Legalectric

Next up, MISO Tranche 2’s #20, Public Utilities Commission Docket CN-25-116, adding a second circuit between “Bison” and Alexandria. The PUC is seeking comments on their Notice Plan, as with the previous MISO #21, CN-25-111, Iron Range – Arrowhead docket. (catch up on MISO Tranche 2 HERE – 24 projects at $2.1 BILLION)

Here’s their Notice Plan — now’s the time to pick it apart. Because it’s “just” adding a double circuit to the CapX 2020 Fargo line, there’s not much to say:

And here’s the PUC’s full request for Comments:

And the short version:

I quickly slapped together No CapX 2020 Comments based on the ones I’d filed the day before on the first MISO Tranche 2 project, further below. Again, this is “just” adding a 2nd circuit, but the “need” question remains — why is this needed — justify it, it has to be more than MISO/MISO’s utility & transmission members want it. MISO’s “approval” does not mean it meets Minnesota’s need criteria in Minn. Stat. 216B.243:

And for that other project, MISO’s #21, PUC Docket CN-25-111, the only Comments filed last week — ONLY THREE COMMENTS. This is a new greenfield project — what does it take to wake people up?

Expect to OD on MISO over the next few years:

• CN-25-109 MISO 20 – Maple River – Cuyuna 345 kV
• CN-25-111 MISO 21 – Iron Range – Arrowhead 345 kV
• TL-25-112 ” “
• CN-25-116 MISO 19 – Bison-Alexandria 345kv
• CN-25-117 MISO 22 – Brookings – Lakefield 765 kV
• CN-25-118 MISO 23 – Lakefield – East Adair 765 kV
• CN-25-119 MISO 24 – Lakefield-Pleasant Valley – N Roch 765 kV
• CN-25-120 MISO 25 – Pleasant Valley – N Roch – Hampton 345 kV
• CN-25-121 MISO 26 – N Roch – Columbia 765 kV Dairyland
• CN-25-122 ” ” Xcel