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~// Elk River Municipal Utilities 13069 Orono Parkway Elk River, MN 55330 April 6, 2006 To: Elk River Municipal Utilities Commission Jerry Takle John Dietz Jim Tralle ~,, From: Bryan Adams Subject: Miscellaneous Issues phone: 763.441.2020 Fax: 763.441.8099 Enclosed is the packet for the Tuesday, April 11th, 2006 commission meeting at 4:OOpm. March and the first part of April have been good to us for spring has sprung! The Otsego substation is nearing completion, although we did have a theft of cooper wire, for a loss of approximately $1500. The new transformer and the West substation is in place. Wiring is being completed and should be energized this week. The Target feeder construction will start after road restrictions are lifted. Materials for the construction season are being received. Delivery for the AC tree program starts April 20, 2006. Maintenance for wells #4 & 6 are complete and wells are operational. The business expo was a great success. We again gave away 400 compact florescent lights and we received 10-12 contacts for security systems. Many of our electric projects are becoming less ambiguous as the details are defining themselves. Our new employee, Troy Adams will start April 17, 2006. As I mentioned above, we had a theft of cooper wire from the Otsego Substation. Many other utilities are experience this same problem. Attached is and article "Thieves turn cooper into a few pennies". Attached is a National Geographic 3-06 article titled "The High Cost of Cheap Coal" that is worth your time to read. On a final note, the Target Data Center through their engineers EYP is requesting a $338,879.70 rebate for energy efficient equipment. See attached letter. Our policy is to limit CIP rebates to $10,000. Our annual CIP budget is approximately $208,000. GRE limits their contributions to $50,000 per customer. The best we can offer Target is $60,000 in 2007, $10,000 from us and $15,000 from GRE unless this commission desires otherwise.