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Municipal Utilities UTILITIES COMMISSION MEETING
TO:
FROM:
ERMU Commission
Mike Tietz —Technical Services Superintendent
MEETING DATE:
AGENDA ITEM NUMBER:
July 9, 2024
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SUBJECT:
Staff Update
ACTION REQUESTED:
None
DISCUSSION:
In June, the locators processed 428 locate tickets. These consisted of 338 normal tickets,
5 emergency tickets, 45 updated tickets, 10 cancellations, 10 meets, 5 boundary
surveys, 1 correction, and 14 non -excavations. This resulted in a 29.3% decrease in
tickets from the previous month and is a 34.8% decrease from the prior June.
Electrical technicians completed approximately 514 service order tasks, updated the
power bill, addressed customer meter issues and any off-peak concerns.
• The Advanced Metering Infrastructure (AMI) residential water meters and residential
electric meters continue to be installed in new services. The electrical technicians have
been busy changing out our Automated Meter Reading meters to AMI around the
system and recently completed the meter installations at several different apartment
buildings. TKDA's inspector has been performing random inspections of Allegiant's
water meter installations to make sure that the contractor is performing the work to
ERMU's standards and following the contract.
• For the month of June, staff did not run generators at the power plant.
• We have received the soil borings and resistivity test results and have forwarded them
to DGR for engineering analysis for our East substation project. Also, staff and I have
been reviewing control building options for this project and should have a decision
made soon.
• Great River Energy discontinued use of their feeder tie at Station #14, bank 3 substation
on June 12.
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