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A*Elk River <br /> Municipal Utilities UTILITIES COMMISSION MEETING <br /> TO: FROM: <br /> Elk River Municipal Utilities Commission Troy Adams, P.E.—General Manager <br /> John Dietz—Chair <br /> Al Nadeau—Vice Chair <br /> Daryl Thompson—Trustee <br /> MEETING DATE: AGENDA ITEM NUMBER: <br /> July 14, 2015 6.1a <br /> SUBJECT: <br /> Staff Updates—General Manager <br /> DISCUSSION:. <br /> • The Board of Directors of the Minnesota Municipal Power Agency(MMPA)met on June 23, <br /> 2015. The Board was informed that management met with the Sempra management and <br /> development team for the Black Oak Wind Project. Sempra expects the project to be in service <br /> during the fourth quarter of 2016. <br /> The Board discussed the upcoming MMPA annual dinner meeting scheduled for the evening of <br /> Tuesday,July 28. Invitations to the event have been sent out to representatives from each member <br /> community. The meeting is a good opportunity for council members,utility commissioners,and <br /> other city officials and staff to learn about the Agency and its future plans. <br /> • After 33 years of service,Wade Lovelette retired on June 30.We had an event with cake that <br /> afternoon. He was presented with a meter lamp for his years of service. <br /> • Included in the 2015 budget was a line item for a <br /> transmission MISO Attachment 0 study by MCR <br /> Performance Solutions,LLC. This consultant had done our <br /> Attachment 0 work with Central Minnesota Municipal 4 9 <br /> Power Agency. In preliminary discussions with MCR, <br /> ERMU has made changes in operations which would result <br /> in a greater Attachment 0 return. The payback is expected to ;;` is <br /> be two years,but only that long because of the one year delay - - i�/ <br /> in MISO payment. A conference call was held on June 17 <br /> and a kick-off meeting scheduled for July 22 at ERMU. �- <br /> • On June 16 I filmed the Ma Y or's TV Show to talk about T <br /> ERMU's 100 year anniversary,electric service territory,and , <br /> Minnesota Municipal Power Agency.Here is the link to the <br /> video: http://elkriver- ,' ., <br /> mn.pegcentral.com/player.php?video=6c0c054c2d01bfeff427 <br /> Oalbeff6484d =f1-' <br /> Mb�3- POWERED DY <br /> Page 1 of 2 <br /> Reliabe Public <br /> Power Provider P o w E R E O T o S E R V E <br /> 56 <br />