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��i Elk River Municipal Utilities UTILITIES COMMISSION MEETING TO: FROM: ERMU Commission Chris Sumstad — Electric Superintendent MEETING DATE: AGENDA ITEM NUMBER: April 11, 2023 6.1g SUBJECT: Staff Update ACTION REQUESTED: None DISCUSSION: • Installed 3 new residential services, which involves the connection of a secondary line once the customer requests service. • Line crews worked with the metering department on completing the West substation maintenance and upgrades. The substation was de -energized from March 13-20. We utilized our other substations to back feed the circuits during that time. • Our contractor wrapped up their winter tree trimming season on March 30. Our crews will continue to trim into April. • Joe Schmidt, safety trainer from Minnesota Municipal Utilities Association, was here March 7 and 10 and conducted safety training on hazard identification/safe behaviors. • 1 attended the American Public Power Association's Lineworkers Rodeo in Kansas, March 31-April 1. Our three-man journeyman team made up of Matt Zipp, Alex Paschall, Alex Bernier competed in all events. The team had a lot of fun and networked with many line workers from all over the country. • The March 31 snowstorm that included high winds caused a couple of outages on the system. A tree on the line at one location and a broken jumper wire at another were the causes. • We had a fault on service from a transformer to a service pedestal the week of March 27. A temporary line was laid out to restore power and crews were able to locate the fault and repair the wires. • All staff attended respectful workplace training with instructor Kate Bischoff. • Inventory and procurement staff have been working in the inventory area in the new field services building on the final layout and organization. Page 1 of 1 218