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Municipal Utilities UTILITIES COMMISSION MEETING
TO: FROM:
ERMU Commission Troy Adams, P.E. —General Manager
MEETING DATE: AGENDA ITEM NUMBER:
May 14, 2019 6.1a
SUBJECT:
Staff Update
ACTION REQUESTED:
None
DISCUSSION:
• The Board of Directors of the Minnesota Municipal Power Agency(MMPA) met on April
23, 2019 at the Agency's Faribault Energy Park power plant in Faribault, Minnesota.
Both Commissioner Al Nadeau and I were able to attend.
The Board approved MMPA's 2018 audit report. The report can be found on MMPA's
website at http://www.mmpa.org/about/financials-reports/
The Board also approved an Amended and Restated Revolving Credit Agreement with
US Bank. This agreement extends MMPA's $20 million credit facility for another three
years.
The Board discussed the status of the renewable projects the Agency is pursuing.
The revised Minnesota Interconnection Process for distributed energy resources was
discussed. MMPA passed a motion requesting that each MMPA member's governing
body approve two resolutions on this subject before June 17, 2019.
Participation in MMPA's residential Clean Energy Choice program increased over March,
with a market penetration that is now at 3.1%.
• I have been working with Mark Fritsch from Current Compass on data needed for the
management pay group benchmarking. When completed, the report will be reviewed by
the Wage & Benefits Committee.The committee will then bring an update to the
commission at a future meeting.
• Our next regular schedule commission meeting is Tuesday,June 11. I will be out of the
office attending the American Public Power Association National Conference and will
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not be in attendance for that meeting. Theresa Slominski and Tom Sagstetter both will
be gone for that meeting. Mark Fuchs will serve in my place during the meeting.
• Per the 2019 Governance Agenda, the annual commission performance self-evaluation
will be held during the regular July commission meeting. An electronic survey will be
sent to the commission early June. The data will be complied and provided in a report in
the July commission packet.
• On May 8 the city's and ERMU's managers held our annual employee breakfast as a way
to thank our employees for all that they do.The event was held at Lions Park. The direct
expenses related to food are paid for by the managers. And, the managers prepare and
then serve the food.The event was well attended.
• The Kansas Municipal Utilities (KMU), Kansas' equivalent to MMUA, had requested that I
speak at their annual conference regarding ERMU's challenges with lineworker turnover
and the competitive job market in the Twin Cities metro. Their annual conference was
May 8-10. My flight arrives on May 9, the presentation and return flight are May 10. All
expenses for the trip are covered by KMU.
• The new downtown street lights have been ordered and installation with start early this
summer.
• Minnesota Municipal Utilities Association (MMUA) has a practice of utilizing past board
members to facilitate their strategic planning sessions.The strategic planning sessions
are held every few years. This year MMUA has invited me to facilitate their strategic
planning session which will be held at the MMUA offices in Plymouth on June 4-5.
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Elk River
Municipal Utilities UTILITIES COMMISSION MEETING
TO: FROM:
ERMU Commission Theresa Slominski—Finance & Office Manager
MEETING DATE: AGENDA ITEM NUMBER:
May 14, 2019 6.1b
SUBJECT:
Staff Update
ACTION REQUESTED:
None
DISCUSSION:
• As a follow-up from last month, we are still testing a revision to the presentation of the monthly
bills to better segregate City versus ERMU services.This change also allows for a slight change to
the color scheme and the pictorials (moving from graphs to snapshot information.)The changes
hopefully will be able to be in place with the bills customers will receive in June.
• Shut-Offs have been very smooth so far this year, and we have had slightly less than the prior
year. One advantage of moving to cycled billing is that it gives customers a little additional time
to pay their bills once the April 15 date passes since we are not doing a massive shut-off on April
16, but rather shut-offs occur over the subsequent 4 weeks.
• We started accepting American Express credit cards this month due to a reasonable utility rate
negotiated by NISC, and it has been met with much appreciation by the customers.
• We had two CSRs and the Customer Service Manager, along with the Water Superintendent,
attend a state-offered program on Reduced Pressure Zone devices (RPZs) compliance on
Tuesday, May 7.This was an opportunity for staff to learn more about the Department of Health
concerns related to this.
• Last year at this time,we were getting ready for our first look at Enhanced Divisionalized
Accounting (EDA)through our software provider. Now with EDA almost in full swing, I will be
helping present at the Member Information Conference this September on how it is being
utilized. I will be co-presenting with Lisa Terry from Decatur Utilities in Alabama, a strong
influencer in helping EDA become a reality for municipal utilities.
• Next month I will not be at the commission meeting(I'll be at the University of Wisconsin-Eau
Claire for my daughter's college orientation). Please send any questions on the financials by
Monday 2:00 P.M. so I can have responses ready for everyone at the meeting.
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Elk River
Municipal Utilities UTILITIES COMMISSION MEETING
TO: FROM:
ERMU Commission Mark Fuchs—Electric Superintendent
MEETING DATE: AGENDA ITEM NUMBER:
May 14, 2019 6.1c
SUBJECT:
Staff Update
ACTION REQUESTED:
None
DISCUSSION:
• Had 10 new house services.
• Continue collecting data with the GPS for our ArcView maps as time permits.
• Finished tree trimming for the year. We will begin again in the winter.
• Continued rebuilding the three phase overhead line on Jarvis Street between 165th
Avenue and Highway 10.
• Deenergized one side of Monroe Street so they could widen the road for Monroe
Estates residential housing development off of 2215t Avenue. There will be a total of 13
lots in this development.
• Began installation of the infrastructure required for the acquisition of Area 7. We will be
acquiring Area 7 and 8 in September.
• Switched out overhead single phase primary wire to underground secondary wire in
some of the areas requiring more frequent tree trimming.
• We are going through the new GIS map book and verifying that it matches what is in
the field. As part of this process the equipment is inspected and repairs are made as
needed.
• Diversified Inspections performed our annual inspections on the bucket and digger
trucks. The inspections include: Visual/Operational, Magnetic Particle, Dielectric, Load
and Acoustic Emission Testing.
• We received our John Deere multi-purpose utility vehicle and the Vemeer Vac-Tron,
which uses high pressure water and vacuum to excavate soil. Both of these were
budgeted items.
• Darren Weber,Jared Rolstad, and Jake Koehler assisted Fairmont with mutual aid April
12-15 after a storm damaged electric equipment, and caused outages.
• On May 13 we will be interviewing for the open lineworker position.
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Elk River
Municipal Utilities UTILITIES COMMISSION MEETING
TO: FROM:
ERMU Commission Mike Tietz—Technical Services Superintendent
MEETING DATE: AGENDA ITEM NUMBER:
May 14, 2019 6.1d
SUBJECT:
Staff Update
ACTION REQUESTED:
None
DISCUSSION:
• In April, the locating department had a total of 433 locate tickets consisting of six
emergency tickets, 8 cancellations, 362 normal tickets, and 33 updated tickets. This is a
305% increase in the volume of tickets from the previous month.
• Electrical technicians continue with updating the power bill, substation checks,
disconnects/reconnects, dealing with customer meters, and off-peak issues. Staff
continues to make progress on disconnecting A/C controllers. On April 25, the monthly
run of Engines 1, 2, 3 & 4 was performed with no issues.
• As a follow up to last month's American Public Power Agency(APPA) Safety Award, I
have attached the 2018 Safety Awards of Excellence Annual Report. It should be noted
that out of the 325 utilities that submitted their annual injury and illness incidence rate
report forms to APPA, 113 participants received an award. With our incident rate of
2.46, we received a 3rd place award within Group D, which had 17 award recipients out
of 59 participants.
• Mapping department continues to enter GPS points and attribute points for all of our
systems assets within the ESRI ArcView GIS system. We met with Power Systems
Engineering to discuss our immediate needs for GIS integration into our Customer
Information System. We also discussed database configuration/disaster recovery, and
having them assist with the development of field applications for use by our field staff.
• The VHF radio repeater was temporarily relocated to the Power Plant on April 23 in
preparation for the upcoming Auburn Water Tower reconditioning project. We have a
vendor coming in on May 15 to help us with development of a communications needs
assessment.
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• Connexus Energy utilized their feeder at North Substation from April 30—May 3.
Minnesota Municipal Power Agency (MMPA) has adjusted our April power bill to
account for this usage.
ATTACHMENTS:
• 2018 Safety Awards of Excellence Annual Report
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Evaluation of Data
Submitted to American
Public Power Association ' s
2018 Safety Awards of
Excellence
AMERICAN
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Table of Contents
Introduction 3
Section I — General Overview 4
Section II —Award Groups 8
Section III —Award Region 13
Section IV— DART Rate 19
Section V— Cases per Exposure Year 22
Section VI - Summary 24
Appendix 25
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Introduction
This report provides both tabular and graphical evaluations of the data submitted to the
American Public Power Association's (The Association) annual Safety Awards of Excellence for
2018.1 The purpose of compiling this data is to offer a benchmark for individual municipal
utilities. The intent of this report is to help safety professionals analyze their utility's yearly
performance in relation to others in the public power community. Through the data presented in
this report, the Association aspires to help safety professionals create a context for review of
safety program efficacy at their individual utilities.
Each year, the Safety Awards are open to any Association member utility, Joint Action Agency,
Federal Agency, and State Association/Agency that wishes to participate.2 Since participation is
voluntary, the rules are set up to encourage consistent involvement. Thus, to be eligible to win
an award, participants must submit data for three consecutive years; in the third year, the
participant will be considered eligible for an award. Consistent submission helps to minimize
selection bias and skewing of yearly data.
Entries are sorted into groups according to the total number of hours worked by all electric utility
employees at that particular utility in the designated year. The group categories are the same
from year to year; a group-specific analysis is presented in section II of this report.'
Awards are given out to the participating eligible utilities with the lowest incidence rate within
each group. The incidence rate is calculated by using a standardized U.S. Occupational Safety
and Health Administration (OSHA) formula. This formula was developed to give a relative
number of accidents that an organization might expect if it had 100 employees. Since the
incidence rate is based on a ratio, any utility that has fewer hours worked will experience a
larger proportional impact of any incident (or"case") on the final incidence rate. Conversely, a
utility with more hours worked will experience a smaller proportional impact of any incident on
the final incidence rate.
The incidence rate calculation is demonstrated below (note the weighting factor of 200,000
worker hours representing 100 typical employees).
(Total Reported Incidents *200,000 Work Hours)
Incidence Rate (TRIR) _
Number of Work Hours
'The American Public Power Associations Safety Awards of Excellence program was formerly referred to as the
Association's Safety Contest.
2 Starting in 2010,JAAs, Federal Agencies,and State Associations/Agencies were incorporated into a group based
on their worker-hours. These organizations did not displace any utility winners in each group; rather,when applicable,
they were recognized by lowest incidence rate within their worker-hour category group.
3 Group categories were changed slightly by the Associations Safety Committee in 2003 to account for utility growth.
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Along with the group-by-group and regional (according to the Association regions) analyses of
data, this report shows data averaged for all groups combined over the history of the awards.4
Section I - General Overview
This section provides a general overview of data submitted from 1994 through 2018 and
provides the basis of benchmarking comparison for 2018 data. The data in this section of the
report are taken from the "Reportable Injuries and Illnesses" section of the entry form. All entries
received are incorporated into the following graphs. For reference purposes, the Safety Awards
entry form is included as Appendix A of this report.5
Overall participant data consisting of all worker-hour category groups combined across all years
are shown below in bar graphs. The data submitted by participants covering 2018 is mostly in
line with the historical data set. Figures 1, 2, and 3 show the number of entries, overall average
incidence rate, and total number of fatalities by year. Entries are accepted for the prior complete
year each January; e.g., 2018 data is collected in January 2019.
Figure 1: Total Entries Per Year
Total Entries Per Year - All Respondents
325
303
277 278 277 282 289 291
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222 237 251 227 241 248 235 236 257 259
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5 While the Safety Awards entry form has been updated slightly over the years, the essential information that has
been gathered in each annual cycle has remained consistent.
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Figure 2: Incidence Rate
Incidence Rate Per Year -All Respondents
Average Median
11.1
9.9
9.2 8.91
8.5 8.5 8.52 8.69
7 88 8.16
7.54 7.18 7.14
6.64 6.78 6.74 6.39 6.36
5.46 5.48 5.58
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Total Number of Fatalities Per Year -All Respondents
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It is important to note that Figures 4, 5, and 6 are based on the number of cases reported in the
"Reportable Injuries and Illnesses" section of the entry form, and not the actual number of days
away from work or days of restricted or job transfer, as reported in the "Time Charges" section
of the entry form. This information helps safety personnel to focus on the number of incidents
that occurred.
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For example, an injury at one utility that required an employee to remain "Away from Work"for
45 days (due to one incident) is equivalent to an injury at another utility where the employee
remained "Away from Work"for 2 days (also from one incident)—in each example, the incident
would be considered as one case, regardless of the number of resulting days away from work.
The type or duration of the injury is not considered, rather only that the incident resulted in
reportable injury.6 Figures 4, 5, and 6 are presented with data from all respondents.
Figure 4: Average Number of Days Away from Work Cases
Average Number of Days Away from Work Cases-All
Respondents
7.71 7.02
6.7
5.37 5.2
4.32
4.11
3.17 3.11 3.01
2.55 2.63 2.40 2.26
1.71 2.05 1.88 1.90 1.62 1.84
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Rules and Regulations document in the Appendix of this report.
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Figure 5: Average Number of Restricted or Job Transfer Cases
Average Number of Restricted or Job Transfer Cases Per
Year -All Respondents
5.33
4.01 3.65 3.89
3.77
3.16 3.47
2.88 2.75 2.90
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Average Number of Medical Cases Per Year - All
Respondents
10.92
10.63
9.51
8.27 8.07 8.06
6.74
6.11
5.42 5.5 4I
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Section II - Award Groups
Once data is submitted to the American Public Power Association, the entries are sorted into
groups according to the total number of hours worked by all electric utility employees at that
particular utility in the designated year. The group categories are the same from year to year;
the table below shows the current groups used in the Awards.'
Table 1: Award Groups by Number of Worker-Hours of Exposure in One Calendar
Year
Groups Worker-hour Categories
Group A Less than 15,000 worker-hours of exposure
Group B 15,000 to 29,999 worker-hours of exposure
Group C 30,000 to 59,999 worker-hours of exposure
Group D 60,000 to 109,999 worker-hours of exposure
Group E 110,000 to 249,999 worker-hours of exposure
Group F 250,000 to 999,999 worker-hours of exposure
Group G 1,000,000 to 3,999,999 worker-hours of exposure
Group H More than 3,999,999 worker-hours of exposure
The information provided in this section is based on the data gathered for the year 2018 from
the "Reportable Injuries and Illnesses" and "Time Charges" sections of the entry form broken out
by group. The incidence rates along with average number of cases from the case types
recorded on the entry form are displayed by utility group.
Group categories were changed slightly by the Association's Safety Committee in 2003 to account for utility growth.
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Figure 7: Count of all Respondents in 2018 by Group
70
62
59
60
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4000
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Figure 9: Average Total Worker Hours in 2018 by Group
8,000,000
6,999,137.80
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11,083.20 21,981.50 43,618.77 78,483.66 158,019.97
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Figure 10: Average and Median Incidence Rates by Group
9
8.13
8 7.28
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3.83
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Figure 11: Average Number of Days Away from Work Cases for 2018 by Group
30
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Figure 12: Average Number of Restricted or Job Transfer Cases for 2018 by Group
20
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Figure 13: Average Number of Medical Treatment Cases for 2018 by Group
50
45 43.40
40
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Figure 14: Average Number of Total Cases for 2018 by Group
100
88.20
90
80
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A B C D E F G H
While systems with more worker-hours tend to have lower incidence rates (see Figure 10), they
are also more likely to have higher average numbers of cases (days away from work, restricted
or job transfer, and/or medical treatment). More worker-hours of exposure create more
opportunities for incidents to occur; likewise, a utility with fewer worker-hours (employees) is
likely to have fewer cases than one with more worker-hours (employees).
In the "Time Charges" section of the entry form, utilities record the cumulative days from cases
that resulted in days away from work or restricted duty for all employees. When assigned, these
days can be taken by employees, or mandated by managers, and can be due to either injuries
or illnesses. As expected, Figures 15 and 16 show that the average number of days away
increases as electrical worker-hours increase.
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Figure 15: Average Number of Days Away from Work by Group
1400 1319.80
1200
1000
5
jt 800
E
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Q 400
229.81
200
62.99
2.39 5.45 8.89 10.00 13.18
0
A B C D E F G H
Figure 16: Average Number of Restricted Duty or Job Transfer Days by Group
700 659.60
600
497.69
p 500
48
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v 400
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100
0.08 11.40 12.84 33.50 26.71
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Section III - Award Region
This section provides an additional analysis of the Section I data by regions. The regions were
established by the American Public Power Association's Board of Directors in the 1980s. A
breakdown of the regions can be found below.
Region 1: Wyoming, Colorado, New Mexico, Utah
Region 2: Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, Ohio, Wisconsin
Region 3: Minnesota, Iowa, Missouri, Kansas, Nebraska, North Dakota, South
Dakota
Region 4: Oklahoma, Arkansas, Texas, Louisiana
Region 5: Maryland, Delaware, West Virginia, Virginia, North Carolina, South
Carolina, Georgia, Florida
Region 6: Nevada, Arizona, California
Region 7: Kentucky, Tennessee, Mississippi, Alabama
Region 8: Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Connecticut, Rhode Island,
Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania
Region 9: Montana, Idaho, Washington, Oregon, Alaska
Region 10: American Samoa, Federal States of Micronesia, Guam, Northern Mariana
Islands, Palau, Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands.$
As shown in Section II, utility size, as grouped by worker-hours, may have an impact on average
values in a given region. Thus, we have broken out the count of utility entrants with greater than
1 million worker-hours for reader consideration in Figure 20.
8 Region 10 data is omitted this year due to there being only one entrant.
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Figure 17: Count of All Respondents by Association Region
80 76
70
60
c 52
a) 49
-0 50
0
0_
2 40 35
0
30 26 24
O 21 21 20
20
10
1
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Figure 18: Average Number of Electrical Employees in 2018 by Region
800
712.98
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O 340 19
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2 300
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
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Figure 19: Average Total Worker Hours in 2018 by Region
1,600,000
1,400,000 1,374,491.73
1,200,000
Y 1,000,000
0
800,000
lo— 554,500.38 588,875.66
600,000
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t 400,000 314,406.46 282,015.02
248,788.20 246,227.22
200,000 105,949.11
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Figure 20: Count of All Respondents with More Than 1 Million Worker-hours by
Association Region
4.5
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4
3.5
3 3 3 3
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1.5 ;
1
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In the following graphs, it is important to keep this information in mind; while systems with more
worker hours tend to have lower incidence rates, their average number of cases tend to be
higher.
Figure 21: Average and Median Incidence Rates by Association Region
7.00
6.06 •Average ■Median
6.00 5.49 5.44
4.93 4.70
5.00 4.50
a)
3.82 4.02
3.65
4.00 3.50 3.4
a)
3.07 3.19
a 3.00 2.44
2.11 2.13 2.27
2.00
1.00
0
0.00
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
Figure 22: Average Number of Days Away from Work Cases by Association Region
7 6.57
6
m 5
0
0
4 3.60
E
z 3
a)
m
c 2 1.50 1.60
1.16
1 0.81 0.86
0.36 0.36
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
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Figure 23: Average Number of Restricted or Job Transfer Cases by Association
Region
4.00 3 71
3.50
m 3.00 2.70
1 :: 1.88 ...
z 1.41
m 1.50 1.26
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12
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10
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4.75
a) 4
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2 1.00 1.060.64 II
1.40
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
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Figure 25: Average Number of Days Away From Work by Region
350 331.81
300
> 250
m
0
0
m 200
E
m 150
107.63
m
Q 100
55.67 44.16
50
20.25 24.91
11.84 5-31 13.46
0 NM
1 2 3 4 5 6 8 9
Figure 26: Average Number of Restricted or Job Transfer Days by Region
200
185.90
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Section IV - DART Rate
DART rate is short for Days Away from work, days of Restricted work activity, and/or days of job
Transfer rate.
The figures in Section IV only include cases that resulted in days away from work, days of
restricted work activity, and/or days of job transfer. All other recordable cases such as medical
treatment and their corresponding graphs and figures can be found in Sections I, II, Ill, and V.
Group and Region breakdown can be found in Sections II and III, respectively.
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Section V - Cases Per Exposure Decade
Public Power, as a subgroup of the electric industry, has difficulty finding a statistic that
accurately depicts safety culture. Although the Incidence Rate and DART Rate help utilities
benchmark across the entire industry, normalizing utilities' worker hours to 100 employees
skews smaller utilities' data. Skewed data becomes all too common in a segment of the sector
where the median utility size is less than 2,000 customer meters.
To represent a utility's safety culture without averaging, normalizing, or skewing data, we
decided to include a new section on cases per exposure decade. Cases Per Exposure Decade
has three components: total number of cases, 20,800 worker hours of exposure (number of
worker hours in ten years), and a utility's worker hours of exposure. These three input numbers
are represented in the equation below.
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Section VI - Summary
The American Public Power Association encourages each utility to review the overall combined
utility statistics along with the statistics for their utility grouping. For example, a small utility that
falls into Group A may find it useful to compare itself to the overall combined data in order to
track their safety performance against all public power utilities across the United States. Yet,
this same utility may not find the actual breakdown of Group H data to be of interest. (A
comparison of a 15,000 worker-hour utility to a 4,000,000 worker-hour utility may not provide
any insightful information.) However, the 15,000 worker-hours of exposure per year utility should
find value in comparing itself directly to any data provided for Group A.
The American Public Power Association provides the data presented in this report for use by its
members in aggregate form only. The individual names of the utilities that have entered the
Awards are confidential. Each year, The Association releases only the names of those utilities
that have received Awards recognition, in addition to their calculated incidence rate and worker-
hours for the given year.
Since greater numbers of entrants enhance the value of the Safety Awards for all utilities
involved, The Association again encourages all members to continue submitting data on a
yearly basis, regardless of the number of accidents/injuries that have occurred over the
calendar year.
We welcome comments and suggestions on how to make this report better, as we strive to
improve the accuracy and readability with each edition. You may reach Engineering Services
staff directly via e-mail or phone:
Linda Zhang, Operations Services Assistant, 202-467-2931 or LZhanq(a�PublicPower.orq
Alex Hofmann, Energy and Environmental Services Director, 202-467-2956 or
AHofmann(a�PublicPower.orq,
Michael Hyland, Senior Vice President, Engineering Services, 202-467-2986 or
MHyland(a�PublicPower.orq
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Appendix
- 2018 Safety Awards of Excellence Annual Report Form
- American Public Power Association Safety Awards of Excellence Rules and Regulations
- OSHA Forms for Recording Work-Related Injuries and Illnesses
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Elk River
Municipal Utilities UTILITIES COMMISSION MEETING
TO: FROM:
ERMU Commission Dave Ninow—Water Superintendent
MEETING DATE: AGENDA ITEM NUMBER:
May 14, 2019 6.1e
SUBJECT:
Staff Update
ACTION REQUESTED:
None
DISCUSSION:
• Delivered seven new water meters.
• Sealed the water meter, and took curb stop ties from nine water services.
• Completed 15 BACTI/Total Chlorine Residual Samples
o All confirmed negative for Coliform Bacteria
o Bacteriological/Disinfectant Residual Monthly Report submitted to the MDH
• Completed 22 routine fluoride samples
o All samples met MDH standards.
o Submitted MDH Fluoride Report
• Completed one validation fluoride sample for the Minnesota Department of Health.
• Submitted MPCA Discharge Monitoring Report (DMR) for the Water Treatment Plants
• Submitted MPCA Discharge Monitoring Report (DMR) for the Diesel Generation Plant
• Cell phone providers have set two temporary poles next to the Auburn Street Water
Tower to accommodate their antennas while the tower is being painted.
• Parts have been ordered for electrical panel repairs needed due to flooding at WTP 6.
• On April 17 a contractor discovered that the water main southeast of 570 Freeport
Avenue was bored too close resulting in damage to a private sewer line near the
building.The sewer line has been repaired. A picture is attached.
• Johnson Street Water Tower has been washed out, refilled with water, and put back in
service for the season.
• A resident at 217 Norfolk Avenue reported hearing a noise coming from near their water
meter; with the help of Water Conservation Services we traced the noise to a water
main break at the corner of Norfolk Avenue and Manor Place. We worked with Valley-
Rich Co., Inc. to get the main repaired. A picture of the cracked pipe is attached.
• We will be flushing hydrants May 13— 17. Customers have been notified, and map with
the zones and the dates of flushing has been added to our website.
• The vacant water operator position was offered to and accepted by Eric Jean, his first
day will be May 15.
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• On May 7, Myself, Customer Service Manager,Jennie and Customer Service
Representatives Jessica , and Rachelle attended a cross connection control class. We
learned that there will most likely be future regulations requiring us to have
documentation that all the testable backflow prevention devices connected to our
water system are tested annually. We are researching options for a cross connection
control program.
ATTACHMENTS:
• April 2019 Pumping by Well
• Photos - Damaged sewer line on Freeport Avenue and cracked water main on Norfolk
Avenue
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April 2019 Monthly Pumping By Well
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Well#7, 6.47, 12%
Well#4, 15.038, 28%
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Values Are Displayed in Millions of Gallons(Well#,Gallons Pumped,Percentage of Pumping)
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Elk River
Municipal Utilities UTILITIES COMMISSION MEETING
TO: FROM:
ERMU Commission Tom Sagstetter—Conservation & Key Accounts Manager
MEETING DATE: AGENDA ITEM NUMBER:
May 14, 2019 6.1f
SUBJECT:
Staff Update
ACTION REQUESTED:
None
DISCUSSION:
• In the last month, the level two charger located downtown had 5 sessions, and provided
customers with 32 kWh of green energy. The charger in the ERMU/City Hall parking lot
had 12 sessions and provided customers with 153 kWh of green energy. The DC fast
charger at the Coborn's fuel station has had 8 sessions and provided 58 kWh of green
energy to customers.
• Minnesota Municipal Power Agency hosted approximately 30 students from Elk River
High School at Faribault Energy Park. The students participated in interactive learning
projects that focused on electric generation from a natural gas turbine and distributed
solar photovoltaic systems.The students also participated in a brief walking tour around
the facility to get an idea of the size and scope of a 300 MW natural gas/fuel oil
generation facility.
• Met with staff representatives from the MN Department of Commerce and City of Elk
River to coordinate the participation in the Clean Energy Community Education Grant
Program. Elk River was awarded a grant for$2,500 dollars towards the creation of a
display, marketing materials, and other expenses (admission tickets and parking fees)
associated with staffing a display booth for one day at the Minnesota State Fair. The
theme of the display will focus on energy efficiency, and building a more sustainable
community. If you are interesting in volunteering for a shift at the fair please let me
know. The fair runs from August 22 through September 2, the date that we will need
volunteers has yet to be determined.
• The Elk River City Council appointed two new Energy City Commission members on May
6, 2019. Independent School District 728 will be represented by Amy Lord, and Alec
Plaisted will represent Plaisted Companies.
• Waste Management has provided the invoice for the rebuild of Engine#1 that was
replaced on January 8. The invoice from Waste Management is for$201,936.55. Staff is
waiting for the detailed invoices for this rebuild prior to payment. As this refurbishment
had additional costs, staff will meet with the plant manager prior to the next
Commission meeting to discuss them.The cost of the rebuild will be taken from reserves
as has been done in past years.
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Elk River
Municipal Utilities 2019 GOVERNANCE AGENDA
Tuesday,January 8: Tuesday, February 12:
• Annual Review of Committee Charters • Review Strategic Plan and 2018 Annual
Business Plan results
Tuesday, March 12: Tuesday, April 9:
• Oath of Office • Annual Commissioner Orientation and Review
• Election of Officers Governance Responsibilities and Role
• Audit of 2018 Financial Report
• Financial Reserves Allocations
• Review 2018 Performance Metrics
Tuesday, May 14: Tuesday, June 11:
• Annual General Manager Performance •
Evaluation and Goal Setting
Tuesday,July 12: Tuesday,August 13:
• Annual Commission Performance Evaluation • Annual Business Plan—Review Proposed 2020
• Review and Update Strategic Plan Travel, Training, Dues, Subscriptions, and Fees
Budget
Tuesday, September 10: Tuesday, October 8:
• Annual Business Plan—Review Proposed 2020 • Annual Business Plan—Review Proposed 2020
Capital Projects Budget Expenses Budget
Tuesday,November 12: Tuesday, December 10:
• Annual Business Plan - Review Proposed 2020 • Adopt 2020 Official Depository,Newspaper,
Rates and Other Revenue and Regular Meeting Schedule
• Adopt 2020 Fee Schedule • Adopt 2020 Governance Agenda
• 2020 Stakeholder Communication Plan • Adopt 2020 Annual Business Plan
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