File #: Details 2022-277    Version: Name:
Type: CN - Certificate of Need Status: Agenda Ready
File created: 12/20/2022 In control: PUC Agenda Meeting
On agenda: 5/2/2024 Final action:
Title: ** IP6981/CN-20-865; Dodge County Wind, LLC IP6981/WS-20-866; IP6981/TL-20-867 In the Matter of the Application of Dodge County Wind, LLC for a Certificate of Need, a Site Permit, and a Route Permit for the up to 259 MW Large Wind Energy Conversion System and associated 161 kV Transmission Line in Dodge, Mower and Steele Counties, Minnesota. 1. Should the Commission find that the environmental assessment and the record created at the public hearing adequately address the issues identified in the scoping decision? 2. Should the Commission adopt the administrative law judge's Findings of Fact, Conclusions of Law, and Recommendation? 3. Should the Commission grant a certificate of need for the 252-megawatt Dodge County Wind, LLC large wind energy conversion system and associated 161-kilovolt high-voltage transmission line? 4. Should the Commission issue a site permit for the 252-megawatt Dodge County Wind, LLC large wind energy conversion system? 5. Should the Commission issue a route p...
Attachments: 1. PUC Order (20-865) 7-13-21, 2. DOC DER Comments (20-865) 10-5-21, 3. 1 Amended Site Permit Application 1-12-22, 4. 2 Amended Site Permit Application 1-12-22, 5. 3 Amended Site Permit Application 1-12-22, 6. 4 Amended Site Permit Application 1-12-22, 7. 5 Amended Site Permit Application 1-12-22, 8. 6 Amended Site Permit Application 1-12-22, 9. 7 Amended Site Permit Application 1-12-22, 10. 8 Amended Site Permit Application 1-12-22, 11. 9 Amended Site Permit Application 1-12-22, 12. 10 Amended Site Permit Application 1-12-22, 13. 1 Amended C of N Application 1-12-22, 14. 2 Amended C of N Application 1-12-22, 15. 3 Amended C of N Application 1-12-22, 16. 4 Amended C of N Application 1-12-22, 17. 1 Amended Route Permit Application (20-867) 1-14-22, 18. 2 Amended Route Permit Application (20-867) 1-14-22, 19. 3 Amended Route Permit Application (20-867) 1-14-22, 20. 4 Amended Route Permit Application (20-867) 1-14-22, 21. 5 Amended Route Permit Application (20-867) 1-14-22, 22. 6 Amended Route Permit Application (20-867) 1-14-22, 23. 7 Amended Route Permit Application (20-867) 1-14-22, 24. 8 Amended Route Permit Application (20-867) 1-14-22, 25. 9 Amended Route Permit Application (20-867) 1-14-22, 26. 10 Amended Route Permit Application (20-867) 1-14-22, 27. PUC Order 3-8-22, 28. DCW Supplemental Filling 5-13-22, 29. PUC Order 2-24-23, 30. DOC EERA Task Force Establishment and Charge 3-2-23, 31. DCW Proposed Language to OAH 3-6-23, 32. 1 DOC EERA Comments and Proposed Permit 3-16-23, 33. 2 DOC EERA Comments and Proposed Permit 3-16-23, 34. Mower County Comments 5-12-23, 35. MNDOT Comments 5-22-23, 36. LIUNA Comments 5-22-23, 37. IUOE & NRSC Carpenters Comments 5-22-23, 38. GRE Comments 5-22-23, 39. DOC EERA Task Force Report 5-23-23, 40. MNDOT Comments 6-9-23, 41. 1 DCW Reply Comments 6-9-23, 42. 2 DCW Reply Comments 6-9-23, 43. DOC EERA Recommendations, Comments 6-9-23, 44. DOC EERA Comments 6-27-23, 45. PUC Amended Briefing papers 7-13-23 Agenda 7-10-23, 46. Mower County Comments 7-11-23, 47. 1 DOC EERA Notice of EA Scoping Decision 7-27-23, 48. 2 DOC EERA Notice of EA Scoping Decision 7-27-23, 49. 1 DCW response to data request 11 10-6-23, 50. 2 DCW response to data request 11 10-6-23, 51. 1 DCW response to data request 7 10-20-23, 52. 2 DCW PUBLIX response to data request 7 10-20-23, 53. 1 DOC EERA EA 11-30-23, 54. 2 DOC EERA EA 11-30-23, 55. 3 DOC EERA EA 11-30-23, 56. 4 DOC EERA EA 11-30-23, 57. 5 DOC EERA EA 11-30-23, 58. 6 DOC EERA EA 11-30-23, 59. 7 DOC EERA EA 11-30-23, 60. 8 DOC EERA EA 11-30-23, 61. 9 DOC EERA EA 11-30-23, 62. 1 DCW Pre-filed Direct Testimony 12-12-23, 63. 2 DCW Pre-filed Direct Testimony 12-12-23, 64. 3 DCW Pre-filed Direct Testimony 12-12-23, 65. 4 DCW Pre-filed Direct Testimony 12-12-23, 66. 5 DCW Pre-filed Direct Testimony 12-12-23, 67. 6 DCW Pre-filed Direct Testimony 12-12-23, 68. Dodge County Public Comments 12-14-23, 69. 1 PUC, DOC & DCW Exhibits 12-18-23, 70. 2 PUC, DOC & DCW Exhibits 12-18-23, 71. 3 PUC, DOC & DCW Exhibits 12-18-23, 72. 1 Transcripts from 12-19 and 12-20 Hearings 1-2-24, 73. 2 Transcripts from 12-19 and 12-20 Hearings 1-2-24, 74. 3 Transcripts from 12-19 and 12-20 Hearings 1-2-24, 75. 4 Transcripts from 12-19 and 12-20 Hearings 1-2-24, 76. 5 Transcripts from 12-19 and 12-20 Hearings 1-2-24, 77. 6 Transcripts from 12-19 and 12-20 Hearings 1-2-24, 78. 7 Transcripts from 12-19 and 12-20 Hearings 1-2-24, 79. OAH Second Prehearing Order 1-5-24, 80. Hayfield Township Public Comments 1-9-24, 81. MN Indian Affairs Council Public Comment 1-11-24, 82. Dodge County Public Comments 1-22-24, 83. MNDOT Comments 1-23-24, 84. Mower County Public Comments 1-25-24, 85. Mower County Public Works and Environmental Services Public Comments 1-30-24, 86. LIUNA Comments 2-1-24, 87. MN DNR Comments 2-1-24, 88. DOC EERA Comments 2-1-24, 89. Steele County Planning & Zoning Public Comments 2-2-24, 90. IUOE Local 49 & NCSRC of Carpenters Comments 2-15-24, 91. 1 DCW Exhibit List 2-15-24, 92. 2 DCW Exhibit List 2-15-24, 93. 1 DCW Reply Comments 2-16-24, 94. 2 DCW Reply Comments 2-16-24, 95. 3 DCW Reply Comments 2-16-24, 96. 4 DCW Reply Comments 2-16-24, 97. 5 DCW Reply Comments 2-16-24, 98. 6 DCW Reply Comments 2-16-24, 99. 7 DCW Reply Comments 2-16-24, 100. 8 DCW Reply Comments 2-16-24, 101. 9 DCW Reply Comments 2-16-24, 102. 10 DCW Reply Comments 2-16-24, 103. 11 DCW Reply Comments 2-16-24, 104. Public Comments 2-22-24, 105. 1 DOC EERA Reply Comments 2-29-24, 106. 2 DOC EERA Reply Comments 2-29-24, 107. 3 DOC EERA Reply Comments 2-29-24, 108. Karen Biel Public Comments 12-14-23, 109. Public Comment Batch 12142023 12-14-23, 110. John Iverson, Thompson Cemetery Assoc Public Comments 12-15-23, 111. Dale & Nancy Mussman Public Comments 12-18-23, 112. Jeremy Kiefer Public Comments 12-20-23, 113. Ross Anderson Public Comments 12-20-23, 114. John Schmelling Public Comments 12-21-23, 115. Eugene Anderson Public Comments 12-27-23, 116. Bruce Schmoll Public Comments 1-3-24, 117. Roger Kruger Public Comments 1-3-24, 118. Batch Comments 01042024 1-4-24, 119. J Stransky Public Comments 1-4-24, 120. Ryan Lubben Public Comments 1-8-24, 121. Brady Kramer Public Comments 1-8-24, 122. Thomas Besch Public Comments 1-9-24, 123. Brian & Jill Nelson Public Comments 1-11-24, 124. Public Comments Batch 1 1-11-24, 125. Karen Larson Public Comments 1-12-24, 126. James Hahn Public Comments 1-12-24, 127. Ross BaileyPublic Comments 1-17-24, 128. Heather Behounek Public Comments 1-18-24, 129. Duane Klocke Public Comments 1-23-24, 130. Batch 2 125 comments 1-29-24, 131. John Kruger Public Comments 1-29-24, 132. Batch 1 01292024 112 comments 1-29-24, 133. Janice Durst Public Comments 1-29-24, 134. Matt Senjem Public Comments 1-30-24, 135. Martha Ziehwein Public Comments 1-30-24, 136. MN Land U Liberty Coalition Public Comments 1-31-24, 137. Marie McNamara Public Comments 2-1-24, 138. Donna Neubauer Public Comments 2-1-24, 139. Mark Grossman Public Comments 2-1-24, 140. Grant Klennert Public Comments 2-1-24, 141. Roger Sowieja Public Comments 2-1-24, 142. MN Conservative Energy Forum Public Comments 2-1-24, 143. Paul & Deborah Burandt Public Comments 2-1-24, 144. Abby Dedina Public Comments 2-1-24, 145. Dennis & Joleen Tempel Public Comments 2-1-24, 146. Cynthia Sheely Public Comments 2-1-24, 147. Mark Moening Public Comments 2-2-24, 148. Kathryn Frette Public Comments 2-2-24, 149. Tom Kramer Public Comments 2-2-24, 150. Glen Hahn Public Comments 2-2-24, 151. Tony Kramer Public Comments 2-2-24, 152. Rich Fjerstad Public Comments 2-2-24, 153. Mark Pruel Public Comments 2-2-24, 154. Briefing Papers, 155. Dodge County Hwy Dept Comments 4-25-24, 156. Dodge County Public Comments 4-25-24, 157. Decision Options - Commissioner Tuma, 158. Amended Decision Options - Commissioner Tuma, 159. Staff Revised Decision Options
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**                     IP6981/CN-20-865;                      Dodge County Wind, LLC

IP6981/WS-20-866;

IP6981/TL-20-867

In the Matter of the Application of Dodge County Wind, LLC for a Certificate of Need, a Site Permit, and a Route Permit for the up to 259 MW Large Wind Energy Conversion System and associated 161 kV Transmission Line in Dodge, Mower and Steele Counties, Minnesota.

 

1.                     Should the Commission find that the environmental assessment and the record created at the public hearing adequately address the issues identified in the scoping decision?

2.                     Should the Commission adopt the administrative law judge’s Findings of Fact, Conclusions of Law, and Recommendation?

3.                     Should the Commission grant a certificate of need for the 252-megawatt Dodge County Wind, LLC large wind energy conversion system and associated 161-kilovolt high-voltage transmission line?

4.                     Should the Commission issue a site permit for the 252-megawatt Dodge County Wind, LLC large wind energy conversion system?

5.                     Should the Commission issue a route permit for the associated 161-kilovolt high-voltage transmission line? (PUC: Lobby)