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Ji <br />Elk River amft . <br />Municipal Utilities UTILITIES COMMISSION MEETING <br />TO: <br />FROM: <br />ERMU Commission <br />Sara Youngs —Administrations Director <br />MEETING DATE: <br />AGENDA ITEM NUMBER: <br />August 13, 2024 <br />6.1b <br />SUBJECT: <br />Staff Update <br />ACTION REQUESTED: <br />None <br />DISCUSSION: <br />• Office walk-in traffic for July consisted of 136 customers, averaging 34 customers per week over <br />the four -week period. <br />• Currently there are seven active residential solar photovoltaic projects planned or under <br />construction in the ERMU service territory. <br />• In the last 30 days, combined the level two charger located downtown and in the parking lot in <br />front of ERMU offices had 47 sessions and provided customers with 574 kWh of green energy. <br />• ERMU disconnections for July <br />o Cycle 3 —19 disconnections <br />o Cycle 4-11 disconnections <br />o Cycle 1— 39 disconnections <br />o Cycle 2 - 17 disconnections <br />• Administrations director's daily efforts continue to focus on ERMU's Advanced Metering <br />Infrastructure (AMI) project; the AMI team meets weekly for a project update with Allegiant and <br />Core & Main. <br />• Administrations director is working with Frontier Energy to report ERMU's 2023 Energy <br />Conservation and Optimization (ECO) results. The State of Minnesota implemented a new online <br />reporting platform for utilities to report their yearly ECO results and plans. The original deadline <br />for reporting on 2023 results was August 1, 2024, but has been extended to August 31, 2024. <br />• Credit and collections specialist is wrapping up the State of Minnesota Revenue Recapture (RR) <br />audit with a deadline of August 24, 2024, to correct any violations and respond to the audit <br />findings. Overall, ERMU had a clean audit with RR, and we are confident that our current <br />processes and procedures align with the RR program requirements. <br />• IT staff is working with the fiber contractor to complete the punch list items. <br />Page 1 of 1 <br />102 <br />