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UTILITIES COMMISSION MEETING <br />TO:FROM: <br />ERMU Commission Mike Tietz –Technical Services Superintendent <br />MEETING DATE: AGENDA ITEM NUMBER: <br />November9, 2021 6.1i <br />SUBJECT: <br />Staff Update <br />ACTION REQUESTED: <br />None <br />DISCUSSION: <br />• In October, the locators processed527 locate tickets. These consistedof 3 emergency <br />tickets, 419 normal tickets, 6 non-excavation tickets, 2 boundary surveys, 75 updated <br />tickets, 11 cancellations, and 11 locate meets. This resulted in a 22.7% decrease in <br />tickets from the previous month and a 4.8% increase from the prior year. <br /> <br />• Electrical technicians completed 238 service order tasks, updated the power bill, <br />attended to customer meter/power qualityissues and off-peak concerns. <br />• On October 20, staff ran generators #1, #2, #3 & #4. Staff noticed a water leak on engine <br />#4 and tightened some connectors immediately. We will continue to monitor this over <br />the next few months. Staff assisted with the annual insurance audit of our generation <br />facilities, conducted by the League of Minnesota Cities Insurance Trust, at the power <br />plant and landfill gas plant, and everything went well. <br /> <br />• Mapping department has been busy GPSing splices and conduit locations along with <br />getting caught up on mapping changes/new construction from throughout the year. <br />Staff attended the mPower users conference in Minneapolis, October 13-15. <br /> <br />• The substation apparatus technician has been working with staff to draw oil samples <br />and perform infrared inspections of our oil filled switchgear on the system. We have <br />several fall projects that are awaiting delivery of miscellaneous parts due to delays from <br />the suppliers. <br /> <br />at River Energy (GRE) experienced momentary blinks of thetransmissionsystem on <br />• Gre <br />October 7, 27, and 30. Connexus utilized their feeder out of our Waco Bank 1 substation <br />on October 7 after experiencing a fault at their Big Lake substation. This was also the <br />cause of GRE’s momentary blink on October 7. <br /> <br /> <br />______________________________________________________________________________ <br />Page 1 of 2 <br />117 <br />