6.1g ERMUSR 06-08-2021UTILITIES COMMISSION MEETING
TO:FROM:
ERMU Commission Thomas Geiser – Operations Director
MEETING DATE: AGENDA ITEM NUMBER:
June 8th, 20216.1g
SUBJECT:
Staff Update
ACTION REQUESTED:
None
DISCUSSION:
Staff continues to meet with T2 Utility Engineers, WSB Engineering, and MnDOT for the
upcoming Highway 169 Redefine project. Permits have also been sent to MnDOT and we
are waitingonapproval so we can start constructionwithin the right of way (ROW) as
soon as possible. We have started necessary worklocated outside of the ROW.
Staffmet with the Countyand Bolton & Menk, Inc.to review 60% plans for the County
Road 13 project, which will bring roundabouts to Line Avenue and Tyler Street. Staff has
begun setting new poles and relocating the lines.
The substation transformer was delivered on May 5 and the power plant is now being
fed from it. We are in the process of tearing down the overhead lines and relocating the
two substation transformers in preparation for the field services facility expansion work
that is schedule in June.
Working with the owners of the refuse-derived fuel (RDF) processing plant and Great
River Energy (GRE) to make the transition from GRE’s 69-kilovolt transmission line to
ERMU’s distribution grid. Staff has begun installation of the necessary underground
infrastructure and the two substation transformers from the power plant have been
delivered to the RDF site. We are now working through details on bringing a new 480-
volt service to this site.
Staff removed the streetlights from Proctor Road to Lowell Avenue for the Highway 10
reconstruction project. The streetlights will be reinstalled when the project is complete.
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