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Municipal Utilities UTILITIES COMMISSION MEETING
TO:
FROM:
ERMU Commission
Sara Youngs —Administrations Director
MEETING DATE:
AGENDA ITEM NUMBER:
July 9, 2024
6.1b
SUBJECT:
Staff Update
ACTION REQUESTED:
None
DISCUSSION:
• Office walk-in traffic for June consisted of 180 customers, averaging 36 customers per
week over the five -week period.
• Currently there are six active residential solar photovoltaic projects planned or under
construction in the ERMU service territory.
• Attended a webinar hosted by STAR Energy Services on June 26 for training on Utility
Required Profile (URP). Training included an overview of what a URP is, the role of the
utility, the role of the distributed energy resource (DER) owner/installer, and how to
incorporate the new requirements with the witness test process.
• ERMU disconnections for June.
o Cycle 3 —
20 disconnections
o Cycle 4 —
10 disconnections
o Cycle 1—
32 disconnections
• Backflow prevention inspection notices have been mailed to all residential and
commercial customers. Residential inspections are being completed by ERMU's water
department with an anticipated completion date of September 1, 2024. Commercial
customers are required to schedule an appointment with a registered plumber. As part
of ERMU's fee schedule, customers that fail or do not comply with the inspection will be
charged $100 per month for non-compliance.
• Administrations Director daily efforts continue to focus on ERMU's Advanced Metering
Infrastructure (AMI) project; the AMI team meets weekly for a project update with
Allegiant and Core & Main.
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