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2. Annual Safety Report a) Summary of all reports filed with U.S. OSHA and Minnesota OSHA on an annual basis. b) Summary of all incidents in which an injury required medical attention on property damage resulting in compensation on an annual basis. Municipals are not required to report. 3. Reliability Reporting Requirements Annually, utilities shall report SAIDI, SAIFI, and CAIDI statistics, along with how they statistically normalize major storms, action plan for remedying failures, report interruption data, data on out of compliance service voltage, data on staffing levels, and other information that effects reliability performance. Municipals not required to submit annual reports. 4. Reliability Standards a) Annually, each utility establishes reliability performance standard numbers for SAIDI, SAIFI, and CAIDI. b) Annually, PUC shall establish reliability performance standard numbers for SAIDI, SAIFI, and CAIDI. SAIDI=System average interruption duration index. ERMU SAIDI=53.43 SAIFI=System average interruption frequency index. ERMU SAIFI=.279 CAIDI=Customer average interruption duration index. ERMU CAIDI=45.33 Elk River Municipal Utilities already keeps these statistics, but awaiting for comparison statistics. 5. Reporting Major Service Interruptions Utilities shall promptly inform PUC Consumer Affairs Office of any major service interruptions (affecting 500 customers for more than 1 hour), include information on location, cause, number of customers, expected duration, all followed by a written report within 30 days. Municipals not required to report. 6. Customer Notice of Planned Service Interruptions Utilities shall give customers notice, if feasible, of planned interruption lasting longer than 20 minutes either by mailed notices or door to door visits, 12 to 72 hours before interruption. Elk River Municipal Utilities does this notification on a routine basis.