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DPU Quarterly Report - Fiscal Year 2026/Quarter 2
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The Board requested that the quarterly report be presented each quarter that shows the status of the utility and provides project updates. Compiled by Public Relations Manager Cathy D'Anna, this report is for the second quarter of FY2026, covering the months of October, November, and December. The report can be found online at the link below.
Highlights from the report:
Page 3 - Utilities Manager's Report: Philo Shelton discusses how unseasonably warm winter weather impacted us, where we stand in our efforts to put a new Electric Coordination Agreement in to place, and the latest information on the chromium plume.
Page 9 - This quarter closes out the 2025 calendar year for BPU. The vice chair position will be updated in the Q3 report covering January through March.
Page 12 - Safety Employee of the Quarter: DPU recognized GWS Pipefitter Myron Cordova with this honor.
Page 16 - Electric Reliability: DPU's SAIDI is slowly but surely recovering from the jump caused by the White Rock transformer failure in August.
Page 17 - We reached 3.0 MW of residential distributed generation in Quarter 2.
Page 20 - Both hydroelectric plants generated their highest monthly totals for FY2026 in December, which is discussed briefly by Ben Olbrich on page 21.
Page 23 - Clay Moseley discusses progress with the gas system replacement at Elk Ridge and the new utility services at the Hill Apartments.
Page 31 - A summary of current project work is provided by James Alarid, followed by an updated project schedule.
Page 45 - In-person public outreach slows in the colder months but the holidays always bring extra opportunity to engage. As such, education and outreach via social media picked up in the 2nd quarter with a couple new campaigns.
Page 51 - Joann Gentry gives a quick glimpse of the annual Customer Service Fair before jumping into discussion of financials.
Page 67 - Staffing News: DPU brought on one new employee, promoted five employees, and celebrated a 20-year work anniversary.
To read the report on the web, visit https://ladpu.com/FY26Q2
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A - DPU Quarterly Report for FY26-Q2