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Municipal Utilities UTILITIES COMMISSION MEETING
TO: FROM:
ERMU Commission Chris Sumstad— Electric Superintendent
MEETING DATE: AGENDA ITEM NUMBER:
December 14, 2022 6.1h
SUBJECT:
Staff Update
ACTION REQUESTED:
None
DISCUSSION:
• Installed 21 new residential services, which involves the connection of a secondary line
once the customer requests service.
• Work has continued for crews along Highway 169. They recently energized the new 500
MCM underground feeder that was installed near School Street and Highway 169. The
underground work is mostly completed. Some work is still left at the Highway 10/101
interchange which will occur in spring of 2022. Crews will work into the winter tearing
down old overhead lines at 197th Avenue, Main Street, and School Street intersections.
• Crews have worked with Great River Energy (GRE) this past month on changing out the
structures along the east side of Highway 169 for the Redefine project. With the final
pole being changed out on December 7 and our lines attached to GRE's transmission
poles, this project is complete.
• At 2:20 p.m. on December 7, a westbound car left the roadway in the 14000 block of
County Road 39 and struck and snapped one of our three phase power poles. This
interrupted power to approximately 150 customers. Crews responded to the accident,
replaced the pole and put the wires back up, restoring power to customers just before
6:00 p.m.
• Crews installed underground wire and a transformer at a business on Highway 10 for a
new three phase service intended to power a greenhouse/retail addition.
• Crews are in the process of installing wire and a transformer for a three phase service at
a new commercial building on 163rd Avenue in Elk River.
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• Crews continue to terminate wire in some of the new housing developments that have
been constructed this past year. Most of these should be finished by the end of the year
and ready for new homes.
• Crews finished collecting oil samples from all the dead front switchgears located on the
system. We currently have over 70.
• Crews worked with the meter shop to de-energize the Station 14 Bank 3 transformer,
then added oil to the load tap changer control and changed the high side lightning
arresters.
• Installed wire and a transformer for a three phase service to a new business building in
Otsego south of Coborn's.
• Crews finished the work related to the County Road 13 reconstruction project. The road
is scheduled to open mid-December.
• Installed the wire and transformer pad for three phase service at the field services
building.
• Installed another run of primary line down Lander Street. This area is scheduled to
receive new primary line throughout in 2022.
• A crew installed wreaths/banners for the holiday season on the light poles in downtown
Elk River.
• Staff is working on finalizing tree trimming objectives for the 2022 season.
• Working on the final plan for the next phase of the overhead rebuild along County Road
35 that will begin in January 2022.
• Collaborating with staff on getting material secured for 2022 construction season.
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