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ELK RIVER MUNICIPAL UTILITIES <br />SPECIAL MEETING OF THE UTILITIES COMMISSION <br />HELD AT THE UPPERTOWN CONFERENCE ROOM <br />March 12, 2024 <br />Members Present: Chair John Dietz, Vice Chair Mary Stewart, and Commissioners <br />Paul Bell, Matt Westgaard, and Nick Zerwas <br />ERMU Staff Present: Mark Hanson, General Manager <br />Sara Youngs, Administrations Director <br />Tom Geiser, Operations Director <br />Tony Mauren, Governance & Communications Manager <br />Jenny Foss, Communications & Administrative <br />Coordinator <br />Others Present Tanju Gulati, Director with Frontier Energy; Doug <br />Eli, Energy Engineer with Frontier Energy; <br />Alexandra Blair, Program Coordinator with <br />Frontier Energy <br />1.0 CALL MEETING TO ORDER <br />The special meeting of the Utilities Commission was called to order at 2:30 p.m. by Chair <br />Dietz. <br />2.0 BUSINESS ACTION <br />2.1 Conservation Improvement Program Presentation — Frontier Energy <br />Ms. Youngs presented representatives from Frontier Energy, Tanuj Gulati, Doug Eli, and <br />Alexandra Blair to educate the Commission on the services they will be providing to ERMU's <br />Conservation Improvement Program (CIP) as well as the Utilities' program results over the <br />previous seven years. <br />Mr. Eli provided an overview of the Energy Conservation and Optimization Act and how it <br />affects ERMU. <br />While reviewing the chart for low-income spending in Frontier's presentation, Ms. Youngs <br />explained that a large portion of that spending is from collaborative efforts with the Tri- <br />County Action Plan. <br />Chair Dietz asked how commercial customers are made aware of the rebate programs <br />available to them. <br />Ms. Youngs explained that ERMU is communicating to commercial customers that rebates <br />are available. She explained that staff is working with Frontier to reach out to larger users to <br />Elk River Municipal Utilities Commission Special Meeting Minutes <br />March 12, 2024 <br />Page 1 <br />33 <br />