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UTILITIES COMMISSION MEETING
TO:
ERMU Commission
FROM:
Sara Youngs – Administrations Director
MEETING DATE:
August 8, 2023
AGENDA ITEM NUMBER:
6.1b
SUBJECT:
Staff Update
ACTION REQUESTED:
None
DISCUSSION:
• Office walk-in traffic for July consisted of 102 customers, averaging 26 customers per
week over the 4-week period.
• ERMU disconnections for the month of July.
o Cycle 3 – 16 disconnections
o Cycle 4 – 6 disconnections and 2 business Red Tags.
o Cycle 1 – no disconnections due to heat.
o Cycle 2 – no disconnections due to timing – August cycle 2 has two disconnection
days.
• Currently there are 13 active residential solar photovoltaic projects planned or under
construction in the ERMU service territory.
• Staff has been working with Star Energy on updating our distributed energy resources
specifications manual; we are beginning to see an increase in commercial solar inquiries.
• The customer service team is back to full strength with the hiring of Emily Chock who
started on July 12.
• HydroCorp has been providing backflow prevention inspection notices to residential
customers. Of the 260 notices sent out at the end of July, 86 have complied. Reminder
notices will be sent to the remaining customers as we continue to work through the 260
total residential backflow preventers ERMU has on its water system. As part of ERMU’s
fee schedule, residents will be charged $100 per month for non-compliance.
• In the last 30 days, the level two charger located downtown had 35 sessions and
provided customers with 310 kWh of green energy. The level two charger located in the
parking lot in front of the ERMU main office has been unreachable to provide any data
back to ERMU on usage. The charger will be repaired on August 4, 2023.
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• The DC fast charger at Coborns’ fuel station is no longer supported by ChargePoint and
has been removed from the ChargePoint cloud platform. Staff is working on
communication with Coborns’ to terminate the service agreement and remove the
charger from the parking lot.
• Staff has been working with Campbell Knutson on updating ERMU’s Informed Consent
and Release of Information forms to ensure they comply with Minnesota Statutes,
Chapter 13 – Government Data Practices.
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