6.1.I ERMUSR 09-08-2020UTILITIES COMMISSION MEETING
TO:FROM:
ERMU Commission Mike Tietz –Technical Services Superintendent
MEETING DATE: AGENDA ITEM NUMBER:
September 8, 20206.1i
SUBJECT:
Staff Update
ACTION REQUESTED:
None
DISCUSSION:
• In August, the Locating Department had a total of 615 locate tickets consisting of 2
emergency tickets, 520 normal tickets, 4 boundary survey tickets, 1 non-excavation
ticket, 72 updated tickets, 8 cancellations, and 8 locate meets. This is a 3% increase in
volume of tickets from the previous month.
• Electrical Technicians continue to do weekly meter reads, service orders, updating the
power bill, weekly substation checks, dealing with customer meter issues and off-peak
concerns. The electrical techs continue disconnecting the remaining off-peak radios on
the system as time allows. Approximately 67% of the 496 radios have been
disconnected at this time.
• On August 20, staff ran generators #1, #2, & #4. Staff noted that one of the raw water
pumps that cools #1 & #2 had developed a significant leak so it was taken out of service.
We will work on getting this repaired as soon as possible.
• Mapping department continues to update points and attributes for our systems assets
within the ESRI ArcView GIS system. The AppSuite/ESRI integration went live on August
25. Staff continues toassistthe water department with on-call rotation support.
• EIR Testing & Maintenance completed the repair of 3 voltage regulators which were
picked up on August 21. We dropped off another set of regulators at the same time for
repair. We are planning to have them back in service the first week of September.
• Theresa and I attended the Minnesota Municipal Utilities Association (MMUA) Annual
Summer Conference. There wereseveral virtual seminars that focused on COVID-19
topics ranging fromhow municipals maintained operations during this time to coping
with the stressof the situation. Jack Kegel gave a very nice presentation on the history
of MMUA. Updates were also given on legislative developments and the Technical
Specification Manual (distributed energy resources interconnection requirements).
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