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Phase II deadline for application to the Project is August 1 with August 31St the internal deadline for choosing participants. Pilot project participants will help recruit for Phase II. For Phase III, commercial businesses and apartments will be a focus. 5. Overview of Joint meeting with Citv Council The draft minutes were passed around for review. Most members of the Energy Gity Commission attended. Mayor Kiinzing commented that in her opinion, there has been a 200% increase in interest from the City Council regarding Energy City and the commission, and she sees no difficulty in gaining support from the Council. They are very pleased with the programs (particularly Project Conserve). A comment was made that it takes funds to move along. Discussion concerning moving into businesses realm followed as well as discussion of the economic development component. Commissioner Sayler commented that he felt the council exhibited positive body language and he feels the Commission should continue educating the council. Commissioner Steinbeck questioned whether the Project Conserve data has been shared yet. Chair Zehringer responded no, (not yet) but it should be presented at a City Council meeting. Commissioner Rohlf commented that his term expires in August. 6. Mission Statement and Goals This should be finalized by the June meeting. Budgets are due June 7th. The two versions which Commissioner Touchette has need to be blended yet. A comment was made that the connection Yo the City needs to be strengthened. Discussion followed. Commissioner Touchette needs final comments and questions by Friday for Monday. Both Commissioner Steinbeck and Mayor Klinzing have minor changes or language change requests. 7. CBAC Uadate Commissioner Touchette stated that Elk River is doing everything they can to convince the VA to choose Eik River. He commented that the parking ramp availability associated with the Ramsey site/proposal may be very attractive for that site. No one knows for sure yet what the decision will be or when it will be made. 8. SMART Grid Discussion Commissioners Setala and Sayler presented. Commissioner Setala discussed Great River Energy's (GRE) system and commented that the benefits of a SMART grid is better data (real time data) regarding substation outage, feeder balance, and monitoring equipment status and control for maintenance. A question was asked and answered regarding what a substation actually is. Commissioner Sayler discussed getting better data, faster. He stated that as much as 98% of the energy generated may be lost before it reaches the end user. Very little is lost in transmission - most is lost at generation. Incandescent lights are only 10% efficient. SMART grids improve grid reliability and provides less outages by helping determine where energy use has increased (exactly). Utilities are moving toward time differentiated pricing (TDP) t~ match costs better. Consumers will be better able to control appliances and reduce energy costs by5-15%. 2