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Municipal Utilities UTILITIES COMMISSION MEETING
TO:
FROM:
ERMU Commission
Mike Tietz—Technical Services Superintendent
MEETING DATE:
AGENDA ITEM NUMBER:
November 12, 2024
5.12
SUBJECT:
Advanced Metering Infrastructure Update
ACTION REQUESTED:
None
DISCUSSION:
As of November 4, Allegiant has completed 2,578 residential water meter replacements and
306 retrofits. Allegiant's goal is to maintain four water technicians working during the duration
of our project. The residential water meter exchange work is approximately 57% complete.
To date we have made 37 residential repairs utilizing master plumber Karsten Nelson (Archer
Plumbing) with a running total of $12,685.36 in repair costs. This is about a 1.44% repair rate
based on the total number of installed water meters. In April 2024, the Commission voted to
absorb these residential costs at an estimate of $300 per job for approximately 100-150 homes,
totaling between $30-$45K.
Allegiant's commercial meter subcontractor (Archer Plumbing) has completed 38 commercial
meter replacements and 22 retrofits as of November 4. The commercial water meter exchange
work is about 15% complete.
Staff continues to replace seasonal irrigation meters with new Advanced Metering
Infrastructure meters as time allows. There are about 12 remaining to be exchanged.
Our distributor notified us on October 21 that approximately 2,350 residential electric meters
were scheduled to ship from Sensus on October 31. During the Xylem Reach conference in
Atlanta, I met with senior representatives from both Sensus and Core & Main to address the
supply chain issues and collaborate on finding an acceptable resolution. The meeting in Atlanta
was productive, as we have received the shipment of November's and December's deliveries
for a total of 4,704 electric meters.
Allegiant began with a soft launch of installing electric meters on November 5. Initially, they will
have two technicians and expect to exchange between 700 and 1,000 meters per technician
each month.
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