Yet another transmission comment period!
April 4th, 2024
A comment period has been announced for Minnesota Power & GRE’s “Northern Reliability Project,” which is Public Utilities Commission Docket E015,ET2/CN-22-416 (the Certificate of Need only).
Plenty of time to read and think and write.
This time around, they’re looking for substantive comments regarding whether a Certificate of Need should be granted, so a look at the statutory criteria could be helpful:
CERTIFICATE OF NEED — SEE CRITERIA IN SUBD. 3
What the Public Utilities Commission says it’s looking for is:
As far as the rules are concerned, IF YOU IDENTIFY ANY CONTESTED ISSUES OF FACT, this is the time to request a contested case, essentially a trial, via Office of Administrative Hearings. Any request for a contested case must be made before the end of the comment period.
Here’s the full Notice:
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