6.1h ERMUSR 10-12-2021UTILITIES COMMISSION MEETING
TO:FROM:
ERMU Commission Chris Sumstad – Electric Superintendent
MEETING DATE: AGENDA ITEM NUMBER:
October 12, 20216.1h
SUBJECT:
Staff Update
ACTION REQUESTED:
None
DISCUSSION:
Installed 20 new residential services, which involves the connection of a secondary line
once the customer requests service.
Finished moving a switchgear box and rerouting underground wire at Elk Hills Drive and
Dodge Avenue.
Energized the new three phase service for the Sportech, Inc. addition.
Energized the new three phase service at Elk Ridge Apartments.
Set a new transformer for an electric vehicle charging station near Rockwoods
restaurant in Otsego.
The bore crew has finished installing new underground wire for the Highway 169
Redefine project on both the east and west sides of the highway at Main Street.
Bore crew installed underground wire at the refuse-derived fuel plant to finish the loop
feed to our transformer.
A vehicle struck a streetlight along Highway 169, north of Main Street.
Relocated a streetlight in Otsego south of Coborn’s so an entrance driveway could be
installed for a new commercial customer.
Contractor hit two runs of primary wire that feeds Trott Brook townhomes. This caused
an outage to approximately 50 customers until crews could switch power around.
A dump truck tore down neutral wire and caused an outage at Plaisted Landscape
Supply, which lasted about an hour.
Began resetting streets lights along Highway 10 as construction allows. We removed
these earlier this spring for the rehabilitation work to be done.
Line crews are working on both sides of Main Street at Highway 169, planning for the
overhead crossing and surrounding lines to be removed by November 1.
Other outages were minimal this past month and mostly involved wildlife.
Curt Wark and Tanner Ellis attended the Overhead School put on by Minnesota
Municipal Utilities Association, September 14-17.
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