6.1g ERMUSR 02-08-2022UTILITIES COMMISSION MEETING
TO:FROM:
ERMU Commission Chris Sumstad– Electric Superintendent
MEETING DATE: AGENDA ITEM NUMBER:
February 8, 2022 6.1h
SUBJECT:
Staff Update
ACTION REQUESTED:
None
DISCUSSION:
Installed 11 new residential services, which involves the connection of a secondary line
once the customer requests service.
Line crews are working on tearing down abandoned overhead lines that conflictwith the
Highway 169 Redefine project.
Line crews also removed the overhead line in front of the field services building. They
will be tearing down the span which reaches from Main Street to Highway 10.
The County Road 35 overhead rebuild continues. We are replacing the existing line with
larger wire and shortening span lengths.
The crews are performing equipment maintenance, along with hot line tool and ground
testing.
Carr’s Tree Service started trimmingon January 3. They will be working along County
Road 35, County Road 1, Highway 169, and other locations throughout the season.
A vehicle struck a three phase power pole along Highway 10 near Broadway Pizza. The
pole was able to remain in place, but some damage was sustained to the underground
primary wire. Crews were able to make repairs.
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A vehicle strucka streetlightcontroller for a string of the Highway169 lights at the 5
Street intersection. Crews were able to stand it back up and turn the lights back on.
Materials for the upcoming construction season arestarting to come in. We took
delivery of our 1/0 underground primary wire and are expecting delivery of our 4/0
primaryand secondary wire in February.
I attended the Emergency Preparedness conference held in St. Cloud and sponsored by
Minnesota Municipal Utilities Association(MMUA), January24-25. This yielded some
good conversation with other communities onhow they prepared forpast storms and
what strategies they are implementingfor future ones.
I also attended the Technical and Operations conference held in St. Cloud and
sponsored by MMUA, January 18-20. There were good presentations on key topics and
a good vendor show.
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