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Last year I had discussed conducting a strategic planning session with the Commission. The <br /> Commission directed me to bring back examples. I would like to schedule a weekday afternoon <br /> in August to have a strategic planning session workshop with the Commission to review some <br /> options and get direction. <br /> I attended a meeting with Great River Energy(GRE) regarding the Midcontinent Independent <br /> System Operator(MISO) requirements related to the revised Capacity Agreement for our diesel <br /> power plant. The MISO capacity market changed this planning year to a year-ahead market and <br /> the process for submitting the required information has substantially changed. ERMU staff is <br /> working through the logistics for how our engines would be called on to run. Based on this <br /> summer, our agreement with GRE may need to be revised for the next MISO planning year. Our <br /> agreement has an evergreen annual term. <br /> The 2013 budget included one staff and one commissioner attending the American Public Power <br /> Association Nation Conference. None of the commissioners were able to attend this year. We <br /> had discussed at a previous commission meeting the possibility of sending a second staff <br /> member in lieu of a commissioner, but after subsequent staff discussion decided against that. As <br /> it turns out, the hotel at which the conference is being held was already booked. The money <br /> budgeted for this conference will be carried forward for next year. <br /> Just a reminder of a few upcoming event dates: <br /> GRE Annual Meeting June 12 <br /> MMUA Annual Summer Meeting Aug 19-21 <br /> w. <br /> Page 2 of 2 1PO t E 0 E 1 B Y <br /> NATURE <br /> Reliable Public <br /> Power Provider POWERED To SERVE <br />