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S, Elk River Municipal Utilities 13069 Orono Parkway phone: 763.441.2020 Elk River, MN 55330 Fax 763.441.8099 November 2, 2004 To: Elk River Municipal Utilities Commission Jerry Takle James Tralle John Dietz From: Bryan Adams Subject: Miscellaneous Issues Generally at the November Elk River Municipal Utilities Commission meeting, the budget is adopted. This year Great River Energy will not be adopting our wholesale electric rate until November 9th or 10`h. Because this has such a large impact on the electric budget, it is best to wait until Great River Energy's whole rate is finalized and adopt the budget at the December meeting. We do not anticipate much change from what was presented to this commission earlier. At our December meeting, we will also adjust the electric and water retail rates to satisfy our budget requirements. MMUA and APPA have established the 2005 winter legislative rallies. The APPA Washington DC rally is scheduled for February 8-11, 2005. MMUA's St. Paul, MN winter meeting and legislative rally is March 9-11, 2005. I will be attending these rallies unless the commission desires otherwise. I would also encourage members of this commission to attend as well. Attached are the following articles for your reading enjoyment. a) "Plans for Huge Wind Turbines Jolt Kansans", from the Wall Street Journal. b) `Britain Finds Energy Traders Cutting Corners", from the October 13, 2004 Wall Street Journal. c) "Not Just Tilting Anymore", from the Wall Street Journal. At the January 13, 2004 commission meeting, authorization was given to proceed with purchasing and installing a SCADA system for the water department up to $200,000. The SCADA system is up and running, except for the master computer monitoring and control in Dave Berg's office. We can currently monitor the water system from any of the water facilities. The SCADA system, as installed to date, is enough under budget to allow us to purchase the remaining monitoring computer, software, and communication necessary to complete the system.