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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: July 9, 2024 6.1f SUBJECT: Staff Update ACTION REQUESTED: None DISCUSSION: • Installed 11 new residential services, which involves the connection of a secondary line once the customer requests service. • Joe Schmidt, safety instructor from Minnesota Municipal Utilities Association (MMUA), was here on June 26 and 27 visiting jobsites and performing building inspections. • Mike Willets, Jay Reading, and Joe Schmidt, all from MMUA, were at the field services building on June 27 and met with our line crew to discuss items from the latest American Public Power Association safety manual regarding personal grounding. • Crews have been performing underground maintenance on the system, replacing aging cabinets and equipment inside these cabinets that may be vulnerable to failure. • A vehicle struck a three phase pole on 2215t Avenue near Grant Street in Elk River on June 6. The feeder recloser operated but remained energized causing a power outage for one customer. Crews replaced the pole that day, restoring power to the customer by 8 P.M. • Two fiberglass streetlights were also struck by vehicles in Elk River, requiring the replacement of the pole and LED light head. • Our crews are starting to place underground wire along 65th Avenue in Otsego. This will tie into Anna Acres, a new 50 lot development being constructed south of 651h Avenue. • Crews replaced a 600-amp underground switchgear cabinet at Twin Lakes Road and 178th Avenue in Elk River. We replace one or two of these units annually, with the new units having a dead front, meaning no live parts are exposed. • We continue to replace old high-pressure sodium streetlights with new LED models. The latest section replaced was along Main Street from the field services building to downtown Elk River. Page 1 of 1 177