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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 />April 8, 2025 <br />5.4 <br />SUBJECT: <br />Advanced Metering Infrastructure Update <br />ACTION REQUESTED: <br />None <br />DISCUSSION: <br />As of April 3, Allegiant has completed 4,054 residential water meter replacements and 523 <br />retrofits. Allegiant has pulled their staff from the residential part of the project due to <br />intermittent appointments. Existing scheduled appointments will be completed by an Allegiant <br />technician who is still working on the commercial project. ERMU staff will be scheduling and <br />completing the remaining residential meter exchanges as time allows. The residential water <br />meter exchange work is approximately 92% complete. <br />To date we have made 86 residential repairs utilizing master plumber Karsten Nelson (Archer <br />Plumbing) with a running total of $30,610.36 in repair costs. In April 2024, the Commission <br />voted to absorb these residential costs at an estimate of $300 per job for approximately 100- <br />150 homes, totaling between $30-$45K. <br />Allegiant's commercial meter subcontractor (Archer Plumbing) has completed 244 commercial <br />meter replacements and 31 retrofits as of April 3. The commercial water meter exchange <br />work is about 45% complete. <br />As of April 3, Allegiant has completed 9,547 residential electric meter replacements. Allegiant <br />has removed staffing from the residential part of the project due to a lack of available meters <br />which stems from a supply chain issue with our supplier. ERMU staff will complete these meter <br />replacements once meters become available. The residential electric meter exchange work is <br />about 78% completed. <br />We are still waiting for the delivery of our commercial electric meters for the project. ERMU <br />staff will be utilized for all commercial electric meter installations and will be testing current <br />transformers/potential transformers during each visit to verify equipment is working correctly <br />and accurately. We are still waiting for the remainder of our residential meters, 3S, 4S & 2S- <br />320A, which are expected in Q2 of 2025. <br />Overall, approximately 85% of the total available AMI meters have been installed. <br />Page 1 of 1 <br />1: <br />