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UTILITIES COMMISSION MEETING <br />TO:FROM: <br />ERMU Commission Thomas Geiser – Operations Director <br />MEETING DATE: AGENDA ITEM NUMBER: <br />June 8th, 20216.1g <br />SUBJECT: <br />Staff Update <br />ACTION REQUESTED: <br />None <br />DISCUSSION: <br /> Staff continues to meet with T2 Utility Engineers, WSB Engineering, and MnDOT for the <br />upcoming Highway 169 Redefine project. Permits have also been sent to MnDOT and we <br />are waitingonapproval so we can start constructionwithin the right of way (ROW) as <br />soon as possible. We have started necessary worklocated outside of the ROW. <br /> <br />Staffmet with the Countyand Bolton & Menk, Inc.to review 60% plans for the County <br />Road 13 project, which will bring roundabouts to Line Avenue and Tyler Street. Staff has <br />begun setting new poles and relocating the lines. <br /> <br /> The substation transformer was delivered on May 5 and the power plant is now being <br />fed from it. We are in the process of tearing down the overhead lines and relocating the <br />two substation transformers in preparation for the field services facility expansion work <br />that is schedule in June. <br /> <br /> Working with the owners of the refuse-derived fuel (RDF) processing plant and Great <br />River Energy (GRE) to make the transition from GRE’s 69-kilovolt transmission line to <br />ERMU’s distribution grid. Staff has begun installation of the necessary underground <br />infrastructure and the two substation transformers from the power plant have been <br />delivered to the RDF site. We are now working through details on bringing a new 480- <br />volt service to this site. <br /> <br /> Staff removed the streetlights from Proctor Road to Lowell Avenue for the Highway 10 <br />reconstruction project. The streetlights will be reinstalled when the project is complete. <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />______________________________________________________________________________ <br />Page 1 of 1 <br />99 <br />