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I i, <br /> Elk Riv■�r <br /> Munici al Utilities UTILITIES COMMISSION MEETING <br /> I <br /> TO: FROM: <br /> Elk River Mu icipal Utilities Commission Troy Adams, P.E.—General Manager <br /> John Dietz, C .it <br /> Al Nadeau, V',e Chair <br /> Daryl Thomp •n, Trustee <br /> MEETING 1 , TE: AGENDA ITEM NUMBER: <br /> May 20, 2014 5.4 <br /> SUBJECT: <br /> Minnesota M 1 icipal Utilities Association 2014 Legislative Rally <br /> DISCUSSIO I: <br /> Formed in 19 'I , Minnesota Municipal Utilities Association(MMUA)has a mission to "unite <br /> and serve as a ommon voice for municipal utilities and to provide them with the support they <br /> need to be abl,to improve service to their customers and community." MMUA represents 125 <br /> municipal ele i ric utilities and 31 municipal gas utilities in Minnesota. And although MMUA <br /> provides a"coil mon voice" as a joint action agency representing our concerns and advocating <br /> for our needs I the legislative front, they cannot do it alone. As legislative issues become more <br /> complex and . fect the municipal utilities differently, it has become increasingly important to <br /> provide local • pport to MMUA's efforts. <br /> One of the mo le critical times for this local support is during the legislative sessions when there <br /> is still an opp•l unity to provide comments and/or provide direction for the draft legislation. As <br /> a way to incre:se municipal utility awareness during session,MMUA organizes a Legislative <br /> Rally at our S I.,to Capitol. Packaged with this rally, MMUA also provides a conference with <br /> timely and ap• opriate training sessions targeted at the municipal leadership demographic in <br /> attendance. T is rally was held April 23-25, 2014. <br /> The talking p• nts for the Legislature this year were: laws for utilities can't be made as though <br /> "one size fits . 1,"and third-party retail electric sales hurt our communities. Information <br /> regarding thes: talking points, as well as others, is included in the attached MMUA message to <br /> the Legislatur: <br /> ATTACHM a TS: <br /> • MMU^ 2014 Message to the Legislature <br /> • MMU i 2014 Winter Legislative Conference Program <br /> • MMU 1 Informational Handouts <br /> 'POWERED o <br /> L3;_ Page 1 of 1 NATURE <br /> Reliable Public <br /> Power Provider P O W E R E D To S E R V E <br /> 99 <br />