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UTILITIES COMMISSION MEETING TO:FROM: ERMU Commission Mike Tietz –Technical Services Superintendent MEETING DATE: AGENDA ITEM NUMBER: September 14, 2021 6.1i SUBJECT: Staff Update ACTION REQUESTED: None DISCUSSION: • In August, the locators processed 625 locate tickets. These consisted of 8 emergency tickets, 503 normal tickets, 5 non-excavation tickets, 3 boundary surveys, 70 updated tickets, 20 cancellations, and 16 locate meets. This resulted in a 14.9% increase of tickets from the previous month and an 1.6% increase from the prior year. • Electrical technicians completed 269 service order tasks, updated the power bill, attended to customer meter/power quality issues and off-peak concerns. • On August 27, staff ran generators #1, #2, #3 & #4. Cooling water was significantly low on #1 & #2, we will continue to monitor this. We have sent the4 fuel injectors from Engine #3 in for rebuild. • Mapping department continues to work on implementing mPower Integrator software. Staff has also been busy using GPS to record locations of our underground facilities around the power plant and around the system. • The substation apparatus technician identified another disconnect switch at Station 14, Bank #4 that needed immediate attention. We suspect that contaminants from Great River Energy’s decommissioned power plant and the subsequent demolition of the facility have been a major contributor to the problems occurring at that location. • I have been focusing my time on Capital Project budgeting and the Advanced Metering Infrastructure (AMI) project. I am in the process of obtaining quotes from several consultants to help us with the AMI project. • Chris Kerzman, Jon Wadsworth, and I met with Connexus Energy to examine their substation perimeter fence security system and video surveillance system as a possible future enhancement at ERMU’s substations. ______________________________________________________________________________ Page 1 of 2 99