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UTILITIES COMMISSION MEETING TO:FROM: ERMU Commission Tony Mauren – Governance & Communications Manager MEETING DATE: AGENDA ITEM NUMBER: March 11, 2025 4.1 SUBJECT: Annual Commissioner Orientation ACTION REQUESTED: None BACKGROUND: Commission Policy G.2d – Commission Member Role, Responsibilities, and Orientation describes the role and responsibilities of commissionersoperating as a governing body in accordance with applicable law. The Commission also establishes its expectations for the orientation of new commission members. As stated in the policy, “The ERMU Commission is committed to excellent governance. This requires that individual Commissioners be well-informed about ERMU, its customers and stakeholders, the utility business, prudent financial management, and the Commission’s own governance structure and processes.” Consistent with this commitment and commission policies, an annual orientation program for new and existing commission members was implemented in 2018. This year’s orientation will offer a presentation from Frontier Energy with updates on ERMU’s Conservation Improvement Program as well as a presentation from staff on ERMU’s Communication efforts. Attached is a review and summary of the Commission Policy manual and Reference Guide updates from the previous 12 months. Please note that these updates are published as they are approved throughout the year. COMMISSIONER POLICY AND REFERENCE GUIDE UPDATES: 1. Updated Commission Policies G.2c – Agenda Planning G.2e – Commission Member Conduct G.4f1 – Employee Handbook G.4g1 – Performance Metrics and Incentive CompensationPolicy G.3d – Monitoring Performance of the General Manager G.3e – General Manager Performance Planning and Evaluation ______________________________________________________________________________ Page 1 of 2 63