5.1. ERMUSR 12-13-2016 Elk River
Municipal Utilities UTILITIES COMMISSION MEETING
TO: FROM:
Elk River Municipal Utilities Commission Troy Adams, P.E.—General Manager
John Dietz—Chair
Al Nadeau—Vice Chair
Daryl Thompson—Trustee
MEETING DATE: AGENDA ITEM NUMBER:
December 13, 2016 5.1
SUBJECT:
Otsego Street Lighting
DISCUSSION:
Staff has been contacted by Hakanson Anderson, the City of Otsego's engineering firm, to
discuss street lighting in Otsego within the ERMU's electric service territory. The City of Otsego
would like ERMU to take over all of the Otsego street lighting within the ERMU electric service
territory.
The City of Otsego owns many of their street lights. These lights are "behind the meter"meaning
they are after the point of sale with ERMU. These lights are maintained by the City of Otsego
through their contractors and/or employees. This would include street light replacement due to
age, damaged by a vehicle, or storm damage. The City of Otsego has accounts with ERMU for
these electric services"behind the meter" and they receive a monthly bill for electric usage per
the established ERMU rates.
In addition to these"behind the meter" street lights that the City of Otsego owns within ERMU's
electric service territory, the City of Otsego also contracts with ERMU for security lights. These
security lights are owned by ERMU. Per the ERMU rates for security lights, these lights do not
have a meter and the City of Otsego does not pay for the electricity they use. Rather,these lights
based on the size of their lamp have a monthly fixed fee to cover the electricity, maintenance,
and eventual replacement.
The City of Otsego would like to explore options with ERMU to transition/transfer all of the
"behind the meter" street lights they own within ERMU electric service territory to a similar
arrangement as they have with the security lights. The reasons for this are: maintenance, forever
changing products, and lack of city staff expertise to effectively manage their street lights.
Before committing significant time researching options, ERMU staff is looking to discuss the
topic with the Commission.
ACTION REQUESTED:
No action required at this time.
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