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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: December 8th, 2015 6.1f SUBJECT: Staff Update DISCUSSION: • The LED holiday lighting contest and promotions have been distributed and other organizations in the community are embracing and supporting the program. Interest has been very high and we currently have 16 registered participants. The deadline for entry is December 0. Judging will occur December 9th through the 12th. • There are still two organizations looking at the shovel ready data center site on Mississippi Road. At this point both organizations are evaluating options. • ERMU staff has created an energy efficiency kit that will be available for our electric customers. These kits will be distributed by Tri-Cap(Community Action)that works out of St. Cloud and provides weatherization services in Sherburne County. A second partner that will help distribute the kits is Sherburne County Health and Human Services. Sherburne County staff will distribute a voucher to eligible residents of Elk River and the customers will be able to pick the kits up from our offices. This is a great program that will get low cost energy savings tools in the hands of residents that can use some assistance in making their homes more comfortable and affordable to heat and cool. • Energy City is working with University of St. Thomas on possible renewable energy projects that the City of Elk River would receive assistance on. Energy City is in the process of evaluating the use of electric vehicles within the city and possible charging stations at City owned facilities. • Rebate volume has been very high recently as the fourth quarter always has the highest volume. This is also the time of year where companies are putting together capital budgets for the upcoming year and want rebate estimates. At this point it appears that ERMU will be below the savings goal of 1%for 2015,but 2016 appears to be very good based on estimates and growth in the commercial customer classes. • Working with a large industrial customer to provide engineering and pricing information for a redundant feed to their current facility. Met with ERMU Field Services and the customers engineering firm to discuss route options, costs, and probability. mur;+,1 PowENE0 8 lir31 Page 1 of 1 NATURE Reliable Public Power Provider P O W E R E D To S E a v E 103