ALJ: Underground Hiawatha Project
October 9th, 2010
Underground Xcel’s Hiawatha Project transmission. That’s BIG, it’s good news, except for one thing — “Who pays?” is still a question:
ALJ Heydinger’s Recommendation for Xcel’s Hiawatha Transmission Project
Problem is, cost allocation isn’t dealt with specifically, only explained, so no recommendation regarding that.
If the PUC went ahead, would it be spread across the Metro area, the full Xcel rate base, or???
For the SE Metro, and for the Chisago Transmission Project, if they cities would have agreed to shoulder the cost, undergrounding was no problem. But that’s not feasible for a city to pay. So now what? Will the PUC actually order undergrounding, with a broad rate base recovery?
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