PPSA Annual Hrg – TOMORROW!
December 19th, 2021
And AGAIN! It’s the Power Plant Siting Act Annual Hearing! You can attend in person, MASKED, or via webex or phone. Primary documents are posted below.
December 20, 2021 @ 9:30
PUC Large Meeting Room
121 – 7th Place East – 3rd Floor
St. Paul, MN
Comments? BE SURE TO NOTE DOCKET NUMBER FOR COMMENTS:
PUC Docket E999/PR-21-18 & OAH Docket 65-2500-37832
Written comments will be accepted through January 10, 2022, by 4:30 p.m.
Note notice only to those “who have requested notice” above? Nope, notice should be to all who are on service and project lists for projects active in the calendar year. Thankfully EERA does give notice to a lot more than just those “who have requested notice” (see “Notice & Service Lists” link posted above).
From the EQB Monitor:
Here are the projects EERA’s Summary says were approved — note that for wind it does NOT list applicable parts of 216E, such as Minn. Stat. 216E.03, Subd. 7!
Meanwhile, the update of rules for PPSA siting, Minn. R. ch. 7850, is stalled out again, WITHDRAWN by the PUC last Thursday, supposedly based on many comments made over the last few weeks by a bunch of people and orgs who were utterly absent through the NINE YEARS of this rulemaking proceeding. My grits are FRIED! The PUC Agenda Item starts at the very end of the meeting, and note the bogus statements about the “why” of this rulemaking. Let’s be clear here — it’s due to the 2005 legislative changes, SIXTEEN YEARS AGO. See PUC Docket R-12-1246. Good grief… Discussion starts at 2:48:28:
Walleye Neighbors’ comments on draft permit
May 20th, 2021
Just filed… Walleye Neighbors in Minnesota and South Dakota Comments on the Walleye Wind Draft Site Permit. Now it’s time for a nap!