6.1h ERMUSR 07-13-2021______________________________________________________________________________
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UTILITIES COMMISSION MEETING
TO:
ERMU Commission
FROM:
Chris Sumstad – Electric Superintendent
MEETING DATE:
July 13, 2021
AGENDA ITEM NUMBER:
6.1h
SUBJECT:
Staff Update
ACTION REQUESTED:
None
DISCUSSION:
• Installed 15 new residential services, which involves the connection of a secondary line
once the customer requests service.
• Work continues for the County State Aid Highway 13 overhead line reroute. Crews are
tearing down the old line in the first section and will be starting the second section
soon. This overhead feeder line had to be moved for work scheduled to begin soon
between Line and Tyler Avenues.
• Highway 169 Redefine work continues. We have installed new 500 MCM underground
line on the west side of Highway 169 between 197th and 201st Avenues. This will take
the place of overhead feeder line that runs along the highway now. We are also
installing 500 MCM underground and many new electric boxes on the east side of 169 to
replace the overhead feeder line that needs to be removed between Menards and 201st
Avenue NW.
• Three phase service for a 90-unit apartment complex in Otsego has been completed.
• We are currently working on installing new three phase services for two commercial
customers east of Highway 169 and the Windsor Park lift station.
• Installed the wire and transformer for three phase service at a new 65-unit apartment
near 197th Avenue NW and Highway 169.
• Installed a new single phase transformer and service for the irrigation system at County
Road 39 and Parrish Avenue.
• Completed the wire installation and set the transformer at the Elk River High School
football stadium.
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• We have finished moving two poles, and a few underground wires that were in the way
for the various street improvement projects that the City of Elk River is doing this year.
• Much of our inventory now resides at our West Substation yard. A lot of work has gone
into transporting inventory during the construction of our new plant facility. This
arrangement will continue throughout that project. We have also made improvements
to the yard at the West Substation, and it seems to be working well.
• Crews have been busy on outages over the last month. Three of our three phase feeder
line poles have been damaged, there have been a couple “dig-ins” by contractors, and a
few of our boxes were hit. We have been fortunate to have had minimal storm damage
so far this summer.
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