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Meeting Name: PUC Agenda Meeting Agenda status: Final
Meeting date/time: 1/21/2026 10:00 AM  
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Details 2025-276 11. D - Depreciation* E015/D-25-342 Minnesota Power In the Matter of Minnesota Power’s Petition for Approval of 2025 Remaining Life Depreciation. Should the Commission approve Minnesota Power’s 2025 Remaining Life Depreciation Proposal? (PUC: Pham)  Not available
Details 2023-141 12. CI - Commission Initiated Investigation** E999/CI-07-1199; All Electric Utilities E999/DI-22-236; E999/CI-14-643; G008,G002,G11/ CI-23-117 G999/CI-21-565 In the Matter of Establishing an Estimate of the Costs of Future Carbon Dioxide Regulation on Electricity Generation Under Minnesota Statutes § 216H.06; In the Matter of a Commission Investigation into Gas Utility Resource Planning; In the Matter of a Commission Evaluation of Changes to Natural Gas Utility Regulatory and Policy Structures to Meet State Greenhouse Gas Reduction Goals. What are the appropriate data sources and values for the regulatory cost of greenhouse gas emissions for Xcel Energy, CenterPoint Energy, and Minnesota Energy Resource Corporation’s upcoming gas integrated resource plans? (PUC: Dornfeld)  Not available
Details 2025-277 13. CN - Certificate of Need** ET2,E017,ET6135, Great River Energy; E100/CN-24-263; Otter Tail Power Co.; ET2,E017,ET6135, Western Minnesota Municipal Power Agency; E100/TL-24-264 Agralite Electric Coop.; City of Benson In the Matter of the Application of Great River Energy, Otter Tail Power Co., Western Minnesota Municipal Power Agency, Agralite Electric Coop., and the City of Benson for a Certificate of Need and Route Permit for the Appleton to Benson 115-Kilovolt Transmission Line Project. 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 is adequate? 3. Should the Commission grant a certificate of need for the 115-kV Appleton to Benson Project? 4. Should the Commission grant a route permit for the 115 kV Appleton to Benson Project? (PUC: Lobby)  Not available
Details 2024-211 14. RP - Resource Planning** E002/RP-24-67; Northern States Power Co. d/b/a Xcel Energy E002/CN-23-212 In the Matter of Northern States Power Co. d/b/a Xcel Energy 2024-2040 Integrated Resource Plan; In the Matter of Xcel Energy’s Competitive Resource Acquisition Process for up to 800 Megawatts of Firm Dispatchable Generation. 1. Should the Commission approve the Invenergy Cannon Falls, Onward Mankato Energy Center 1, Mankato Energy Center BESS, and DESRI North Star Energy PPAs? 2. Should the Commission authorize Xcel to recover the Minnesota jurisdictional portion of the costs incurred under the agreements from Minnesota retail customers through the Fuel Clause Rider? 3. Should the Commission condition approval of the North Star and MEC BESS agreements on a requirement that Xcel demonstrate New Trade Measure Event costs are just and reasonable for ratepayers? 4. Should the Commission determine that Xcel’s shareholders may be required to bear future costs necessary to offset carbon emissions from the Cannon Falls Energy Center from 2040-2048? 5. Should the Commission require Xcel to resume negotiations in g  Not available