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ELK RIVER MUNICIPAL UTILITIES EDUCATION/ SEMINAR REPORT <br />DATE 10/28/2008 <br />EMPLOYEE NAME Wade Lovelette <br />TITLE OF EDUCATION/SEMINAR Constructing, Operating and Maintaining Urd <br />DATES ATTENDED Oct. 20-23,2008 <br />LOCATION Sheraton Bloomington Hotel Bloomington. MN <br />WHY DID EMPLOYEE CHOOSE TO ATTEND? Recommended by General Mgr. <br />Also to learn the design methods used by today's standards in the layout and <br />operations of underground distribution systems. <br />WHAT INFORMATION WAS LEARNED BY ATTENDING? We learned about easements <br />and we must obtain formal easments. For obtaining grant money we should try to piggyback with <br />other utilities. Mandate conversion to urd to other facilities in pole attachment aggreements. <br />Cooper's oil freezes in storage? Low bid transformers results in higher operating costs. We also <br />went over the NESC for underground systems. It is code that whenever you cut a cable you must <br />maintain neutral continuity. Also we must have an inspection program and record defects. <br />After closing in on a fault, you must throw/away all components involved. (,yc ¢~fv ~en~ otX~ <br />~~~~hirtr_ A~o~G~i0/~• GJe ,~ol~ L ~Dur al' ~`t~kooa.~ _~l~.'l ~.'~J. /,),a. <br />GJert~ Ova' ~eclod.~u c~nd vkt.1.'ac dsa.d ,Pia~~'on 6~ u~d C:rc-c~l~r . <br />WAS INFORMATION CONVEYED TO SUPERVISOR AND CO-WORKERS AND TO WHO? <br />I will go over my notes with supervisor and co-workers. <br />