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N <br />Elk River .-, . <br />Municipal Utilities <br />13069 Orono Parkway <br />Elk River MN 55330 <br />(763)441-2020 <br />UTILITIES COMMISSION MEETING <br />TO: FROM: <br />Elk River Municipal Utilities Commission Wade Lovelette -Superintendent of Technical <br />John Dietz, Chair Services <br />Daryl Thompson, Vice Chair <br />Al Nadeau, Trustee <br />MEETING DATE: AGENDA ITEM NUMBER: <br />Ma 8, 2012 5.2 <br />SUBJECT: <br />RP3 Awazd and Program <br />DISCUSSION: <br />Last October's Commission meeting I had mentioned in my staff update that I, (on behalf of Elk River <br />.unicipal Utilities) was applying for APPA's RP3 Award. This awazd is based on a report cazd that covers: <br />Reliability, Safety, Workforce Development and System Improvement. ERMU's staff did a very good job of <br />providing information and research on the reliable public power and service that we provide to our customers. <br />WASHINGTON, D.C., April 16, 2012 -Elk River Municipal Utilities is one of 176 of the nation's more <br />than 2,000 public power utilities to earn Reliable Public Power Provider (RP3 )I recognition from the American <br />Public Power Association for providing consumers with the highest degree of reliable and safe electric service. <br />Brent McKinney, manager, electric transmission and distribution at City Utilities of Springfield, Mo., and chair <br />of APPA's RP3 Review Panel, presented the designees on April 16 during the association's annual Engineering <br />& Operations Technical Conference held in Cleveland, Ohio. <br />"RP3 utilities are serving their customers at the very highest level," said McKinney, "These utilities have <br />demonstrated that they are providing excellent service now as well as keeping their eyes forward on <br />improvements for the future." <br />The RP3 designation recognizes public power utilities that demonstrate proficiency in four key disciplines: <br />reliability, safety, workforce development and system improvement. Criteria within each category are based on <br />sound business practices and represent autility-wide commitment to safe and reliable delivery of electricity. <br />~ rowEeEO er <br />~'3 m ~A~UR~ <br />Reliable Public <br />POWeF PIOVIdef P O W E R E D T o $ F F v E <br />