IAMU is once again offering the Electric Utility System Operation Short Course (EUSO) presented by Skip Collier of Professional Training Systems, Inc.

Skip is highly regarded and has an extensive background in electric utility design, construction, maintenance and operation.

EUSO Short Course:  July 23 – 25

The EUSO Short Course is designed for any employee whose job performance will benefit from a basic understanding of the operations side of the business.  This includes those from legal, rates, engineering, purchasing, computer application, marketing, customer service, inventory control, finance, accounting, safety, risk analysis as well as those from generating plants.  One goal for this class is to have students leave with the ability to easily identify all of the electrical equipment they see in a substation as they walk by, along with all the equipment found on the poles in a residential area.  Non-electrical engineers are often at a disadvantage in the electric utility environment due to a lack of familiarity with technical issues.  The better you understand the utility’s product – electrical energy – and how it is created and distributed, the better you can serve the utility and your customers.  This course assumes no electrical background, and builds on the basics to provide a comprehensive understanding of the equipment and operations.

*Line Maintainer apprentices will receive 21 Basic OJT hours for taking the EUSO Course.*

Registration fees for the course are below.

(*If you are planning on sending more than one participant from your organization, please make sure to share this with multiple departments so that you qualify for the reduced cost with the initial registration.)

• EUSO Course - $950 for a single registrant OR $850 each for two or more participants from the same utility/organization

For additional information and to register, please click HERE.

This two-day workshop, to be held July 31 and Aug. 1 at the IAMU office, is designed for city and utility clerks, as well as other utility and municipal administrative staff to better understand municipal law requirements, particularly those related to water and electric utilities, as well as dealing with customers. Individuals may attend one or both days.

• July 31 – 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. with reception to follow Topics include: general municipal law, state government 101, open meetings/records, public bidding & procurement, customer complaints

• August 1 – 8 a.m. - 3 p.m. Morning will focus on water utilities. Topics include: water system 101, disconnections, payment agreements, liens, offsets, rate making, and bonding Afternoon will focus on electric utilities. Topics include: electric system 101, disconnections, payment agreements, rate making, service territory, and landlord tenant issues

Space is limited so get signed up early. To register, click here.

On May 31, PEFA, Inc. issued $614 million in “Gas Project Revenue Bonds – Series 2019.”  The proceeds of the bonds will be used to prepay the costs of acquiring a fixed quantity of natural gas (purchased at a discount to Index) to be delivered over 30 years from the gas supplier. There was a total of 84 participating municipal gas utilities from seven states (41 from Iowa), which are expected to save approximately $2.2 million annually.

The gas supply will come from the Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. through its natural gas supplier, J. Aron & Company LLC.  The Gas Manager for the project is Clayton Energy Corporation while Ahlers & Cooney, P.C. served as the Bond Counsel for PEFA, Inc.

PEFA, Inc., the Issuer, is a separate legal entity and a nonprofit public benefit corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of Iowa, was organized by the Public Energy Facilities Authority, an Iowa joint powers authority formed pursuant to Chapter 28E of the Iowa Code, to finance the Gas Project.

Pictured above are some of the PEFA, Inc. Directors signing the closing documents.  Left to right:  Jim Zeutenhorst (Sanborn), John Bird (Emmetsburg) and Brad Honold (Coon Rapids). Not pictured: Bryan Gerritson (Orange City).

Iowa Participants:
Alton Municipal Utilities, Bedford City Municipal Gas, City of Bloomfield, Brighton Municipal Gas System, Brooklyn Municipal Utilities, Cascade Municipal Utilities, Clearfield Natural Gas Company, Coon Rapids Municipal Utilities, Emmetsburg Municipal Utilities, Everly Municipal Utility, Fairbank Municipal Gas, City of Gilmore City, Town of Graettinger, City of Guthrie Center, City of Hartley, Hawarden Municipal Utilities, City of Lake Park, Lenox Gas System, Lineville Municipal Natural Gas System, Lorimor Municipal Gas, City of Manilla, Manning Municipal Natural Gas, City of Mapleton, Morning Sun Municipal Natural Gas System, City of Orange City, City of Preston, Remsen Municipal Utilities, Rock Rapids Municipal Utilities, Rolfe Municipal Gas, Sac City Municipal Gas Company, City of Sabula, Sanborn Municipal Gas Utility, Sioux Center Municipal Gas, City of Tipton, City of Wall Lake, Wayland Municipal Gas, Wellman Gas System, West Bend Municipal Gas, Whittemore Municipal Utilities, Winfield Municipal Gas and Woodbine Municipal Natural Gas.