6.2. ERMUSR 05-16-2006~/
Elk River
Municip al Utilitie s
13069 Orono Parkway
F,Ik River, MN 55330
May 4, 2006
To: Elk River Municipal Utilities Commission
Jerry Takle
James Tralle
John Dietz
From: Bryan Adams
Subject: Annual URGE Tests
phone: 763.441.2020
Fax: 763.441.8099
Ellc River Municipal Utilities operates and maintains 4 diesel generation units at our
power plant. These units are contracted to Great River Energy through a Power
Transaction Agreement at the current price of $2.75/kw/month based upon the proven
capacity from the annual URGE test. The current contract expires October 31, 2005 and
is extended on an "evergreen" basis. The attached letter reflects this year URGE test
results. The URGE test results have steadily increased the past few years due to more
maintenance and better training. Again your staff of Mike Price, Adam Freiberg, and
Steve Ziemer did a great job performing this URGE test. The capacity results from this
test will result in $346,104 in annual payments from Great River Energy. This payment
is a .3$ increase over last year.
This years URGE test results probably reflect the ultimate capacity of this 4engine
facility. Although each engine may fluctuate in its output the aggregate output will
change little or may decrease overtime.
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Elk River
Municip al Utilitie s
13069 Orono Parkway
Elk River, MN 55330
May 4, 2006
Mr. Sam Kokkinen
Great River Energy Association
P.O. Box 800
Elk River, MN 55330
Dear Sam;
phone: 763.441.2020
Fax: 763.491.8099
The annual URGE tests were run on the diesel units under our Power Transaction
Agreement on February 9, 2002 and as amended on October 30, 2003. The results were
as follows:
Unit Name Plate Ca acity Date Run Beginnin Time Ending Time Kwh Generated Kw Capacity
1 500 Kw 5/2/06 1:00 2:00 624 Kwh 624 Kw
2 500 Kw 5/3/06 12:45 1:45 640 Kwh 640 Kw
3 3000 Kw 5/3/06 10:00 11:00 3448 Kwh 3448 Kw
4 5000 Kw 5/2/06 9:45 10:45 5776 Kwh 5776 Kw
Total 10,488 Kw
If you have any questions about the above, do not hesitate to call.
Best re rds,
/ ,~~''G`
Bry{~n Adams, P.E.
General Manager
cc: Glen Sundeen
Dave Berg
Theresa Slominski
ELK RIVER MUNICIPAL UTILITIES GENERATION REPORT
URGE TEST RUN for 2006
DATE 5/3/2006
TIME 7:00 OUTSIDE TEMP. 51
Kwh ENGINE FUEL OIL
ENGINE TIME METER HOURS METER GAS METER
5/2/2006 Start 13:00 Stop 8946.13 Stop 372.5 Stop 1650
#1 Stop 14:00 Start 8939.89 Start 371 Start 1540
Engine #1 Totals Ur a Tested at 624 Kw for 1 Hr
Ind. MW 0.65 Mwh 0.624 Hrs. Run 1.5 Fuel Oil 55
Net Generation 0.624 Load Limit 5.875
5/3/2006 Start 12:45 Stop 9048.22 Stop 324.6
#2 Stop 13:45 Start 9041.82 Start 323.1
Engine #2 Totals Ur a Tested at 640 Kw for 1 Hr
Ind. MW 0.656 Mwh 0.64 Hrs. Run 1.5 Fuel Oil 55
Net Generation 0.64 Load limit 5.9
5/3/2006 Start 10:00 Stop 9020.69 Stop 13380.5 Stop 653448 Stop 876397
#3 Stop 11:00 Start 8986.21 Start 13376.5 Start 652767 Start 876396
Engine #3 Totals Ur a Tested at 3,448 Kw for 1 Hr
Ind. MW 3.65 Mwh 3.448 Hrs. Run 4 Fuel Oil 681 Gas 1
Net Generation 3.448 Load Limit 8.95
5/2/2006 Start 9:45 Stop 8908.15 Stop 17550.9 Stop 2874 Stop 274323
#4 Stop 10:45 Start 8850.39 Start 17547.4 Start 1863 Start 274323
Engine #4 Totals Ur a Tested at 5,776 Kw for 1 Hr
Ind. MW 5.92 Mwh 5.776 Hrs. Run 3.5 Fuel Oil 1011 Gas 0
Net Generation 5.776 Load Limit 7.2
Engine Run Totals Urge Mwh 10.488 Fuel Oil 1802 Gas 1
7-24-2003