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Elk River
Municipal Utilities UTILITIES COMMISSION MEETING
TO:
FROM:
ERMU Commission
Mike Tietz—Technical Services Superintendent
MEETING DATE:
AGENDA ITEM NUMBER:
January 14, 2025
5.2
SUBJECT:
Advanced Metering Infrastructure Update
ACTION REQUESTED:
None
DISCUSSION:
As of January 2, Allegiant has completed 3,342 residential water meter replacements and 404
retrofits. Allegiant's goal is to maintain 3-4 water technicians working throughout the
remainder of the project. The residential water meter exchange work is approximately 72.5%
complete.
To date we have made 64 residential repairs utilizing master plumber Karsten Nelson (Archer
Plumbing) with a running total of $22,710.36 in repair costs. This is about a 1.55% 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 79 commercial
meter replacements and 27 retrofits as of January 2. The commercial water meter exchange
work is about 23% complete.
As of January 2, Allegiant has completed 3,531 residential electric meter replacements. They
plan to have 2-3 technicians on the project most of the time and expect to exchange between
700 and 1,000 meters per technician each month. The residential electric meter exchange work
is about 32% completed. Installations are being done Monday through Friday from 8:00 a.m. to
4:30 p.m. and Saturdays from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. Communication of these times is on our
website along with other FAQ's.
We are expecting to receive the remainder of our residential electric meters in Q1 of 2025 from
Sensus. Unfortunately, we still have not received any indication of when our commercial
electric meters will be delivered. ERMU staff will be utilized for the commercial installations.
Overall, approximately 56% of the total available AMI meters have been installed.
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