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UTILITIES COMMISSION MEETING <br />TO:FROM: <br />ERMU Commission Mike Tietz – Technical Services Superintendent <br />MEETING DATE: AGENDA ITEM NUMBER: <br />March11, 2025 5.3 <br />SUBJECT: <br />Advanced Metering Infrastructure Update <br />ACTION REQUESTED: <br />None <br />DISCUSSION: <br />As of March 4, Allegiant has completed 3,904 residential water meter replacements(corrected <br />number for February report is 3,693) and 491retrofits. Allegiant has reduced staffing to two <br />water technicians working on our project. Based on the current appointments, Allegiant will be <br />done at the end of March unless we can fill the schedule. The residential water meter exchange <br />work is approximately 88.3% complete. <br /> <br />To date we have made 71 residential repairs utilizing master plumber Karsten Nelson (Archer <br />Plumbing) with a running total of $25,010.36 in repair costs. This is about a 1.82% 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 /> <br />Allegiant’s commercial meter subcontractor (Archer Plumbing) has completed 200 commercial <br />water meter replacements and 27 retrofits as of March 4. The commercial water meter <br />exchange work is about 37.5% complete. <br /> <br />As of March 4, Allegiant has completed 7,010 residential electric meter replacements. Allegiant <br />will have two technicians on the project until they complete the installations. The residential <br />electric meter exchange work is about 57% complete. Installations are being performed <br />Monday through Friday from 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. and Saturdays from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. <br />We received the remainder (2,116) of our 2S-200A residential electric meters on February 28. <br /> <br />I must note that there was a $75 adder for all commercial meters that was just recently <br />discovered that was not accounted for in the original bid pricing. This will add about $64,000 to <br />the overall electric project. ERMU staff will be utilized for all commercial installations. <br /> <br />Overall, approximately 71% of the total available AMI meters have been installed. <br />______________________________________________________________________________ <br />Page 1 of 1 <br />133 <br /> <br />