Meeting Name: PUC Agenda Meeting Agenda status: Final
Meeting date/time: 4/18/2019 9:30 AM  
Meeting location: Small Hearing Room
Published agenda: Agenda Decisions Agenda Decisions Published minutes: Minutes Minutes  
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Details 2019-059 11. S - Securities* E,G002/S-18-654 Northern States Power Company d/b/a Xcel Energy In the Matter of the Petition of Northern States Power Company for Approval of its 2019 Capital Structure and Permission to Issue Securities. Should the Commission approve Northern States Power Company’s proposed 2019 capital structure and grant permission to issue long-term and short-term securities? (PUC: Krishnan, Schwieger)  Action details
Details 2019-047 12. CI - Commission Initiated Investigation** E,G999/CI-17-895; All Commission Rate Regulated Electric E017/GR-15-1033 and Natural Gas Utilities In the Matter of a Commission Investigation into the Effects on Electric and Natural Gas Utility Rates and Services of the 2017 Federal Tax Act; In the Matter of the Application of Otter Tail Power Company for Authority to Increase Rates for Electric Service in the State of Minnesota. 1. Should the Commission approve the utilities’ TCJA-related compliance filings? 2. Should the Commission reopen its October 30, 2017 Order Approving Compliance Filing and Provisionally Approving Transmission Cost Recovery Rider Rate in Otter Tail Power’s rate case, Docket No. E-017/GR-15-1033, to correct certain LGS rate elements? (PUC: Alonso; Bartusch; Bender)  Action details
Details 2019-049 13. M - Miscellaneous** E002/M-15-1089; Northern States Power Company d/b/a Xcel Energy E002/M-17-828 In the Matter of the Petition of Northern States Power Company for Approval of a Credit Mechanism to Return to Customers Department of Energy Settlement Payments; In the Matter of the Petition of Northern States Power Company for Approval of the 2019-2021 Triennial Nuclear Decommissioning Study and Assumptions. When and how should Xcel refund the Department of Energy’s ninth settlement payment? (PUC: Alonso)  Action details
Details 2019-055 14. S - Securities* G022/S-18-749 Greater Minnesota Gas, Inc. In the Matter of Greater Minnesota Gas, Inc.’s Petition for Approval of 2019 Capital Structure and Permission to Issue Securities. 1. Should the Commission require GMG to revise its accounting to reflect a five-year amortization of the change in GMG’s deferred tax asset? 2. Should the Commission modify GMG’s petition for approval of 2019 capital structure and permission to issue securities as recommended by the Department? 3. Does the Commission need to clarify the requirements for meeting the equity ratio target and equity ratio floor for 2020? (PUC: Bender, Krishnan)  Action details
Details 2019-056 15. PR - Periodic Reports* P999/PR-18-194 Department of Commerce/TAM (Telecommunications Access Minnesota) In the Matter of Proposed Amendment to TAM FY 2019 Budget. Should the Commission approve the proposed amendment to the TAM FY 2019 budget? (PUC: McCarthy)  Action details
Details 2019-010 26. M - Miscellaneous** E015/M-18-250; Minnesota Power; E017/M-18-247; Otter Tail Power Company; E002/M-18-239 Northern States Power Company d/b/a Xcel Energy In the Matter of Minnesota Power’s 2017 Annual Service and Reporting Standards; In the Matter of Otter Tail Power Company’s 2017 Annual Service and Reporting Standards; In the Matter of Xcel Energy’s 2017 Electric Annual Service and Reporting Standards. 1. Should the Commission accept Minnesota Power’s, Otter Tail Power’s, and Xcel Energy’s Service and Reporting Metrics for 2017? (PUC: Martone)  Action details
Details 2019-058 17. M - Miscellaneous** E002/M-19-29 Northern States Power Company d/b/a Xcel Energy In the Matter of Appeal of Independent Engineer Report for the Sunshare Linden Project. 1. Should the Commission strike from the record the statements identified with redline strikethrough in Xcel Energy’s Motion to Strike, Attachment A? 2. Should the Commission accept, modify or reject the findings and recommendation of the Independent Engineer (IE) and require Xcel Energy to act on these decisions? (PUC: Rosier, Panait)  Action details