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______________________________________________________________________________ <br /> <br />Page 1 of 1 <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />UTILITIES COMMISSION MEETING <br /> <br />TO: <br />ERMU Commission <br />FROM: <br />Chris Sumstad – Electric Superintendent <br />MEETING DATE: <br />May 13, 2025 <br />AGENDA ITEM NUMBER: <br />6.1f <br />SUBJECT: <br />Staff Update <br />ACTION REQUESTED: <br />None <br /> <br />DISCUSSION: <br />• Installed 17 new residential services, which involves the connection of a secondary line <br />once the customer requests service. <br />• Joe Schmidt, safety instructor from Minnesota Municipal Utilities Association, was here <br />on April 24, and held a safety meeting for field staff on chainsaw operations. <br />• Crews finished tree trimming on April 15. <br />• The bore crew along with a line crew are currently working on replacing older open <br />concentric wire in the Deerfield Addition in Elk River. <br />• Crews replaced 500 MCM underground wire at West substation, Feeder 71, from the <br />sub out to the first pole. This was older wire due for replacement. A ganged switch was <br />also installed at the pole replacing single blades. <br />• The second phase of the overhead rebuild on Feeder 65, north of our North substation <br />was recently started. <br />• Crews along with the substation technician are in the process of changing out the <br />controllers at our switched capacitor banks located at various locations on our overhead <br />feeders. They are also confirming operations and performing any maintenance needed <br />at each location. <br />• Crews are working on maintenance items we have identified through our equipment <br />checks over the winter on both the overhead and underground system. We are also <br />replacing fault indicators. These instruments are placed on the line, and blink if the fault <br />has passed through, helping to pinpoint the location of the problem and reduce outage <br />time. These instruments have a battery life of 15-20 years. <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />115