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. TH 8��d U d \QE.0 i�E a X X 1865 OFFICE OF THE CITY CLERK KAREEMAH FOWLER, CITY CLERK UTILITIES JULY 9, 2018 4:21 P.M. Committee Members Present: Jake Teshka, Sharon L. McBride, Regina Williams-Preston Committee Members Absent: Oliver Davis Other Council Present: Tim Scott, Jo M. Broden, John Voorde, Karen White, Gavin Ferlic Other Council Absent: None Others Present: Bianca Tirado, Graham Sparks, Bob Palmer, Casey Colvin, Gabriel Murei, David Boling, Elivet Navarro Presenters: Kelly Beduhn Agenda: Update: Repower Indiana- Kelly Beduhn Committee Chair Jake Teshka called to order the Utilities Committee meeting at 4:21 p.m. He introduced members of the Committee and proceeded to give the floor to the presenters. Update: Repower Indiana- Kelly Beduhn Kelly Beduhn, 19553 Darden Road, stated, I'm a volunteer leader with Indivisible Indiana District 2 and we are a part of a coalition of organizations in the Repower Indiana Movement. That, the Sierra Club,Hoosier Interfaith Power&Light and others are a part of it. Other cities have different organizations that are environmentally-minded. The goal of Repower Indiana is to try and get our State to move away from fossil fuels and move toward renewable energy. We are really trying to do that by influencing the utility company directly to make that right choice. So right now we are trying to influence Indiana Michigan Power (I&M) and their twenty (20) year Intergraded Resource Plan(IRP). So on slide two(referencing a handout which is available in the City Clerk's Office) it talks about what we have learned so far for Indiana Michigan Power. The Repower Indiana Movement and volunteers like myself having been participating in their stakeholder workshops that I&M has been holding all year. They are holding four workshops. They have had two (2) and I have been to both of them and we have been able to participate and learn about the process. I was really excited when they shared with us their intention to phase out their coal combustion plants in southern Indiana. They have two (2) coal combustion units down there, as you probably know. Unit One (1) is a leased unit and it expires in 2022 and they were very clear with us, multiple times, they are just going to walk away in 2022 when the lease expires. So that leaves the Rockport One (1) Unit and the deadline on that they are facing is 2028. They would have to do a very expensive pollution control install to meet the case standards. By that date in INTEGRITY1 SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY JENNIFER M.COFFMAN BIANCA L.T¢u.Do JOSEPH R MOLNAR CHIEF DEPUTY/DIRwTOR OF OPERATIONS DEr=/DIREcroR OF Policy ORDINANCE VIOLATION CLERK EXCELLENCE I ACCOUNTABILITY I INNOVATION I INCLUSION I EMPOWERMENT 455 County-City Building 1 227 W.Jefferson Blvd.I South Bend,Indiana 466011 p 574.235.92211 f 574.235.9173 1 www.southbendin.gov