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[00:00:04]

GOOD MORNING EVERYONE. I CALL THIS MEETING TO ORDER.

[ CALL TO ORDER]

THIS IS WEDNESDAY, APRIL 1ST, 2026. IT'S THE 8:30 A.M.

MEETING. FIRST ONE OF THE DAY. CLERK, COULD YOU DO A ROLL CALL, PLEASE? CHAIR COMPTON. HERE. VICE CHAIR CHECK. HERE. SUPERVISOR JENKINS.

HERE. SUPERVISOR KUKNYO. HERE. SUPERVISOR MALLORY.

HERE. YOU HAVE A QUORUM. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THE PURPOSE OF THIS MEETING IS A PRESENTATION BY APS.

[ PRESENTATIONS]

IT'S THE ONLY ITEM ON THE AGENDA FOR THE 8:30.

FRANK, YOU'RE UP. YOU GOT RID OF THE GUM? YES OKAY, GOOD.

GOOD MORNING I'M FRANK ANDERSON, I'M THE NORTHERN DIVISION DIRECTOR FOR APS HONORABLE CHAIR AND SUPERVISORS IT'S MY PLEASURE TO BE HERE ON THIS THANKFULLY WET MORNING TO TALK THROUGH WHAT APS HAS DONE AND IS DOING AS IT RELATES TO FIRE MITIGATION IS YOUR MIC ON? THERE WE GO. THERE WE GO. IT'S A LITTLE HOT THERE.

JUST TO START OFF YOU KNOW, APS OUR, OUR GOAL IS ALWAYS TO BE AS RELIABLE AS WE POSSIBLY CAN.

WHEN YOU FLIP THE SWITCH, WE WANT THE LIGHTS TO BE ON.

AND AS WE'VE OVER THE PAST TEN YEARS DEALT WITH THE GROWING RISK OF FIRE, THAT IS THE ONE THING THAT IS MORE IMPORTANT TO US THAN RELIABILITY AND THAT'S THE SAFETY OF OUR CUSTOMERS AND COMMUNITIES.

AND SO TODAY, I'D JUST LIKE TO RUN BRIEFLY THROUGH WHAT WE ARE DOING.

AND SINCE THIS IS A SESSION, PLEASE FEEL FREE TO INTERRUPT ME IF YOU HAVE ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS AROUND A CERTAIN SUBJECT.

BUT ONE OF THE BIGGEST THINGS WE DO AROUND FIRE MITIGATION IS PREVENTION, AND THE PREVENTION STARTS WITH OUR VEG CLEARING.

IT'S ONE OF OUR BIGGEST O&M EXPENSES AT APS. IS ALL OF OUR RIGHT-OF-WAYS EVERYWHERE OUR INFRASTRUCTURE GOES THROUGH VEGETATED AREAS.

WE MAKE SURE THAT THOSE AREAS ARE CLEAR. WE'VE ALSO PARTNERED WITH A LOT OF THE DIFFERENT LAND AGENCIES THAT EVEN OUTSIDE OF OUR RIGHT-OF-WAY. IF WE IDENTIFY A DEAD OR DYING TREE THAT COULD IMPACT OUR INFRASTRUCTURE, WE BUILT A RELATIONSHIP TO WHERE WE CAN IDENTIFY THAT.

SPEAK TO THEM AND GET THAT REMOVED. SO THAT'S EVEN OUTSIDE OF OUR RIGHT-OF-WAY.

A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO, WE INSTITUTED A NEW PRACTICE KNOWN AS DSAP, WHICH IS DEFENSIBLE SPACE AROUND POLES.

BASICALLY ANY POLE THAT HAS A DEVICE ON IT THAT CAN EMIT A SPARK, WHETHER IT BE FUSING, REGULATORS, TRANSFORMERS, SWITCHES WE CLEAR TEN FEET AROUND THAT POLE OF VEGETATION AND WE TREAT IT.

AND WE'VE SEEN GREAT SUCCESS AS FAR AS THOSE AREAS BEING VERY RESILIENT TO WHETHER FIRE BURNS INTO IT OR IF IT DOES HAVE IGNITED TYPE IGNITION TYPE SOURCES, THAT THAT AREA DOES NOT CATCH ON FIRE.

AS FAR AS YOU'VE PROBABLY SEEN, A LOT OF APS CREWS OUT LATELY STARTING IN JANUARY, JANUARY 1ST, WE STARTED DOING OUR PRE FIRE SEASON INSPECTIONS WHERE WE GO AND WE PATROL EVERY SINGLE FEEDER THAT IS DESIGNATED AS A FIRE MITIGATION FEEDER, WHICH IN THE NORTH IS EVERY FEEDER OR EVERY CIRCUIT.

WE THEN ANY WORK THAT IS IDENTIFIED, WE GO THROUGH AND WE GET IT FIXED WITH MAY 1ST BEING THE DEADLINE FOR ALL WORK TO BE COMPLETED FOR PRE FIRE WORK.

WE ARE ALSO YOU KNOW, UTILIZING NEW TECHNOLOGIES SUCH AS DRONES AND DIFFERENT THINGS LIKE THAT.

AND WHAT THAT ALLOWS US TO DO IS ONE, FROM AN INFRARED PERSPECTIVE, IT GIVES US LINE OF SIGHT FOR THAT.

BUT ALSO, IF YOU CAN IMAGINE, THROUGH OUR 140 YEARS OF BEING HERE, PATROLLING LINES, IT'S ALWAYS BEEN FROM THE GROUND LOOKING UP AT THE STRUCTURE.

WHAT THE DRONE ALLOWS US TO DO IS LOOK DOWN AT IT FROM A DIFFERENT VANTAGE POINT, AND WE'RE ABLE TO CATCH THINGS WE MAY NOT BE ABLE TO SEE FROM THE GROUND.

WE HAVE NOW INCLUDED IN OUR STANDARD WHAT IS CALLED MESH WRAPPING WOOD POLES.

AND THIS IS A GREAT RESOURCE BECAUSE APS AS A WHOLE, WE ARE, WE CONSIDER OURSELVES A STEEL POLE COMPANY.

SO ANYTIME WE NEED TO REPLACE A POLE, WE WILL INSTALL STEEL.

THE ONLY CAVEAT TO THAT IS IN AREAS WHERE WE CANNOT GET OUR BUCKET TRUCKS AND THINGS TO IT, WE HAVE TO PUT IN WOOD SO THAT OUR LINEMEN CAN CLIMB THE POLES AND, YOU KNOW, MAKE REPAIRS IF NEEDED.

AND SO ON THE WOOD POLE STRUCTURES THAT ARE ARE IN THESE FIRE MITIGATION AREAS, WE WRAP IT WITH FIRE WRAP, WHICH LOOKS A LOT LIKE A DARK CHICKEN WIRE. BUT WHAT IT REALLY DOES IS IT DISSIPATES THE HEAT.

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IF THERE WERE TO BE A FIRE AT THE BASE OF THE POLE, IT DISSIPATES THE HEAT AND DOES NOT DAMAGE THE POLE.

THE OTHER PRACTICE WE'VE INSTITUTED IS OVER THE LAST 6 OR 7 YEARS, WE'VE GONE THROUGH AND INSTALLED EXPULSION LIMITING FUSING. YOUR TRADITIONAL FUSING THAT IS NORMAL IN THE UTILITY INDUSTRY WHEN IT BLOWS OR WHEN IT HAS AN OVERCURRENT SITUATION, IT EMITS SPARKS. WE'VE GONE THROUGH OUR FIRE MITIGATION AREAS, WHICH IS NORTHERN ARIZONA PRIMARILY AND REPLACE THAT WITH THOSE, THOSE EXPULSION LIMITING FUSING TO MAKE SURE THAT, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE DO HAVE A DISTURBANCE ON THE SYSTEM, IT'S NOT SHOOTING OUT SPARKS EVERYWHERE. WE HAVE YOU KNOW, REALLY BOLSTERED UP HOW WE PREVENT, MITIGATE AND RESPOND TO WILDFIRES.

ONE OF THOSE THINGS IS INVESTING IN TECHNOLOGY.

WE INVESTED IN A PLATFORM CALLED TECHNOSYLVA.

AND WHAT THAT DOES IS IT TAKES IN ALL KINDS OF DATA.

IT'S VERY AI DRIVEN. THERE'S LOTS OF DATA INPUTS FROM PAST WEATHER, FROM TERRAIN, HUMIDITY, VEGETATION, TYPE OF VEGETATION. WHAT THE HEALTH OF THAT VEGETATION IS.

IT EVEN LOOKS AT TOPOGRAPHY. AND IF A FIRE WERE TO START IN A CERTAIN LOCATION, WHERE WOULD IT GO BASED ON ALL THESE OTHER FACTORS? AND WHEN WE TALK ABOUT PUBLIC SAFETY POWER SHUTOFF, YOU'LL SEE WHERE THAT COMES MORE INTO PLAY.

THE OTHER THING WE'VE DONE IS WE'VE INSTALLED I THINK WE NOW HAVE OVER 100 WEATHER STATIONS INSTALLED ON OUR SYSTEM AND WE ARE CONTINUALLY ADDING MORE AND MORE. AND WHAT THAT DOES IS, ONE, IT GIVES AN INPUT TO OUR TECHNOSYLVA SYSTEM, BUT IT ALSO MAKES IT TO WHERE WE HAVE REAL TIME WEATHER DATA IN MANY DIFFERENT PLACES.

BECAUSE IF I WAS TO PULL UP ON MY PHONE, WHAT'S THE WIND SPEED AND TEMPERATURE IN PRESCOTT, ARIZONA, IT WOULD TELL ME, BUT THAT MAY BE ON THE OTHER SIDE.

THAT MAY BE OVER BY HOME DEPOT OR, YOU KNOW, IN AREAS LIKE THAT WHERE IT COULD BE VERY DIFFERENT IN DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE CITY.

SO GETTING A LOT OF DATA INPUT SO WE CAN MAKE GOOD DECISIONS.

THE OTHER THING IS THE INSTALLATION OF AI CAMERAS AND WHAT'S KNOWN AS PTZ OR PAN-TILT-ZOOM CAMERAS.

AND SO WE'VE GOT 32 AI CAMERAS AND THAT'S ACROSS OUR SERVICE TERRITORY, BUT WE HAVE QUITE A FEW OF THEM HERE. AND WHAT. THEY'RE ARE 360 DEGREE CAMERA AND THEY'RE SMART.

THEY CAN DETECT HEAT SMOKE AND DIFFERENTIATE BETWEEN, SAY, A CAR EXHAUST AND AN ACTUAL FIRE.

THESE HAVE BEEN VERY BENEFICIAL FOR US IN THAT, YOU KNOW, WE CAN WATCH OUR SYSTEM AND MAKE SURE OUR SYSTEM IS SAFE.

BUT WE'VE ALSO PROVIDED THIS ACCESS TO THIS SYSTEM, TO OUR EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PARTNERS AND OTHER ENTITIES TO MAKE SURE THAT ANY ADVISORY OR ANY ALERT THAT WE GET OUT OF THAT SYSTEM, THEY ARE GETTING IT AS WELL.

AND IN MANY CIRCUMSTANCES, WE'VE SEEN YOU KNOW, THE BRADY FIRE LAST FEBRUARY WAS A GOOD EXAMPLE OF THAT.

TWO OF OUR AI CAMERAS SAW THAT AND WERE ABLE TO TRIANGULATE RIGHT ON IT SO THAT THEY COULD RESPOND QUICKLY.

WE ALSO HAD JUST OFF OF OUT OF MEMORY, I BELIEVE IT WAS IN CAMP VERDE.

THERE WAS A HOUSE FIRE AND EMERGENCY SERVICES WERE ALERTED 7 TO 10 MINUTES BEFORE THE FIRST 911 CALL CAME IN FOR THAT.

AND SO IT'S A IT'S A GREAT TOOL AND WE'RE SUPER HAPPY TO BE ABLE TO, YOU KNOW, BE ABLE TO SHARE THAT AND HAVE ALL OF OUR PARTNERS UTILIZE THAT. APS, YOU KNOW, LUCKILY WE'RE GETTING RAIN TODAY, BUT AS THE FIRE RISK GROWS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR AND DIFFERENT TIMES OF THE YEAR, WE OPERATE ON A PREPAREDNESS LEVEL BASIS TO WHERE WE HAVE FIVE PREPAREDNESS LEVELS.

AND CURRENTLY, RIGHT NOW WE'RE IN PREPAREDNESS LEVEL 2 HERE IN THE NORTH.

THIS RAIN WILL HELP KEEP US IN, IN PREPAREDNESS LEVEL 2.

AND WHEN WE GET TO PREPAREDNESS LEVEL 3, WE CHANGE UP HOW WE DO WORK.

WE CHANGE WHAT WE HAVE ON OUR TRUCKS. WE CHANGE HOW WE PLAN OUR JOBS TO MAKE SURE THAT WHEN WE'RE OUT WORKING IN THE COMMUNITIES, IN THESE HIGHLY VEGETATED AREAS THAT WE'RE PRACTICING GOOD FIRE MITIGATION PRACTICES.

THE OTHER SIGNIFICANT THING THAT HAPPENS WHEN WE GET TO PREPAREDNESS LEVEL 3 IS WE MOVE TO A NON-RECLOSING STRATEGY.

AND JUST TO GIVE A QUICK EXPLANATION OF WHAT A RECLOSER DOES BECAUSE I KNOW WE'VE ALL EXPERIENCED THIS,

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IF WE'RE SITTING AT HOME WATCHING TV AND DURING A THUNDERSTORM AND THE LIGHTS GO OUT, NORMALLY YOU GET UP AND FIND YOUR FLASHLIGHT, WHATEVER THAT MAY BE. AND THEN A MINUTE OR SO LATER, THE LIGHTS JUST COME RIGHT BACK ON.

THAT'S A RECLOSER WORKING. BASICALLY IT'S LOOKING AT THE LINE AND IF IT SEES A FAULT, IT OPENS UP, TURNING THE POWER OFF AND THEN IT HAS A TIMER ON IT THAT SAYS, OKAY, IN ONE MINUTE, I'M GOING TO TRY IT AGAIN.

DURING, ONCE WE GET TO THAT PREPAREDNESS LEVEL 3, WE TELL THAT RECLOSER DON'T TRY IT.

IT COMES OFF, WE SEND SOMEBODY OUT THERE TO GO VERIFY VISUALLY THAT EVERYTHING IS OKAY, AND THEN WE CLOSE IT IN.

AND THAT'S, THAT'S JUST ONE OF OUR PRECAUTIONS.

WHEN WE FIRST STARTED DOING THE NON-RECLOSING STRATEGY 7 TO 8 YEARS AGO, IT WAS TAKING A LOT OF TIME.

SO CUSTOMERS, EVEN WHEN WE'RE IN THAT AND WE HAVE TO ACTUALLY SEND SOMEBODY OUT TO GO LOOK AT THE LINE, YOU KNOW, THE OUTAGE TIME IS LONGER BECAUSE YOU HAVE TO DO THAT.

SO WHAT WE DID IS WE INSTALLED THOUSANDS OF FAULT INDICATORS ON THE LINE.

AND WHAT THEY ARE IS THEY'RE, THEY'RE LOOKING FOR A FAULT AS WELL.

AND IF IT SEES A FAULT, IT WILL START BLINKING RED.

AND SO WHEN WE DO CALL OUT A TROUBLEMAN TO GO PATROL THE LINE, THEY CAN JUST FOLLOW THOSE LIGHTS STRAIGHT TO WHERE THE POTENTIAL ISSUE IS.

AND SO THAT HAS SPED UP OUR RESTORATION EFFORTS.

MOVING INTO THE FUTURE, WE'VE BEEN IN OUR PUBLIC SAFETY POWER SHUTOFF PROGRAM.

THIS IS OUR THIRD YEAR. THE FIRST YEAR, WE HAD 13 CIRCUITS THROUGHOUT OUR SERVICE TERRITORY.

LAST YEAR WE HAD SOMEWHERE IN THE 30S AND THIS YEAR WE HAVE OVER 100.

AND SO, AND I'LL KIND OF EXPLAIN WHAT PUBLIC SAFETY POWER SHUTOFF IS.

IT'S BASICALLY A PLANNED OUTAGE. WE HAVE TECHNOSYLVA, WHICH IS LOOKING AT HISTORICAL DATA, LOOKING AT CURRENT DATA, AND IT GIVES US A REALLY GOOD LOOK ON WHAT THE RISK IS FOR A SPECIFIC ENVIRONMENTAL EVENT. AND IT CAN WARN US AHEAD OF TIME THAT SAYS, HEY, BECAUSE OF THE VEGETATION, BECAUSE OF THE WIND, BECAUSE OF THE TERRAIN, BECAUSE IT'S CLOSE TO THIS OR THAT.

THIS IS WHAT WE RECOMMEND. OBVIOUSLY A PUBLIC SAFETY POWER SHUTOFF WILL NOT, THAT DECISION WILL NOT BE MADE BY A COMPUTER.

OTHER FACTORS WILL DEFINITELY PLAY INTO IT, BUT THAT IS OUR MAIN TOOL FOR UNDERSTANDING THE CONDITIONS IN THAT AREA AND WHETHER WE WOULD NEED TO PERFORM A PUBLIC SAFETY POWER SHUTOFF. THE LAST TWO YEARS THAT WE'VE HAD THIS PROGRAM, WE'VE NEVER HAD TO DO IT YET.

WE HAVE BEEN WORKING VERY CLOSELY WITH OUR EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PARTNERS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE AS PREPARED AS WE POSSIBLY CAN BE FOR THAT.

AND BASICALLY THE WAY IT WOULD LOOK IF, IF ON.

LET'S SEE TODAY'S WEDNESDAY, IF THE SYSTEM WAS TELLING US, HEY SUNDAY, YOU'RE GOING TO NEED TO PROBABLY SHUT IT OFF FROM, LET'S SAY 10:00 IN THE MORNING TILL 6:00 AT NIGHT.

FROM THE PROTOCOLS THAT WE'VE WORKED OUT, IF THAT WAS, WE DECIDED, YEP, WE'RE GOING TO AT LEAST LET EVERYBODY KNOW THAT THIS IS A POTENTIAL COMING. OUR FIRST CALL IS GOING TO BE TO ASHLEY AND PROBABLY TO PHIL.

WE WILL MAKE SURE THAT OUR ELECTED OFFICIALS AND OUR EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT KNOW BEFORE WE COMMUNICATE WITH CUSTOMERS BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT, YOU KNOW, BASED ON THE INCONVENIENCE OF AN ACTIVATION LIKE THAT WOULD CAUSE.

AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR COMMUNITY PARTNERS ARE WELL READY FOR AN EVENT LIKE THAT.

WE WOULD. THAT WOULDN'T BE A ONE AND DONE. THE VERY NEXT DAY WE, WE'D BE REAL TIME MONITORING THAT DATA AND THAT RECOMMENDATION FROM THE SYSTEM.

AND WE HAVE METEOROLOGISTS ON STAFF THAT ARE ALSO DOING A LOT OF WORK TO CONSIDER DIFFERENT THINGS, BUT WE THAT WOULD TAKE PLACE EVERY DAY. SO WEDNESDAY, THURSDAY, FRIDAY, SATURDAY, THE SAME COMMUNICATIONS WOULD CONTINUE TO COME OUT.

IT WOULD COME THROUGH EMAIL, TEXT. WE'LL BE USING SOCIAL MEDIA, PHONE CALLS TO THE AFFECTED CUSTOMERS.

AND WE'VE DONE A LOT OF WORK TO TRY AND MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE OVERCOMMUNICATING WHEN THIS HAPPENS.

AND SO IF, IF FOR SOME REASON THE WEATHER CHANGES BECAUSE SOMETIMES IT DOES CHANGE THEN WE WILL CALL IT OFF.

IF IT GETS TO SUNDAY AND IT IS DECIDED, YES, WE ARE GOING TO NEED TO DO THIS FOR THIS PERIOD OF TIME BECAUSE OF AN ENVIRONMENTAL EVENT.

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THE LAST COMMUNICATION WILL GO OUT. WE WILL TAKE THE OUTAGE DURING THAT TIME, YOU WILL SEE A DECENT AMOUNT OF APS EMPLOYEES IN THAT AREA JUST MONITORING AND MAKING SURE EVERYTHING'S OKAY. WE'LL BE WORKING WITH OUR EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PARTNERS BASED ON WHATEVER YOU KNOW, TYPE OF IMPLICATIONS COME FROM THAT OUTAGE. AND ALSO ON A NORMAL OUTAGE WHEN WE, YOU KNOW, THINKING OF THE NON-RECLOSE STRATEGY, WHEN OUR POWER IS OUT, WE USUALLY SEND ANYWHERE BETWEEN 1 AND 3 INDIVIDUALS OUT TO RUN THAT LINE OUT AND TO CHECK IT. IN THIS SCENARIO THERE'S PATROL PLANS FOR THESE THAT THERE'S UP TO 30, 40 OR 50 PEOPLE THAT WILL BE OUT PATROLLING. BECAUSE FOR EXAMPLE, LET'S SAY IT IS FROM 10:00 TO 6:00 AND WE STILL HAVE ENOUGH DAYLIGHT AT 6:00 TO DO THE PATROL AND TO GET THE POWER BACK ON.

WE WILL NOT PATROL IT UNTIL THE ACTUAL EVENT TIME IS DONE, SO 6:00.

SO AT 6:00 WE WILL COMPLETELY PUT EYES ON THE WHOLE CIRCUIT AND THEN RESTORE IT.

ONE OTHER THING THAT I DO, YOU KNOW, WE'RE DOING A LOT TO MITIGATE THIS, BUT IF YOU CAN IMAGINE IN THE MIDDLE OF SUMMER, IF WE WERE TO TURN OFF POWER TO A QUANTITY OF PEOPLE AND THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN TURN IT BACK ON, EVERYBODY'S AIR CONDITIONING IS GOING TO COME BACK ON EVERYBODY'S.

YOU KNOW, EVERYTHING'S GOING TO COME BACK ON ALL AT ONCE.

AND THERE'S WHAT'S CALLED COLD LOAD PICKUP THAT.

THE SYSTEM'S DEMANDING SO MUCH LOAD THAT IT THINKS IT'S A FAULT AND IT TRIPS OFF.

AND SO AS WE BRING THOSE CUSTOMERS BACK ON AFTER A PSPS EVENT, IT'LL BE IN STAGES.

WE'LL BRING THIS SECTION ON AND THEN THIS SECTION ON AND LET IT STABILIZE A LITTLE BIT.

BECAUSE IF YOU DON'T, YOU END UP TURNING EVERYBODY ON AND THEN EVERYBODY COMES RIGHT BACK OFF BECAUSE OF THE TRIP.

BUT OUR GOAL IS YOU KNOW, TO BE AS PREPARED AS WE POSSIBLY CAN.

WE'VE HAD A LOT OF TABLETOPS TAKEN A LOT OF FEEDBACK AND REALLY TRIED TO, YOU KNOW, IF WE HAVE, I SHOULD SAY, IF AND WHEN WE HAVE TO DO THIS, WE NEVER WANT TO HAVE TO DO THIS.

BUT AGAIN, WE PUT THE SAFETY OF OUR CUSTOMERS AND COMMUNITIES ABOVE THAT OF RELIABILITY.

THE LAST THING I'LL SAY IS THAT WE WANT OUR CUSTOMERS AND COMMUNITIES TO BE SAFE AND INFORMED.

THERE IS THE ABILITY FOR OUR CUSTOMERS TO SIGN UP IF THEY HAVE MEDICAL DEVICES OR THEY ARE MEDICALLY MONITORED.

TO REGISTER AS IN THEIR CUSTOMER INFORMATION, THAT GIVES US AN IDEA OF WHERE THEY'RE AT SO WE CAN PRIORITIZE WORK.

I ALSO KNOW THAT THE COUNTY HAS THE SAME THING, AND WE REALLY WANT TO ENCOURAGE OUR CUSTOMERS AND COMMUNITIES TO SIGN UP FOR BOTH OUR STUFF IF THEY NEED TO AND ON THE COUNTY. AND THEN ALL OF THIS STUFF THAT I'VE TALKED ABOUT IS WHAT APS IS DOING TO PREPARE FOR SOMETHING LIKE THIS. AND WE ENCOURAGE OUR CUSTOMERS AND COMMUNITIES TO PARTNER WITH US IN BEING PREPARED.

YOU KNOW, BECAUSE AN OUTAGE CAN COME AT ANY TIME, YOU KNOW, IT DOESN'T JUST HAVE TO BE FIRE.

IT COULD BE, YOU KNOW, ANY ENVIRONMENTAL EVENT, ANY UNFORESEEN EVENT.

AND WE JUST REALLY WANT TO PARTNER AND MAKE OUR COMMUNITIES AS PREPARED AND SAFE AS WE POSSIBLY CAN SO.

FRANK, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR PRESENTATION AND FOR ME, I CERTAINLY APPRECIATE EVERYTHING THAT APS DOES FOR YAVAPAI COUNTY FOR YOURSELF, THE ORGANIZATION, AND OF COURSE, DARLA IN THE BACK THERE AS ALWAYS.

ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM THE BOARD? SUPERVISOR MALLORY.

OH. OKAY. I JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT ACTUALLY LAST WEEKEND WE HAD SOMETHING HAPPEN.

YOU KNOW, THERE'S A LOT OF CONSTRUCTION GOING ON OVER IN PRESCOTT VALLEY, GLASSFORD HILL, AND WECOM'S OUT THERE DOING THEIR THING. BUT WE LOST POWER AND IT WAS VERY QUICK.

WE GOT A NOTICE AND IT TOLD US WHEN IT WAS GOING TO BE OUT TILL, WHICH WAS LIKE 4:15 IN THE AFTERNOON. SO I WAS TELLING KIRK, DO NOT OPEN THE REFRIGERATOR AND THE FREEZER.

[LAUGHTER]. JUST QUIT. DON'T DO THAT. DON'T KEEP GOING IN. BUT NO, AND BUT IT WAS SO IT WAS SO GOOD.

AND I DID CALL A COUPLE OF OUR NEIGHBORS, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE WE STAY CONNECTED WHEN THINGS HAPPEN.

AND ACTUALLY THE POWER CAME ON WITHIN THE HOUR.

SO YOU GUYS ARE AWESOME. I LOVE THE MESSAGING AND APPRECIATE AND YOU, YOU FOLKS, YOU ARE TOP NOTCH ON CUSTOMER SERVICE.

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YOU ARE RIGHT HERE AT THE TABLE IN EVERY SINGLE COMMUNITY.

AND I CANNOT TELL YOU HOW MUCH THAT MEANS TO US HERE.

THANK YOU. SUPERVISOR KUKNYO. DO YOU GUYS HAVE A PERSONAL PREP SHEET THAT PEOPLE COULD LOOK AT DOWNLOAD FOR WHEN THIS HAPPENS? TO HER COMMENTS, DON'T OPEN YOUR FREEZER, YOU KNOW, HAVE A FLASHLIGHT READY.

I MEAN, IS THERE ANY KIND OF? YES, THERE IS. BOTH ON OUR WEBSITE APS.COM/PSPS.

I MAY BE WRONG WITH THE FORWARD OR BACKWARD SLASH.

I APOLOGIZE FOR THAT. AND THEN I KNOW ON THE COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT WEBSITE, THERE ARE RESOURCES AS WELL AS FAR AS THAT GOES.

BECAUSE THERE REALLY IS A LOT THINGS TO THINK ABOUT, LIKE NOT OPENING YOUR REFRIGERATOR OR DO I KNOW HOW TO OPEN MY GARAGE DOOR WHEN THE POWER IS OUT? THERE'S A LOT OF DIFFERENT THINGS LIKE THAT THAT I THINK WOULD BE REALLY HELPFUL THAT WE MAY NOT THINK IT OR THINK OF WHEN POWER'S THERE.

AND NOW ANY MORE WITH ALL THE ELECTRONICS, HOW TO PROTECT FROM THAT SURGE WHEN IT COMES BACK ON.

SO THERE'S, YOU KNOW, I'M NOT GOING TO SAY THERE WON'T BE, BUT THERE SHOULDN'T BE A BIG SURGE COMING BACK ON THE, THE COLD LOAD PICKUP I'M TALKING ABOUT IS THAT THE DEMAND ON THE SYSTEM.

IT, IT'S LIKE FILLING UP A TEN-GALLON TANK AND HAVING A PIPE AT THE BOTTOM OF THE TANK WIDE OPEN THAT CAN DRAIN AT 20 GALLONS A MINUTE. IT'S JUST THE INITIAL STARTUP THAT THERE'S A LOT OF CURRENT FLOWING.

VICE CHAIR CHECK. A LOT OF PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, WHEN THEY UNDERSTAND THAT THIS MIGHT BE OCCURRING IN THE FUTURE, HAVE ASKED IF THERE'S A GOOD GENERATOR THAT SOMEONE WOULD RECOMMEND OR LIKE HOW TO SIZE A GENERATOR FOR YOUR DOMESTIC NEEDS.

IS THERE ANY RESOURCES OR SUGGESTIONS YOU WOULD MAKE FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE INTERESTED IN BACKING THEMSELVES UP? YEAH. WHAT I, WHAT I WOULD SAY IS YOU KNOW, REACH OUT TO A TRUSTED ELECTRICAL CONTRACTOR.

IT ALL DEPENDS ON WHETHER YOU'RE WANTING TO HOOK UP, YOU KNOW, A PERMANENT BACKUP GENERATOR OR WHETHER YOU'RE, YOU KNOW, GETTING ONE FROM HOME DEPOT. ME PERSONALLY, I GO WITH THE HOME DEPOT ROUTE.

BUT IF YOU'RE GOING TO BE HOOKING INTO YOUR HOME'S ELECTRICAL INFRASTRUCTURE FOR BOTH OUR SAFETY AND THEIR SAFETY, IT'S BEST TO GO THROUGH AN ELECTRICAL CONTRACTOR THAT CAN ADVISE THEM BASED ON THEIR HOME NEEDS, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE A LOT OF THOSE, WHAT THEY'LL DO IS THEY'LL SAY, WELL, WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO RUN THE REFRIGERATOR.

WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO RUN THIS OR THAT. BUT THIS ISN'T AS CRITICAL.

AND MAKING THOSE DECISIONS AND UNDERSTANDING WHAT KIND OF LOADING THAT TAKES AND WHAT SIZE OF GENERATOR.

THAT WOULD BE MY RECOMMENDATION. THANK YOU. SUPERVISOR JENKINS.

HI, FRANK. HEY. I HAVE NOTHING BUT GOOD THINGS TO SAY ABOUT APS.

YOU KNOW, I'VE WORKED WITH YOU FOLKS FOR OVER TEN YEARS, AND THIS TYPE OF CAPACITY AND WHAT I'VE NOTICED IS THE COMMUNICATION HAS DONE NOTHING BUT IMPROVE YEAR AFTER YEAR. YOU KNOW, WHEN WE HAD ALL THOSE POWER POLES GO DOWN ON SALT MINE ROAD, THAT WAS A, A VERY SIGNIFICANT EVENT WITH A LOT OF PEOPLE OUT OF POWER.

I WAS AFFECTED PERSONALLY. BUT YOU COMMUNICATED WITH ME ON THE ELECTED OFFICIAL LEVEL AS WELL.

SO NOTHING BUT GREAT THINGS TO SAY. AND OVER THE YEARS RELIABILITY HAS GOTTEN BETTER.

I LIVE IN AN OLDER AREA WITH UNDERGROUND AND YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW WHAT'S HAPPENING.

IT'S ROTTING. IT'S NOT COMPATIBLE WITH THE SOIL.

AND YOU FOLKS ARE RESPONDING AS THE POWER GOES OUT REALLY QUICKLY.

AND I APPRECIATE THE EMAILS AND CALLS THAT I GET.

SO THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU. OKAY FRANK, AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION AND THANK YOU TO APS FOR ALL THAT THEY DO.

IT'S APPRECIATED. THANK YOU. OKAY. YOU CAN CLAP FOR FRANK.

IT'S OKAY [LAUGHTER]. [APPLAUSE]. OKAY THIS MEETING'S ADJOURNED.

WE'LL BE BACK WITH OUR REGULARLY SCHEDULED MEETING AT 9:00 A.M.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.