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Minutes of Community Relations Subcommittee Melt CLERK
RMLD Board of Commissioners ~j G, S S.
2001 MAR 20 P 5 02
Date: March 16, 2006
Time: 6:30 p.m.
Place: RMLD Cafeteria
Attendees: RMLD Board Chairman, Andrew Herlihy
RMLD Board Secretary, Ellen Kearns
Community Relations Manager Priscilla Gottwald
Human Resources Manager Beth-Ellen Antonio
Energy Services Manager Jane Parenteau
The Community Relations Subcommittee addressed the developments relative to the Calpine
bankruptcy issue. A hearing is scheduled for April 11 in New York, which General Manager
Vinnie Cameron and Energy Services Manager Jane Parenteau will attend.
Chairman Herlihy requested the Wholesale Power Market video be shown on RCTV. Ms.
Gottwald will arrange this with Phil Rushworth, director of RCTV.
Chairman Herlihy is anxious to offer green energy to RMLD customers. He cited the interest as a
result of the Customer Service Survey conducted in December 2005. Chairman Herlihy would
like to offer an alternative power rate, strictly on a customer voluntary basis. He would like to
have RMLD launch an aggressive public relations campaign and suggested it be called the Green
Choice Program. Chairman Herlihy expressed his desire to see this campaign start by Earth Day
(April 29). Ms. Gottwald will check with other municipal light departments to see how they
launched their programs, if any have this rate in effect.
Respectfully submitted,
Priscilla Gottwald
Community Relations Manager