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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: December 11, 2018 6.1a SUBJECT: Staff Update ACTION REQUESTED: None DISCUSSION: • The Board of Directors of the Minnesota Municipal Power Agency(MMPA)met on November 27, 2018, at the offices of Shakopee Public Utilities. I attended, but Commissioner Al Nadeau was not able to attend. The Board was updated on the status of repairs to Faribault Energy Park from a tornado that hit the plant on September 20 as well as the successful completion of a major maintenance outage. The Board discussed the status of several renewable projects that the Agency is pursuing. The Board discussed changes to NERC reliability standards affecting several of the larger MMPA member communities. The unaudited financials for 3Q2018 are attached. • On October 25, I participated in an American Public Power Association (APPA)Reliable Public Power Provider(RP3) application final grading session as the Reliability Representative on their 18 member panel. In addition to final grading, during this meeting the panel performed their annual review of the RP3 designation requirements and application process. • The Minnesota Municipal Utilities Association(MMUA) Government Relations Committee has begun meeting again in preparation for the upcoming session. I am currently the chair of the committee. We held a conference call on November 16. On that call we reviewed the results of the election. We also discussed the results of the November 15 Conservation Improvement Program(CIP)to Comprehensive Energy Efficiency Program (CEEP)meeting which was held at the office of the Minnesota Rural Electric Association(MREA) in Maple Grove, MN. The MREA/MMUA CIP to CEEP meeting included representation from the Center for Energy and the Environment(CEE) for the purpose of aligning goals and discussing Page 1 of 2 127