6.1d ERMUSR 03-12-2019 Elk River ,�
Municipal Utilities UTILITIES COMMISSION MEETING
TO: FROM:
ERMU Commission Mike Tietz—Technical Services Superintendent
MEETING DATE: AGENDA ITEM NUMBER:
March 12, 2019 6.1d
SUBJECT:
Staff Update
ACTION REQUESTED:
None
DISCUSSION:
• In February, the locating department had a total of 81 locate tickets consisting of two
emergency tickets, 4 cancellations, 57 normal tickets, and 13 updated tickets.This is a
29%decrease in volume of tickets from the previous month.
• Electrical Technicians continue with updating the power bill, substation checks,
disconnects, reconnects, dealing with customer meter and off-peak issues, as well as
installing new meters for commercial customers. Staff has begun disconnecting A/C
controllers in preparation for the upcoming cooling season this year as we don't offer a
program at this time.The two Electrical Technicians attended the Upper Midwest
Metering Association (UMMA) Winter Conference in Red Wing this past month.There
was much valuable discussion about topics such as AMI and Meter Testing during the
conference as well as with their peers.
• On February 15, Engine #3 was tested due to last month's issue. It was determined that
the engine speed was too high which caused the frequency to be out of sync with the
system.This issue has been corrected. It should also be noted that on January 30, other
utilities around the state experienced issues with their generators due to the extremely
cold air temperature that day. The monthly run on February 27 of Engines 1, 2, 3 &4
was performed with no issues.
• The weekly meter reads continue to go well. Staff continues to audit meters for non-
compliance with our clearance standards as well as looking for tampering of equipment.
The weather has made this task a bit challenging this past month.
• Mapping department continues to enter GPS points and attribute points for all of our
systems assets within the ESRI ArcView GIS system.The locators continue to collect GPS
points and enter data into the GIS system as time allows. The backlog of updates has
been reduced to a manageable size thanks to the efforts of staff. We are working with
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Power Systems Engineering to help guides us on thru the integration of our GIS and CIS
systems as well as building an electrical system analysis model.
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