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Elk River <br /> Municip al Utiiitie s <br /> 13069 Orono Parkway <br /> P.O. Box 430 <br /> Elk River, MN 55330 <br /> (763) 441-2020 <br /> UTILITIES COMMISSION MEETING <br /> TO: FROM: <br /> Elk River Municipal Utilities Commission Wade Lovelette <br /> John Dietz, Chair Superintendent of Technical Services <br /> Daryl Thompson, Vice Chair <br /> Allan Nadeau, Trustee <br /> MEETING DATE: AGENDA ITEM NUMBER: <br /> July 17, 2012 5.4 <br /> SUBJECT: <br /> Substation Supervisory Control And Data Acquisition Installation Update <br /> BACKGROUND: <br /> In March of this year, we met with the United Services Group to go over the plans for installing <br /> SCADA (Supervisory Control And Data Acquisition) at each of our substations. This will give <br /> us real-time data and control of switching from remote locations. <br /> DISCUSSION: <br /> Part of the installation costs are saved by us providing the labor to do the trenching and pulling <br /> of the wire and fiber optic cable. In May we began trenching and pulling in cable at the West <br /> Substation. We also had to change the controllers for the breakers at each feeder. Each controller <br /> has a fiber optic communication card that talks to the computer to give us the information that <br /> we are requesting. <br /> This system will be beneficial for our Outage Management System (OMS) where during outages <br /> we can see if a main feeder has tripped out or if the outage is localized to a smaller area. It will <br /> also give us control of the feeders at the power plant or from a laptop computer. <br /> On Monday, July 2"d, the West Substation went on line. Please see the attached screen shot. <br /> ACTION REQUESTED: <br /> No action required. <br /> RP, � ONEBED B1 <br /> r3 ® [NATURE] <br /> Reliable Public P O W E R E D TO S E R V E <br /> Power Provider <br />