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UTILITIES COMMISSION MEETING <br />TO:FROM: <br />ERMU Commission Thomas Geiser – Operations Director <br />MEETING DATE: AGENDA ITEM NUMBER: <br />November 9th, 2021 6.1g <br />SUBJECT: <br />Staff Update <br />ACTION REQUESTED: <br />None <br />DISCUSSION: <br /> Staff continues to meet with T2 Utility Engineers, WSB Engineering, and MnDOT for the <br />upcoming Highway 169 Redefine project. Permits have been approved and we are in full <br />constructionmode. We are working with Great River Energy, asthey have ninepoles <br />along the highwaythat need tobemoved or replaced and we have threephase <br />overhead lines attached to them. All underground lines are installed and energized at <br />thrd <br /> and 193Avenues. Crews will tear down overhead infrastructureasneeded this <br />197 <br />fall. We are also currently working at the School and Main Street intersections. We will <br />have to replace 700 feet of 500 MCM underground line along the ramp that brings <br />Highway 10 westbound traffic northbound on Highway 169. <br /> <br />th <br /> On October 20, during a high wind event, a tree located north of 196Lane fellonto <br />ERMU overhead lines that run along County Road 1. The tree downed the three phase <br />line, snapping a pole in half and affecting service for 404 customers at 3:10 p.m. With <br />some careful switching we were able to get 321customers back in powerwithin the <br />hour. Among those remaining out of power, 54 came back on after replacing the pole <br />and energizing the line at 8:20 p.m. The remaining 29 customers were still out of power <br />due to an underground primary failure that occurred during the initial outage event. <br />After locating the fault, crews were able to get the remaining customers back in power <br />by 5:00 a.m. on October 21. Crews have since replaced the underground primary wire. <br /> <br />Staff is working on thewire portion of the electric budget, looking at the quantities <br />needed for the developments and projects that are known to be taking place in 2022. <br /> We have been meeting with staff from Sherburne County to planthe work that needs to <br />be done forCounty Road 33 and County Road 44 projects. <br />Working with New Look Contracting, Inc. andSherburne County on lowering and <br />insulating water main for the County Road 13 reconstructionproject. <br /> <br />______________________________________________________________________________ <br />Page 1 of 2 <br />113 <br />