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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 />January 14, 2025 <br />5.2 <br />SUBJECT: <br />Advanced Metering Infrastructure Update <br />ACTION REQUESTED: <br />None <br />DISCUSSION: <br />As of January 2, Allegiant has completed 3,342 residential water meter replacements and 404 <br />retrofits. Allegiant's goal is to maintain 3-4 water technicians working throughout the <br />remainder of the project. The residential water meter exchange work is approximately 72.5% <br />complete. <br />To date we have made 64 residential repairs utilizing master plumber Karsten Nelson (Archer <br />Plumbing) with a running total of $22,710.36 in repair costs. This is about a 1.55% 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 estimate of $300 per job for approximately 100-150 homes, <br />totaling between $30-$45K. <br />Allegiant's commercial meter subcontractor (Archer Plumbing) has completed 79 commercial <br />meter replacements and 27 retrofits as of January 2. The commercial water meter exchange <br />work is about 23% complete. <br />As of January 2, Allegiant has completed 3,531 residential electric meter replacements. They <br />plan to have 2-3 technicians on the project most of the time and expect to exchange between <br />700 and 1,000 meters per technician each month. The residential electric meter exchange work <br />is about 32% completed. Installations are being done Monday through Friday from 8:00 a.m. to <br />4:30 p.m. and Saturdays from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. Communication of these times is on our <br />website along with other FAQ's. <br />We are expecting to receive the remainder of our residential electric meters in Q1 of 2025 from <br />Sensus. Unfortunately, we still have not received any indication of when our commercial <br />electric meters will be delivered. ERMU staff will be utilized for the commercial installations. <br />Overall, approximately 56% of the total available AMI meters have been installed. <br />Page 1 of 1 <br />75 <br />