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Staff reviews these statistics in detail to find ways to continually improve our system. These <br />statistics are very good when compared with other utilities. As indicated by the following pie <br />chart and statistics list, you can see the causes for the outages experienced in 2023. <br />Lightning <br />4% <br />Equipment Damage <br />6% <br />Underground <br />s% <br />Contraclor-Dig-in <br />B% <br />Other <br />1 A -A <br />Squirrel <br />Equipment Worn Out 18% <br />8% <br />Outage Cause <br />Count <br />View <br />17 <br />0 <br />Squirrel <br />9 <br />0 <br />Equipment Worn Out <br />4 <br />0 <br />ree <br />3% Contractor -Dig -In <br />4 <br />0 <br />Underground <br />4 <br />0 <br />Equipment Damage <br />3 <br />0 <br />Lightning <br />2 <br />0 <br />ure <br />0 <br />Equipment <br />2 <br />0 <br />Wind <br />1 <br />0 <br />Vehicle Accident <br />1 <br />0 <br />Wildlife <br />1 <br />0 <br />Vegetation <br />1 <br />0 <br />Total <br />51 <br />Many investor -owned and cooperative run utilities "storm normalize "their reliability numbers <br />by removing "major outages" due to storms from their reliability index number calculations. <br />Our reliability numbers have not been storm normalized. Our numbers reflect these major <br />outages and represent what our customers experienced in 2023. Overall, our electric <br />distribution system is very resilient, and our system reliability remains excellent. <br />Staff requests that the Commission receive the attached American Public Power Association's <br />(APPA) eReliability Tracker Annual Report, which contains published averages that can be used <br />to better understand the performance of our electric system relative to other utilities nationally <br />and to those within our region or size class. <br />ATTACHMENT: <br />• APPA eReliability Tracker 2023 Annual Report for Elk River Municipal Utilities <br />Page 3 of 3 <br />187 <br />