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Elk River Municipal Utilities UTILITIES COMMISSION MEETING TO: FROM: Elk River Municipal Utilities Commission Mike O'Neill—Technical Services Superintendent John Dietz—Chair Al Nadeau—Vice-Chair Daryl Thompson- Trustee MEETING DATE: AGENDA ITEM NUMBER: November 17th, 2015 6.1d SUBJECT: Staff Update DISCUSSION: • The Locating department had a total of 403 locate tickets in September; seven of them being emergency tickets, five cancellations, 12 meetings, 347 normal tickets and 30 updated tickets. • In October, the Security Systems Department had a total of 140 phone contacts, 16 systems quoted, 14 system sales made, 10 installs completed, 33 service calls and 16 personal visits. • Electric Technicians continue with the meter reading,power bill, substation checks,hanging red-tags,meter read-outs, dealing with meter and off-peak issues, as well as delivering and installing new meters to commercial customers. They continue to change out the three phase meters with meters that can be read by radio ERT. Meter change outs in Area 1 are ongoing for commercial accounts. • The power plant staff did the monthly engine run on October 23th. All engines ran well with no problems. • Working with Minnesota Municipal Power Agency(MMPA)to determine whether or not they want to use our generation plant in the Midcontinent Independent System Operator (MISO)market. • The Otsego substation upgrades to high side protection scheme are now complete. The work was done by Granite City Construction and tested by United Services Group. The new systems work great. Trained lineman and technicians on new equipment operation substation. ATTACHMENTS: • Security Systems Weekly Update • Security Systems Analysis POWERED OI Page 1 of 1 NATURE Reliable Public Power Provider P OWERED T O S ERV E 166