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One interesting development of <br /> the MMUA government relations <br /> J in 2014 was an increas- <br /> ing trend of working with the Min- <br /> * ' • nesota Rural Electric Association <br /> on legislative issues.Together, <br /> if MMUA and MREA obtained ex- <br /> �� emptions from several onerous <br /> " - proposals. Here, MREA lobbyist <br /> Joel Johnson (red tie)visits with <br /> the MMUA group during our Legis- <br /> lative Conference. <br /> • Participated in several joint meetings of the • Participated in meetings to develop MMUA's new <br /> Government Relations and Grow With Your Cities website. <br /> committees to discuss Alliant utility sale. <br /> • Attended APPA legal seminar in San Antonio. <br /> • Attended EPA's Local Governments Committee <br /> Advisory Workgroup meeting on its proposed Wa- • Planned, organized and emceed MMUA's third <br /> ters of the U.S. rule in St. Paul. Municipal Utilities Legal Seminar. <br /> • Provided testimony at EPA listening session on • Attended APPA National Conference in Denver. <br /> its Clean Power Plan in Denver. <br /> • Served on Distributed Generation Advisory Corn- <br /> • Assisted in writing formal comments of MMUA mittee at the MPUC as the commission staff devel- <br /> on EPA's Clean Power Plan. oped draft modifications to the formal regulations <br /> that implement Minnesota statutes governing dis- <br /> • Along with Jack Kegel, met twice with new tributed generation. The rule changes were needed <br /> MREA CEO Darrick Moe to discuss increased coor- to incorporate statutory changes made during the <br /> dination between MMUA and MREA. 2013 legislative session that, among other related <br /> things, required investor-owned utilities to provide <br /> • Attended MREA Energy Summit in St. Cloud and compensation for customer-generated electricity <br /> Rural Electric Managers Association meeting in Ot- from larger solar and wind facilities. The many <br /> tertail to promote increased coordination between technical rule changes required careful scrutiny to <br /> MMUA and MREA. ensure they would not affect municipal utilities. <br /> • Explained Iowa's Eagle Point Solar case decision <br /> and its implications for Minnesota to MPUC staff, r. <br /> top DER staff and other utility lobbyists. <br /> • Attended DER's scoping meeting in St. Paul for r° <br /> future Generic Standby Rates Proceedings at the <br /> MPUC. •' <br /> • Served on a panel at DER's Combined Heat and 1 111 <br /> Power stakeholders meeting explaining municipal . • " <br /> utilities' stance toward CHP and warning against — MMUA Government Relations Director <br /> efforts by third-parties to sell electricity in Min- Bill Black(pictured above left)said <br /> nesota following Eagle Point Solar case decision in goodbye to long-time MMUA lobby- <br /> Iowa. ist Greg Oxley(with the phone above <br /> right,talking with Lew Giesking)and <br /> • Attended Midwest Electric Consumers Confer- welcomed Amanda Duerr(left)as a <br /> ence in Denver. government relations colleague. <br /> 6-2014 Year in Review <br /> 87 <br />