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Elk River Municipal Utilities UTILITIES COMMISSION MEETING TO: FROM: Elk River Municipal Utilities Commission Tom Sagstetter—Conservation and Key Accounts John Dietz—Chair Al Nadeau—Vice Chair Daryl Thompson—Trustee MEETING DATE: AGENDA ITEM NUMBER: May 14, 2013 6.1 SUBJECT: Staff Update DISCUSSION: • We started selling rain barrels to customers at the end of April. The program has been a great success and we had to expand it a bit to meet our residents demand. We are selling two different types of barrels and we have already sold out of one. We have extended the program to allow ERMU staff to take orders for customers through May 17`h. The customer will pre-pay for the order and the rain barrels will be delivered to the residents by ERMU water department staff in the middle of June. So far we have sold 9 brown rain barrels with 10 already "on order" and we have sold two cisterns. • Completed data entry for 2012 electric conservation programs. ERMU had a very successful year. We achieved our savings goal, but did not achieve the spending requirement. Our estimated spending was $388,566 on a goal of just over $400,000. The savings, however, was 2,650,184 on a goal of 2,150,862. The lower than expected spending is a result of decreasing program opportunities in the residential sector and the slowdown in the economy for our businesses. 2013 appears to be breaking free with more businesses exploring capital improvements that include energy efficiency. • Presented the bonus check to the Sherburne County Board of Commissioners for the successful operation of the Landfill Gas to Electric Facility. The check was for $15,000. ERMU staff also presented the information on expanding the current facility and the County Commissioners were very supportive and would be willing to finance the expansion. They requested input through a work group that will be developed in the coming months. • Conducted a walk through audit for Spectrum High School and made recommendations of HVAC equipment to increase comfort and temperature control for their systems. We also met with the Arts Alliance on the lighting retrofit that was installed in Granite Shores. • Attended an APPA Certification training May 6-10 in Anaheim, California that focused on Energy Efficiency Program Management. R PONERE9 RI Page 1 of 1 NATURE Reliable Power Provider P o w r a r o T