6.1i ERMUSR 12-12-2021 J
Elk River
Municipal Utilities UTILITIES COMMISSION MEETING
TO: FROM:
ERMU Commission Mike Tietz—Technical Services Superintendent
MEETING DATE: AGENDA ITEM NUMBER:
December 14, 2021 6.1i
SUBJECT:
Staff Update
ACTION REQUESTED:
None
DISCUSSION:
• In November, the locators processed 385 locate tickets. These consisted of 6 emergency
tickets, 290 normal tickets, 4 non-excavation tickets, 4 boundary surveys, 60 updated
tickets, 7 cancellations, and 12 locate meets. This resulted in a 26.9%decrease of tickets
from the previous month and a 14.9% increase from the previous year.
• Electrical technicians completed 236 service order tasks, updated the power bill,
attended to customer meter/power quality issues and off-peak concerns.
• On November 18, staff ran generators #1, #2, #3 & #4 with no issues.
• Mapping department has been busy GPSing splices & conduit locations along with
getting caught up on mapping changes/new construction from throughout the year.
• Staff has completed changing out substation meters at Otsego, Station 14, Banks 3 & 4
along with replacement of the high side arresters on the bus of Bank 3. We are working
with Great River Energy (GRE) on the removal of their equipment at the West substation
control house.
• GRE experienced a transmission system outage on November 24 that affected our
customers served by the Otsego substation. The outage was caused by a vehicle that
struck a transmission pole near Maple Lake. GRE was able to do some switching and get
power restored to our customers within 18 minutes.
• We have selected VASS Solutions as our Advanced Metering Infrastructure (AMI)
consultant, and already have had two meetings with them. They have truly exhibited a
vast knowledge of the AMI industry to the team, and we are well on the way to
developing a request for proposals that will help us select the best vendor for our AMI
project. Part of the consultant costs will be paid in 2021 with majority of the costs being
paid in 2022. This is budgeted under Consulting Fees.
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