaa tuntupLew t 1 I . ._ . . . 1 I . , t I . . I , • . . . . . . . . , . . . . . . . , ' . .. ' ' , i 1 Substation Civil Works Feb2003 - Oct 2003 i Substation Commissioning Spring 2004 . . : ._,...................-<.— ., 111,. II . . . Projected . . . LoadGrowth , . . . , , . .. . , . . . , . . ' . . .. . . , , . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . , .. .. . , . .. . . , . . Transformer Firm . ' Capacity - 14MW . . . . . . . . . . . Castletown Substation Maximum Demand