5.4 ERMUSR 04-08-2025Elk River
Municipal Utilities UTILITIES COMMISSION MEETING
TO:
FROM:
ERMU Commission
Mike Tietz —Technical Services Superintendent
MEETING DATE:
AGENDA ITEM NUMBER:
April 8, 2025
5.4
SUBJECT:
Advanced Metering Infrastructure Update
ACTION REQUESTED:
None
DISCUSSION:
As of April 3, Allegiant has completed 4,054 residential water meter replacements and 523
retrofits. Allegiant has pulled their staff from the residential part of the project due to
intermittent appointments. Existing scheduled appointments will be completed by an Allegiant
technician who is still working on the commercial project. ERMU staff will be scheduling and
completing the remaining residential meter exchanges as time allows. The residential water
meter exchange work is approximately 92% complete.
To date we have made 86 residential repairs utilizing master plumber Karsten Nelson (Archer
Plumbing) with a running total of $30,610.36 in repair costs. 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 244 commercial
meter replacements and 31 retrofits as of April 3. The commercial water meter exchange
work is about 45% complete.
As of April 3, Allegiant has completed 9,547 residential electric meter replacements. Allegiant
has removed staffing from the residential part of the project due to a lack of available meters
which stems from a supply chain issue with our supplier. ERMU staff will complete these meter
replacements once meters become available. The residential electric meter exchange work is
about 78% completed.
We are still waiting for the delivery of our commercial electric meters for the project. ERMU
staff will be utilized for all commercial electric meter installations and will be testing current
transformers/potential transformers during each visit to verify equipment is working correctly
and accurately. We are still waiting for the remainder of our residential meters, 3S, 4S & 2S-
320A, which are expected in Q2 of 2025.
Overall, approximately 85% of the total available AMI meters have been installed.
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