5.2 ERMUSR 05-13-2025______________________________________________________________________________
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UTILITIES COMMISSION MEETING
TO:
ERMU Commission
FROM:
Mike Tietz – Technical Services Superintendent
MEETING DATE:
May 13, 2025
AGENDA ITEM NUMBER:
5.2
SUBJECT:
Advanced Metering Infrastructure Update
ACTION REQUESTED:
None
DISCUSSION:
At the end of April, Allegiant completed 4,000 residential water meter replacements and 519
retrofits. With Allegiant having moved on from our project, ERMU staff are now working with
customers to schedule and complete the remaining residential meter exchanges. The
residential meter exchange is approximately 92% complete.
To date we have made 100 residential repairs utilizing master plumber Karsten Nelson (Archer
Plumbing) with a running total of $35,410.36 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 completed 420 commercial meter replacements and 52 retrofits by the end of April.
The commercial water meter exchange work is about 70% complete. Archer Plumbing will
continue to do plumbing repairs and commercial meter replacements directly for ERMU.
Allegiant completed 9,586 residential electric meter replacements. Allegiant completed
approximately 78% of the residential electric meter work. ERMU staff will complete the
remaining residential meter exchanges that Allegiant was unable to replace along with the 3S,
4S & 2S-320A meters when they become available sometime in Q2 of 2025.
ERMU has a close-out meeting with Allegiant scheduled in May to finalize any outstanding
items.
We are still waiting for the delivery of our commercial electric meters for the project. ERMU
staff will replace all commercial electric meters and test current transformers/potential
transformers during each visit to verify equipment is working correctly and accurately. We are
still expecting these to be delivered in Q2 of 2025.
Overall, approximately 88% of the total available AMI meters have been installed.
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This will be the final separated AMI update as I will continue to inform the Commission of the
project’s progress in my monthly staff update.
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