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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: October 10, 2017 6.1a SUBJECT: Staff Update ACTION REQUESTED: None DISCUSSION: • The Board of Directors of the Minnesota Municipal Power Agency(MMPA) met on September 26, 2017 at the offices of Shakopee Public Utilities in Shakopee, Minnesota. I attended, but Commissioner Al Nadeau was not able to attend as ERMU's alternative representative. 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%. The Clean Energy Choice for Business program rollout is about to begin. The Board also discussed the status of the renewable projects that the Agency is pursuing. • I am continuing to invest significant time into the details of our wholesale power provider migration. Multiple conference calls and communications regarding transmission, interconnection, MISO registration, Landfill Gas Plant, and substation metering. This will continue to be a major focus of time over the next year. We are now one year away from the transition from Great River Energy(GRE)to MMPA. • As reported last month, the City of Otsego council has approved the terms the transfer of street lighting as approved by the Commission in July. We are continuing to work with legal counsel to draft the agreements. • The September 19 electric service territory acquisition successfully transferred nearly 500 customers from Connexus Energy to ERMU. The success of this transfer goes far beyond the negotiation of the agreement. This is the third year of acquisition from this March 2015 electric service territory transfer agreement; however, being the third transfer did not make this transfer easier. In fact,this was the most complex transfer to date. Page 1 of 3 90