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BPU Approves Coal Boilers Dismantling Services

Consulting and asbestos monitoring services have been approved for the dismantling of Jamestown Board of Public Utilities coal boilers 11 and 12.

On Monday, the BPU approved SSOE Group of Toledo, Ohio, to continue providing consulting services for the dismantling of the two coal boilers. SSOE Group had provided their services for the development of the dismantling project plan and for bid specifications to hire a qualified contractor. SSOE Group will continue providing their professional engineering consulting services for $79,200.

David Leathers, BPU general manager, said Apollo Dismantling Services, the contractor hired to dismantle the coal boilers, will be on-site this week, with dismantling work scheduled to start Monday, April 3. Steve Kulig, BPU associate power plant supervisor, said the dismantling project is expected to take nine months to complete.

In conjunction with the coal boiler dismantling project, the BPU also approved Stohl Environmental of Buffalo for their independent air/project monitoring services related to the asbestos and hazardous abatement work. Stohl has been approved to provide their services for an amount not to exceed $100,000. Stohl has provided their monitoring services to the BPU in the past.

Last month, Leathers said 100 percent of the funding for the coal boilers dismantling project will come from the dismantling fund. Since the 2005 electric rate case, BPU off-system sales in excess of $1,225,000 have been put into a dismantling fund. The dismantling fund was created to disassemble the coal-burning capabilities for the utility company.

In other BPU business, GoTTogo Electric Inc. of Leroy has been approved to furnish 150-watt and 400-watt LED street lights. The GoTTogo Electric bid was one of seven bids received for the project. The company provided the lowest initial and long-term cost for the 150-watt fixtures and lowest long-term costs for the 400-watt fixtures. Each 150-watt fixture will cost $128 and the 400-watt fixture will cost $356.

Chris Rodgers, BPU transmission and distribution manager, said they will install 600 150-watt and 300 400-watt fixtures. He said the LED street lights are about the same size as the existing high-pressure sodium street lights. He said, however, the LED lights are lighter than the high-pressure sodium ones. He added the LED lights have a 10-year warrant and expected life span of 20 years.

Last year, Jamestown City Council entered into a contract with the Department of State Division of Local Government Services to receive $555,000 to convert 900 existing high-pressure sodium street lights to more energy-efficient LED fixtures and lights. There is an estimated 3,700 street lights in the city. The city is expected to save $50,000 annually from the street light conversion.

Sam Teresi, Jamestown mayor, said the project to install new LED lights at the Main Street parking ramp has been completed. Jeffrey Lehman, city public works director, said work to install new LED lights at the Cherry Street parking ramp is expected to start this week. The installation of new LED lights in the two city-owned parking ramps is expected to save the city $10,000 annually.

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