6.1h ERMUSR 04-13-2021UTILITIES COMMISSION MEETING
TO:FROM:
ERMU Commission Chris Sumstad– Electric Superintendent
MEETING DATE: AGENDA ITEM NUMBER:
April 13, 2021 6.1h
SUBJECT:
Staff Update
ACTION REQUESTED:
None
DISCUSSION:
Installed sevennew residential services, which involves the connection of a secondary
line once the customer requests service.
Finished the tree trimming season at the end of March.
The new directional boring machine arrived March 22 and with the early spring melt,
the boring crew was able to start onMarch 29.
The County Road 35 overhead feeder rebuild continues. Most of the customers are now
transferred to the new line. Once all customers are transferred, the old line will be
removed.
Installed five new underground services along County Road 35. These were existing
overhead services and are related to the overhead feeder that line crews are building.
Installed underground lines to two existing customers along County Road 13. This
allowed us to remove them from the overhead line which needs to be moved further
back from the street with the upcoming rebuildofthat road.
Diversified Inspections performed the annual inspection and dielectric testing on our
bucket and digger trucks.
I attended the Emergency Preparedness& Restoration Conference put on bythe
Minnesota Municipal Utilities Association in St. Cloud on March 16 and 17.
A threephasetransformer was struckand knocked fromitsbasement most likelybya
vehicle at the landfill. This resulted in only minor damage to the transformer.
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A single phase transformer was struck by a tree felled by a builder in the Hillside 12
edition. The transformer survived, but the basement needed replacement.
Dave Kollar started as our new journey lineworker on April 5.
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