File #: Details 2021-259    Version: Name:
Type: CN - Certificate of Need Status: Agenda Ready
File created: 9/29/2021 In control: PUC Agenda Meeting
On agenda: 3/9/2023 Final action:
Title: ** IP7041/GS-20-763; Byron Solar, LLC IP7041/CN-20-764; IP7041/TL-20-765 In the Matter of the Application of Byron Solar, LLC for a Certificate of Need, Site Permit, and Route Permit for the up to 200 MW Byron Solar Project and 345 kV Transmission Line in Dodge and Olmsted Counties, Minnesota. 1. Should the Commission adopt the administrative law judge's findings of fact, conclusions of law, and recommendation? 2. Should the Commission find that the environmental assessment and the record on this Project adequately address the issues identified in the Scoping Decision? 3. Should the Commission grant a certificate of need for the Byron Solar Project proposed in Dodge and Olmsted Counties, Minnesota? 4. Should the Commission grant a site permit for the up to 200 MW Byron Solar Project in Dodge County, Minnesota? 5. Should the Commission issue a route permit for the 345 kV high voltage transmission line for the proposed solar photovoltaic electric generating facility? (PUC: Kaluzniak)
Attachments: 1. 1 BS Application 8-27-21.pdf, 2. 2 BS Application 8-27-21.pdf, 3. 3 BS Application 8-27-21.pdf, 4. 4 BS Application 8-27-21.pdf, 5. 1 BS Joint Application 8-30-21.pdf, 6. 2 BS Joint Application 8-30-21.pdf, 7. 3 BS Joint Application 8-30-21.pdf, 8. 4 BS Joint Application 8-30-21.pdf, 9. 5 BS Joint Application 8-30-21.pdf, 10. 6 BS Joint Application 8-30-21.pdf, 11. 7 BS Joint Application 8-30-21.pdf, 12. 8 BS Joint Application 8-30-21.pdf, 13. 9 BS Joint Application 8-30-21.pdf, 14. 10 BS Joint Application 8-30-21.pdf, 15. 11 BS Joint Application 8-30-21.pdf, 16. 12 BS Joint Application 8-30-21.pdf, 17. 13 BS Joint Application 8-30-21.pdf, 18. 14 BS Joint Application 8-30-21.pdf, 19. 15 BS Joint Application 8-30-21.pdf, 20. 16 BS Joint Application 8-30-21.pdf, 21. 17 BS Joint Application 8-30-21.pdf, 22. 18 BS Joint Application 8-30-21.pdf, 23. 19 BS Joint Application 8-30-21.pdf, 24. 20 BS Joint Application 8-30-21.pdf, 25. 21 BS Joint Application 8-30-21.pdf, 26. 22 BS Joint Application 8-30-21.pdf, 27. 23 BS Joint Application 8-30-21.pdf, 28. 24 BS Joint Application 8-30-21.pdf, 29. 25 BS Joint Application 8-30-21.pdf, 30. 26 BS Joint Application 8-30-21.pdf, 31. 27 BS Joint Application 8-30-21.pdf, 32. 28 BS Joint Application 8-30-21.pdf, 33. 29 BS Joint Application 8-30-21.pdf, 34. PUC Order 11-17-21.pdf, 35. PUC Notice 1-4-22.pdf, 36. DOC Report 3-4-22.pdf, 37. 1 DOC EERA Scoping Decision 5-23-22.pdf, 38. 2 DOC EERA Scoping Decision 5-23-22.pdf, 39. DOC Letter to Landowners 5-24-22.pdf, 40. PUC Notice 5-26-22.pdf, 41. DOC DER Comments 6-15-22.pdf, 42. IUOE Comments 6-15-22.pdf, 43. LiUNA Comments 6-16-22.pdf, 44. BS Reply Comments 6-23-22.pdf, 45. 1 DOC EERA Environmental Assessment 9-22-22.pdf, 46. 2 DOC EERA Environmental Assessment 9-22-22.pdf, 47. 3 DOC EERA Environmental Assessment 9-22-22.pdf, 48. 4 DOC EERA Environmental Assessment 9-22-22.pdf, 49. 5 DOC EERA Environmental Assessment 9-22-22.pdf, 50. 6 DOC EERA Environmental Assessment 9-22-22.pdf, 51. 7 DOC EERA Environmental Assessment 9-22-22.pdf, 52. BS Letter 10-4-22.pdf, 53. 1 BS S Wentzel Testimony 10-11-22.pdf, 54. 2 BS S Wentzel Testimony 10-11-22.pdf, 55. MN Land - Liberty Coalition Comments 10-11-22.pdf, 56. PUC Notice 10-24-22.pdf, 57. OAH Third Prehearing Order 10-28-22.pdf, 58. VMPWG Comments 11-23-22.pdf, 59. MN DNR Comments 11-23-22.pdf, 60. Dodge Co Comments 11-29-22.pdf, 61. IUOE Comments 11-29-22.pdf, 62. MN DOT Comments 11-29-22.pdf, 63. 1 DOC EERA Comments 11-29-22.pdf, 64. 2 DOC EERA Comments 11-29-22.pdf, 65. 3 DOC EERA Comments 11-29-22.pdf, 66. BS Response to Public Hearing Comments 11-29-22.pdf, 67. Public Comment John Wagner 12-1-22.pdf, 68. BS Proposed Findings of Fact, etc. 12-9-22.pdf, 69. BS Reply Comments 12-9-22.pdf, 70. BS Errata 12-14-22.pdf, 71. 1 DOC EERA Reply Comments 12-23-22.pdf, 72. 2 DOC EERA Reply Comments 12-23-22.pdf, 73. 3 DOC EERA Reply Comments 12-23-22.pdf, 74. 4 DOC EERA Reply Comments 12-23-22.pdf, 75. OAH Findings of Fact, etc. 1-23-23.pdf, 76. DOC ERRA Exceptions 2-7-23.pdf, 77. BS Exceptions 2-7-23.pdf, 78. BS Late Filing with Concurrence 2-28-23, 79. DOC Reply to BS 2-28 Late Filing 3-1-23, 80. Briefing Papers, 81. Decision Alternative 2-Commissioner Tuma, 82. Staff Revisions to Attached Site Permit

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**                     IP7041/GS-20-763;                     Byron Solar, LLC

                     IP7041/CN-20-764;

                     IP7041/TL-20-765

In the Matter of the Application of Byron Solar, LLC for a Certificate of Need, Site Permit, and Route Permit for the up to 200 MW Byron Solar Project and 345 kV Transmission Line in Dodge and Olmsted Counties, Minnesota.

 

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

2.                     Should the Commission find that the environmental assessment and the record on this Project adequately address the issues identified in the Scoping Decision?

3.                     Should the Commission grant a certificate of need for the Byron Solar Project proposed in Dodge and Olmsted Counties, Minnesota?

4.                     Should the Commission grant a site permit for the up to 200 MW Byron Solar Project in Dodge County, Minnesota?

5.                     Should the Commission issue a route permit for the 345 kV high voltage transmission line for the proposed solar photovoltaic electric generating facility? (PUC: Kaluzniak)