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Elk River _ - <br />Municipal Utilities UTILITIES COMMISSION MEETING <br />TO: <br />FROM: <br />ERMU Commission <br />Mark Hanson — General Manager <br />MEETING DATE: <br />AGENDA ITEM NUMBER: <br />May 14, 2024 <br />6.1a <br />SUBJECT: <br />Staff Update <br />ACTION REQUESTED: <br />None <br />DISCUSSION: <br />• The Brookings Investors monthly meeting kicked off April 23, 2024. 1 will serve as the <br />primary member and Finance Manager Melissa Karpinski will serve as our alternate. The <br />intent of the meeting is to review maintenance needs/costs of the transmission lines <br />currently owned, as well as research future transmission ownership opportunities. <br />• I've been working with Connexus Energy and representatives of the Northfork <br />Homeowners Association in Ramsey. Connexus would like to run an underground tie <br />line across one of their properties and needs an easement. After hearing of Connexus' <br />year -long struggles in connecting with the HOA, I volunteered to help facilitate the <br />discussion. An easement for the tie line is needed because our 2016 territory transfer <br />interrupted an existing tie. Due to the high costs at the time, the work was delayed until <br />a more cost-effective route could be identified. We are hopeful an easement will be <br />granted by the end of the month. <br />• The Board of Directors of the Minnesota Municipal Power Agency (MMPA) met on April <br />23, 2024, at Faribault Energy Park in Faribault, Minnesota and via videoconference. <br />Commissioner Stewart and I attended. The public summary is below: <br />o MMPA's auditor, FORVIS, presented MMPA's 2023 financial statement audit. The <br />audit report can be found on MMPA's website www.mmpa.org. The Board <br />received and accepted the 2023 audit report. <br />o The Board reviewed the Agency's operating/financial performance for March <br />2024. <br />o Customer penetration for the residential Clean Energy Choice program remained <br />at 5.4%. There was an increase of 41 customers participating in the residential <br />Clean Energy Choice program from February to March. <br />o The Board discussed the status of renewable projects the Agency is pursuing. <br />Page 1 of 1 <br />214 <br />