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Elk River <br />Municipal Utilities <br />13069 Drano Parkway ~ P.O. Bax 430 <br />Elk River, MN 55330.0430 <br />April 3~, 2a10 <br />To: Elk River Municipal Utilities Commission <br />John Dietz <br />Jerry Gumphrey <br />Daryl Thompson <br />From: Troy Adams <br />Subject: Review ~Uholesale Power Supply options Update} <br />_---_-- <br />Phone; 763.441.ZQZ0 <br />Fax: 763,441.8099 <br />At the April Utilities Cormission meeting, the Commission authorized staff to enter into a <br />resource planning study in a Power Coalition which includes Central Minnesota Municipal <br />Power Agency ~CMIVIPA~ as a participant. On April 29t~, staff participated in a conference call <br />with Central Minnesota Municipal Power Agency ~CMMPA} and other potential Power <br />Coalition participants, All the original members of interest have received approval from their <br />governing bodies to participate in the resource planning study "Phase 1" of the Power Coalition, <br />During this call, consensus was reached by the participants regarding a Participation Agreement, <br />direction for a Confidentiality Agreement, scope of Phase 1, cost allocations, and Power <br />Coalition "off ramps". The costs associated with Phase 1 for ER.MU will be less than $1 Ole. The <br />Commission had approved participation ~in Phase 1 for costs up to ~20k, <br />The Utilities Commission will need to designate a representative and an alternate for the Power <br />Coalition Committee. After the previously mentioned documents are finalized and then signed <br />by all the participants, a committee chair will be elected out of the participants representatives. <br />This election will take place during a conference call on May 21st <br />