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Electric Director Wick outlines 2025 infrastructure work, EV rebate and warns of strain from fiber pole attachments
Summary
Electric Director Wick told the council North St. Paul replaced 26 poles, handled 41 unscheduled outages (19 from a July storm), installed 12,800 ft of underground line and rolled out an EV charger rebate (~$250). He raised concerns about rising workloads from multiple fiber providers seeking pole and boulevard attachments.
Electric Director Wick presented the electric department’s 2025 year‑in‑review and a 2026 outlook to the city council, citing infrastructure upgrades, outages, customer programs and staffing initiatives. "From that list of inspections, we replaced 26 power poles," Wick said, adding the city also replaced 33 cross arms and addressed 28 pull tops in 2025.
Wick reported 41 unscheduled power outages in 2025, 19 of which were associated with a major July storm; excluding that event he said the average time from call to restored power was about 44 minutes and roughly 305 meters were affected by the larger outages. He highlighted capital work that year including about 12,800 feet of new underground installation and 2,400 feet of…
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