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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 Manager Al Nadeau—Vice Chair Daryl Thompson—Trustee MEETING DATE: AGENDA ITEM NUMBER: July 15th, 2014 6.1f SUBJECT: Staff Update DISCUSSION: • Working with Elk River City Staff on possible leachate treatment at the waste water treatment facility. Will be touring another MN facility on July 14th to explore possibilities for the upgraded Elk River facility. • Provided an Energy City tour to a home school group from Minneapolis. There were approximately 15 participants who enjoyed the tour very much and provided some great feedback for future tours. • Met with Elk River Rotary for an early breakfast to talk about energy. The focus of the discussion was on renewable energy, wholesale energy pricing and markets. There was also discussion on how energy efficiency impacts businesses bottom line. • Attended the Elk River Rotary weekly lunch meeting and provided a high level overview of what Energy City is, and all it has to offer to the local community and regionally. There were many questions and the interest was high. People were very excited to hear about all the different tour options that are available and how they can save money in their homes and businesses. ERMU has been asked to come back July 31St to complete the overview. • Commercial rebate activity is very active. Many businesses are changing from the T-12 and T-8 flourescent lights to LEDs. Exterior lights are very popular as of late. • There have been numerous calls from customers about the PCA that appeared on the billing statements mailed in June. These customers are also concerned about what rates and PCAs will be in 2015 as they are putting together budgets. • Working with Wright Hennepin on a service territory resolution for Mississippi Cove and Wild Flower Meadows. The territory proposal has been sent to Wright Hennepin for their review. The proposal consists of swapping 7 residential lots (2 lots have homes currently) for bare ground that is platted for multi-family townhomes (12-14 units). • Worked with the Elk River Economic Development staff at two events. The first event was focused on attracting data centers and the second was on energy efficiency. ■�l4 POWERED DI If r3 Page 1 of 1 NATURE Reliable Public Power Provider P O W E R E D To S E R V E 97