6.1b ERMUSR 06-13-2023Elk River
Municipal Utilities UTILITIES COMMISSION MEETING
TO:
FROM:
ERMU Commission
Sara Youngs —Administrations Director
MEETING DATE:
AGENDA ITEM NUMBER:
June 13, 2023
6.1b
SUBJECT:
Staff Update
ACTION REQUESTED:
None
DISCUSSION:
• Office walk-in traffic for May consisted of 153 customers, averaging 31 customers per
week over the 5-week period.
• ERMU disconnections for the month of May.
o Cycle 2 — 15 disconnections
o Cycle 3 — 17 disconnections
o Cycle 4 — 12 disconnections
o Cycle 1— 25 disconnections and 1 red tag
o Cycle 2 — 15 disconnections
• HydroCorp has been providing backflow preventer inspection notices to residential
customers. Of the 69 notices sent out at the end of April, 20 have complied. Reminder
notices will be sent to the remaining 49 customers, and we will continue to work
through the 265 total residential backflow preventers ERMU has on its water system.
• Theresa Olek submitted her retirement resignation, effective July 12, 2023. We wish
Theresa much happiness as she ventures off into the sun. As a result of Theresa's
retirement, we will be hiring a customer service representative.
• Staff filed our 2022 Conservation Improvement Program (CIP) results along with our CIP
plans for 2024-2026 to the State of Minnesota.
• Currently there are 10 active residential solar photovoltaic projects planned or under
construction in the ERMU service territory.
• Staff participated in a demonstration from STAR Energy on NOVA Power Portal —this is a
platform that tracks and manages distributed energy resource interconnection
applications.
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