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Elk River Municipal Utilities UTILITIES COMMISSION MEETING TO: FROM: ERMU Commission Troy Adams, P.E.—General Manager MEETING DATE: AGENDA ITEM NUMBER: September 12, 2017 6.1a SUBJECT: Staff Update ACTION REQUESTED: None DISCUSSION: • The Board of Directors of the Minnesota Municipal Power Agency(MMPA)met on August 29, 2017 at the offices of Shakopee Public Utilities in Shakopee, Minnesota. It was reported that customer penetration of MMPA's Clean Energy Choice program for residential customers increased to 2.2%,with a range of market penetration by member of 5.6%to 0.7%. It was reported that the Clean Energy Choice for Business program rollout is about to begin. The Board approved a pilot program extending the Agency's Energy Education program to high school students in Shakopee at the Shakopee Energy Park(SEP) facility. It was reported that MMPA won a"System Innovation Award" from the Minnesota Municipal Utilities Association at its 2017 summer meeting in August. The award recognized MMPA's leadership and innovation in developing its customer engagement& education and generation portfolio. MMPA's SEP has been selected by the editors of POWER magazine to receive a 2017 Top Plan Award. SEP is featured in this month's edition of Power magazine. The article is attached. • The City of Otsego council has approved the terms the transfer of street lighting as approved by the Commission in July. We will work with legal counsel to draft the agreements. • The on-site information gathering meetings for our cyber security assessment have been scheduled for October 19-20. An Information Security Committee meeting will be held shortly following to review the assessment report. ATTACHMENTS: • POWER magazine—Growing Community Seeks Attractive Power Plant— Sept 2017 Page 1 of 1 85