(KANSAS CITY, Ks.)  The Kansas City Board of Public Utilities (BPU), in accordance with Federal Regulation, 10 CFR, Part 905.11, is taking public comment and making available for review its draft 2010 Integrated Resource Plan (IRP).

 

Integrate Resource Planning (IRP) is a process that involves consideration of demand-side options in addition to traditional supply-side options in meeting the power needs of an electrical system. Such planning focuses on the need to seek and evaluate opportunities for savings of demand and energy in addition to evaluating traditional supply resources. It is an on-going planning process that is updated as conditions, prices, costs, technologies and power requirements change. The object of such planning is to find a least cost solution which will supply customers the amount and quality of electric service they desire while at the same time promoting the utility’s long term financial health.

 

BPU is required by law to file an Integrated Resource Plan (IRP) with Western Area Power Administration (WAPA), an Agency of the U.S. Department of Energy, and update the plan every five years. As part of this requirement, BPU must also submit annual progress reports and the status of its IRP.  The report being made available is the draft BPU’s 2010 IRP.

 

Public comments on BPU’s draft 2010 IRP will be accepted for 30 days from notice of this publication. Comments can be forwarded to the Director of Electric Supply Planning, Blake Elliott using any of the contact methods which appear below.

 

Paper print copies of the draft 2010 IRP are available to the public by request. To receive a print copy, please contact: 

 

Director of Electric Supply Planning

Board of Public Utilities

312 N. 65^th Street

Kansas City, Kansas 66102

Att: Blake Elliott

 

Electronic copies are available by submitting requests to belliott@bpu.com, and are also available on BPU’s website at the following http://www.bpu.com/documents/Integrated%20Resource%20Plan%202010.pdf  link.

 

For additional questions regarding the draft 2010 IRP, please contact Blake Elliott, (913)573-6837.

  

 

About BPU
BPU’s water department was originally created in 1909, and its electric utility was operational in 1912. The purpose of the utility, then and to this day, is to provide the highest quality electric and water services at the lowest possible cost. Today the publicly owned utility serves approximately 65,000 electric and 51,000 water customers, primarily in Wyandotte County, Kansas. The mission of the utility and its employees is “to focus on the needs of our customers, to improve the quality of life in our community while promoting safe, reliable and sustainable utilities.” BPU’s Web site is www.bpu.com.