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______________________________________________________________________________ <br /> <br />Page 1 of 1 <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />UTILITIES COMMISSION MEETING <br /> <br />TO: <br />ERMU Commission <br />FROM: <br />Chris Sumstad – Electric Superintendent <br />MEETING DATE: <br />August 9, 2022 <br />AGENDA ITEM NUMBER: <br />6.1h <br />SUBJECT: <br />Staff Update <br />ACTION REQUESTED: <br />None <br /> <br />DISCUSSION: <br />• Installed 26 new residential services, which involves the connection of a secondary line <br />once the customer requests service. <br />• Crews spent a day at the fairgrounds repairing lights, hanging a new light, and moving a <br />pole in preparation for the fair that was held in mid-July. <br />• Lander Street underground wire replacement continued during the month of July. The <br />new wire will cut down on cable fault outages which we have experienced the last few <br />years in this area. <br />• Added a new three phase service for an autobody shop north of our North substation. <br />This included installing new overhead wire across Highway 169, requiring a shutdown of <br />the highway. Elk River Police Department assisted with the traffic control. <br />• Joe Schmidt from Minnesota Municipal Utilities Association was here on July 28 and <br />held pole top/bucket/self-rescue training. <br />• A contractor dug into our three phase primary line off of Jarvis Street on the east side of <br />Elk River causing an outage to about 600 customers for an hour on July 5. <br />• A delivery truck backed into and knocked over a secondary pole at a business on <br />Highway 10. It didn’t cause an outage, but the pole needed to be replaced. <br />• A streetlight was struck by a delivery truck at the Holiday Station store in Otsego. The <br />pole and light were replaced. <br />• There were a few heatwave-related outages involving transformers and fuses. <br />• Crews finished up both overhead rebuild jobs we had, one on Viking Boulevard and the <br />other on Highway 10 in front of the old Saxon Auto site. <br />• Staff participated in the Sherburne County Parade driving a bucket truck, the electric <br />vehicle, and another pickup. <br />• Crews continue to work in maintenance items including removing old poles and <br />repairing or replacing underground cabinets and pedestals. <br /> <br />110