6.1e ERMUSR 01-11-2022UTILITIES COMMISSION MEETING
TO: FROM:
ERMU Commission Tom Sagstetter Conservation & Key Accounts Manager
MEETING DATE: AGENDA ITEM NUMBER:
January 11, 2022 6.1e
SUBJECT:
Staff Update
ACTION REQUESTED:
None
DISCUSSION:
In the last 30 days, the level two charger located downtown had 12 sessions and
provided customers with 104 kWh. The DC fast charger at the Coborns fuel station had
56 sessions and provided 738 kWh. The charger in the ERMU/City Hall parking lot had 8
sessions and provided customers with 275 kWh. There was a total of 87 charging
sessions and 1,117 kWh of green energy provided over the last 30 days.
The Enel X Juice Box EV charger in Otsego is installed but is still waiting for the 5G
cellular communications upgrades. Currently it is not available for public charging.
The Minnesota Department of Commerce (DOC) has issued some guidance for
exempting energy sales for charging electric vehicles (EV) from the calculation of the
annual energy savings requirement. This will impact how ERMU calculates its sales
within the Conservation Improvement Program (CIP). One of two methods will be used
to determine the total exempted sales. The first utilizes actual meter data obtained
through the billing process. The second method utilizes the Department of Motor
Vehicle registration data for EVs in a utilitys service territory multiplied by an annual
estimate of kWh that an EV consumes (Deemed Savings). In order to utilize the second
method, the utility must verify that the EV is using electric energy and that the utility
has a program to deter the customer from charging at peak times. The method to be
used will be determined by the DOC and interested stakeholders in the coming months.
There are two other DOC work groups that are evaluating how to incorporate Energy
Efficiency Fuel Switching, and Load Management program changes that were past as
part of the Energy Conservation and Optimization Act. These two work groups are much
larger and will have far greater impact on the future of CIP. The final Guidelines are
scheduled to be released by the DOC deputy commissioner by March 15, 2022.
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The LED newsletter promotion continues to go well. There are new participants still
filtering in, but the goal is to have all new customers subscribed to the newsletter and
have the welcome bags delivered by the end of February.
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