6.1.a-f. ERMUSR 11-15-2016 - Laserfiche WebLink

Home Browse Search

Elk River Municipal Utilities UTILITIES COMMISSION MEETING TO: FROM: Elk River Municipal Utilities Commission Troy Adams, P.E.— General Manager John Dietz—Chair Al Nadeau—Vice Chair Daryl Thompson—Trustee MEETING DATE: AGENDA ITEM NUMBER: November 15, 2016 6.1a SUBJECT: Staff Updates—General Manager DISCUSSION: • The Board of Directors of the Minnesota Municipal Power Agency(MMPA)met on October 25, 2016 in Shakopee,Minnesota. Construction continues to move ahead on MMPA's 46 MW Shakopee Energy Park project. The project remains on schedule and on budget. The Board received an update on the development of a 46 MW generating facility to be located in Chaska. MMPA representatives met with the Chaska City Council for a work session and a tour of the Shakopee Energy Park construction site. The facility in Chaska is expected to be very similar to Shakopee Energy Park. The Board also discussed the status of MMPA's contract for the output of the 78 MW Black Oak Wind Farm and its contract for the output of the 7 MW Buffalo Solar project. • The Midwest Municipal Transmission Group(MMTG)held their annual meeting at the Minnesota Municipal Utilities Association(MMUA)offices in Plymouth, MN, on November 2. The annual meeting of the membership was followed by a meeting of the board of directors. The primary functions of the annual meeting of the membership are the election of board directors, receiving of the audited annual financial report, adoption of the proposed budget and dues, transmission regulatory update and analysis, and discussion of current and future projects. The primary function of the board meeting is the election of officers and adoption of the proposed budget and dues. I am currently a director on this board. One significant outcome of this meeting related to the 2017 dues and the current general and zonal reserve balances. The membership determined that sufficient balances had been met in the general and zonal reserve buckets. Because of this, no zonal dues need be collected for 2017. Also,because of the level of general reserves,the general membership dues income could be decreased by approximately 35%for 2017. This dues structure is based on multiple criterial including members' peak system demand so the actual individual dues reductions vary from one member to another. For ERMU, our 2017 dues are estimated to be $5,942 which is over a 50% reduction from our 2016 dues at$12,807. rrWE BE0 B 1Page 1 of 2 ATURE Reliable Public Power Provider P o w E a c e To SERVE 164