2025-12-09 - ERMU - Regular Commission Meeting

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______________________________________________________________________________ Page 1 of 1 UTILITIES COMMISSION MEETING TO: ERMU Commission FROM: Chris Sumstad – Electric Superintendent MEETING DATE: December 9, 2025 AGENDA ITEM NUMBER: 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 MMUA, was here November 20 and held safety meetings for all staff on winter driving, cold stress, and impairment. • The bore crew crossed County Road 33, west of County Road 1, with two and four inch conduits that will feed the new Meadowsweet Bend housing development. This looks to be the end of the scheduled boring work for the season. With the frost setting in this past week. The trencher will be used for most of the installation of wire over the winter. • We switched some feeders and deenergized a couple of sections of overhead line this past week so Xcel Energy can complete their transmission project work along County Road 33 near the Martin Marietta gravel pit. • The snow event over Thanksgiving weekend was a likely factor in a vehicle striking a power pole along Highway 169 and another striking a padmount transformer along Meadowvale Road. Both have been replaced. • Crews terminated the wire at the Villas of Fillmore 3rd edition. This is six lots, three of which already have power to the house. • With asphalt installed in both Bradford 2nd addition and Meadowsweet Bend just before freeze up, winter wire install looks likely. • Crews finished up the ground work at East substation the third week of November. A two man line crew worked with the substation tech for approximately three weeks, which provided them the opportunity to learn and apply new skills. • Crews are close to wrapping up the underground open concentric replacement job along 223rd Avenue NW in Elk River. 158