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i <br /> Elk River <br /> Municipal Utilities UTILITIES COMMISSION MEETING <br /> TO: FROM: <br /> Elk River Municipal Utilities Commission Wade Lovelette—Technical Services <br /> John Dietz—Chair Superintendent <br /> Al Nadeau—Vice Chair <br /> Daryl Thompson—Trustee <br /> MEETING DATE: AGENDA ITEM NUMBER: <br /> March 17, 2015 4.1 <br /> SUBJECT: <br /> 2014 Electric Reliability Report(Revised) <br /> BACKGROUND: <br /> Minnesota Rules Chapter 7826 Public Utilities Commission Electric Utility Standards cover <br /> safety, reliability, service, and reporting requirements. Per 7826.0100(A), municipal utilities are <br /> exempt from these requirements. However,the Elk River Municipal Utilities Commission <br /> adopted a number of parts of this chapter as a Distribution Reliability Standard policy requiring <br /> annual reporting on system reliability. <br /> DISCUSSION: <br /> After Last month's report of our reliability numbers, it was brought to our attention that some of <br /> the outages reported to the American Public Power Association(APPA)had the wrong customer <br /> count in them. After sending them the corrected data, some of our reliability numbers changed, <br /> although our CAIDI number stayed close to the same. I have attached APPA's eReliability <br /> Tracker 2014 Annual Report. Even though the primary uses of reliability statistics are for self- <br /> evaluation,utilities can use these statistics to compare with data from similar utilities. I was <br /> unable to get MMUA's comparisons because other municipals were unwilling to share their <br /> results. <br /> In 2014, our reliability index numbers remain excellent. These reliability index numbers reflect <br /> the condition of our robust electrical system as well as the superb response time from our local <br /> line crews. This also reflects the local accountability, long term visioning on system design, and <br /> ongoing system maintenance. The table below reflects the number of customer outage minutes <br /> from 2005 through 2014. <br /> Year # of Customers # of Outage Minutes #of Outages <br /> 2005 8398 558,140 59 <br /> 2006 8804 314,510 73 <br /> 2007 9163 67,845 47 <br /> EN PYDUEDED BY <br /> Page 1 of 3 NATURE <br /> Reliable Public' <br /> Power Provider P O W E R E D T o S E R V E <br /> 49 <br />