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Elk River <br /> Municipal Utilities UTILITIES COMMISSION MEETING <br /> TO: FROM: <br /> ERMU Commission Troy Adams, P.E. —General Manager <br /> MEETING DATE: AGENDA ITEM NUMBER: <br /> May 9, 2017 6.l a <br /> SUBJECT: <br /> Staff Updates—General Manager <br /> ACTION REQUESTED: <br /> No Action Requested <br /> DISCUSSION: <br /> • The Board of Directors of the Minnesota Municipal Power Agency(MMPA) met on <br /> April 25, 2017 at the Faribault Energy Park facility in Faribault, Minnesota. <br /> At the meeting, the Board approved MMPA's 2016 audit report. The report can be found <br /> on MMPA's website at http://www.mmpa.org/about/financials-reports/ <br /> The Board reviewed the progress of member cities in rolling out the Clean Energy Choice <br /> program to residential customers. The Board also discussed plans for expanding <br /> renewable product options for commercial and industrial customers. <br /> The Board discussed the Agency's Energy Education program and received an update <br /> about the status of the Hometown Solar projects. <br /> The Board also discussed the status of the renewable projects that the Agency is <br /> pursuing. <br /> • In preparation for being on the American Public Power Association(APPA) Reliable <br /> Public Power Provider(RP3) Panel, I have been participating in a series of four free <br /> APPA RP3 webinars. The four webinars cover: reliability, safety, workforce <br /> development, and system improvement. These webinars have provided insight in how the <br /> RP3 programs work and how applicants are graded in the four areas. And these webinars <br /> have provided with insight on areas of opportunity for ERMU to make improvements. <br /> These have been very beneficial and well worth my time. <br /> • Tom Sagstetter and I attended the Connexus Energy Annual Meeting of the Membership <br /> on April 12, 2017. One note of interest is that ERMU was specifically mentioned during <br /> the presentation regarding the financial impact of electric service territory transfer and the <br /> upcoming migration of ERMU to MMPA. In past years there have been questions from <br /> the floor regarding ERMU, but this is the first time these topics were addressed during <br /> the presentation to the membership. These topics were presented as "matter of fact." <br /> Page 1 of 2 <br /> 13P <br />