File #: Details 2025-061    Version: Name:
Type: M - Miscellaneous Status: Agenda Ready
File created: 4/2/2025 In control: PUC Agenda Meeting
On agenda: 3/5/2026 Final action:
Title: ** IP7155/ESS-25-123 North Star Energy Storage, LLC In the Matter of the Application of North Star Energy Storage, LLC for an up to 80-megawatt Battery Energy Storage System Site Permit for the North Star Storage Project in Chisago County, Minnesota. 1. Should the Commission adopt the administrative law judge's findings of fact, conclusions of law, and recommendation? 2. Should the Commission determine that the environmental assessment and the record created at the public hearing adequately address the issues identified in the scoping decision? 3. Should the Commission grant a site permit for the up-to-100-megawatt North Star Battery Energy Storage System Project in Chisago County? (PUC: Ek)
Attachments: 1. NSES 1 Site Permit App 2-28-25, 2. NSES 2 Site Permit App Maps 2-28-25, 3. NSES 3 Site Permit App App A 2-28-25, 4. NSES 4 Site Permit App App B 2-28-25, 5. NSES 5 Site Permit App App C 2-28-25, 6. NSES 6 Site Permit App App D 2-28-25, 7. NSES 7 Site Permit App App E 2-28-25, 8. NSES 8 Site Permit App App F 2-28-25, 9. NSES 9 Site Permit App Notice 2-28-25, 10. PUC Order on Application Acceptance 4-15-25, 11. Sample Site Permit 4-21-25, 12. SHPO Letter 4-22-25, 13. DNR 1 Scoping Comment Letter 6-13-25, 14. DNR 2 Scoping Comment Letter 6-13-25, 15. DOC EERA Scoping Recommendation Letter 6-18-25, 16. PUC Order Scoping Decision 7-1-25, 17. PUC EIP Environmental Assessment Scoping Decision 7-17-25, 18. NSES Amendment to Site Permit App 8-22-25, 19. PUC EIP Amended Environmental Assessment Scoping Decision 8-29-25, 20. PUC EIP Environmental Assessment 10-13-25, 21. NSES Direct Testimony and Schedules of Joel Puritz 10-21-25, 22. DNR Public Hearing Comment Letter 11-12-25, 23. VMPWG Public Hearing Comment Letter 11-12-25, 24. NSES Response to Public Hearing Comments 12-3-25, 25. PUC EIP Public Hearing Comments and Recs 12-17-25, 26. ALJ Report 1-20-26, 27. PUC EIP Staff Letter Regarding Exceptions 1-30-26, 28. NSES Exceptions 2-4-26, 29. Briefing Papers, 30. 25-123 Tuma NEW Decision Option 6.o
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**                     IP7155/ESS-25-123                     North Star Energy Storage, LLC

In the Matter of the Application of North Star Energy Storage, LLC for an up to 80-megawatt Battery Energy Storage System Site Permit for the North Star Storage Project in Chisago County, Minnesota.

 

1.                     Should the Commission adopt the administrative law judge’s findings of fact, conclusions of law, and recommendation?

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

3.                     Should the Commission grant a site permit for the up-to-100-megawatt North Star Battery Energy Storage System Project in Chisago County? (PUC: Ek)