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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 />6.1g <br />SUBJECT: <br />Staff Update <br />ACTION REQUESTED: <br />None <br />DISCUSSION: <br />• In March, the locators processed 212 locate tickets. These consisted of 174 normal <br />tickets, 1 emergency ticket, 18 updated tickets, 10 meets, 3 planning, 2 boundary <br />surveys, and 4 cancellations. This resulted in a 91.0% increase in tickets from the <br />previous month and a 12.8% decrease from the prior March. <br />• Staff has completed review of GPS equipment and has decided to purchase two Trimble <br />R580 units. These will be used during the construction of our underground facilities to <br />aid in mapping and help meet the new locating laws that go into effect in 2026. The <br />locators are currently demo-ing the Radio Detection GPS locator. We expect to have a <br />decision on the GPS locator soon. <br />• Electrical technicians completed 213 service order tasks, updated the power bill, <br />addressed customer meter issues and any off-peak concerns. <br />• The Advanced Metering Infrastructure (AMI) residential water meters and residential <br />electric meters continue to be installed in new services. The electrical technicians have <br />been busy changing out the current Automated Meter Reading meters to AMI meters <br />for off-peak around the system. Approximately 5,179 water meters and 11,675 electric <br />meters are currently active within our AMI system. <br />• Staff have successfully completed oil replacement/dehydration on 25 switchgears so far <br />utilizing the trailer -mounted oil collection system. Contaminated oil is reconditioned <br />overnight and then used in another switchgear the next day. The testing of oil in <br />completed units shows the moisture levels returning to acceptable levels. We extended <br />the timeframe on this project to recondition the oil on as many switchgear as possible <br />by the end of April. <br />• Our monthly peak was 41.80 MW on March 8, at 7:02 p.m. <br />Page 1 of 1 <br />224 <br />