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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 /> October 11, 2016 6.1a <br /> SUBJECT: <br /> Staff Updates—General Manager <br /> DISCUSSION: <br /> • The Board of Directors of the Minnesota <br /> Municipal Power Agency(MMPA) met <br /> on September 27, 2016 in Shakopee, <br /> Minnesota. ` <br /> Construction continues to move ahead on "y <br /> MMPA's 46 MW Shakopee Energy Park .. <br /> project. The project remains on schedule <br /> fora Q2 2017 in-service date. After the ; 1 $ <br /> meeting, Board members had an - r,. <br /> opportunity to tour the construction site. <br /> This facility is visible from US Hwy 169 <br /> near Canterbury Park. The facility, <br /> pictured to the right, has a consistent <br /> design to MMPA's Faribault Energy Park. <br /> The Board also discussed the status of <br /> MMPA's renewable contracts for both wind and solar power. <br /> The Board selected the member communities of Anoka, East Grand Forks, Le Sueur, and <br /> North St. Paul as Hometown Solar grant recipients for 2017. The Hometown Solar grant <br /> program is an extension of MMPA's Energy Education program and provides 5 kilowatt <br /> solar installations to educational facilities in MMPA member communities. The purpose <br /> of the program is to provide MMPA member communities with an educational asset to <br /> help teach our youth first-hand about how sunlight is converted into electricity, and the <br /> unique characteristics of solar power. <br /> • On October 4,the Minnesota Municipal Utilities Association (MMUA) Board of <br /> Directors formally approved the 1Q2017 launch of their executive leadership <br /> development program. This program has been renamed the MMUA Leadership <br /> Page 1of3 PONEBE0 BY <br /> NATURE <br /> PowerRc <br /> Pmvider <br /> POWERED To S ERV E <br /> 151 <br />