5.3. ERMUSR 06-08-2010Elk River
Municipal Utilities
13069 Orono Parkway • P.O. Box 430
Elk River, MN 55330-0430
UTILITIES COMMISSION MEETING
Phone: 763.441.2020
Fax: 763.441.8099
TO: FROM:
Elk River Municipal Utilities Commission Troy Adams, P.E. -Director of Operations
John Dietz, Chair
Jerry Gumphrey, Vice Chair
Daz 1 Thom son, Trustee
MEETING DATE: AGENDA ITEM NUMBER:
June 8, 2010 5.3
SUBJECT:
Review Annual Power Plant URGE Test
BACKGROUND:
Elk River Municipal Utilities operates and maintains four diesel generation units at our power
plant. These units are contracted to Great River Energy through a Power Transaction Agreement
at the current price of $2.75/kw/month based upon the proven capacity from the annual URGE
test. The current contract expired October 31, 2005 but was extended on an "evergreen" basis.
This allows the contract to extend the termination date on a one year incremental basis unless
notice is given by either ERMU or GRE no later that April 1 S` of that yeaz.
DISCUSSION:
The attached spreadsheet reflects this yeaz URGE test results. Over the past yeazs, the URGE
test results have steadily increased. This is due to maintenance, training, and familiarity with the
plant. Once again, ERMU staff did a great job performing this URGE test. The capacity results
from this test will result in $352,440 in annual payments from Great River Energy, an increase of
$792 from 2009.
ACTION REQUESTED:
No action required.
ELK RIVER MUNICIPAL UTILITIES GENERATION REPORT
I, URGE TEST RUN for 2010
DATE 5/4/2010 TIME 8:00 OUTSIDE TEMP 72
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DATE 5/5/2010 TIME 8:00 OUTSIDE TEMP 51
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ENGINE TIME Kwh METER ENGINE HOURS FUEL OIL METER GAS METER
#1 Start 12:49 Stop 1633.2 Stop 384.7 Stop 2580
Stop 14:09 Start 1625.4 Start 383.4 Start 2520
Urge Run 15 Minute 5/5/2010 1:15 PM 168
Load Profile Data 5/5/2010 1:30 PM 160
5/5/2010 ~-1:45 PM 160
C....:...~ un T_a_~_ 5/5/2010 2:00 PM 160
Ind. MW 0.655
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#2 Start 12:35
Stop 13:50
Urge Run 15 Minute
Load Profile Data I
li vi ye ~ esieu ai o4a nw ror i nr II
Mwh 0.78 Hrs. Run 1.3 Fuel Oil 60
1
.ngine #2 Totals Ur a Tested at 640 Kw for 1 Hr
Ind. MW 0.68 Mwh 0.7 Hrs. Run 1.2
#3 Start 8:33 Stop 8826 Stop 13476.5
Stop 12:03 Start 8818 Start 13473
648 kWh
640 kWh
Fuel Oil 60
Stop 664297
Start 663726
Urge Run 15 Minute 5/5/2010 ~ 10:45 AM ggg
Load Profile Data 5/5/2010 11:00 AM ggp
5/5/2010 11:15 AM g8g
C....:.... J4o T..._i_ 5/5/2010 ~ 11:30 AM gg0
Stop 876423
Start 576423
Gas 0
3536 kWh
_..~...° .. - . -•~-•~ I~ uiyc i e~ieV a[ JJJO RW TOr l Fir II
Ind. MW 3.75 Mwh 8 Hrs. Run 3.5 Fuel Oil 571
~ Start 8:29 Stop 3398 Stop 17662.3 Stop 3626 Stop
Stop 11:29 Start 3386 Start 17659.2 Start 2796 Start
Urge Run 15 Minute 5/4/2010 ~ 10:15 AM 1464
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Load Profile Data (
5/4/2010 10:30 AM-, 1464
5/4/2010 ~ 10:45 AM 1456
~..,.:..., un r..._i_ 514/2010 11:00 AM 1472
274325
274325
Gas 0
5856 kW~
_..~..._ ... ......,.. I~ u~ye i eSleU a[ ObJO RW Tor 1 Fir II
Ind. MW 6 Mwh 12 Hrs. Run 3.1 Fuel Oil 830
- ---------------------- Gas -----
_ngine Run Totals Urge Mwh 70.680 Fuel Oil 1521
160
Stop 1399.8 Stop 335.9 Stop 2520
Start 1392.8 Start 334.7 Start 2460
514/2010. 1:00 PM r 152 ~