1.4 ERMUSR 09-08-2020UTILITIES COMMISSION MEETING
TO: FROM:
ERMU Commission Mark Fuchs – Operations Director
MEETING DATE: AGENDA ITEM NUMBER:
September 8, 20201.4
SUBJECT:
2020 Public Power Week
ACTION REQUESTED:
Adopt Resolution20-5 Recognizing Public Power Week, October 4-10, 2020
DISCUSSION:
Elk River Municipal Utilities, now in their 75thyear operating as a municipally owned public
power utility, will be celebrating Public Power Week2020.
This national event is sponsored in conjunction with the American Public Power Association.
There are approximately 2,000 community-owned electric utilities that collectively provide
electricity on a not-for-profit basis to 48 million Americans. They are operated by local
governments as a public service with the mission of providing electricity in a reliable manner, at
a reasonable cost, and with proper protection of the environment. Public power companies
exist to serve our fellow citizens, friends, and neighbors. Elk River Municipal Utilities’ loyalty is
to our customers and our community, not stockholders. We are proud to be a public power
utility and to help make our community a great place to live and work. Every year we recognize
Public Power Week as a reminder of the responsibility we have to our consumer-owners.
ATTACHMENTS:
Resolution 20-5 Recognizing 2020 Public Power Week
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RESOLUTION No. 20-5
BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
ELK RIVER MUNICIPAL UTILITIES
A RESOLUTION OF BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS OF ELK RIVER MUNICIPAL UTILITIES
RECOGNIZING PUBLIC POWER WEEK, OCTOBER 4-10, 2020
WHEREAS, we, the citizens of Elk River, place high value on local control over
community services and therefore have chosen to operate a community-owned, locally
controlled, not-for-profit electric utility and, as consumers and owners of our electric
utility, have a direct say in utility operations and policies; and
WHEREAS, ERMU provides our homes, businesses, farms, social service, and local
government agencies with safe, reliable, efficient, and cost-effective electricity
employing sound business practices designed to ensure the best possible service at not-
for-profit rates; and
WHEREAS, ERMU is a valuable community asset that contributes substantially to the
well-being of local citizens through energy efficiency, customer service, environmental
protection, economic development, and safety awareness;
NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that ERMU will continue to work to bring lower-
cost, safe, reliable electricity (and water services) to community homes and businesses
just as it has since the utility was created; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the week of October 4-10 be designated Public Power
Week in order to honor ERMU for its contributions to the community and to make its
consumer-owners, policy makers, and employees more aware of its contributions to
their well-being; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that our community joins hands with more than 2,000 other
public power systems in the United States in this celebration of PUBLIC POWER.
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This Resolution Passed and Adopted this 8 day of September, 2020.
John J. Dietz, Chair
Theresa Slominski, General Manager
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