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MSUA board approves multi-vendor AMI contracts after discussion on customer costs
Summary
The MSUA board authorized contract awards for an advanced metering infrastructure (AMI) project — including electric and water meters, cellular communications, MDMS and a customer portal — and discussed how to prevent leaving low‑income customers responsible for meter-can repairs discovered during upgrades.
The MSUA board on Feb. 26 approved multiple contract awards to advance a multi‑part advanced metering infrastructure (AMI) project, authorizing staff to negotiate and execute the agreements and noting the work will be carried out over the next two years with grant and borrowed funds.
Derek (first name only in the transcript), who led the AMI presentation, told the board the project includes new electric and water meters, a meter data management system (MDMS), cellular communications and a customer portal. He said the town partnered with tribal governments on a grant to help pay for the work: "this the 3,400,000.0 will go towards the AMI and the water treatment plant," Derek said, describing the tribal match and ARPA funding in the packet.
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