La. Public Service Commission's Data Request For Beauregard Electric

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BEFORE THE LOUISIANA PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION LOUISIANA PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION, EX PARTE DOCKET NO. X-37183 Tn Res Investigative Audit into the Beauregard Electric Cooperative, Inc. and is Board lof Directors regarding potential violations of its polices, practices, and/or procedures that could cause costs and/or service impacts. DATA REQUESTS TO: Beauregard Electric Cooperative, Inc, by and through its counsel of record, Kara Kantrow of Marlonneaux Kantrow, LLC, 10202 Jefferson Hwy, Building C, Baton Rouge, LA 70808, kara(@mblawla.com Staff of the Louisiana Public Service Commission (*LPSC” or “Commission” “Staff? serves its first request for data upon Beauregard Electric Cooperative, Inc. (*BECT") inthis proceeding pursuant to Rule 63 ofthe Rules of Practice and Procedure of the Louisiana Public Service Commission and Article 1457, ef se. of the Louisiana Code of Civil Procedure, Swom responses tothe data requests, signed by the person making them, and documents requested are tobe served upon the undersigned attomey and Thomas Broady, Audit Supervisor, within 30 days of receipt of these requests DATA REQUESTS 1, OnAApril 21, 2024, KPLCTV, in Lake Charles, provided a link toa Memorandum from Erin Kilgore end Mary Love, of Kean Miler, to Charlie Lestage, hereinafter referred tos the “Board Investigation Memo.” Please confirm the Board Investigation Memo linked on KPLC TV's webpage is an accurate copy of the memo provided to the BECL Board of Directors. 2, Please confirm whether the BECI Board of Directors has taken any action, formal or Jnformal, regarding the recommendations included in the Bosrd Investigation Memo ‘on pages 18-21 Docket Wo. X-57185, Sta Fit Set of Data Requests Poge 1 4 IF yes, please indicate what action has been taken, provide a copy of any documentation evidencing the action taken consistent with the ‘recommendation(), and referencing the specific recommendation the action is purported to address. 3, Please confirm whether the BEC! Board of Directors has taken any action, formal or informal, towards any of the individual directors named in the Board Investigation Memo, or the General Manager. 4. If yes, please indicate what action taken, the individual associated with the action, and provide a copy of any documentation evidencing action taken. 4, Additional allegations, not contained in the Board Investigation Memo, have been ‘provided anonymously to the Commission regarding actions of certain board members. Has the Board of Directors or Interim General Manager received any additional allegations of misconduct of BECI Board Members? 4. Ifadditional allegations have been received, please provide a narrative of those. allegations b. If additional allegations have been received, have those allegations been investigated? If yes please provide any documentation detailing action taken to substantiate o refute the additional allegation ©. If any additional allegation was substantiated, provide-any action taken in response tothe allegation(). 4. Ifo action was taken to investigate any addtional allegation, please provide an explanation why no action was taken. Ifo action was taken in response to a substantiated allegation, please provide ‘an explanation why no action was taken. 5. Please provide a copy of the minutes forall meetings ofthe BECI Board of Directors ‘conducted in the calendar years 2021, 2022, 2023, and 2028, 6. Please provide BECI’s policies and procedures, for the calendar years 2021, 2022, 2023, and 2024, including any superseded versions during that same time period, for the following areas: a. All Policies and Procedures regarding conflict of interest. b. All Policies and Procedures applicable to the Board of Directors. Employee specific Policies and Procedures, 4. Policies and Procedures related tothe following purchasing and procurement activities: Docket No XaN8E Staff rat Set of Daa Regus Page? i. Capital budgeting, including the capital budgets and actual spend comparisons. fi, Requests for proposal for construction costacts, iii, Awarding of construction contracts. iv. Monitoring of construction activity and job progress. ¥. Change order processes. Policies and Procedures for payment approval processes for vendor invoices ‘and construction pay applications through issuance of payment. For this request, please also include the namefttlepositon of anyone required for approval of payments. Policies and Procedures forall employees to charge labor time. If not within the Policies and Procedures, please also include the process for scheduling resource availablity, assignment of personnel to jobs, capturing and reporting of actual time incurred by all construction personnel, approval process for payment of hours worked and coding ofthe time incured to jobs by employees, supervisors, of other monitoring of time reporting or coding to construction jobs, i. For this request, please also include the nameritle;psition of anyone required for approval for payments, Policies and Procedures related to the handling of Contributions In Aid of Construction, including but not limited to approvals, book entries, changes, & waivers of any kind. Policies and Procedures related tothe discounting of service charges or editing of existing service charges for jobs that are being performed by BECI or its contractors, Policies and Procedures for record Keeping, including, but not limited to, clectronic databases, human resources, accounts payable, accounts receivable, special projects, et, Policies and Procedures related to the use of social media by BECI employees andlor members of the Board of Directors. Policies and Procedures forthe allocation and retirement of capital reds Policies and Procedures for removal from service ulility poles and the ingpection/disposal/reuse of those poles. Policies and Procedures for the use of BECI's shop resources including. any ‘machine, metal, plumbing, wood shops operated by the Cooperative. Policies and Procedures for outage reporting and response to the same. Policies and Procedures related tothe direction of employees of BECI by any ‘current of former Board Members of BECI. Policies and Procedures regarding receiving payments for services, NSF checks and disconnection, Docket No. 718 Saf Firs St of Daa Requests Page} 7. Provide a detailed listing ofall employees, managers, board membes, and directors ceurrently employed by, or serving in any capacity to BECI, long with ther titles, job

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