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Elk River <br /> Municipal Utilities UTILITIES COMMISSION MEETING <br /> TO: FROM: <br /> Elk River Municipal Utilities Commission Tom Sagstetter—Conservation and Key Accounts <br /> John Dietz—Chair Manager <br /> Al Nadeau—Vice Chair <br /> Daryl Thompson—Trustee <br /> MEETING DATE: AGENDA ITEM NUMBER: <br /> October 11, 2016 4.4 <br /> SUBJECT: <br /> Electric Service Territory Update—Connexus Energy <br /> BACKGROUND: <br /> On March 20, 2015,ERMU and Connexus Energy executed a historic electric service territory <br /> transfer agreement which includes provisions to transfer approximately 12 square miles of service <br /> territory with 2,000 customers over a five year period. <br /> On September 20, 2016 at 9:00 a.m. ERMU began the transfer of the second area identified in this <br /> agreement. The transfer included 199 residential and commercial accounts that contained 220 meters. <br /> DISCUSSION: <br /> The physical transfer was completed in approximately 10 minutes. The transfer went as planned and <br /> customers only experienced a brief outage while switches were opened on the Connexus system and <br /> then closed in from the ERMU side. Communication and professionalism between Connexus field <br /> services and ERMU field services allowed for and safe and efficient transfer. <br /> The customers represented in the acquisition area are very diverse. Over 60% of the customers in <br /> Area 2 are commercial and represent a diverse cross section of commercial business types including <br /> but not limited to; agricultural,manufacturing, retail, healthcare,and automotive. Area 2 had many <br /> unique metering and account settings that presented some challenges when converting them to the <br /> ERMU customer information software and rate programs. Staff did an excellent job in determining <br /> the best ways to set up the new accounts and the associated rates and or programs that would best fit <br /> the customer's needs and provide value to ERMU as a whole. <br /> ERMU staff is currently working on the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission filing for this service <br /> territory transfer. <br /> ATTACHMENTS: <br /> • 2016 ERMU&Connexus Energy Boundary Change <br /> • 2015 ERMU&Connexus Energy Electric Service Territory Transfer Agreement Overview <br /> Enh�r$ Pagelofl POWERED BY <br /> NATURE <br /> Reliable Public <br /> Power Provider POWERED To S ERV E <br /> 129 <br />