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- 5 - <br /> discrete 69 kV substation equipment interconnected with a looped GRE transmission line <br /> in the Elk River vicinity. For approximately one year, Elk River's transmission facilities <br /> have been subject to the functional operation and control of the Midwest Independent <br /> Transmission System Operator("Midwest ISO"), to which any potential request for <br /> transmission would be directed. Elk River lacks the power to grant or deny transmission <br /> service. Elk River has only one staff member, Mr. Troy Adams, Utilities Director, who <br /> regularly handles transmission function information. Mr. Adams, or any future successor <br /> in the role of general manager, would also handle business decisions regarding purchases <br /> and sales of energy, although a joint action agency may be contracted to carry out any <br /> such market transactions on Elk River's behalf because Elk River lacks the staffing <br /> capacity to do so itself. <br /> Elk River's discrete 69 kV transmission equipment serves the main function of <br /> enabling Elk River to deliver electric power to its retail customers. Revenues from Elk <br /> River's transmission facilities amount to approximately $60,000 annually, as provided to <br /> Elk River by MISO through Elk River's Attachment O. <br /> III. ELK RIVER HAS ONLY LIMITED AND DISCRETE <br /> TRANSMISSION FACILITIES, SATISFYING THE <br /> COMMISSION'S REQUIREMENTS FOR WAIVER OF THE <br /> STANDARDS OF CONDUCT AND OASIS RECIPROCITY <br /> CONDITIONS <br /> As noted, Elk River is not a public utility and, consequently, is not directly <br /> subject to the open access requirements and related obligations that the Commission <br /> imposed on public utilities in Order Nos. 888 and 889. However, it is possible that Elk <br />