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��i <br />Elk River , <br />Municipal Utilities UTILITIES COMMISSION MEETING <br />TO: <br />FROM: <br />ERMU Commission <br />Mike Tietz - Technical Services Superintendent <br />MEETING DATE: <br />AGENDA ITEM NUMBER: <br />October 8, 2024 <br />5.3 <br />SUBJECT: <br />Advanced Metering Infrastructure Update <br />ACTION REQUESTED: <br />None <br />DISCUSSION: <br />As of October 3, Allegiant has completed 2,128 residential water meter replacements and 213 <br />retrofits. Allegiant's goal is to maintain four technicians working during the duration of our <br />project. <br />Allegiant's commercial meter subcontractor (Archer Plumbing) has completed 19 commercial <br />meter replacements and 14 retrofits as of October 3. <br />Staff have started replacing the seasonal irrigation meters to help mitigate issues related to <br />these types of services. We are tagging these meters with labelling that indicates the location of <br />the meter so that the companies maintaining these seasonal irrigation systems re -install them <br />at the correct location. <br />To date we have made 31 residential repairs utilizing master plumber Karsten Nelson (Archer <br />Plumbing) with a running total of $11,035.36 in repair costs. This is about a 1.45% repair rate <br />based on the total number of installed water meters. In April 2024, the Commission voted to <br />absorb these residential costs at an estimated $300 per job for approximately 100-150 homes, <br />totaling between $30-45k. The residential water meter exchange work is about 48% complete. <br />Our distributor informed us on September 26 that the anticipated shipment of approximately <br />3,000 residential electric meters scheduled for October delivery from Sensus will be delayed. I <br />will be meeting with the Senior Director of North America Sales at Sensus during the Reach <br />conference in Atlanta that I will be attending in a couple weeks. I plan to discuss the supply <br />chain issues that we are experiencing and work on finding an acceptable resolution to this <br />problem. <br />We have informed Allegiant of this delay and will be discussing whether we are willing to allow <br />them to work through most of our available inventory of electric meters. This means that there <br />would most likely be a postponement of the installations until we receive additional inventory <br />in 2025. <br />Page 1 of 1 <br />