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Municipal Utilities UTILITIES COMMISSION MEETING
TO: FROM:
ERMU Commission Chris Sumstad — Electric Superintendent
MEETING DATE: AGENDA ITEM NUMBER:
July 12, 2022 6.1h
SUBJECT:
Staff Update
ACTION REQUESTED:
None
DISCUSSION:
• Installed 18 new residential services, which involves the connection of a secondary line
once the customer requests service.
• Installed a new three phase service and rerouted 300 feet of underground primary line
at the Cargill complex for the new feed mill they are building.
• The overhead rebuild is complete in front of the old Saxon building. We installed new
poles and strung new wire. This new line will be utilized to serve the two apartment
buildings under construction there.
• We continue working on the overhead rebuild along Viking Boulevard. The line had to
be constructed deeper in the right of way to allow new road construction, which is
scheduled to begin later this month. Crews will be transferring customers to the new
line and tearing down the old line soon.
• Finished the underground primary wire replacement along Kent Street and 1915t
Avenue, south of County Road 35.
• Started underground wire replacement along Lander Street between County Roads 32
and 35.
• Converted a section of overhead line to underground along 185t" Avenue between
Waco and Troy Streets in Elk River. This included new primary and secondary wire as
well as new underground pad mounted transformers.
• Installed a new three phase temporary service at the United Healthcare data center.
This will provide power for construction needs during their addition project.
• Staff is planning and preparing for the move of inventory and equipment into the new
field services building.
• Reworked some underground primary line around the Nature's Edge Business Park in
preparation for future customers there.
• Changed out a transformer damaged by construction equipment in the Parrish
Meadows development in Otsego.
• Working on maintenance items (changing out rusty transformers, old switchgear,
repairing woodpecker holes, etc.) when we can.
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