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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 />October 10, 20236.1g <br />SUBJECT: <br />Staff Update <br />ACTION REQUESTED: <br />None <br />DISCUSSION: <br />• In September, the locators processed 542 locate tickets. These consisted of 442 normal <br />tickets, 4 emergency tickets, 52 updated tickets, 27 cancellations, 12 meets, 3 non- <br />excavation, and 2 boundary surveys. This resulted in a 5.7% decrease in tickets from the <br />previous month and is a 9.5% increase from the prior September. <br /> <br />• Electrical technicians completed 319 service order tasks, updated the power bill, <br />addressed customer meter issues and any off-peak concerns. <br /> <br />• The Advance Metering Infrastructure (AMI) network has been constructed and <br />commissioned on three of the water towers. We have received the first shipment of <br />residential water meters and SmartPoint communication modules for the AMI project. <br />We expect the first shipment of residential electric meters sometime in October. We are <br />working with our consultant, Rick Schmidt, on developing our meter installation request <br />for proposal (RFP) documents and requirements. The meter installation RFP should be <br />advertised on October 11, with an anticipated start date of March 2024 for mass <br />deployment of meters. <br /> <br />• For the month of September, staff did not run the generators. Engine #4 is still waiting <br />on plugs that are on backorder. <br /> <br />• Staff completed the scheduled recloser tank replacements for feeders 73 and 81 out of <br />the West substation. We have load tap changer and relay testing as well as maintenance <br />at our Station 14 substation scheduled for mid-October. We are also working on getting <br />fiber communications completed to this sub before freeze-up this year. <br /> <br />• Our yearly oil samples of substation equipment, line regulators, and oil filled <br />switchgears have been completed. We are awaiting test results which will help us <br />identify changes or issues in the equipment before they become a problem. <br />______________________________________________________________________________ <br />Page 1 of 1 <br />89 <br />