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Elk River ~" <br />Municipal Utilities <br />13069 Orono Parkway • P.O. Box 430 <br />Elk River, MN 55330-0430 <br />September 2, 2009 <br />To: Elk River Municipal Utilities Commission <br />John Dietz <br />Jerry Gumphrey <br />Daryl Thompson <br />From: Troy Adams <br />Subject: Staff Updates -Director of Operations <br />Phone: 763.441.2020 <br />Fax: 763.441.8099 <br />Year to date, electric usage is up 1.02%. Comparing a rolling year block to a previous year <br />block, electric usage is up 3.01 %. <br />As a Central Minnesota Municipal Power Agency Associate Member, Elk River Municipal <br />Utilities' Management and Commissioners have been extended an invitation to the CMMPA <br />2009 Member Summit and Dinner. This event will be offered in Mankato on September 22nd <br />and 24th from 6:00 - 9:00 PM. If there is any commissioner interest in attending, please let me <br />know. The deadline to register is September 16th. <br />Theresa Slominski and I attended the Minnesota Municipal Utilities Association Summer <br />Meeting in August. Overall, this was a good meeting. A number of potential wholesale power <br />suppliers made contact with me while at the meeting which is very encouraging. And as always, <br />the legislative updates were very informative. One key piece of legislature is the "Cap and <br />Trade" or "Energy Tax" bill. In one form or another, this will pass in the not to distant future. <br />Minnesota Municipal Utilities Association and American Public Power Association are actively <br />working on our behalf to mitigate the impact of this legislation to public power customers. The <br />APPA Legislative Rally in Washington, DC will be held February 22-25, 2010. This is an <br />important year to show support. As in the past, we have budgeted for 2 Commissioners and 1 <br />Staff to attend this rally. <br />