File #: Details 2020-079    Version: Name:
Type: WS - Wind Power Plant Siting Status: Agenda Ready
File created: 5/18/2020 In control: PUC Agenda Meeting
On agenda: 9/5/2024 Final action:
Title: ** IP6557/WS-06-91 Northern States Power d/b/a Xcel Energy In the Matter of the Site Permit Amendment to Repower the 98.9 Megawatt Mower County Wind Energy Center Project and Associated Facilities in Mower County, Minnesota. 1. What, if any, action should the Commission take regarding the complaint from the City of Grand Meadow as first reported in Xcel Energy's Monthly Complaint Report filed on February 15, 2024? 2. What authority does the Commission have to order removal of the wind turbine blades from the city industrial park? 3. What contractual remedies does Xcel Energy have with NextEra Energy Resources or others regarding proper disposal and recycling of the turbine blades? (PUC: Panait)
Attachments: 1. PUC Order Approving Amended Site Permit 8-14-20, 2. PUC Order Approving Transfer of Permit to Xcel Energy 6-30-21, 3. Site Permit 7-21-21, 4. PUC Notice of Comment Period 7-18-24, 5. 1 Complaint by the City of Grand Meadow 2-14-24, 6. 2 Complaint by the City of Grand Meadow 2-14-24, 7. KONRAD WAUGH Public Comment 7-25-24, 8. SHALEEN WAUGH Public Comment 7-25-24, 9. RICHARD SCHAUFLER Public Comment 7-28-24, 10. SYDNEY RICHARDSON Public Comment 7-28-24, 11. DARCY RICHARDSON Public Comment 7-29-24, 12. IRENE JONES Public Comment 7-29-24, 13. REBECCA BRESSER Public Comment 7-29-24, 14. XANDER STEJSKAL Public Comment 8-1-24, 15. JAMES CHRISTIAN Public Comment 8-1-24, 16. Xcel Energy Comments 7-29-24, 17. Mower County Comments 7-30-24, 18. City of Grand Meadow Comments 8-1-24, 19. LIUNA Reply Comments 8-6-24, 20. Briefing Papers, 21. New Decision Options-Commissioner Tuma, 22. Revised Decision Option-Commissioner Sullivan

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**                     IP6557/WS-06-91                     Northern States Power d/b/a Xcel Energy

In the Matter of the Site Permit Amendment to Repower the 98.9 Megawatt Mower County Wind Energy Center Project and Associated Facilities in Mower County, Minnesota.

 

1.                     What, if any, action should the Commission take regarding the complaint from the City of Grand Meadow as first reported in Xcel Energy's Monthly Complaint Report filed on February 15, 2024?

2.                     What authority does the Commission have to order removal of the wind turbine blades from the city industrial park?

3.                     What contractual remedies does Xcel Energy have with NextEra Energy Resources or others regarding proper disposal and recycling of the turbine blades? (PUC: Panait)