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______________________________________________________________________________ <br /> <br />Page 1 of 2 <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />UTILITIES COMMISSION MEETING <br /> <br />TO: <br />ERMU Commission <br />FROM: <br />Mike Tietz – Technical Services Superintendent <br />MEETING DATE: <br />May 13, 2025 <br />AGENDA ITEM NUMBER: <br />5.2 <br />SUBJECT: <br />Advanced Metering Infrastructure Update <br />ACTION REQUESTED: <br />None <br /> <br />DISCUSSION: <br />At the end of April, Allegiant completed 4,000 residential water meter replacements and 519 <br />retrofits. With Allegiant having moved on from our project, ERMU staff are now working with <br />customers to schedule and complete the remaining residential meter exchanges. The <br />residential meter exchange is approximately 92% complete. <br /> <br />To date we have made 100 residential repairs utilizing master plumber Karsten Nelson (Archer <br />Plumbing) with a running total of $35,410.36 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 /> <br />Allegiant completed 420 commercial meter replacements and 52 retrofits by the end of April. <br />The commercial water meter exchange work is about 70% complete. Archer Plumbing will <br />continue to do plumbing repairs and commercial meter replacements directly for ERMU. <br /> <br />Allegiant completed 9,586 residential electric meter replacements. Allegiant completed <br />approximately 78% of the residential electric meter work. ERMU staff will complete the <br />remaining residential meter exchanges that Allegiant was unable to replace along with the 3S, <br />4S & 2S-320A meters when they become available sometime in Q2 of 2025. <br /> <br />ERMU has a close-out meeting with Allegiant scheduled in May to finalize any outstanding <br />items. <br /> <br />We are still waiting for the delivery of our commercial electric meters for the project. ERMU <br />staff will replace all commercial electric meters and test current transformers/potential <br />transformers during each visit to verify equipment is working correctly and accurately. We are <br />still expecting these to be delivered in Q2 of 2025. <br /> <br />Overall, approximately 88% of the total available AMI meters have been installed. <br /> <br />97