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<br />______________________________________________________________________________ <br /> <br />Page 1 of 2 <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />COMMISSION POLICY <br /> <br />Section: Category: <br />Governance Delegation to Management Policies <br />Policy Reference: Policy Title: <br />G.4k <br /> <br />Minnesota Municipal Power Agency <br />Relationship, Representation, and <br />Governance <br /> <br /> <br />PURPOSE: <br /> <br />With this policy, the Commission sets forth its expectations for the General Manager <br />concerning the relationship between Elk River Municipal Utilities (ERMU) and the Minnesota <br />Municipal Power Agency (MMPA). By ERMU accepting the provisions of the Agency <br />Agreement and By-Laws of MMPA through Resolution 13-5, and as parties to a full- <br />requirements Power Sales Agreement and Membership Agreement, ERMU and MMPA have <br />long-term obligations to each other with respect to wholesale power supply and delivery in <br />which MMPA is the service provider and ERMU is the member. As parties to these <br />agreements, ERMU represents the interests of its electric customers and the City of Elk River <br />as one of MMPA’s Member communities. ERMU also participates in the governance of <br />MMPA through its representation on MMPA’s Board of Directors. <br /> <br />POLICY: <br /> <br />The ERMU General Manager shall be ERMU’s representative on the MMPA Board of <br />Directors and a Commissioner shall serve as the alternate representative. The General <br />Manager shall ensure that ERMU’s contractual and working relationships with MMPA are <br />handled in a collegial manner and with diligent attention to ERMU’s best interests when <br />ERMU is acting as an MMPA customer, and to balance the best interests of MMPA when <br />ERMU is acting as an MMPA member. The General Manager shall make every reasonable <br />effort to prevent the relationship between ERMU and MMPA from becoming contentious or <br />unproductive. <br /> <br />Consistent with this general statement, the General Manager shall: <br />1. Support MMPA by providing the staff time and other resources that may be reasonably <br />requested by MMPA in connection with its services to and ongoing business relationship <br />with ERMU as a customer. <br />176