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o Distribution Planning by Connexus Energy, Xcel Energy, and STAR Energy <br /> Services <br /> • ERMU hosted the Elk River Rotary on November 13 and provided a short presentation <br /> and tour of the historic Diesel Power Plant. As always, Steve Ziemer did an excellent job <br /> giving the tour. Michael Price, Russ Stuhr, Ben Elsenpeter, Wade Lovelette, and Tom <br /> Sagstetter also helped in planning, organizing, and conducting the event. It was great to <br /> bring in these leaders from our community and be able to share our story and talk about <br /> our plant. <br /> • On November 12, I participated on an American Public Power Association(APPA) Local <br /> Arrangements Committee conference call regarding the 2015 APPA National Convention <br /> which will be held in Minneapolis June 5-10. The Committee also includes <br /> representatives from municipal utilities in Rochester,Willmar, Marshall,Austin, <br /> Owatonna, Detroit Lakes, and Brainerd. Most of the MN municipal associations are <br /> represented on the committee as well as Minnesota Municipal Utilities Association and <br /> Iowa Association. The Committee has the role of coordinating locally sponsored <br /> conference activities and also suggests programs of interest for the conference. <br /> The conference will kick off with a day of volunteering through APPA's Day of Giving <br /> on Friday June 5. APPA works with the Local Arrangements Committee to identify local <br /> opportunities. For example when the conference was in New Orleans in 2008 some <br /> volunteers worked to restore a park that had sustained hurricane damage. When the <br /> conference was in Denver last year, some volunteers provided restoration work to an area <br /> that had recently sustained flood damage. <br /> Pre-conference seminars are held on Saturday June 6 and Sunday June 7. These seminars <br /> typically run a half to a full day per topic. APPA works with the Committee to plan these <br /> seminars so to provide national and local appeal. There will be an opening reception on <br /> Sunday night. Monday and Tuesday will have shorter and more focused break-out <br /> sessions which will likely include presentations from MN municipal utilities. Wednesday <br /> morning, APPA will a closing presentation for the conference. <br /> • In my transition out of the Midwest Municipal Transmission Group Chair, I spoke with a <br /> representative from MCR Performance Solutions. They provide transmission strategy <br /> services including formula rate/cost analysis and Federal Energy Regulatory Commission <br /> filings. Although ERMU is currently not in need of those services, I have a meeting <br /> scheduled with them for December 2. It would be good to know what options consultant <br /> are out there in the event ERMU needs help relating to the transmission system. <br /> Information is attached. <br /> • A meeting with Springsted regarding bonding for an early buy-in to Minnesota Municipal <br /> Power Agency was held on November 13. I will provide an update to the Commission at <br /> the board meeting. <br /> • The Minnesota Municipal Power Agency(MMPA)board has approved the creation and <br /> publication of quarterly reports intended for public purpose. Attached is the first of these <br /> quarterly reports for the 3` quarter of 2014. <br /> ed <br /> Page 2 of 3 P O W E R E D 0 1 <br /> NALURE <br /> Reliable Public <br /> Power Provider P O W E R E D T o S E R V E <br /> 87 <br />