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Mayor's Report on Energy Page 10 FEBRUARY 2019
Information About Your Electric Bill
The City of Georgetown
recently took steps to address changes in the electric power market. Those changes will affect your electric bill if the City of Georgetown provides your electricity. I’d like to provide you some information about changes to your bill, provide some background on those changes, explain the steps we are taking, and address some mischaracterizations you may have
seen in the news media or elsewhere. PCA charge: Effective Feb. 1, the City is increasing the power cost adjustment, or PCA, to recover costs associated with purchasing energy. Customers will incur an increase of $0.0135 per kilowatt hour, resulting in a new PCA of $0.0175 per kilowatt hour through September. The average customer uses 949 kilowatt hours per month and will experience
a $12.82 increase on their monthly bill. The City has increased and decreased the PCA over the years in response to changing energy prices. Please know we take any increases in costs for our customers very seriously. Our hope is that the PCA will be lowered at the end of September. Background: Over the past few years, the energy market in Texas experienced a fundamental change. Forecasts provided by ERCOT, the State’s energy grid operator, have proven to be unreliable. What were perceived as anomalies in 2016 and 2017 due to reduced consumption, unpredictable pricing, and unusually cold weather, masked the true impact of a depressed global energy market. Looking back, it is apparent that a longer-term Continued on Page 10
Gonzalez Campaign "Results-Oriented"
District 7 Councilman
Tommy Gonzalez is campaigning to retain his seat on the Georgetown City Council. He is eager to continue his focus on providing the highest level of public safety, world-class parks and trails systems, and ensuring quality city services while maintaining a low tax rate to ensure affordability for all. Throughout his 11 years of broad service to the city,
Gonzalez has played a big part in bringing quality business to Georgetown to help increase revenues for the city, and his focus will continue to be on projects east of I-35. “Most importantly, I want to maintain or improve the overall quality of life for all the residents of Georgetown.” As an incumbent, Gonzalez says, “I want to finish what I started. I believe longevity in local offices is a positive because I live, work and serve right here every day. Being on City Council is not about me, but about the people I work for so I stay grounded in and accountable to the community of which I am part.” As a financial specialist, Gonzalez has consistently pushed to secure favorable financing rates that help the city’s growth while maintaining the historical
relevance of the downtown area. “I like to think I have played a part in the ‘Top Places’ accolades our city has received lately. We have been more visible in the last decade while still maintaining one of the lowest tax rates in Central Texas.” He believes his votes in committee and on Council also reflect a conservative fiduciary record; “People know what they are getting from me and I like to think that I have been at least 1/7th of the success that Georgetown has enjoyed over the past eight years.” Gonzalez also has plans to engage and include younger voters in local causes, non-profits and identifying the issues and concerns that are current and important to them. “It’s not an easy job but if there’s a problem, I won’t be the one telling people what’s wrong; I want to be part of the solution.” Visit Facebook/VoteTommyGonzalez
Georgetown Red Poppies Come Full Circle with Congressman Carter Congressman John Carter shared the
honor of The Red Poppy Capital of Texas in the very place our source flowers grow. As a guest in Flanders, Belgium at the centennial celebration of the end of The Great War, the Congressman placed three ceramic poppies, donated by Mickie Ross, at the grave of the last American killed in World War I. SGT Walter Lang died 15 minutes before the Armistice was signed. The Judge visited several cemeteries, representing just a fraction of the more than 100,000 American deaths, including 20 pairs of brothers buried side by side. The Congressman and his wife, Erica, were part of a delegation and tour that included many US dignitaries, motorcades through sites in several countries, and a
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speech from President Trump. The Congressman was very pleased to bring the special gift. "I know Georgetown celebrates poppies and I mentioned several times that I would like to place them at the graves of our brave soldiers. The local mayor there helped make the ceremony special and everyone in attendance took a photo at the grave. We were all touched to know that the people of France, the Netherlands and Belgium have adopted American graves and decorate them with flags and flowers on birthdays and important occasions." He added how honored he was to shake hands with surviving World War II veterans in attendance and he was especially pleased to meet the man who was the youngest soldier at radio headquar-
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ters in Europe in 1945. "This man, at the time, had just turned 18. He was terrified when General Eisenhower walked into the room and told them the generals had surrendered. He asked for the youngest man in the outfit to send out the message that the war in Europe is over. He said 'It is something you, and no one else, can say and you will be able to tell the story the longest.' And he has been telling it for 76 years." The Congressman and his wife also shared dinner with NATO Ambassador and former Texas Senator Kay Bailey Hutchinson. "It was a short trip but I am glad to be a part of the largest military community in the world. It is a pleasure to be able to visit the troops and represent the Army around the nation and the world."
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