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______________________________________________________________________________ <br /> <br />Page 1 of 2 <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />UTILITIES COMMISSION MEETING <br /> <br />TO: <br />ERMU Commission <br />FROM: <br />Thomas Geiser – Operations Director <br />MEETING DATE: <br />July 13, 2021 <br />AGENDA ITEM NUMBER: <br />6.1g <br />SUBJECT: <br />Staff Update <br />ACTION REQUESTED: <br />None <br /> <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 been approved and we are in full <br />construction mode for the electric portion of the work to be done. <br /> <br />• Staff met with the County and Bolton & Menk, Inc. to review 90% plans for the County <br />State Aid Highway 13 project, which will bring roundabouts to Line Avenue and Tyler <br />Street. Staff has begun setting new poles and has pulled the first run of overhead lines <br />for the new line location. Crews are also working on transferring customers to the new <br />line. <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 for the transition, which is planned for August 2. Our two substation <br />transformers from the plant have been delivered to the RDF site. We are still working <br />through the details to bring a new 480-volt service to the site. <br /> <br />• We are having issues with the single phase fuse pads we ordered from a vendor last <br />year. Four of the twenty we’ve received have failed after installation or are not working <br />at all. We are working with the vendor and Irby Utilities to find a solution. <br /> <br />• A pole was struck by a vehicle on Highway 169, north of 219th Avenue. The pole has <br />been replaced. <br /> <br />• On Monday, June 28 at 12:30pm, A contractor doing demolition work for a business on <br />Highway 10 hooked on to a wire and broke our pole in half. The wire then slingshot <br />across the highway and wrapped into our main three phase line on the other side. This <br />knocked out Feeder 46 which feeds the eastside of town. We were able to restore <br />power within 90 minutes. Approximately 95 customers were affected. <br />125