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Elk River
Municipal Utilities UTILITIES COMMISSION MEETING
TO:
FROM:
ERMU Commission
Chris Sumstad — Electric Superintendent
MEETING DATE:
AGENDA ITEM NUMBER:
March 12, 2024
6.1f
SUBJECT:
Staff Update
ACTION REQUESTED:
None
DISCUSSION:
• Installed 9 new residential services, which involves the connection of a secondary line
once the customer requests service.
• 1 attended the Emergency Preparedness and Restoration Conference hosted by
Minnesota Municipal Utilities Association (MMUA), January 21-22, in St. Cloud.
• 1 am currently working on employee annual reviews and lining up spring construction
projects.
• Crews are repairing maintenance problems found during our equipment checks. Many
of the problems are diagnosed with the infrared camera, which when repaired early can
prevent outages later.
• Joe Schmidt, safety instructor from MMUA, was here February 28-29, and instructed on
Emergency Action Plans.
• Tree trimming and electric equipment checks continued this past month. The lack of
snow this winter has made both of these tasks easier.
• Equipment repairs and hotstick/grounds testing was wrapped up this past month. DOT
inspections by City mechanics will wrap up towards the end of March.
• Early on the morning of February 8, feeder 92 from Station 14 substation opened
causing an outage for 900 customers. The cause was tracking to the wires near an
overhead pole along County Road 12 causing one phase wire to burn and fall to the
ground. The crew was able to put the wire back up, splice it together, and restore power
in approximately two hours.
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