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Refer to Docket EL19-027
Filed Documents:- 04/29/20 - Notice of Appeal and Certificate of Service
- 05/04/20 - PUC's Admission of Service
- 05/04/20 - Notice of Appearance (Kristen Edwards, PUC)
- 05/04/20 - Notice of Appearance (Amanda Reiss, PUC)
- 05/04/20 - PUC’s Admission of Service
- 05/06/20 - Notice of Appearance (Brian J. Murphy) and Certificate of Service
- 05/06/20 - Notice of Appearance (Miles F. Schumacher) and Certificate of Service
- 05/06/20 - Notice of Appearance (Dana Van Beek Palmer) and Certificate of Service
- 05/07/20 - Attorney General's Admission of Service
- 05/07/20 - Appellants' Statement of Issues on Appeal
- 05/28/20 - PUC's Letter to Deuel County Clerk of Court
- Certification
- Letter regarding Original Transcripts
- Alphabetical Index
- Chronological Index (see table below for bate numbering sections)
- Certificate of Service
CHRONOLOGICAL INDEX 1. 07/09/19 Crowned Ridge Wind Farm II, LLC’s Application; Appendix A – Figures; Figure 1 - Project Area; Figure 2 - Public Land and Facilities; Figures 3a and 3b - Project Map; Figure 4a and 4b- Typical Wind Turbine Diagram; Figure 5 - Typical Turbine Construction Site Layout; Figure 6 - Environmental Constraints; Figure 7 - Constraints Map; Figure 8 - Topographic Map; Figure 9a - Surficial Geology; Figure 9b - Geology Cross Sections; Figure 10 - Bedrock Geology; Figure 11 - Soil Types; Figures 12 - Water Resources; Figure 13 - Land Use; Figure 14 - Common Sound Levels in the Environment; Appendix B - Agency Coordination; Appendix C - Aquatic Resources Survey Report; Appendix D - Bat Acoustic Survey Report; Appendix E - Bat Habitat Assessment Report; Appendix F - Dakota Skipper-Poweshiek Skipperling Survey Report; Appendix G - Raptor Nest Survey Report; Appendix H - Avian Use Survey Report; Appendix I - Sound Level Modeling Report; Appendix J - Shadow Flicker Modeling Report; Appendix K - County Conditional Use Permits; Appendix L - Property Value Effect Studies; Appendix M - Telecommunication Studies; Appendix N - Decommissioning Plan; Appendix O - Cultural Confidential (not available to the public) Confidential
1038-10412. 07/09/19 Direct Testimony of Jay Haley
3. 07/09/19
Direct Testimony of Mark Thompson; Exhibit MT-1 – Resume
4. 07/09/19
Direct Testimony Tyler Wilhelm; Exhibit TW-1 – Resume
5. 07/09/19
Direct Testimony Daryl Hart; Exhibit DH-1 – Resume; Exhibit DH-2 - Tax Revenues
6. 07/09/19 Direct Testimony Richard Lampeter; Exhibit RL-1 – Resume; Exhibit RL-2 - Proposed Post Construction Sound Protocol; Exhibit RL-3 - Low Frequency Noise and Infrasound from Wind Turbines, R. O'Neal et al, Noise Control Engineering J., 59(2), 2011 7. 07/10/19
Wind Energy Supporter, Stephanie Hansen; Stephanie Hansen Confidential (not available to the public) Confidential
11208. 07/11/19
Weekly Filing - https://puc.sd.gov/WeeklyFiling/2019/070419-071019.aspx
9. 07/11/19
Notice of Application; Order for and Notice of Public Input Meeting; Notice of Opportunity to Apply for Party Status
10. 07/11/19
Amber Christenson's Party Status Application
11. 07/11/19
Allen Robish's Party Status Application
12. 07/11/19
Kristi Mogen's Party Status Application
13. 07/11/19 Crowned Ridge Wind Farm II, LLC’s Letter regarding Updates to the Original Application in EL19-016
1127-1128 14. 07/15/19
Wind Energy Supporter, Mato Cutschall; Mato Cutschall Confidential (not available to the public)
Confidential
1129-113015. 07/16/19
Crowned Ridge Wind Farm II, LLC’s Application to Codington, Grant and Deuel County Auditors Certificate of Service
16. 07/17/19
Wind Energy Supporter, Michael Kline and Francine Parker; Michael Kline and Francine Parker Confidential (not available to the public) Confidential
1134-113517. 07/18/19
Response to Wind Energy Supporters 18. 07/18/19 Comments of Jeannie Hoagland; Comments of Jeannie Hoagland Confidential (not available to the public)
Confidential
113819. 07/22/19 Crowned Ridge Wind Farm II, LLC’s Letter regarding Order Admitting Brian J. Murphy Pro Hac Vice; Order Admitting Brian J. Murphy Pro Hac Vice; Certificate of Service 20. 07/22/19 Comments of Tammy Sellars; Response to Tammy Sellars; Comments of Tammy Sellars Confidential (not available to the public); Response to Tammy Sellars Confidential (not available to the public) Confidential
1145-114621. 07/25/19 PUC Commission Meeting Agenda 22. 07/25/19 PUC Commission Meeting Minutes 23. 07/29/19 Crowned Ridge Wind Farm II, LLC’s Letter regarding Notice to Landowners and Affidavits; Landowner Letter regarding Notice of Public Input Meeting for the Crowned Ridge Wind Farm II, LLC with Attachments; Affidavit of Landowner Mailings; Certificate of Service 24. 07/29/19 Landowner Listing as Referenced in Affidavit of Sarah Sappington Confidential (not available to the public); Certificate of Service Confidential
1167-118625. 07/29/19 Crowned Ridge Wind Farm II, LLC's Letter regarding Dropped and Moved Turbines; Certificate of Service 26. 07/29/19 Comments of Shirley Hifstutler; Response to Shirley Hifstutler; Response to Shirley Hifstutler Confidential (not available to the public) Comments of Shirley Hifstutler Confidential (not available to the public) Confidential
1191-119227. 07/31/19 Order Assessing Filing Fee; Order Authorizing Executive Director to Enter Into Consulting Contacts; and Order Granting Party Status (Amber Christenson, Allen Robish, and Kristi Mogen) 28. 08/05/19 A.J. Swanson, Arvid J. Swanson, P.C.'s Application for Party Status - Representing: Garry Ehlebracht, Steven Greber, Mary Greber, Richard Rahl, Amy Rahl and Laretta Kranz; Certificate of Service29. 08/06/19 A.J. Swanson, Arvid J. Swanson, P.C.'s Corrected Application for Party Status - Representing: Garry Ehlebracht, Steven Greber, Mary Greber, Richard Rall, Amy Rall and Laretta Kranz; Certificate of Service; A.J. Swanson, Arvid J. Swanson, P.C.'s Corrected Application for Party Status - Representing: Garry Ehlebracht, Steven Greber, Mary Greber, Richard Rall, Amy Rall and Laretta Kranz (not available to the public) Confidential
1207-121430. 08/06/19 Crowned Ridge Wind Farm II, LLC's Letter regarding A J Swanson's Application for Party Status; Certificate of Service 31. 08/07/19 A J Swanson's Response to Crowned Ridge wind Farm II, LLC's Letter regarding Application for Party Status; Certificate of Service 32. 08/12/19 Comments of Margaret Graham; Response to Margaret Graham; Comments of Margaret Graham Confidential (not available to the public); Response to Margaret Graham Confidential (not available to the public) Confidential
1229-123033. 08/12/19 Comments of Ruby Holborn; Attachment; Comments of Ruby Holborn Confidential (not available to the public) Confidential
125134. 08/13/19 Comments of Sherry Korthals; Comments of Sherry Korthals Confidential (not available to the public) Confidential
125335. 08/16/19 Response to Sherry Korthals; Response to Sherry Korthals Confidential (not available to the public) Confidential
1256-125736. 08/21/19 PUC Commission Meeting Agenda 37. 08/21/19 PUC Commission Meeting Minutes 38. 08/22/19 Comments of Jill Westendorf; Comments of Jill Westendorf Confidential (not available to the public) Confidential
126739. 08/26/19 Response to Jill Westendorf; Response to Jill Westendorf Confidential (not available to the public) Confidential
126940. 08/26/19 PUC Staff's Letter and Subpoena (Paige Olson) 41. 08/26/19 PUC Staff's Letter and Subpoena (Hilary Meyer) ) 42. 08/26/19 Public Input Meeting - Energy Conversion & Electric Transmission Facilities Siting Info Guide; Party Status Application; Sign In Sheets; Presentation; George L. Holborn's Comments; Wayne Borgheiinck's Comments; Rich Rall's Comments; Gary Ehlebracht's Comments; Amy Rall's Comments; Kristi Mogen's Comments; George L. Holborn's Comments Confidential (not available to the public); Wayne Borgheiinck's Comments Confidential (not available to the public); Rich Rall's Comments Confidential (not available to the public); Gary Ehlebracht's Comments Confidential (not available to the public); Amy Rall's Comments Confidential (not available to the public); Kristi Mogen's Comments Confidential (not available to the public) Confidential
1344-138643. 08/26/19 Transcript of Public Input Meeting 44. 08/26/19 Order Granting Party Status (Garry Ehlebracht, Steven Greber, Mary Greber, Richard Rall, Amy Rall and Laretta Kranz 45. 08/27/19 Crowned Ridge Wind Farm II, LLC's Letter regarding Confidentiality of Easement Agreement; Brief on Confidentiality of Easement Agreement; Attachment A - Colorado Public Service Company - Interim Decision Granting Public Service Motion for Extraordinary Protection; Granting NextEra Motion for Limited Intervention; Granting Motion to Appear Pro Hac Vice; Granting NextEra Motion for Protective Order; Shortening Response Time to Certain Motions and Pleadings; and Referring Certain Motions and Pleadings to an Administrative Law Judge; Attachment B - Wind Farm Lease and Easement Agreement; Attachment C - Wind Farm Lease and Easement Agreement Confidential (not available to the public); Attachment D - Iowa Utilities Board - Order Granting Request for Confidentiality; Attachment E - Maine PUC - Protective Order No. 2 (Confidential Easement Agreements); Affidavit of Daryl Hart; Certificate of Service (Non-Confidential Information); Certificate of Service (Confidential Information); Presentation at the Public Input Meeting; Presentation; Certificate of Service Confidential
1526-155246. 08/28/19 Reply of Intervenors of the Issue of "Confidentiality of Easement Agreement; Certificate of Service 47. 08/28/19 Comments of Ruth Bartek; Response to Ruth Bartek; Comments of Gregg C. Hubner; Attachment; Comments of Ruth Bartek Confidential (not available to the public); Response to Ruth Bartek Confidential (not available to the public); Comments of Gregg C. Hubner Confidential (not available to the public); Attachment Confidential (not available to the public) Confidential
1610-161448. 08/29/19 Kristi Mogen Reply of the Issue of "Confidentiality of Easement Agreement"; Grant CO PDF; Grant CO PDF 2; Grant CO Compressed PDF3; Grant CO Compressed PDF3 (not available to the public); Screenshot 279; Screenshot 259; Certificate of Service Confidential
1839-191149. 09/05/19 Response to Gregg Hubner; Response to Gregg Hubner Confidential (not available to the public) Confidential
1921-192450. 09/09/19 Crowned Ridge Wind Farm II, LLC's Letter regarding Brief on the Confidentiality of Easement Agreement; Appendix A; Exhibit A - Nondisclosure Agreement; Certificate of Service 51. 09/10/19 Staff's Motion for Adoption of Procedural Schedule; Certificate of Service 52. 09/10/19 A.J. Swanson's Letter regarding Scheduling; Certificate of Service 53. 09/11/19 PUC's Affidavits of Publication; Grant County Review's Affidavit of Publication (July 24; August 7; and August 21, 2019); The Watertown Public Opinion's Affidavit of Publication (July 24; August 7; and August 21, 2019); Clear Lake Courier's Affidavit of Publication (July 24; August 7; and August 21, 2019); South Shore Gazette's Affidavit of Publication (July 25; August 8; and August 22, 2019) 54. 09/12/19 Staff's Corrected Brief regarding Confidentiality of Section 11.10; Certificate of Service 55. 09/12/19 Crowned Ridge Wind Farm II, LLC's Letter regarding Updated Affidavit; Affidavit of Daryl Hart; Certificate of Service 56. 09/16/19 Amber Christenson's Reply to "Confidentiality of Easement Agreement"; Certificate of Service 57. 09/16/19 Crowned Ridge Wind Farm II, LLC's Letter regarding Request to Withdraw Confidential Version of the Wind Farm Lease Easement Agreement Filed August 27, 2019; Certificate of Service 58. 09/17/19 PUC Commission Meeting Agenda 59. 09/17/19 PUC Commission Meeting Minutes 60. 09/17/19 Transcript 61. 09/20/19 Crowned Ridge Wind II, LLC's Letter regarding Supplemental Testimonies and Exhibits 62. 09/20/19 Chris Ollson's Supplemental Testimony; Exhibit CO-S-1 - Curriculum Vitae; Exhibit CO-S-2 - Exposure to Wind Turbine Noise: Perceptual Responses and Reported Health Effects; Exhibit CO-S-3 - Effects of Wind Turbine Noise on Self-Reported and Objective Measures of Sleep; Exhibit CO-S-4 - Before–After Field Study of Effects of Wind Turbine Noise on Polysomnographic Sleep Parameters; Exhibit CO-S-5 - Impact of Wind Turbine Sound on Annoyance, Self-Reported Sleep Disturbance and Psychological Distress; Exhibit CO-S-6 - The Association Between Self-Reported and Objective Measures of Health and Aggregate Annoyance Scores Toward Wind Turbine Installations; Exhibit CO-S-7 - Health-Based Audible Noise Guidelines Account for Infrasound and Low-Frequency Noise Produced by Wind Turbines; Exhibit CO-S-8 - Low-Frequency Noise Incl. Infrasound From Wind Turbines and Other Sources; Exhibit CO-S-9 - An Assessment of Quality of Life Using the WHOQOL-BREF Among Participants Living in the Vicinity of Wind Turbines; Exhibit CO-S-10 - Monitoring Annoyance and Stress Effects of Wind Turbines on Nearby Residents: A Comparison of U.S. and European Samples; Exhibit CO-S-11 - Health Effects and Wind Turbines: A Review of the Literature; Exhibit CO-S-12 - Wind Turbines and Photosensitive Epilepsy; Exhibit CO-S-13 - Wind Turbines, Flicker, and Photosensitive Epilepsy: Characterizing the Flashing That May Precipitate Seizures and Optimizing Guidelines to Prevent Them; Exhibit CO-S-14 - Potential of Wind Turbines to Elicit Seizures Under Various Meteorological Conditions; Exhibit CO-S-15 - Update of UK Shadow Flicker Evidence Base - Department of Energy and Climate Change; Exhibit CO-S-16 - Information on How to Identify and Assess Optical Immissions Wind Turbines 63. 09/20/19 Daryl Hart's Supplemental Testimony; Exhibit DH-S-1 - Generator Interconnection Agreement; Exhibit DH-S-2 – Map; Exhibit DH-S-3 - Explanation of Turbine Status Change 64. 09/20/19 Jay Haley's Supplemental Testimony; Exhibit JH-S-1 - Final Report Crowned Ridge II Wind Farm Sound Study Codington, Deuel and Grant Counties, SD; Exhibit JH-S-2 - Final Report Crowned Ridge II Wind Farm Shadow Flicker Study Codington, Deuel and Grant Counties, SD; Exhibit JH-S-3 - Crowned Ridge II 200 MW Sound Level Tabular Results Sorted by Receptor ID Realistic case sound results at land parcel boundaries and occupied structures Results using GE 2.3‐116‐90 m HH, GE 2.1‐116‐80 m HH WTG's UTM NAD83 Zone 14 Codington County; Exhibit JH-S-4 - Crowned Ridge II 200 MW Shadow Flicker Tabular Results Sorted by Receptor ID Realistic case shadow results at occupied structures Results using GE 2.3‐116‐90 m HH, GE 2.1‐116‐80 m HH WTG's UTM NAD83 Zone 14 Codington County
65. 09/20/19 Mark Thompson's Supplemental Testimony 66. 09/20/19 Michael Marous' Supplemental Testimony; Exhibit MM-S-1 - Market Impact Analysis 67. 09/20/19 Robert McCunney's Supplemental Testimony; Exhibit RM-S-1 - Curriculum Vitae; Exhibit RM-S-2 - Exposure to Wind Turbine Noise: Perceptual Responses and Reported Health Effects; Exhibit RM-S-3 - Wind Turbines and Health - A Critical Review of the Scientific Literature; Exhibit RM-S-4 - Health Effects Related to Wind Turbine Sound, Including Low-Frequency Sound and Infrasound; Exhibit RM-S-5 - Measurement and Level of Infrasound From Wind Farms and Other Sources; Exhibit RM-S-6 - Low Frequency Noise and Infrasound From Wind Turbines; Exhibit RM-S-7 - Potential of Wind Turbines to Elicit Seizures Under Various Meteorological Conditions; Exhibit RM-S-8 - Photic- and Pattern-induced Seizures: Expert Consensus of the Epilepsy Foundation of America Working Group 68. 09/20/19 Sarah Sappington's Supplemental Testimony; Exhibit SS-S1 - South Dakota State Historical Society's Letter to SWCA Environmental Consultants regarding Archaeological and Traditional Cultural Property Inventory, Crowned Ridge II Wind Turbine Array; Exhibit SS-S2 - South Dakota State Historical Society's Letter to SWCA Environmental Consultants regarding Architectural Resources Assessment - Location: Multiple Counties 69. 09/20/19 Tyler Wilhelm's Supplemental Testimony; Exhibit TW-S-1 - Ordinance B2004-01-23B; Exhibit TW-S-2 – Map; Exhibit TW-S-3 - Ordinance 2016-01C; Exhibit TW-S-4 - Primary and Alternate Locations; Certificate of Service 70. 09/20/19 Order Denying Request for Confidentiality 71. 10/21/19 Order Granting Motion Establishing Procedural Schedule 72. Order For and Notice of Evidentiary Hearing 73. 10/21/19 Garry Ehlebracht, Steven Greber, Mary Greber, Richard Rall, Amy Rall and Laretta Kranz Intevenors' Responses to Staff's Data Request 1 Certificate of Service 74. 10/21/19 Crowned Ridge Wind II, LLC's Letter regarding Corrected Direct Testimony of Sarah Sappington; Sarah Sappington's Corrected Direct Testimony; Certificate of Service 75. 10/21/19 Crowned Ridge Wind II, LLC's First Set of Data Requests to Intervenors Certificate of Service 76. 10/25/19 Intervenor Amber Christenson's Responses to Staff's First Set of Data Requests to Intervenors Certificate of Service
77. 10/28/19 Intervenor Allen Robish's Responses to Staff's First Set of Data Requests to Intervenors Certificate of Service 78. 10/28/19 Intervenor Kristi Mogen's Responses to Staff's First Set of Data Requests to Intervenors Certificate of Service 79. 11/01/19 Intervenor Amber Christenson's Responses to Staff's First Set of Data Requests to Intervenors Certificate of Service 80. 11/05/19 Crowned Ridge Wind II, LLC's Responses to Staff's Second Set of Data Request's Certificate of Service 81. 11/14/19 Comments of Lucas Nelsen, Center for Rural Affairs with Attachments 82. 11/15/19 Intervenors Amber Christenson, Kristi Mogen and Allen Robish's First Data Request to PUC Staff Certificate of Service 83. 11/15/19 Intervenors Amber Christenson, Kristi Mogen and Allen Robish's First Data Request to Applicant Certificate of Service 84. 11/15/19 Crowned Ridge Wind II, LLC's First Set of Data Requests to Staff Certificate of Service 85. 11/18/19 Notice of Filing of Affidavit of Steven Greber and Motion for Examination or Admission Upon Stipulation of Counsel; Affidavit of Steven Greber; Certificate of Service 86. 11/18/19 Crowned Ridge Wind II, LLC's Letter regarding Response to Intervenors Motion and Affidavit; Response to Intervenors Motion and Affidavit; Certificate of Service 87. 11/19/19 Intervenors’ Discovery Requests to Application Certificate of Service 88. 11/21/19 Intervenors' Letter Regarding Testimony and Availability of Steven Greber; Certificate of Service 89. 11/21/19 Crowned Ridge Wind II, LLC's Supplemental Response to the Second Set of Data Requests to Staff Certificate of Service 90. 11/22/19 Intervenors' Letter Regarding Affidavit of Steven Greber; Certificate of Service 91. 11/26/19 PUC Commission Meeting Agenda 92. 11/26/19 PUC Commission Meeting Minutes 93. 11/26/19 Transcript 94.
11/26/19 Crowned Ridge Wind II, LLC's Supplemental Responses to Staff's Second Set of Data Requests to Applicant Certificate of Service 95. 12/02/19 Intervenors' Letter Regarding Taking and Use of Discovery; Certificate of Service 96. 12/02/19 Staff’s Letter Responding to Letter from Attorney Swanson; Attachment 1; Attachment 2 97. 12/02/19 Order Granting Motion to Appear Telephonically 98. 12/04/19 Crowned Ridge Wind II, LLC's Responses to Intervenors' Discovery Requests to Applicant (First Set) Certificate of Service 99. 12/05/19 Intervenors' Certificate of Service 100. 12/09/19 PUC Staff’s Pre-filed Direct Testimonies - Pre-filed Direct Testimony of Darren Kearney; Exhibit_DK-1; Exhibit_DK-2 (Public); Exhibit_DK-2 Confidential (not available to the public); Exhibit_DK-3; Exhibit_DK-4; Exhibit_DK-5 Confidential
3540-4050101. 12/09/19 Pre-filed Direct Testimony of Paige Olson; Exhibit_PO-1 102. 12/09/19 Pre-filed Direct Testimony of David Hessler; Exhibit_DMH-1; Exhibit_DMH-2; Exhibit_DMH-3 103. 12/09/19 Pre-filed Direct Testimony of Hilary Meyer; Exhibit_HM-1 104. 12/09/19 Pre-filed Direct Testimony of David Lawrence; Exhibit DAL_1; Exhibit DAL_2; Exhibit DAL_3; Certificate of Service 105. 12/12/19 Intervenors' Pre-filed Direct Testimonies - Affidavit of Amy Rall; Affidavit of Laretta Kranz; Affidavit of Garry Ehlebracht; Affidavit of Steven Greber 106. 12/12/19 Crowned Ridge Wind II, LLC's Response to Intervenors Amber Christenson, Kristi Mogen and Allen Robish's Second Set of Data Requests to Applicant Certificate of Service 107. 01/08/20 Crowned Ridge Wind II, LLC's Rebuttal Testimonies - Crowned Ridge Wind II, LLC's Letter regarding Rebuttal Testimonies; Rebuttal Testimony of Christopher Ollson; Rebuttal Testimony of Jay Haley; Exhibit JH-R-1 - Hessler Array Sound Model; Exhibit JH-R-2 - Changes in Shadow Flicker;Exhibit JH-R-3 - Sounds and Shadow Flicker Table; Rebuttal Testimony of Michael MaRous; Rebuttal Testimony of Richard Lampeter; Rebuttal Testimony of Sarah Sappington; Rebuttal Testimony of Mark Thompson; Rebuttal Testimony of Tyler Wilhelm; Certificate of Service108. 01/09/20 Crowned Ridge Wind II, LLC's Supplemental Responses to Staff's Second Set of Data Requests to Applicant Certificate of Service
109. 01/10/20 Crowned Ridge Wind II, LLC's Supplemental Responses to Staff's Second Set of Data Requests to Applicant Certificate of Service 110. 01/14/20 Crowned Ridge Wind II, LLC's Letter regarding Motion to Strike; Motion to Strike; Certificate of Service 111. 01/14/20 Amber Christenson’s Final Data Request to Applicant Certificate of Service 112. 01/14/20 Crowned Ridge Wind II, LLC's Letter regarding Attachments 1, 2 and 3 to Crowned Ridge Wind II, LLC's Motion to Strike; Attachment 1 - Affidavit of Steven Greber; Attachment 2 - Affidavit of Amy Rall; Attachment 3 - Affidavit of Garry Ehlebracht; Certificate of Service 113. 01/15/20 Intervenors’ Reply to Motion to Strike Testimonial Excerpts; Certificate of Service
114. 01/22/20 Order For and Notice of Motion Hearing 115. 01/22/20 Crowned Ridge Wind II, LLC's Letter regarding Corrected Exhibit JH-R-3 to the Rebuttal Testimony of Jay Haley; Corrected Exhibit JH-R-3 to the Rebuttal Testimony of Jay Haley filed January 8, 2020; Certificate of Service 116. 01/22/20 Crowned Ridge Wind II, LLC's Letter regarding Witness and Exhibit Lists; Witness and Exhibit List; A1 - Crowned Ridge Wind Farm's Application; A1-A -Appendix A – Figures; Figure 1 - Project Area; Figure 2 - Public Land and Facilities; Figure 3a and 3b - Project Maps; Figure 4a - Typical Wind Turbine Diagram; Figure 4b -Typical Wind Turbine Diagram; Figure 5 - Typical Turbine Construction Site Layout; Figure 6 - Environmental Constraints; Figure 7 - Constraints Map; Figure 8 - Topographic Map; Figure 9a - Surficial Geology; Figure 9b - Geology Cross Sections; Figure 10 - Bedrock Geology Figure 11 - Soil Types; Figure 12 - Water Resources; Figure 13 - Land Use; and Figure 14 - Common Sound Levels in the Environment; A1-B - Appendix B - Agency Coordination Dates and Correspondence; A1-C - Appendix C - Aquatic Resources Survey Report; A1-D - Appendix D - Bat Acoustic Survey Report; A1-E - Appendix E - Bat Habitat Assessment Report; A1-F - Appendix F - Dakota Skipper-Poweshiek Skipperling Survey; A1-G - Appendix G - Raptor Nest Survey Report; A1-H - Appendix H - Avian Use Survey Report; A1-I - Appendix I - Sound Level Modeling Report (See Updated Appendices Filed on 9/20/19); A1-J - Appendix J - Shadow Flicker Modeling Report (See Updated Appendices Filed on 9/20/19); A1-K - Appendix K - County Conditional Use Permits; A1-L - Appendix L - Property Value Effects Studies; A1-M - Appendix M - Telecommunication Studies; A1-N - Appendix N - Decommissioning Plan; A1-O - Cultural Confidential; A2 - Direct Testimony of Jay Haley; A3 - Direct Testimony of Sarah Sappinton, Updated to include page numbers in 10/21/19; A4 - Direct Testimony of Mark Thompson ◾A4-1 - Exhibit MT-1: Resume of Mark Thompson; A5 - Direct Testimony of Tyler Wilhelm; A5-1 - Exhibit TW-1: Resume of Tyler Wilhelm; A6 - Direct Testimony of Daryl Hart; A6-1 - Exhibit DH-1: Resume of Daryl Hart; A6-2 - Exhibit DH-2: Tax Revenues; A7 - Direct Testimony and Exhibit of Richard Lampeter; A7-1 - Exhibit RL-1: Resume of Richard Lampter; A7-2 - Exhibit RL-2: Proposed Post Construction Sound Protocol; A7-3 - Exhibit RL-3: Low Frequency Noise and Infrasound from Wind Turbines; A8 - Crowned Ridged Wind, LLC's Letter regarding Updates to Original Application; A9 - Crowned Ridged Wind, LLC's Letter regarding Dropped and Moved Turbines; A10 - Crowned Ridged Letter, Notice Letter, and Affidavit on Notice of Public Input Hearing; A11 - PUC Affidavits of Publication; A12 - Supplemental Testimony of Chris Ollson; A12-1 - Exhibit CO-S-1: Curriculum Vitae; A12-2 - Exhibit CO-S-2: Exposure to Wind Turbine Noise: Perceptual Responses and Reported Health Effects; A12-3 - Exhibit CO-S-3: Effects of Wind Turbine Noise on Self-Reported and Objective Measures of Sleep; A12-4 - Exhibit CO-S-4: Before-After Field Study of Effects of Wind Turbine Noise on Polysomnographic Sleep Parameters; A12-5 - Exhibit CO-S-5: Impact of Wind Turbine Sound on Annoyance, Self-Reported Sleep Disturbance and Psychological Distress; A12-6 - Exhibit CO-S-6: The Association Between Self-Reported and Objective Measures of Health and Aggregate Annoyance Scores Toward Wind Turbine Installations; A12-7 - Exhibit CO-S-7: Health-Based Audible Noise Guidelines Account for Infrasound and Low-Frequency Noise Produced by Wind Turbines; A12-8 - Exhibit CO-S-8: Low-Frequency Noise Incl. Infrasound From Wind Turbines and Other Sources; A12-9 - Exhibit CO-S-9: An Assessment of Quality of Life Using the WHOQOL-BREF Among Participants Living in the Vicinity of Wind Turbines; A12-10 - Exhibit CO-S-10: Monitoring Annoyance and Stress Effects of Wind Turbines on Nearby Residents: A Comparison of U.S. and European Samples; A12-11 - Exhibit CO-S-11: Health Effects and Wind Turbines: A Review of the Literature; A12-12 - Exhibit CO-S-12: Wind Turbines and Photosensitive Epilepsy; A12-13 - Exhibit CO-S-13: Wind Turbines, Flicker, and Photosensitive Epilepsy: Characterzing the Flashing That May Precipitate Seizures and Optimizing Guidelines to Prevent Them; A12-14 - Exhibit CO-S-14: Potential of Wind Turbines to Elicit Seizures Under Various Meteorological Conditions; A12-15 - Exhibit CO-S-15: Update of UK Shadow Flicker Evidence Base - Department of Energy and Climate Change; A12-16 - Exhibit CO-S-16: Information on How to Identify and Assess Optical Immissions Wind Turbines; A13 - Supplemental Testimony of Daryl Hart; A13-1 - Exhibit DH-S-1: Generator Interconnection Agreement; A13-2 - Exhibit DH-S-2: Maps Depicting 200 MW array and potential deferral of 100 MWs; A13-3 - Exhibit DH-S-3: Explanation of Turbines Status Change (Primary and Alternatives); A14 - Supplemental Testimony of Jay Haley; A14-1 - Exhibit JH-S-1: Final Report Crowned Ridge II Wind Farm Sound Study Codington, Deuel and Grant Counties, SD; A14-2 - Exhibit JH-S-2: Final Report Crowned Ridge II Wind Farm Shadow Flicker Study Codington, Deuel and Grant Counties, SD; A14-3 - Exhibit JH-S-3: Crowned Ridge II 200 MW Sound Level Tabular Results Sorted by Receptor ID Realistic Case Sound Results at Land Parcel; A14-4 - Exhibit JH-S-4: Crowned Ridge II 200 MW Shadow Flicker Tabular Results Sorted by Receptor ID Realistic Case Shadow Results at Occupied Structures Results using GE 2.3-116-90 m HH, GE 2.1-116-80 m HH WTG's UTM NAD83 Zone 14 Codington County; A15 - Supplemental Testimony of Mark Thompson; A16 - Supplemental Testimony of Michael Marous; A16-1 - Exhibit MM-S-1: Market Impact Analysis; A17 - Supplemental Testimony of Robert McCunney; A17-1 - Exhibit RM-S-1: Curriculum Vitae; A17-2 - Exhibit RM-S-2: Exposure to Wind Turbine Noise: Perceptual Responses and Reported Health Effects; A17-3 - Exhibit RM-S-3: Wind Turbines and Health - A Critical Review of the Scientific Literature; A17-4 - Exhibit RM-S-4: Health Effects Related to Wind Turbine Sound, Including Low-Frequency Sound and Infrasound; A17-5 - Exhibit RM-S-5: Measurement and Level of lnfrasound From Wind Farms and Other Sources; A17-6 - Exhibit RM-S-6: Low Frequency Noise and Infrasound From Wind Turbines; A17-7 - Exhibit RM-S-7: Potential of Wind Turbines to Elicit Seizures Under Various Meteorological Conditions; A17-8 - Exhibit RM-S-8: Photic- and Pattern-induced Seizures: Expert Consensus of the Epilepsy Foundation of America Working Group; A18 - Supplemental Testimony of Sarah Sappington; A18-1 - Exhibit SS-S-1: South Dakota State Historical Society's Letter to SWCA Environmental Consultants regarding Archaeological and Traditional Cultural Property Inventory, Crowned Ridge II Wind Turbine Array; A18-2 - Exhibit SS-S-2: South Dakota State Historical Society's Letter to SWCA Environmental Consultants regarding Architectural Resources Assessment - Location: Multiple Counties; A19 - Supplemental Testimony of Tyler Wilhelm; A19-1 - Exhibit TW-S-1: Deuel County Ordinance B2004-01-23B; A19-2 - Exhibit TW-S-2: Map Land Status with additional roads and other landmarks; A19-3 - Exhibit TW-S-3: Grant County Ordinance 2016-01C; A19-4 - Exhibit TW-S-4: List of Primary and Alternative Turbine Locations and Dropped Turbines; A20 - Rebuttal Testimony of Christopher Ollson; A21 - Rebuttal Testimony of Jay Haley; A21-1 - Exhibit JH-R-1 Sound Modelled with Hessler and CRW Proposal; A21-2 - Exhibit JH-R-2 Shadow Flicker Modelled with Hessler and CRW Proposal; A21-3 - Exhibit JH-R-3 Intervener Results with Hessler and CRW Proposal; A22 - Rebuttal Testimony of Michael MaRous; A23 - Rebuttal Testimony of Richard Lampeter; A24 - Rebuttal Testimony of Sarah Sappington; A25 - Rebuttal Testimony of Mark Thompson; A26 - Rebuttal Testimony of Tyler Wilhelm; A27 - Supplemental Response to Intervener IR 2-15; A27-1 - Attachment 1 Map - Primary, Alternates, and Safe Harbor Turbines under Original Application; A27-2 - Attachment 2 Map - Primary, alternates, and safe harbor turbines under CRWs Adoption of Hessler Proposal Using Arrays for the 200 MWs with the Deferral of 100 MWs; Certificate of Service 117. 01/22/20 Crowned Ridge Wind II, LLC's Letter regarding A28 - Exhibit JH-R-3 Revised; A28 - Exhibit JH-R-3 – Revised; Certificate of Service 118. 01/23/20 Pre-filed Supplemental Testimony of David Lawrence; Exhibit DAL_4; Exhibit DAL_5; Certificate of Service 119. 01/23/20 Wind Farm Lease and Easement Agreement; Certificate of Service 120. 01/24/20 Crowned Ridge Wind II, LLC's Letter regarding A29 - Exhibit JH-R-1-Revised; A29 - Exhibit JH-R-1-Revised; Certificate of Service 121. 01/27/20 Crowned Ridge Wind II, LLC's Responses to Staff's Third Set of Data Requests Confidential Documents Certificate of Service; Crowned Ridge Wind II, LLC's Responses to Staff's Third Set of Data Requests Public Documents Certificate of Service 122. 01/27/20 Crowned Ridge Wind II, LLC's Responses to Amber Christenson's Final set of Data Requests Certificate of Service 123. 01/27/20 Intervenors Garry Ehlebracht, Steven Greber, Mary Greber, Richard Rall, Amy Rall and Laretta Kranz's Witness and Exhibit List; Exhibit I-1 - Affidavit of Garry Ehlebracht; Exhibit I-2 - Wind Farm Lease and Easement Agreement; Exhibit I-3 - Application for Party Status (Corrected); Exhibit I-4 - Affidavit of Laretta Kranz; Exhibit I-5 - Affidavit of Steven Greber; Exhibit I-6 - Affidavit of Amy Rall; Certificate of Service 124. 01/29/20 PUC Staff's Witness and Exhibit List; S1 - Pre-filed Testimony and Exhibits of Darren Kearney; Pre-filed Testimony and Exhibits of Darren Kearney Confidential (not available to the public); S2 - Pre-filed Testimony and Exhibits of David Hessler; S3 - Pre-filed Testimony and Exhibits of Hilary Morey (Meyer); S4 - Pre-filed Testimony and Exhibits of Paige Olson; S5 - Pre-filed Testimony and Exhibits of David Lawrence; S6 - Pre-filed Supplemental Testimony of David Lawrence; Certificate of Service Confidential
7468-8116125. 01/29/20 Intervenor Amber Christenson's Exhibit List; AC-1 - A Cooperative Measurement Survey and Analysis of Low Frequency and Infrasound at the Shirley Wind Farm in Brown County, Wisconsin; AC-2 - McPherson 6 18 May; AC-3 - Riina Bray IWT Niagara; AC-4 - Applicant's Responses to Amber Christenson's DR; AC-5 - Applicant's Responses to Staff's 3rd Set; AC-6 - Attachment 1 to Staff DR 3-2; AC-7 - Attachment 1 to Staff DR 3-8; AC-8 - Applicant's Supplemental Responses to Staff's Second Set of DR; AC-9 - Applicant's Responses to Intervenors' Second Set of DR (4); AC-11 - Attachment 1 to Intervenor 2-2; AC-12 - Attachment 1 to Intervenors 2-10; AC-13 - Attachment 1 to Intervenors 2-16; AC-14 - Attachment 1 to Intervenor 1-1 Applicant's Responses to Staff's First Set of DR; AC-15 - Attachment 1 to Intervenor 1-4 Part 1; Certificate of Service 126. 01/30/20 Intervenor Amber Christenson's Amended Exhibit List; AC-17 - Applicant Response to Intevenore’s First Data Request; Certificate of Service 127. 01/31/20 Intervenor Amber Christenson's Exhibit - AC-10 - MN-buyout-20186-143575-01; Certificate of Service 128. 01/31/20 PUC Staff's Partial Joinder of Motion to Strike; Certificate of Service 129. 01/31/20 Comments of Joan B. Sacrison, Deuel Area Development Inc.; Response to Joan B. Sacrison, Deuel Area Development Inc.; Comments of Joan B. Sacrison, Deuel Area Development Inc. Confidential (not available to the public); Response to Joan B. Sacrison, Deuel Area Development Inc. Confidential (not available to the public) Confidential
8679-8680130. 01/31/20 Crowned Ridge Wind II, LLC's Second Supplemental Responses to Staffs Second Set of Data Requests to Applicant's Certificate of Service; Crowned Ridge Wind II, LLC's Supplemental Responses to Staffs Third Set of Data Requests to Applicant's Certificate of Service 131. 02/03/20 Intervenor Amber Christenson's Letter regarding Late Filed Exhibit; Exhibit - AC-19 - Appendix: J Shadow Flicker & Sound Pressure Report; Certificate of Service
132. 02/04/20 Intervenor Amber Christenson's Exhibits; AC-18 - Grant County Compiled Zoning Ordinances; AC-24 - Emails to GE Renewables Energy regarding Enhanced Power Curve Operation; Certificate of Service
133. 02/04/20 S7 - PUC Staff and Crowned Ridge Wind II, LLC's Proposed Permit Conditions 134. 02/04/20 Evidentiary Hearing Sign In Sheets; and Transcript 135. 02/04/20 Evidentiary Hearing Exhibits - Crowned Ridge Wind II, LLC - A1 - Crowned Ridge Wind Farm's Application; A1-A -Appendix A – Figures; Figure 1 - Project Area; Figure 2 - Public Land and Facilities; Figure 3a and 3b - Project Maps; Figure 4a - Typical Wind Turbine Diagram; Figure 4b -Typical Wind Turbine Diagram; Figure 5 - Typical Turbine Construction Site Layout; Figure 6 - Environmental Constraints; Figure 7 - Constraints Map; Figure 8 - Topographic Map; Figure 9a - Surficial Geology; Figure 9b - Geology Cross Sections; Figure 10 - Bedrock Geology Figure 11 - Soil Types; Figure 12 - Water Resources; Figure 13 - Land Use; and Figure 14 - Common Sound Levels in the Environment; A1-B - Appendix B - Agency Coordination Dates and Correspondence; A1-C - Appendix C - Aquatic Resources Survey Report; A1-D - Appendix D - Bat Acoustic Survey Report; A1-E - Appendix E - Bat Habitat Assessment Report; A1-F - Appendix F - Dakota Skipper-Poweshiek Skipperling Survey; A1-G - Appendix G - Raptor Nest Survey Report; A1-H - Appendix H - Avian Use Survey Report; A1-I - Appendix I - Sound Level Modeling Report (See Updated Appendices Filed on 9/20/19); A1-J - Appendix J - Shadow Flicker Modeling Report (See Updated Appendices Filed on 9/20/19); A1-K - Appendix K - County Conditional Use Permits; A1-L - Appendix L - Property Value Effects Studies; A1-M - Appendix M - Telecommunication Studies; A1-N - Appendix N - Decommissioning Plan; A1-O – Cultural Confidential; A2 - Direct Testimony of Jay Haley; A3 - Direct Testimony of Sarah Sappinton, Updated to include page numbers in 10/21/19; A4 - Direct Testimony of Mark Thompson; A4-1 - Exhibit MT-1: Resume of Mark Thompson; A5 - Direct Testimony of Tyler Wilhelm; A5-1 - Exhibit TW-1: Resume of Tyler Wilhelm; A6 - Direct Testimony of Daryl Hart; A6-1 - Exhibit DH-1: Resume of Daryl Hart; A6-2 - Exhibit DH-2: Tax Revenues; A7 - Direct Testimony and Exhibit of Richard Lampeter; A7-1 - Exhibit RL-1: Resume of Richard Lampter; A7-2 - Exhibit RL-2: Proposed Post Consturction Sound Protocol; A7-3 - Exhibit RL-3: Low Frequency Noise and Infrasound from Wind Turbines; A8 - Crowned Ridged Wind, LLC's Letter regarding Updates to Original Application; A9 - Crowned Ridged Wind, LLC's Letter regarding Dropped and Moved Turbines; A10 - Crowned Ridged Letter, Notice Letter, and Affidavit on Notice of Public Input Hearing; A11 - PUC Affidavits of Publication; A12 - Supplemental Testimony of Chris Ollson; A12-1 - Exhibit CO-S-1: Curriculum Vitae; A12-2 - Exhibit CO-S-2: Exposure to Wind Turbine Noise: Perceptual Responses and Reported Health Effects; A12-3 - Exhibit CO-S-3: Effects of Wind Turbine Noise on Self-Reported and Objective Measures of Sleep; A12-4 - Exhibit CO-S-4: Before-After Field Study of Effects of Wind Turbine Noise on Polysomnographic Sleep Parameters; A12-5 - Exhibit CO-S-5: Impact of Wind Turbine Sound on Annoyance, Self-Reported Sleep Disturbance and Psychological Distress; A12-6 - Exhibit CO-S-6: The Association Between Self-Reported and Objective Measures of Health and Aggregate Annoyance Scores Toward Wind Turbine Installations; A12-7 - Exhibit CO-S-7: Health-Based Audible Noise Guidelines Account for Infrasound and Low-Frequency Noise Produced by Wind Turbines; A12-8 - Exhibit CO-S-8: Low-Frequency Noise Incl. Infrasound from Wind Turbines and Other Sources; A12-9 - Exhibit CO-S-9: An Assessment of Quality of Life Using the WHOQOL-BREF Among Participants Living in the Vicinity of Wind Turbines; A12-10 - Exhibit CO-S-10: Monitoring Annoyance and Stress Effects of Wind Turbines on Nearby Residents: A Comparison of U.S. and European Samples; A12-11 - Exhibit CO-S-11: Health Effects and Wind Turbines: A Review of the Literature; A12-12 - Exhibit CO-S-12: Wind Turbines and Photosensitive Epilepsy; A12-13 - Exhibit CO-S-13: Wind Turbines, Flicker, and Photosensitive Epilepsy: Characterizing the Flashing That May Precipitate Seizures and Optimizing Guidelines to Prevent Them; A12-14 - Exhibit CO-S-14: Potential of Wind Turbines to Elicit Seizures Under Various Meteorological Conditions; A12-15 - Exhibit CO-S-15: Update of UK Shadow Flicker Evidence Base - Department of Energy and Climate Change; A12-16 - Exhibit CO-S-16: Information on How to Identify and Assess Optical Immissions Wind Turbines; A13 - Supplemental Testimony of Daryl Hart; A13-1 - Exhibit DH-S-1: Generator Interconnection Agreement; A13-2 - Exhibit DH-S-2: Maps Depicting 200 MW array and potential deferral of 100 MWs; A13-3 - Exhibit DH-S-3: Explanation of Turbines Status Change (Primary and Alternatives); A14 - Supplemental Testimony of Jay Haley; A14-1 - Exhibit JH-S-1: Final Report Crowned Ridge II Wind Farm Sound Study Codington, Deuel and Grant Counties, SD; A14-2 - Exhibit JH-S-2: Final Report Crowned Ridge II Wind Farm Shadow Flicker Study Codington, Deuel and Grant Counties, SD; A14-3 - Exhibit JH-S-3: Crowned Ridge II 200 MW Sound Level Tabular Results Sorted by Receptor ID Realistic Case Sound Results at Land Parcel; A14-4 - Exhibit JH-S-4: Crowned Ridge II 200 MW Shadow Flicker Tabular Results Sorted by Receptor ID Realistic Case Shadow Results at Occupied Structures Results using GE 2.3-116-90 m HH, GE 2.1-116-80 m HH WTG's UTM NAD83 Zone 14 Codington County; A15 - Supplemental Testimony of Mark Thompson; A16 - Supplemental Testimony of Michael Marous; A16-1 - Exhibit MM-S-1: Market Impact Analysis; A17 - Supplemental Testimony of Robert McCunney; A17-1 - Exhibit RM-S-1: Curriculum Vitae; A17-2 - Exhibit RM-S-2: Exposure to Wind Turbine Noise: Perceptual Responses and Reported Health Effects; A17-3 - Exhibit RM-S-3: Wind Turbines and Health - A Critical Review of the Scientific Literature; A17-4 - Exhibit RM-S-4: Health Effects Related to Wind Turbine Sound, Including Low-Frequency Sound and Infrasound; A17-5 - Exhibit RM-S-5: Measurement and Level of lnfrasound From Wind Farms and Other Sources; A17-6 - Exhibit RM-S-6: Low Frequency Noise and Infrasound From Wind Turbines; A17-7 - Exhibit RM-S-7: Potential of Wind Turbines to Elicit Seizures Under Various Meteorological Conditions; A17-8 - Exhibit RM-S-8: Photic- and Pattern-induced Seizures: Expert Consensus of the Epilepsy Foundation of America Working Group; A18 - Supplemental Testimony of Sarah Sappington; A18-1 - Exhibit SS-S-1: South Dakota State Historical Society's Letter to SWCA Environmental Consultants regarding Archaeological and Traditional Cultural Property Inventory, Crowned Ridge II Wind Turbine Array; A18-2 - Exhibit SS-S-2: South Dakota State Historical Society's Letter to SWCA Environmental Consultants regarding Architectural Resources Assessment - Location: Multiple Counties; A19 - Supplemental Testimony of Tyler Wilhelm; A19-1 - Exhibit TW-S-1: Deuel County Ordinance B2004-01-23B; A19-2 - Exhibit TW-S-2: Map Land Status with additional roads and other landmarks; A19-3 - Exhibit TW-S-3: Grant County Ordinance 2016-01C; A19-4 - Exhibit TW-S-4: List of Primary and Alternative Turbine Locations and Dropped Turbines; A20 - Rebuttal Testimony of Christopher Ollson; A21 - Rebuttal Testimony of Jay Haley; A21-1 - Exhibit JH-R-1 Sound Modelled with Hessler and CRW Proposal; A21-2 - Exhibit JH-R-2 Shadow Flicker Modelled with Hessler and CRW Proposal; A21-3 - Exhibit JH-R-3 Intervener Results with Hessler and CRW Proposal; A22 - Rebuttal Testimony of Michael MaRous; A23 - Rebuttal Testimony of Richard Lampeter; A24 - Rebuttal Testimony of Sarah Sappington; A25 - Rebuttal Testimony of Mark Thompson; A26 - Rebuttal Testimony of Tyler Wilhelm; A27 - Supplemental Response to Intervener IR 2-15; A27-1 - Attachment 1 Map - Primary, Alternates, and Safe Harbor Turbines under Original Application; A27-2 - Attachment 2 Map - Primary, alternates, and safe harbor turbines under CRWs Adoption of Hessler Proposal Using Arrays for the 200 MWs with the Deferral of 100 MWs; A28 - Exhibit JH-R-3 – Revised; A29 - Exhibit JH-R-1-Revised 136. 02/04/20 Evidentiary Hearing Exhibits – Staff’s Exhibits - S1 - Testimony and Exhibits of Darren Kearney; Testimony and Exhibits of Darren Kearney Confidential (not available to the public); S2 - Testimony and Exhibits of David Hessler; S3 - Testimony and Exhibits of Hilary Morey (Meyer); S4 - Testimony and Exhibits of Paige Olson; S5 - Testimony and Exhibits of David Lawrence; S6 - Supplemental Testimony of David Lawrence; S7 - PUC Staff and Crowned Ridge Wind II, LLC's Proposed Permit Conditions Confidential
12094-12742137. 02/04/20 Evidentiary Hearing Exhibits – Intervenors’ Exhibits - AC-1 - A Cooperative Measurement Survey and Analysis of Low Frequency and Infrasound at the Shirley Wind Farm in Brown County, Wisconsin; AC-2 - McPherson 6 18 May; AC-3 - Riina Bray IWT Niagara; AC-4 - Applicant's Responses to Amber Christenson's DR; AC-5 - Applicant's Responses to Staff's 3rd Set; AC-6 - Attachment 1 to Staff DR 3-2; AC-7 - Attachment 1 to Staff DR 3-8; AC-8 - Applicant's Supplemental Responses to Staff's Second Set of DR; AC-9 - Applicant's Responses to Intervenors' Second Set of DR (4); AC-11 - Attachment 1 to Intervenor 2-2; AC-13 - Attachment 1 to Intervenors 2-16; AC-15 - Attachment 1 to Intervenor 1-4 Part 1; AC-17 - Applicant Response to Intevenor’s First Data Request; AC-18 - Grant County Compiled Zoning Ordinances; AC-19 - Appendix: J Shadow Flicker & Sound Pressure Report; Exhibit I-1 - Affidavit of Garry Ehlebracht (Redacted); Exhibit I-2 - Wind Farm Lease and Easement Agreement; Exhibit I-3 - Application for Party Status (Corrected); Exhibit I-4 - Affidavit of Laretta Kranz; Exhibit I-5 - Affidavit of Steven Greber (Redacted) 138. 02/04/20 Comments of Grant County Development Corporation 139. 02/05/20 Evidentiary Hearing Sign In Sheets; and Transcript
140. 02/05/20 Response to Bobbie Bohlen, Grant County Development Corporation; Comments of Mike Sherman, Renew Energy Maintenance; Comments of Tim Sheehan, President and CEO Watertown Area Chamber of Commerce 141. 02/06/20 Evidentiary Hearing Sign In Sheets; and Transcript 142. 02/06/20 Exhibit I-1 - Affidavit of Garry Ehlebracht (Redacted); Exhibit I-5 - Affidavit of Steven Greber (Redacted) 143. 02/07/20 PUC Staff's Letter regarding Regional Wind Turbine Map; Northeastern South Dakota Wind Turbine Map 144. 02/07/20 South Dakota Dept. of Game, Fish & Parks' Letter regarding Authority to Require Crowned Ridge II to Complete Grouse Studies
145. 02/07/20 Response to Mike Sherman, Renew Energy Maintenance; Response to Tim Sheehan, President and CEO Watertown Area Chamber of Commerce 146. 02/14/20 Order Granting, In Part, Motion to Strike 147. 02/14/20 Order Setting Post-Hearing Briefing Schedule and Decision Date 148. 02/19/20 Crowned Ridge Wind II's Letter regarding Participation Agreement; Participation Agreement; Certificate of Service 149. 02/20/20 PUC Staff's Letter regarding Exhibit S8; Exhibit S8 - Northeastern South Dakota Wind Turbine Map; Certificate of Service 150. 02/21/20 Intervenors' Letter regarding Proposed Exhibit I-8; Exhibit I-8 - Participation Agreement; Certificate of Service 151. 02/25/20 PUC Staff's Letter regarding Grouse Lek Monitoring Condition Proposal; Northern States Power Company Letter regarding Grouse Lek Monitoring 152. 02/27/20 Comments of Steve and Celina Hulscher; Response to Steve and Celina Hulscher; Comments of Steve and Celina Hulscher Confidential (not available to the public); Response to Steve and Celina Hulscher Confidential (not available to the public) Confidential
13818-13819153. 02/27/20 Intervenor's Letter regarding Post-Hearing Brief of Intervenors Garry Ehlebracht, et al, with Appendix A; Post-Hearing Brief of Intervenors Garry Ehlebracht; Appendix A; Certificate of Service 154. 02/28/20 Crowned Ridge Wind II, LLC's Letter regarding Bat Acoustic Survey Results and Report, Second Round; Applicant’s Second Supplemental Responses to Staff’s Third Set of Data Requests to Applicant, 3-11; Pre-Construction Bat Acoustic Study Report for the Proposed Crowned Ridge II Wind Facility, Codington, Deuel, and Grand Counties, South Dakota – February 2020; Certificate of Service 155. 03/02/20 Crowned Ridge Wind II, LLC's Letter regarding Post-Hearing Brief and Proposed Findings of Fact and Conclusions of Law; Post-Hearing Brief and Proposed Findings of Fact and Conclusions of Law; Certificate of Service 156. 03/02/20 PUC Staff's Post Hearing Brief; Attachment A - Game, Fish and Parks Letter regarding Support for Crowned Ridge Wind II, LLC's Revised Permit Condition 29; Certificate of Service 157. 03/02/20 Intervenors Amber Christenson, Allen Robish, and Kristi Mogen Post Hearing Brief; Certificate of Service 158. 03/02/20 Comments of Mike Cartney, President, Lake Area Technical Institute; Response to Mike Cartney, President, Lake Area Technical Institute 159. 03/03/20 Comments of David Owen, President, South Dakota Chamber of Commerce and Industry 160. 03/04/20 Comments of South Dakota Farm Bureau; Attachment 161. 03/05/20 Response to David Owen, President, South Dakota Chamber of Commerce and Industry; Response to South Dakota Farm Bureau 162. 03/16/20 AJ Swanson's Letter Regarding Written Closing Argument; Certificate of Service 163. 03/16/20 Comments of Jennifer Stalley, Executive Director, South Dakota Wind Energy Association; Attachment 164. 03/17/20 PUC Commission Meeting Agenda 165. 03/17/20 PUC Commission Meeting Minutes 166. 03/17/20 Transcript 167. 03/17/20 Commissioner Nelson's Proposed Amendments to Staff Exhibit S7 Permit Conditions 168. 03/17/20 Response to Jennifer Stalley, Executive Director, South Dakota Wind Energy Association 169. 03/18/20 Comments of Peder Mewis Regional Policy Manager – West, Clean Grid Alliance; Attachment; Response to Peder Mewis Regional Policy Manager – West, Clean Grid Alliance; Comments of David M Giovannini, Sr Vice President, Molded Fiber Glass Companies; Attachment 170. 03/19/20 Crowned Ridge Wind II, LLC's Letter regarding Public Liaison Officer; Brian Riniker's Resume; Certificate of Service 171. 03/19/20 Response to David M Giovannini, Sr Vice President, Molded Fiber Glass Companies 172. 03/23/20 Crowned Ridge Wind II, LLC's Letter regarding Storm Water Pollution Prevention Plans; Storm Water Pollution Prevention Plans; Certificate of Service 173. 03/23/20 Crowned Ridge Wind II, LLC's Letter regarding Confidential Monitoring and Discovery Plan; Certificate of Service (Non-Confidential Information); Certificate of Service (Confidential Information); Monitoring and Discovery Plan Confidential (not available to the public) Confidential
14115-14181174. 03/26/20 Crowned Ridge Wind II, LLC's Letter regarding Historic Property Monitoring and Discovery Plan; Certificate of Service (Non-Confidential Information); Certificate of Service (Confidential Information); Historic Property Monitoring and Discovery Plan Confidential (not available to the public) Confidential
14187-14219175. 03/31/20 PUC Commission Meeting Agenda 176. 03/31/20 PUC Commission Meeting Minutes 177. 04/02/20 Order Granting Request to Approve Public Liaison Officer 178. 04/06/20 Final Decision and Order Granting Permit to Construct Facility; Permit Conditions; Notice of Entry
- 06/16/20 - Stipulation and Motion for Briefing Schedule
- 06/17/20 - PUC Staff’s Proposed Order
- 06/18/20 - Court’s Order Granting Motion for Briefing Schedule
- 07/13/20 – Appellants Ehlebracht, Greber, Rall and Kranz’s Opening Brief to Circuit Judge Elshere and Certificate of Service
- 08/10/20 – Appellants Christenson and Robish’s Brief to the Circuit Court and Certificate of Service
- 09/11/20 - Appellee Commission Staff’s Response Brief to Appellants Christenson and Robish
- 09/23/20 - Appellee Crowned Ridge Wind II, LLC's Brief and Certificate of Service
- 09/24/20 - Appellee Commission Staff’s Response Brief to Appellants Garry Ehlebract, Steven Greber, Mary Greber, Richard Rall, Amy Rall, and Laretta Kranz and Certificate of Service
- 10/13/20 - Appellants' Reply Brief to Circuit Judge Elshere (SDCL 1-26-33.3)
- 11/16/20 - Appellants' Letter to Circuit Judge Elshere
- 02/26/21 - Circuit Court’s Memorandum Opinion
- 03/12/21 - Order Affirming the Commission’s Decision
- 03/15/21 - Notice of Entry
- 04/06/21 - Appellants' Notice of Appeal and Certificate of Service (Ehlebracht, S. Greber, M. Greber, R. Rall, A. Rall, Kranz)
- 04/12/21 - Appellants' Notice of Appeal and Stay of Execution of Judgment and Order and Certificate of Service (Christenson, Robish)
- 04/12/21 - Docket Closed