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______________________________________________________________________________ <br /> <br />Page 1 of 1 <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />UTILITIES COMMISSION MEETING <br /> <br />TO: <br />ERMU Commission <br />FROM: <br />Chris Sumstad – Electric Superintendent <br />MEETING DATE: <br />August 10, 2021 <br />AGENDA ITEM NUMBER: <br />6.1h <br />SUBJECT: <br />Staff Update <br />ACTION REQUESTED: <br />None <br /> <br />DISCUSSION: <br />• Installed 12 new residential services, which involves the connection of a secondary line <br />once the customer requests service. <br />• Work continues on the Highway 169 Redefine project. The west side of Highway 169 <br />near 197th Avenue is mostly finished. Work on the east side will continue for a few <br />weeks with new underground 500 MCM wire and switchgears, along with overhead <br />poles and switches, being installed. Another crew is currently working south of the <br />movie theater and across the highway near KFC to reroute a feeder line. <br />• The bore crew has crossed Highway 169 twice with new 500 MCM underground feeder <br />wire. They finished the installation of the wire along the highway on both sides near <br />197th Avenue. They installed some primary wire near Northbound liquor and will <br />continue to move south. <br />• We continue to experience long lead times when ordering many of our inventory items. <br />Transformers have some of the longest lead times at 25-30 weeks. Many other items <br />are 16-20 weeks out. Our inventory procurement specialist has done a good job of <br />staying on top of items to get them here when we need them. The long lead times look <br />like they will continue for the foreseeable future. <br />• Thermal imaging revealed hotspots on the paddles above the recloser for Feeder 62 at <br />the North Substation. The feeder line was taken out of service and the paddles were <br />cleaned and re-bolted on July 13. <br />• A contractor dug into our primary wire in the Hillside 12th Addition on August 2. This <br />knocked out power to 20 houses in that development. Other small outages that <br />occurred this past month were caused by: an underground primary line that went bad, <br />two failed underground secondary house services, a bad overhead transformer, and a <br />few tree and squirrel contacts. <br />• Minnesota Municipal Utilities Association safety coordinator Cody Ravelling was here on <br />July 28 for pole top and bucket rescue training. This is completed annually by required <br />employees. <br /> <br />105