6.1a ERMUSR 02-14-2017 - Laserfiche WebLink

Home Browse Search

nesota municipal utilities participated, along with - -- all— one from South Dakota and 10 electric coopera- EC ■ ;.„ Lives. The class included an evening product show. ` ` r AP. ii" Substation School VI ),ab, ' '° There was a strong turnout to this April 19-21 ' ' school in Shakopee, with 37 attending. Thirty- -., "" C. �� two participants came from 18 municipal utilities U - (including one from Wisconsin), and five registered through the Minnesota Rural Electric Association. Underground School The 2016 Substation School, one of several MMUA tech Nearly 70 participants from 32 municipal utilities nical trainings, was held in Shakopee. in Minnesota, three in South Dakota and three Minnesota cooperatives attended this school, May Technical training 17-20 at the Training Center. Many thanks for MMUA held a variety of other schools, conferences the Regular and Associate Members that provided and training events during the year. equipment, materials, served as instructors, etc. Transformer Schools Overhead School Due to a quirk in schedules, MMUA held two A total of 55 electric lineworkers from nearly 30 Transformer Schools in 2016. The first Transformer municipals and one cooperative participated in this School Pre-Conference was held Jan. 12-13 followed school, Sept. 13-16 at the Training Center. Most by the Transformer School Jan. 13-15, both at the hailed from Minnesota, with some coming from MMUA Training Center in Marshall. Forty-five South Dakota and as far away as Maryland. Sand- municipal employees attended, along with 16 from wiched between general sessions were two days electric cooperatives. The pre-conference was at- of hands-on training on the field. MMUA thanks tended by 34 from the municipals and 13 from coop- all the utilities and companies that sent students, eratives. The school featured a variety of hands-on instructors and equipment. and classroom teaching. Cross Training School The second round of transformer training closed Not our largest in terms of attendance, this school out the year. The Pre-Conference course on Basic provided good training for the non-lineworkers that Single-Phase Transformer Connections &Theory attended Oct. 18-20 at the Training Center. was held Dec. 13-14, at the Training Center. The Transformer Conference, dealing primarily with Firstline Supervision Three-Phase Connections, started the afternoon of Sprinkled throughout the year were six sessions the 14th and ran through the morning of Dec. 16. of Firstline Supervision. Sessions were held either Thirty-four people attended, including 25 from Min- at the MMUA office in Plymouth or Central Lakes nesota municipal utilities. Other attendees came College in Brainerd. This popular program had 65 from municipals in Maryland and South Dakota, a actively enrolled students in 2016 and 20 gradu- Minnesota cooperative, a Michigan investor-owned ates. utility and one Associate Member. Rodeo Team Training Clinic This clinic was held Feb. 2-3 at the Training Cen- 6. ter. This event was well-attended, as individuals . '44. and crews readied for the APPA Lineworkers Ro- deo, which was just two months away at the time. 4 $ , Metering Conference Basic Metering Pre-Conference was held Feb. 16-17 and the Meter School Feb. 17-19 at the Training .► Center. Forty-four students attended the Pre-Con- Firstline Supervision continues to be a strong program, ference and 60 the Meter School. Thirty-four Min- with 65 participating in 2016. 14-2016 Year in Review 153