6.1f ERMUSR 01-09-2018 Elk River
Municipal Utilities UTILITIES COMMISSION MEETING
TO: FROM:
ERMU Commission Tom Sagstetter—Conservation &Key Accounts Manager
MEETING DATE: AGENDA ITEM NUMBER:
January 9, 2018 6.1f
SUBJECT:
Staff Update
ACTION REQUESTED:
None
DISCUSSION:
• Received and reviewed the FleetCarma study results. Over the last 10 months ERMU and
the City have had 20 fleet vehicles tracked and usage analyzed. The resulting Electric
Vehicle Suitability Assessment recommends that 8 vehicles be replaced with either all
electric (battery), or plug-in hybrid electric vehicles. ERMU has 5 of the 8 vehicles that
are being recommended for replacement with battery or plug-in hybrid electric vehicles.
The study also calculated that by replacing those 5 utility vehicles the total cost of
ownership is estimated to decrease by$62,291 over the projected 7 year life cycle.
• Staff has been working with Minnesota Municipal Utilities Association(MMUA) and
Minnesota Municipal Power Agency(MMPA) on standardizing the contracts,
requirements, and processes that govern the interconnection of cogeneration and small
power production in Minnesota. This initiative is to gain compliance with Minnesota
State Statute based on the recent decisions of the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission
pertaining to a few cooperative utilities. Although ERMU has not been in total
compliance with the Statutes, ERMU has been clear and fair with small power producers
so there have not been any challenges with the current policies.
• ERMU staff is continuing to evaluate options for the landfill gas plant.
• The level two charger downtown has 28 charging sessions, and provided customers with
125 kWh of green energy. The DC fast charger has had 18 sessions and provided 124
kWh of green energy to customers. There has been a communication issue with the
Combo charging plug on the DC fast charger in the past two weeks. The Combo plug was
not able to establish communication with the vehicle and was not able to charge it.
ChargePoint believes the issue has been resolved and we will continue to monitor any
issues with this charger.
• All the rebate forms are available for commercial customers and there have been a few
customer calls already checking on availibity.
• The largest solar PV array in ERMU service territory became operational on December
20. The customer installed 17.25 kW and this is the first ground mounted system in the
ERMU service territory.
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