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��i Elk River Municipal Utilities UTILITIES COMMISSION MEETING TO: FROM: ERMU Commission Mike Tietz—Technical Services Superintendent MEETING DATE: AGENDA ITEM NUMBER: November 12, 2024 6.01g SUBJECT: Staff Update ACTION REQUESTED: None DISCUSSION: In October, locators processed 506 locate tickets. These consisted of 400 normal tickets, 2 emergency tickets, 66 updated tickets, 15 cancellations, 8 meets, 2 boundary surveys, 10 corrections, and 3 non -excavations. This resulted in a 7.0% decrease in tickets from the previous month and a 9.1% increase from the prior October. • Electrical technicians completed 164 service order tasks, updated the power bill, addressed customer meter issues and any off-peak concerns. • The Advanced Metering Infrastructure (AMI) residential water meters and residential electric meters continue to be installed in new services. The electrical technicians have been busy changing out the current Automated Meter Reading meters for AMI around the system and recently completed the meter installations at several different apartment buildings. Approximately 2,500 water meters and 1,600 electric meters are currently active within our AMI system. • For the month of October, staff did not run generators at the power plant. • Staff completed rough grade at the East substation site. Staff also completed the replacement of the Load Tap Changer position sensor at the North substation. • Jeff Murray and I attended the Xylem Reach Conference in Atlanta, GA, October 13-16. There was a lot of knowledge gained from the conference sessions and opportunities to network with our peers from across the country. We truly appreciate the opportunity to attend this conference and would appreciate being able to attend again in the future. • Our monthly peak was 46.49 MW on October 1 at 3:41 p.m. Page 1 of 1 161