{"id":6800,"date":"2024-04-04T14:02:04","date_gmt":"2024-04-04T19:02:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nocapx2020.info\/?p=6800"},"modified":"2025-01-02T12:02:07","modified_gmt":"2025-01-02T18:02:07","slug":"yet-another-transmission-comment-period","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nocapx2020.info\/?p=6800","title":{"rendered":"Yet another transmission comment period!"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A comment period has been announced for Minnesota Power<\/a><\/strong> & GRE’s<\/a><\/strong> “Northern Reliability Project,” which is Public Utilities Commission<\/a><\/strong> Docket E015<\/a><\/strong>,ET2<\/a><\/strong>\/CN-22-416 (the Certificate of Need only).<\/p>\n\n\n

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Plenty of time to read and think and write.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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: <\/p>\n\n\n\n

CERTIFICATE OF NEED — SEE CRITERIA IN SUBD. 3<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

What the Public Utilities Commission<\/a><\/strong> says it’s looking for is:<\/p>\n\n\n

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As far as the rules are concerned, IF YOU IDENTIFY ANY CONTESTED ISSUES OF FACT<\/strong>, 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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here’s the full Notice:<\/p>\n\n\n\n