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the benefit of doing it when we did. The Commission complimented staff of a job well done. Troy Adams shared that in order to address the safeguarding and maintenance of the customer and service data that was part of the sale, our attorney has recommended a Data Safekeeping and Access Agreement between ERMU and WH. Staff distributed a draft of the Agreement and requested Commission approval of the draft and authorization to finalize and execute the Agreement to the satisfaction of the Chair, General Manager and Commission Attorney. Daryl Thompson made a motion to approve the draft of the Data Safekeeping and Access Agreement between Elk River Municipal Utilities and Wright-Hennepin Cooperative Electric Association, and authorize the General Manager to finalize and execute the Agreement to the satisfaction of the Chair, General Manager and Commission Attorney. Al Nadeau seconded the motion. Motion carried 3-0. 4.4 Electric Service Territory Update—Connexus Energy In March of 2015, ERMU and Connexus Energy executed an electric service territory transfer agreement which included provisions to transfer approximately 12 square miles of service territory and 2,000 customers over a five year period. Tom Sagstetter shared that on September 20, 2016 we began the transfer of the second area identified in the agreement. The physical transfer, which took approximately 10 minutes, included 199 residential and commercial accounts. Tom noted that over 60% of the customers in Area 2 were commercial and that many of those had unique metering and account settings that presented some challenges when converting them to ERMU customer information software and rate programs. Troy Adams presented a map that identified the Electric Service Territory Transfer Areas and made note of how large the area was that we acquired in just one calendar year. Troy pointed out that no one has ever negotiated a deal this big in the State of Minnesota, and to have it go as successfully as it has is unheard of. He gave praise to all of the employees for the significant amount of hard work they have put in to help ensure the successful transfer of the first two areas. Troy went over the maps and the timeline in acquiring the other seven areas. There was discussion. Troy stated that with consensus from the Commission, staff will move forward with formally noticing Connexus for Areas 3 and 4 and will file for the Area 2 boundary change with the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission. The Commission was in consensus. The Commission recessed at 4:47 p.m. in order to meet the Climate Smart Municipals German Delegation, and then reconvened at 5:00 p.m. 4.5 Electric Service Territory Update—Wright Hennepin Electric Cooperative Tom Sagstetter shared that approximately ten years ago Wright-Hennepin Electric Cooperative Association (WH) installed distribution facilities to serve a development that Page 5 Regular Meeting of the Elk River Municipal Utilities Commission October 11,2016 21