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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 />September 12, 2023 6.1g <br />SUBJECT: <br />Staff Update <br />ACTION REQUESTED: <br />None <br />DISCUSSION: <br />• In August, the locators processed 575 locate tickets. These consisted of 464 normal <br />tickets, 2 emergency tickets, 63 updated tickets, 21 cancellations, 18 meets, 1 non- <br />excavation, 5 boundary surveys, and 1 correction. This resulted in a 3.5% decrease in <br />tickets from the previous month and is a 4.2% decrease from the prior August. <br />• Electrical technicians completed 257 service order tasks, updated the power bill, <br />addressed customer meter issues and any off-peak concerns. <br />• Electrical Technician Jeff Murray and I attended the Upper Midwest Metering <br />Association Summer Conference in Duluth, August 16-18. There were several good <br />roundtable discussions covering topics such as Advanced Metering Infrastructure (AMI) <br />and Distributed Energy Resources. Also, Great River Energy representatives gave a <br />presentation about bridging the gap between metering and data analytics which will be <br />very useful with data that we will be receiving from our future AMI meters. <br />• On August 31, staff ran generators #1, #2 & #3 without incident. Engine #4 is still waiting <br />on plugs that have been on backorder for some time now which are needed to repair <br />the aftercooler tubes. <br />• Staff recently completed a couple of projects at the Waco substation. They installed an <br />electronic dehydrator on the load tap changer of the #1 transformer which removes <br />moisture from the oil. Staff also assisted Minnesota Municipal Power Agency’s <br />technician with replacement of their substation meter that had lost communications. <br />• Five candidates were interviewed for the recently vacated locator position. After careful <br />consideration, I am pleased to announce that on August 29 our newest locator Russ <br />Metzer began working with ERMU. Please join me in welcoming Russ to the ERMU <br />family. <br />he replacement for pickup #32 arrived after being on order with Ford for over a year. <br />• T <br />The second Ford that was ordered at the same time still had not been scheduled for <br />production, so I cancelled the order and purchased a pickup from a Chevrolet <br />dealership. This truck is to replace pickup #2 and was placed inservice on August 16. <br />______________________________________________________________________________ <br />Page 1 of 1 <br />97 <br />