Meeting Name: PUC Agenda Meeting Agenda status: Final
Meeting date/time: 10/26/2017 9:30 AM  
Meeting location: Large Hearing Room
Published agenda: Agenda Decisions Agenda Decisions Published minutes: Minutes Minutes  
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Details 2017-211 11. CN - Certificate of Need** PL9/CN-14-916; Enbridge Energy, Limited Partnership PL9/PPL-15-137 In the Matter of the Application of Enbridge Energy, Limited Partnership for a Certificate of Need for the Proposed Line 3 Replacement Project in Minnesota from the North Dakota Border to the Wisconsin Border; In the Matter of the Application of Enbridge Energy, Limited Partnership for a Route Permit for the Proposed Line 3 Replacement Project in Minnesota from the North Dakota Border to the Wisconsin Border. 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 revised Final Environmental Impact Statement is adequate? (PUC: Ek)  Action details
Details 2017-212 12. M - Miscellaneous* E002/M-13-867; Rate-Regulated Energy Utilities E,G999/CI-12-1344 In the Matter of the Petition of Northern States Power Company, dba Xcel Energy, for Approval of its Proposed Community Solar Garden Program; In the Matter of a Commission Inquiry into the Privacy Policies of Rate-Regulated Energy Utilities. 1. Should the Commission approve Xcel’s proposed modification to its Solar*Rewards Community tariff? 2. Should the Commission allow Xcel to accept the current Subscriber Agency Agreement and Consent Form (SAA) for an additional 24 months? (PUC: O’Grady)  Action details
Details 2017-213 13. AM - Alternative Miscellaneous* P415/AM-17-65 Melrose Telephone Company In the Matter of a Request to Compel Melrose Telephone Company to Reissue Customer Notice. Should the Commission require Melrose to reissue a notice of rate increase? (PUC: O’Grady)  Action details
Details 2017-208 14. M - Miscellaneous* E017/M-17-279 Otter Tail Power Company In the Matter of Otter Tail Power Company’s Petition For Approval of Merricourt Wind Project. 1. Should the Commission approve Otter Tail’s investment in the Merricourt Project? 2. Should the Commission Determine that the proposed Merricourt Project qualifies as an eligible energy technology that can count towards the Minnesota Renewable Energy Statute (RES) requirements set forth in Minn. Stat. §216B.1691? 3. Should the Commission authorize future cost recovery for the Merricourt Project through Otter Tail’s Renewable Rider, subject to Commission review and approval of specific costs to be presented by Otter Tail in a future petition under Minn. Stat.§216B.1645, subd. 2a.? 4. Should the Commission Grant OTP’s requested variance to the filing requirements of Minn. Rules 7825.1800(B) and Minn. Rules 7825.1400 items (A)-(J)? 5. Does the proposed Merricourt Project require a certificate of need pursuant to Minn. Stat. §216B.243? 6. Should the Commission Require periodic informational reports on the Merricourt project’s Bird and Bat Conservatio  Action details
Details 2016-071 25. M - Miscellaneous** G6960/M-16-214 United Natural Gas, LLC In the Matter of a Petition by United Natural Gas LLC (UNG) for approval of its Request for a Small Gas Utility Franchise Exemption. Does the Lower Sioux's status as a sovereign nation mean that UNG's provision of natural gas service to the Lower Sioux is not subject to Commission jurisdiction and regulation? Should the Commission approve UNG's request to extend its current Lafayette/Courtland, MN small gas utility franchise exemption from Commission regulation, to include incidental service along the GMT intrastate pipeline route approved in Docket No. 16-1026? (PUC: Brill, Bonnett)  Action details