PUC on Freeborn 12-31-2019
July 19th, 2020
Oh, look out, now that I’ve learned how to clip snippets from videos, there’s no stopping me!!
This is the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission’s deliberation and decision from December 19, 2019, on Xcel/NSP (they never use the name consistently) Application for Amendment of the Freeborn Wind Project site permit:
PUC’s Freeborn Wind Order Amending Xcel Site Permit and Denying AFCL’s EAW Petition
March 31st, 2020
It’s out, the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission’s Order both rejecting Association of Freeborn County Landowners’ Petition for Environmental Assessment Worksheet and approving the Xcel Energy site permit amendment.
The Commission meeting amending Xcel Energy’s permit as requested was back on December 19, 2019, and the Commission’s deliberation and “decision” rejecting the AFCL Petition for an EAW was February 6, 2020:
Per the EQB rules (Minn. R. 4410.1100, Subp. 6), the Commission was supposed to issue an Order and Record of Decision WAY BACK, but didn’t. We appealed their “decision.”
AFCL appeals PUC denial of EAW Petition
This new order (20203-161639-01_Order-Site Permit Amendment and Denial of AFCL Petition for EAW) has many statements, some pretty wild ones, but I don’t see what ought to be there.
It’s time to get out the magnifying glass for a careful read. AFCL, this means all of us!!!