6.1a ERMUSR 04-10-2018 Elk River
Municipal UtilitieS UTILITIES COMMISSION MEETING
TO: FROM:
ERMU Commission Troy Adams, P.E.—General Manager
MEETING DATE: AGENDA ITEM NUMBER:
April 10, 2018 6.1a
SUBJECT:
Staff Update
ACTION REQUESTED:
None
DISCUSSION:
• The Board of Directors of the Minnesota Municipal Power Agency (MMPA)met on
March 27, 2018 at the offices of Shakopee Public Utilities in Shakopee, Minnesota. I was
not able to attend; Commissioner Al Nadeau did attend.
The Board approved an updated Distributed Generation tariff to be implemented by
MMPA members' governing bodies.
Participation in MMPA's residential Clean Energy Choice program increased over
February, with seven different MMPA members having new customer signups during the
month. Customer penetration of MMPA's Clean Energy Choice program for residential
customers is at 2.6%, with a range of market penetration by member of 1.5%to 5.6%.
The Board approved Clover Ridge Elementary School in Chaska as a Hometown Solar
Grant recipient.
The Board discussed the status of renewable projects that the Agency is pursuing.
• Our Power Provider Migration Plan is one of our highest priority initiatives and there is a
firm deadline of October 1, 2018. As noted last month, there were load and generation
node transfers submitted by the Midcontinent Independent System Operator (MISO)
March 15 deadline. These transfers were successfully submitted and MISO is in the
process of reviewing the request. ERMU, Great River Energy (GRE), and MMPA have
another conference call regarding these action items on Monday May 7.
• On March 19, I held a quarterly meeting with Greg Ridderbusch, Connexus
CEO/President. We had discussed GRE, CIP, new technologies, legislative advocacy,
and industry trends. As always, our quarterly meetings produce great discussion and
bring to light opportunities.
• The MMUA Legislative Conference is scheduled for April 11 — 12. We will be at the
Capitol on the afternoon of Wednesday April 11.
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• Our cyber security consultant FRSecure will begin assisting with the next phase of our
assessment starting 2Q2018. A kick-off meeting with FRSecure and staff is scheduled for
April 17. Based on schedule from that discussion an Information Security Committee
meeting will be coordinated for late April or early May.
• Per the Governance Policy G.2g1 Wage &Benefits Committee Charter and consistent
with Governance Policy G.2g Commission Committees,the committee shall meet on a
quarterly basis. Staff will be coordinating a meeting for late April or early May. The
primary focus for this meeting will be routine review of staffing levels, personnel
projections, and succession planning. Additionally, we will discuss vacant budgeted
positions.
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