Minnesota Administrative Rules

7848.1300 CONTENT OF BIENNIAL TRANSMISSION PROJECTS REPORT.

Each biennial transmission projects report, whether or not it seeks certification of a high-voltage transmission line, must contain at least the following information:

A.

a contact person for each utility covered by the filing, including the person's address, telephone number, and email address;

B.

a copy of the most recent regional load and capability report of the Mid-Continent Area Power Pool or other appropriate regional reliability council;

C.

a copy of the most recent regional transmission plan produced by the appropriate regional transmission organization;

D.

a list of inadequacies in the transmission system currently affecting reliability within the utility's assigned service area and a list of reasonably foreseeable future inadequacies expected to affect reliability within the utility's assigned service area over the next ten years;

E.

a list of all alternative means of addressing each inadequacy identified, including nontransmission alternatives;

F.

a list of studies that have been completed, are in progress, or are planned that are relevant to each of the inadequacies identified in item D;

G.

a general description of the economic, environmental, and social issues raised by each alternative means identified in item E;

H.

an account of the measures the utility took to gather public input and to involve local government officials, tribal government officials, and other interested persons in identifying transmission inadequacies and analyzing alternative means of addressing them;

I.

a report on the number of members of the public who provided input and the substance of that input;

J.

a report on the number of local and tribal government officials who provided input, the elective or appointive positions they held, and the substance of their input;

K.

a list and description of every transmission project the utility considers necessary now or in the next ten years to remedy any transmission inadequacies identified in its biennial report;

L.

a list and description of every nontransmission project the utility considers necessary now or in the next ten years to remedy any transmission inadequacies identified in its biennial report;

M.

a statement as to whether the utility seeks certification in this proceeding of any transmission project identified in item K or the approximate time frame within which it plans to file a certificate of need application for any project requiring a certificate of need; and

N.

the approximate time frame within which the utility plans to file a certificate of need application for any nontransmission project identified as necessary in the filing, for which a certificate of need would be required.

Statutory Authority:

MS s 216A.05; 216B.08; 216B.09

History:

27 SR 1820

Published Electronically:

April 12, 2024