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While in D.C.,Tom and I also attended the annual Midwest Municipal Transmission Group (MMTG)dinner.MMTG is the organization that helped municipal utilities first get the opportunity to become owners in the transmission system. Through efforts by this group ERMU was able to become an owner in the CAPX2020 transmission project. • Our attorney Kaela Brennan of McGrann Shea Carnival Straugh&Lamb is working our documentation for our electric service territory swap with Wright-Hennepin Electric Cooperative Association(WH). The terms of this swap,which involve approximately seven single family lots in the Mississippi Cove development and 11 townhome units in the Wild Flower Meadows development,have already been reviewed and approved by the ERMU Commission and WH Board of Directors. First,Ms. Brennan is developing an agreement to formally document the terms of the swap. This agreement will need to be executed by the WH board and the ERMU Commission. I hope to have this on the April ERMU Commission agenda. Second,Ms. Brennan is preparing the filing documentation for a boundary change with the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission(MPUC).This will be filed with the MPUC following the formal approval of the territory transfer agreement. • ERMU staff and City IT staff continue to work on our Physical and Cyber Security initiative. We have met with two different firms.Follow up meeting are scheduled. This is a budgeted imitative for ERMU. We hope to develop economies of scale by coordinating efforts with the City.The City would need to separately consider their participation and scope of work. • The City, County,and ERMU met on March 8 as part of our joint ownership of the fiber loop in Elk River which connects many of our facilities. This was an annual meeting to new/future service laterals off the loop to facilities, outages,mapping,locating,and maintained.ERMU looks to develop a long term capital outlay plan to build service laterals to our water towers, wells,filter plants, substations,generation facilities,and other facility not currently connect to the fiber loop. • As anticipated, I have been selected to serve as a Reliability Representative on the Reliable Public Power Provider(RP3)Review Panel.The letter from APPA is attached. ATTACHMENTS: • 2017 MMUA 2017 Federal Position Statements. • 2017 APPA Legislative Rally Briefing Packet. • The Capitol Letter from MMUA: Feb 17,2017;Feb 24, 2017; and Mar 3,2017. • APPA RP3 Panel Appointment Notification Letter-Mar 8,2017. P ® ■ EAE ® 11 El Page 2 of 2 NATURE Reliable Public Power Provider POWERED T O S ERV E 169