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Elk River --z_-_- Municipal Utilities 322 King Avenue phone: 763.441.2020 Elk River,MN 55330 Fax:763.411.8099 February 6, 2004 To: Elk River Municipal Utilities Commission John Dietz Jerry Takle James Tralle From: Bryan Adams Subject: Miscellaneous Issues Enclosed is the packet for Tuesday, February 10, 2004 commission meeting at 4:00 p.m. The APPA legislative rally in Washington D.C. was a success. We visited with all of the congressional delegation or their staffs. This year they appeared to be much more knowledgeable about our issues than in past years. These rallies are effective in communicating our perspective to our representatives. The first four attached sheets reflects the items we discussed. (The Energy Policy Act of 2003, Federal Incentives for Renewables, Protecting the Interest of WAPA Customers and MTBE Contamination.) The last two attached sheets were given to them as background information. (Why Public Power and Electric Utility Service Territories - A State Issue.) The MMUA Minnesota rally is February 25th thru February 27, 2004 in St. Paul in conjunction with the MMUA Winter/Legislative Conference. I would recommend the commission involvement at this conference. I will be attending as usual. Both Glen Sundeen and myself attended some informational meetings in Otsego concerning the proposed Co. Rd. 42 and 39 interchange with Hwy 101. Both county road interchange projects will effect our distribution system. The extent will be known when the final option is chosen in April 2004. We have had a good response to our AC Tree Program. We used this brochure as a bill stuffer with the January utility bill. Our customers are obviously reading the bill stuffers. The last week of January 2004 we experienced extremely cold weather. Our electric and water system performed very well with little difficulty.