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�i <br />Ell� River ---� <br />IVlunicipal Utilities UTILITIES COMMISSION MEETING <br />TO: FROM: <br />ERMU Commission Tom Sagstetter — Conservation & Key Accounts Manager <br />MEETING DATE: AGENDA ITEM NUMBER: <br />July 12, 2022 6.1e <br />SUBJECT: <br />Staff Update <br />ACTION REQUESTED: <br />None <br />DISCUSSION: <br />• In the last 30 days, the level two charger located downtown had 30 sessions and <br />provided customers with 249 kWh. The level two charger located in the parking lot in <br />front of the ERMU main office has been repaired and had 18 sessions and provided <br />customers with 122 kWh. The DC fast charger at the Coborn's fuel station needs a <br />modem upgrade to allow for connection to the network. ERMU staff is exploring options <br />for the entire charger's replacement but will be purchasing the modem to extend <br />service through March of 2023. <br />• Staff is soliciting bids from EV Charging vendors for two EV chargers. The DC fast charger <br />at Coborn's will no longer be supported by ChargePoint starting in April of 2023 and will <br />have to be replaced or removed. The second cost estimate is for a level two charger that <br />would be located at the new field services building in the customer parking lot. <br />• Currently there are 16 active residential solar PV projects under review or construction <br />in the ERMU service territory. The one commercial solar installation is not active <br />currently. Staff provided the contractor with MN Statutes, Section 216B.37-44 detailing <br />defined service territories for electric service and has not heard anything back from the <br />contractor or the property owner. <br />• Staff continues to discuss future options for the energy generation facility at the Elk <br />River Landfill; all contracts end as of October 31, 2022. <br />• Staff participated in a workgroup hosted by the MN Division of Energy Resources (MN <br />DER). The purpose was to discuss the methodologies for determining the cost <br />effectiveness of conservation improvement programs for the investor-owned utilities. <br />Their program information must be submitted to the Public Utilities Commission in <br />2024. The customer-owned utilities (cooperatives and municipals) will file in August <br />under different guidelines that are still being determined by the MN DER. <br />Page 1 of 1 <br />'� <br />