6.1g ERMUSR 08-08-2023______________________________________________________________________________
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UTILITIES COMMISSION MEETING
TO:
ERMU Commission
FROM:
Mike Tietz –Technical Services Superintendent
MEETING DATE:
August 8, 2023
AGENDA ITEM NUMBER:
6.1g
SUBJECT:
Staff Update
ACTION REQUESTED:
None
DISCUSSION:
• In July, the locators processed 596 locate tickets. These consisted of 470 normal tickets,
7 emergency tickets, 87 updated tickets, 14 cancellations, 10 meets, 5 non-excavation, 1
boundary survey, and 2 corrections. This resulted in a 9.1% decrease in tickets from the
previous month and is a 4.2% increase from the prior July.
• Electrical technicians completed 334 service order tasks, updated the power bill,
addressed customer meter issues and any off-peak concerns.
• In July, staff did not run the generators due to cooling water issues.
• The substation apparatus technician has been busy preparing drawings for the future
East substation project. Also, infrared scans of substation and line equipment found
several loose connections which were able to be corrected before they started causing
issues. Substation relays have all been updated to provide engineering control to be
able to remotely interrogate them.
• We received one of the two Ford Hybrid F-150s that were ordered in August of 2022. I
anticipate having the truck placed into service by the middle of this August.
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