Meeting Name: PUC Agenda Meeting Agenda status: Final
Meeting date/time: 4/23/2014 9:30 AM  
Meeting location: Large Hearing Room
Published agenda: Agenda Agenda Published minutes: Minutes Minutes  
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Attachments: View Case Record CN-13-193, View Case Record WS-13-216, View Case Record WS-10-438, View Case Record D-13-252, View Case Record D-13-276, View Case Record S-14-145, View Case Record S-13-1169, View Case Record M-12-1279, View Case Record M-13-730
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Details 2013-370 21. WS - Wind Power Plant SitingIP6686/WS-13-216 Stoneray Power Partners, LLC In the Matter of the Application of Stoneray Power Partners, LLC for a Large Wind Energy Conversion System Site Permit for the up to 105 MW Stoneray Wind Project in Pipestone and Murray Counties. (PUC: DeBleeckere, DOC: Birkholz)  Action details
Details 2014-102 12. WS - Wind Power Plant Siting* IP6844/WS-10-438 Prairie Wind Energy, LLC In the Matter of the Application of Prairie Wind Energy, LLC for a Site Permit for the 100 MW Prairie Wind Energy Project in Otter Tail County. Should the Commission revoke the site permit? (PUC: Kaluzniak)  Action details
Details 2014-098 13. D - Depreciation* E015/D-13-252 Minnesota Power In the Matter of 2013 Average Service Lives, 5 yr. depreciation study. (PUC: Schwieger, Dasinger; DOC:Addonizio) Note: Staff agrees with DOC comments.  Action details
Details 2014-099 14. D - Depreciation** E015/D-13-275 Minnesota Power In the Matter of Minnesota Power’s 2013 Remaining Life Petition. Should the Commission approve Minnesota Power’s 2013 Proposed Remaining Lives? What salvage rates should be used to calculate the depreciation expense? (PUC: Schwieger, Dasinger)  Action details
Details 2014-100 15. S - Securities* E015/S-14-145 Minnesota Power In the Matter of Minnesota Power’s Request under Minnesota Statutes Section §216B.49 for Approval of ALLETE Inc.’s Consolidation Capital Structure and Authorization to Issue Securities. Should the Commission approve Minnesota Power’s request for approval to issue securities? Should the Commission approve ALLETE Inc.’s (ALLETE) proposed consolidated capital structure and capitalizations? Should the Commission require Minnesota Power to file additional information? (PUC: Kaml, Krishnan)  Action details
Details 2014-101 16. S - Securities* G022/S-13-1169 Greater Minnesota Gas In the Matter of the Petition of Greater Minnesota Gas, Inc. (GMG) for Approval of 2014 Capital Structure and Permission to Issue Securities. (PUC: Kaml, Schwieger; DOC: Addonizio) Note: Staff agrees with DOC comments.  Action details
Details 2014-068 27. M - Miscellaneous** G022/M-12-1279 Greater Minnesota Gas In the Matter of GMG’s Notice of Change in Demand Entitlements. 1. Should the Commission (a) accept GMG’s design-day analysis, or (b) reject GMG’s design-day analysis and find that GMG did not purchase adequate capacity to serve its firm customers on a peak day? 2. Should the Commission allow GMG to recover associated demand costs through the monthly Purchased Gas Adjustment effective November 1, 2012? 3. Should the Commission open an investigation to study rural Minnesota natural gas needs and how the current regulatory system meets those needs? (PUC: Bender, Harding)  Action details
Details 2014-069 18. M - Miscellaneous* G022/M-13-730 Greater Minnesota Gas, Inc. In the Matter of GMG’s Request for Approval of a change in Contract Demand Entitlement Units Effective November 1, 2013 Should the Commission approve GMG’s proposed level of demand entitlements and allow GMG to recover the associated demand costs through the monthly purchased gas adjustment effective November 1, 2013? (PUC: Bender)  Action details