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Meeting Name: PUC Agenda Meeting Agenda status: Final
Meeting date/time: 8/14/2025 10:00 AM  
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Details 2024-187 21. M - Miscellaneous* IP7138/ESS-24-279 Snowshoe BESS, LLC In the Matter of the Application of Snowshoe BESS, LLC for a Site Permit for the up to 150 MW Snowshoe Energy Storage Project in Olmsted County, 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 created at the public hearings address the issues identified in the scoping decision? 3. Should the Commission issue a site permit for the 150-megawatt Snowshoe Energy Storage project? (PUC: Harvieux)  Not available
Details 2024-069 22. CN - Certificate of Need** E002/CN-24-68 Northern States Power Co. d/b/a Xcel Energy In the Matter of the Application of Xcel Energy for a Certificate of Need for Additional Dry Cask Storage at the Prairie Island Nuclear Generating Plant Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation. 1. Should the Commission adopt the Administrative Law Judge’s Findings of Fact, Conclusions of Law, and Recommendations? 2. Should the Commission find that the Final Environmental Impact Statement is adequate? 3. Should the Commission grant a Certificate of Need to Xcel Energy for additional dry cask storage at the Prairie Island Nuclear Generating Plant? (PUC: Janezich)  Not available
Details 2021-331 43. CI - Commission Initiated Investigation** E999/Cl-16-521 Northern States Power Co. d/b/a Xcel Energy In the Matter of Updating the Generic Standards for the Interconnection and Operation of Distributed Generation Facilities Established Under Minn. Stat. § 216B.1611. 1. Should the Commission grant the Joint Solar Association’s (JSA) request to open an investigation into Xcel Energy’s internal transmission study process which began in October 2023 and direct Xcel to cease this study process until it receives approval from the Commission? 2. Should the Commission amend the Minnesota Distributed Energy Resources Interconnection Process (MN DIP) to further clarify the Affected System Study process when the Transmission Owner is also the Area EPS Operator (e.g. Xcel Energy)? (PUC: Duran)  Not available