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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 />Mike Tietz – Technical Services Superintendent <br />MEETING DATE: <br />May 13, 2025 <br />AGENDA ITEM NUMBER: <br />6.1g <br />SUBJECT: <br />Staff Update <br />ACTION REQUESTED: <br />None <br /> <br />DISCUSSION: <br />• In April, the locators processed 495 locate tickets. These consisted of 434 normal tickets, <br />1 emergency ticket, 37 updated tickets, 8 meets, 4 planning, 1 correction, and 10 <br />cancellations. This resulted in a 133.5% increase in tickets from the previous month and <br />a 2.7% increase from the prior April. <br />• Electrical technicians completed 638 service order tasks, updated the power bill, <br />addressed customer meter issues and any off-peak concerns. <br />• The Advanced Metering Infrastructure residential water and electric meters continue to <br />be installed in new services. The electrical technicians have been busy changing our <br />current Automated Meter Reading meters to AMI for small non-demand commercial <br />customers. Approximately 5,365 water meters and 11,981 electric meters are currently <br />active within our AMI system. <br />• Staff has begun changing out capacitor back controllers throughout our system. We are <br />replacing all seven over the next two weeks. These new controllers have communication <br />ability to help us monitor statuses remotely along with integration into our future <br />Conservation Voltage Reduction strategies. <br />• On April 30, staff completed a two-month long project of dehydrating and replacing oil <br />in Cooper/Eaton Switchgear with their being high moisture levels in the oil. We believe <br />this moisture is responsible for the faults we have experienced previously with these <br />units. Staff successfully reconditioned 47 units, documenting the final moisture content <br />of the reconditioned oil, pressure testing them for air leaks, and verifying the lid bolts <br />were torqued properly. While this project to recondition the oil was a success, it is only <br />a temporary fix as we work to replace these over the next few budget cycles. <br />• Our monthly peak was 43.42 MW on April 28, at 11:12am. <br />116