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Rod Visser - ~ Page 2 Duke existing transmission easement along the west side of the property to a point near the northeast side of the retention pond where we will 1) proceed underground to serve the transformer for the school, and 2) continue overhead along the east side of the retention pond southward to West 10 Road and then proceed overhead eastward along the frontage of West 10 Road to southeast corner of the property. The cost of this option was in the hundreds of dollars (for additional linear footage for the underground service line beyond that which is covered in our Underground Plan). In early summer 2005, we met with OCS and Orange County officials to review other options to the overhead extention beyond the dip pole on the northeast side of the retention pond. We reviewed two additional options: constructing the underground which would require additional charges to OCS beyond the basic, low cost design; or constructing the facilities overhead, but behind (or along the west and south side of) the retention pond out to West 10 Road and overhead along West 10 Road. This option would require additional charges to OCS in that a commercial grade roadwaylaccess road would have to be constructed and maintained for Duke to have access to construct and maintain the facilities along this route (additional charges above the basic, low cost design apply) OCS was to determine the cost they would incur to proceed with this option, Our recollection of the outcome of that meeting was that the overhead option along the west and south of the retention pond was the preferred option - OPTION 2 In August of 2005, we met again with OCS to agree upon the desired route and to secure the appropriate easements from OCS to allow us to complete design and begin construction. We learned at this meeting that no decision had been made regarding the desired route (OPTION 2) and that the underground option was still on the table (OPTION 3) At our meeting on Tuesday, September 13, representatives from Duke, Orange County, and OCSs met again to review the three options and considerations for each. As we understand the current situation, OGS is considering three options: OPTION 1 -overhead construction along the east side of the retension pond -cost to OCS is in the hundreds for the additional footage for the underground run to the building transformer; OPTION 2 -overhead construction along the west and south sides of the retention pond -cost to OCS is a) in the hundreds for the additional footage for the underground run to the building transformer, and b) for the construction of a commercial grade roadway/access road would have to be constructed and maintained for Duke to have access to construct and maintain the facilities along this route (Duke has no knowledge of the costs associated with this aspect of this option); OPTION 3a -underground construction along the east side of the retention pond to West 10 Road; OPTION 3b -underground construction along West 10 Road to the southeast corner of the OCS site Our "ballpark" estimate for undergrounding the three phase bulkfeeder from the dip pole southward to West 10 Road (OPTION 3a), and from that point eastward along West 10 Road to the other side of the school property (OPTION 3b) is in the $150K to possibly $250K range. For discussion purposes, we project $50K-$75K for OPTION 3a and 100K-$175K for OPTION 3b.