6.1.I ERMUSR 06-09-2020UTILITIES COMMISSION MEETING
TO:FROM:
ERMU Commission Mike Tietz –Technical Services Superintendent
MEETING DATE: AGENDA ITEM NUMBER:
June 9, 2020 6.1i
SUBJECT:
Staff Update
ACTION REQUESTED:
None
DISCUSSION:
• In May, the locating department had a total of 685locate tickets consisting of 4
emergency tickets, 595 normal tickets, 3 boundary survey tickets, 58 updated tickets, 11
cancellationsand 14 locate meets. This is a 27% increase in volume of tickets from the
previous month. The locators continue to stagger start times to minimize exposures and
continue to practice social distancing.
• Electrical technicians continue with weekly meter reads, service orders, updating the
power bill, weekly substation checks, dealing with customer meter issues and off-peak
concerns. The electrical techs have also begun the process of disconnecting the
remaining off-peak radios on the system. These radios were part of the dual fuel &
storage water heat programs. As part of the process, the techs are recording what
controlled appliances are still being used by the customer so we can reach out to them
once we have a load management program in place again. Approximately 25% of the
496 radios have been disconnected. Staff continues to practice social distancing when
interacting with others and is still staggering theirstart times.
• On May 21, staff ran the generators except for engine #3 which needs a repair of the
exhaust system. Final adjustments were made to the cylinder lubrication pumps on #1 &
#2. We have also begun replacing injector nozzles that are leaking and sending them in
to be rebuilt. Staff will be testing the generators the second week of June.
• Mapping department continues to update points and attributes for our systems assets
within the ESRI ArcView GIS system. We are still working on the ESRI to National
Information Solutions Cooperative integration for AppSuite. We have been delayed on
this project due to security protocols and hope to have this resolved shortly. Staff has
been assisting the water department by being in the on-call rotation temporarily.
• We are getting quotes for some additional grading work to be done at the West
Substation garage site.
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