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Elk River Municipal Utilitie S 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: September 13, 2016 6.1f SUBJECT: Staff Update DISCUSSION: • Staff met with Dave Berg Consulting, LLC on the cost of service study to answer some general questions on cost and sales projections. The study is progressing and the first analysis should be completed in September. Staff has allowed for some flexibility in the schedule to allow for the inclusion of updated capital and wholesale power costs. • Waste Management has submitted all the expenses through July for the landfill gas plant. This includes monthly maintenance over contracted amounts; the rebuild of engine#4 and re-rings on engines#1, #2, and#3. ERMU staff has submitted data to the League of Minnesota Cities (LMC) as part of the insurance claim. The LMC is waiting to hear back from the re-insurance company on the claim. The operating revenue is projected to be positive for 2016 prior to the insurance claim and including the waiver of landfill gas expense. • We had another residential customer install a larger 240 volt charger. ERMU staff worked with the customer, and the customer's electrician,to install the unit properly so they could participate in the electric vehicle charging rate program which continues to grow. Staff learned a great deal on this installation because it was the largest one to date. • Working with Connexus Energy on the second service territory transfer. The transfer will occur on September 20th, at 9:00 a.m. The customers have been contacted and informed of the transfer and outage. Staff has been working with primarily commercial customers on the rate changes that will occur. Some commercial customers are on special rates or on incorrect rate schedules with Connexus Energy. There has been discussion with some customers on the transition to the appropriate rate schedule and the possibility of a$1 per kW demand adjustment for 2017. The demand adjustment, if approved in the budget, would be funded from reserves in 2017. POWERED BY Page 1 of 1 NATURE Reliable Publicp Power Provider P 0NE 0.E 0 To Sea E 152