
EL17-050 - In the Matter of the Application of Crowned Ridge Wind, LLC for a Facility Permit to Construct a 230 kV Transmission Line and Associated Facilities from Codington County to the Big Stone South Substation
Date Filed: 12/05/17 ♦ Intervention Date: 02/05/18 ♦
Date of Notice of Filing: 12/07/17 ♦ Docket Closed: 11/21/18
Docket Reopened: 03/29/19 ♦ Docket Reclosed: 05/16/19
Date of Notice of Filing: 12/07/17 ♦ Docket Closed: 11/21/18
Docket Reopened: 03/29/19 ♦ Docket Reclosed: 05/16/19
Please refer to EL17-047
Agendas:
May 14, 2019, Agenda of Commission Meeting
November 15, 2018, Agenda of Commission Meeting
December 19, 2017, Agenda of Commission Meeting
Minutes:
Minutes of May 14, 2019 Commission Meeting
Minutes of November 15, 2018 Commission Meeting
Minutes of December 19, 2017, Commission Meeting
Public Input Hearing on Monday, January 22, 2018, at 5:30 p.m. CST, at the
Milbank High Cafeteria, 1001 E. Park Ave., Milbank, South Dakota.
- Notice of Application; Order for and Notice of Public Input Hearing; Notice of Opportunity to Apply for Party Status
- Party Status Application
- Energy Conversion & Electric Transmission Facilities Siting Info Guide
- Recording
- Sign In Sheets
- Comments of South Dakota Aviation Association
- Crown Ridge Wind, LLC's Presentation
- Contact Precision Reporting to order a written transcript.
Orders: - 12/06/17 - Notice of Application; Order for and Notice of Public Input Hearing; Notice of Opportunity to Apply for Party Status
- 12/20/17 - Order Assessing Filing Fee; Authorizing Executive Director to Enter into Consulting Contracts
- 11/21/18 - Order Granting Joint Motion for Approval of Settlement Stipulation; Order Approving Settlement Stipulation and Order Granting Permit to Construct Transmission Facility; Notice of Entry
- 05/15/19 - Order Granting Motion for Approval and Acceptance of Circuit Change
- 12/05/17 - Crowned Ridge Wind, LLC's Application
- Exhibit 1 - Map of Transmission Line
- Exhibit 2 - Map Book
- Exhibit 3 - Wider Area View of Project
- Exhibit 4 - Map of State and Federal Lands
- Exhibit 5 - Topography
- Exhibit 6 - Quaternary Surficial Geology
- Exhibit 7 - Bedrock Geology
- Exhibit 8 - Water Resources
- Exhibit 9 - Aquifers
- Exhibit 10 - Land Cover
- Appendix A - Location Description
- Appendix B - MISO Studies and Agreements
- Appendix C - Agency Correspondence
- Appendix D - Soils Information (D-1 - Soil Associations within the Project Study Area for Codington and Grant Counties and D-2 - Soil Associations within the Project Construction Easement for Codington and Grant Counties)
- Appendix E - Cultural Survey, Level 1 Confidential (not available to the public)
- Appendix F - Transmission Structure Drawings for Single Circuit Line
- Appendix G - Transmission Structure Drawings Double Circuit Line
- Request for Confidential Treatment of Information
- Jason Utton's Direct Testimony
- Daniel Mayers' Direct Testimony
- 12/08/17 - PUC's Affidavit of Service
- 12/08/17 - PUC Staff's Letter to SD Newspaper Association regarding Notice of Public Hearing
- 01/08/18 - Crowned Ridge Wind, LLC's Letter regarding Double Circuit Transmission Tower Design
- 01/17/18 - Crowned Ridge Wind, LLC's Letter regarding Affidavit of Publications, Landowner Letter, Affidavit of Mailing and Confidential Exhibit A
- Letter to Landowners, Attachment 1 - Notice of Application; Order for and Notice of Public Input Hearing; Notice of Opportunity to Apply for Party Status and Attachment 2 - Map
- Affidavit of Patrick R. Riboul
- Exhibit A - List of Landowners Confidential (not available to the public)
- Watertown Public Opinion's Affidavit of Publication (Dec. 19 & 26, 2017)
- Grant County Review's Affidavit of Publication (Dec. 20, 2017)
- Grant County Review's Affidavit of Publication (Dec. 27, 2017)
- 02/02/18 - Watertown Public Opinion's Affidavit of Publication (Dec. 27, 2017 & January 17, 2018)
- 02/02/18 - South Shore Gazette's Affidavit of Publication (Dec. 28, 2017 & January 18, 2018)
- 02/12/18 - Grant County Review's Affidavit of Publication (Dec. 27, 2017 & January 17, 2018)
- 02/28/18 - PUC Staff's First Set of Data Requests to Crowned Ridge Wind, LLC Certificate of Service
- 03/14/18 - Crowned Ridge Wind, LLC's Responses to Staff's First Set of Data Requests Certificate of Service
- 07/11/18 - PUC Staff's Second Set of Data Requests to Crowned Ridge Wind, LLC Certificate of Service
- 07/25/18 - Crowned Ridge Wind, LLC's Responses to Staff's Second Set of Data Requests Certificate of Service
- 08/24/18 - PUC Staff's Third Set of Data Requests to Crowned Ridge Wind, LLC Certificate of Service
- 09/06/18 - Crowned Ridge Wind, LLC's Responses to Staff's Third Set of Data Requests Certificate of Service
- 10/31/18 - Crowned Ridge Wind, LLC's Letter regarding Exhibit 11
- 11/05/18 - Joint Motion for Approval of Settlement Stipulation (PUC Staff and Crowned Ridge Wind, LLC)
- 11/05/18 - PUC Staff's Letter regarding Data Requests and Responses
- 11/21/18 - Docket Closed
- 03/29/19 - Motion for Approval and Acceptance of Circuit Change
- 05/06/19 - Crowned Ridge Wind, LLC's Letter regarding Paragraph 30 of the Settlement Stipulation
- 05/13/19 - Crowned Ridge Wind, LLC's Letter regarding Paragraph 17 and 1 of the Settlement Stipulation
- 05/14/19 - Crowned Ridge Wind, LLC's Letter regarding Construction Date
- 05/16/19 - Docket Reclosed
- 05/30/19 - Crowned Ridge Wind, LLC's Letter regarding Paragraph 15, 16 and 1 of the Settlement Stipulation
- 06/03/19 - Crowned Ridge Wind, LLC's Letter regarding Paragraph 1 of the Settlement Stipulation
- 06/05/19 - Crowned Ridge Wind, LLC's Letter regarding Paragraph 7 of the Settlement Stipulation
- Landowner Letter and Exhibits (A, B & C)
- Affidavit of Landowner Mailings
- Landowner and Parcel List Confidential (not available to the public)
- Certificate of Service
- 06/07/19 - Crowned Ridge Wind, LLC's Letter regarding Paragraph 1 of the Settlement Stipulation
- 06/13/19 - Crowned Ridge Wind, LLC's Letter regarding Affidavit of Tyler Wilhelm
- 06/18/19 - Crowned Ridge Wind, LLC's Letter regarding Bond
- 06/24/19 - Crowned Ridge Wind, LLC's Letter regarding SHPO
- 07/12/19 - Crowned Ridge Wind, LLC's Letter regarding Laydown Yard Location Change
- 08/08/19 - Crowned Ridge Wind, LLC's Letter regarding Paragraph 1 of the Stipulation
- 11/04/19 - Crowned Ridge Wind, LLC's Letter regarding South Dakota Historical Society's Concurrence Letter
- 03/27/20 - Crowned Ridge Wind, LLC's Letter regarding As-Built Location of Structures and Route