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4r,;.Z, <br />Elk Riv <br />Municipal Utilities UTILITIES COMMISSION MEETING <br />TO: <br />FROM: <br />ERMU Commission <br />Mike Tietz — Technical Services Superintendent <br />MEETING DATE: <br />AGENDA ITEM NUMBER: <br />January 9, 2024 <br />6.1g <br />SUBJECT: <br />Staff Update <br />ACTION REQUESTED: <br />None <br />DISCUSSION: <br />• In December, the locators processed 150 locate tickets. These consisted of 117 normal <br />tickets, 5 emergency tickets, 15 updated tickets, 4 cancellations, 3 meets, 3 non - <br />excavation, and 3 boundary surveys. This resulted in a 64.6% decrease in tickets from <br />the previous month and is a 44.2% increase from the prior December. The ticket count <br />for 2023 is up 6.0% from 2022's numbers. <br />• Electrical technicians completed 305 service order tasks, updated the power bill, <br />addressed customer meter issues and any off-peak concerns. <br />• The Advanced Metering Infrastructure (AM]) residential water meters and residential <br />electric meters continue to be installed in new services and where we may have had an <br />existing meter failure. The AM endpoint installation vendor selection team made a <br />decision and staff are expecting contracting to progress quickly and move into initial <br />deployment testing within a month. We still anticipate a start date in March of 2024 for <br />the mass deployment of meters. Integration with National Information Solutions <br />Cooperative continues to progress as we are starting our Meter Data Management <br />System implementation now. Weekly meetings have been found to be very beneficial in <br />keeping everyone on the same page as we progress through the different stages of <br />implementation. <br />• For the month of December, staff did not run generators. Engine #4 was run for testing <br />purposes after repairs were made to it. <br />Staff completed installation of an air -source heat pump at the West substation control <br />building. Staff did a great job framing in a window opening to allow for installation of <br />the unit. Providing a conditioned space will help keep the electronic components <br />housed there in the optimal operating temperature range. <br />Page 1 of 1 <br />M <br />