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�/ Elk River .M Municipal Utilities UTILITIES COMMISSION MEETING TO: FROM: ERMU Commission Troy Adams, P.E. —General Manager MEETING DATE: AGENDA ITEM NUMBER: November 12, 2019 6.1a SUBJECT: Staff Update ACTION REQUESTED: None DISCUSSION: • The Board of Directors of the Minnesota Municipal Power Agency (MMPA) met on October 22, 2019 at Shakopee Public Utilities in Shakopee, Minnesota. Commissioner Al Nadeau and I were both in attendance. The Board reviewed the status of the Hometown WindPower refurbishment and life extension project. The Board discussed the status of the renewable projects the Agency is pursuing. The Board approved a template Transmission Transformed Retail Rate and requested that MMPA's members' governing bodies approve retail tariffs based on the template to support the Agency's economic development activities. Participation in MMPA's residential Clean Energy Choice program increased over September, with a market penetration that is at 3.3%. After months of discussion and much consideration, the Board made the decision to not implement an agency-run load management program. And the Board, through consensus, gave the members the authority to locally develop retail rate distribution- level load management programs which control billing peak. • The week of October 13, I attended my first American Public Power Association (APPA) board meeting and also attended an APPA Reliable Public Power Provider(RP3) Panel grading session.The following topics were discussed and action items taken: The Board appointed Joy Ditto as the organization's new President & CEO. Ms. Ditto will succeed Sue Kelly, who is retiring at the end of 2019. Currently, Ms. Ditto is the President & CEO of Utilities Technology Council (UTC), another Washington D.C. based trade association. Prior to UTC, Ms. Ditto worked in Advocacy for APPA as the Senior Vice President for Legislative and Political Affairs. Page 1 of 2 223