EL19-003 - In the Matter of the Application by Crowned Ridge Wind, LLC for a Permit of a Wind Energy Facility in Grant and Codington Counties
Date of Notice of Filing: 01/31/19 ♦ Docket Closed: 09/07/22
Also see 14CIV19-000290
Also see 14CIV19-000303
Refer to Docket Supreme Court #29334
Agendas:
February 15, 2019, Agenda of Commission Meeting
March 19, 2019, Agenda of Commission Meeting
April 2, 2019, Agenda of Commission Meeting
May 9, 2019, Ad Hoc Agenda of Commission Meeting
June 6, 2019, Ad Hoc Agenda of Commission
Meeting
June 25, 2019, Agenda of Commission Meeting
July 9, 2019, Agenda of Commission Meeting
July 25, 2019, Agenda of Commission Meeting
October 15, 2019, Agenda of Commission Meeting
November 12, 2019,
Agenda of Commission Meeting
December 20, 2019, Agenda of Commission Meeting
December 30, 2019, Ad Hoc Agenda of Commission Meeting
January 7, 2020, Agenda of Commission Meeting
February 18, 2020, Agenda of Commission Meeting
March 17, 2020, Agenda of Commission Meeting
July 8, 2020, Agenda of Commission Meeting
September 29, 2020, Agenda of Commission Meeting
March 5, 2021, Agenda of Commission Meeting
April 1, 2021, Agenda of the Commission Meeting
August 19, 2021, Agenda of Commission Meeting
September 14, 2021, Agenda of Commission Meeting
August 30, 2022, Agenda of Commission Meeting
Minutes:
Minutes of February 15, 2019 Commission Meeting
Minutes of March 19, 2019 Commission Meeting
Minutes of April 2, 2019 Commission Meeting
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a written transcript of EL19-003 discussion
Minutes of May 9, 2019 Ad Hoc Commission Meeting
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a written transcript of EL19-003 discussion
Minutes of June 6, 2019 Ad Hoc Commission Meeting
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a written transcript of EL19-003 discussion
Minutes of June 25, 2019 Commission Meeting
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a written transcript of EL19-003 discussion
Minutes of July 9, 2019 Commission Meeting
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a written transcript of EL19-003 discussion
Minutes of July 25, 2019 Commission Meeting
Minutes of October 15, 2019 Commission Meeting
Minutes of November 12, 2019 Commission Meeting
Minutes of December 20, 2019, Commission Meeting
Minutes of December 30, 2019, Ad Hoc Commission Meeting
Minutes of January 7, 2020, Commission Meeting
Minutes of February 18, 2020 Commission Meeting
Minutes of March 17, 2020, Commission Meeting
Contact Precision Reporting to order
a written transcript of EL19-003 discussion
Minutes of July 8, 2020, Commission Meeting
Minutes of September 29, 2020, Commission Meeting
Minutes of the March 5, 2021, Commission Meeting
Minutes of the April 1, 2021, Commission Meeting
Minutes of August 19, 2021, Commission Meeting
Minutes of the September 14, 2021, Commission Meeting
Minutes of the August 30, 2022 Commission Meeting
Party Status Applications
Pre-filed Exhibits and Witness Lists for Evidentiary Hearing
Hearing:A public input hearing on the Application was held on Wednesday, March 20, 2019, at 5:30 p.m., CDT, at Waverly-South Shore School Gymnasium, 319 Mary Place, Waverly, S.D.
- 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
- Sign In Sheets
- Recording
- Presentation
- Comments of Bill Street
- Comments of Bill Street Confidential (not available to the public)
- Comments of Wayne Borgheiinck
- Comments of Allen Robish
- Attachment
- Attachment Confidential (not available to the public)
- Attachment
- Comments of Linda Lindgren
- Comments of Linda Lindgren Confidential (not available to the public)
- Comments of Timothy
Lindgren
- Comments of Timothy Lindgren Confidential (not available to the public)
- Comments of Jim Nichols
- Comments of Jim Nichols Confidential (not available to the public)
- Comments of Amber
Christenson
- Comments of Amber Christenson Confidential (not available to the public)
- Comments of Patrick Lynch
- Comments of Patrick Lynch Confidential (not available to the public)
- Comments of Kristi Mogen
- Comments of Kristi Mogen Confidential (not available to the public)
- Additional Comments of Kristi
Mogen
- Attachment
- Additional Comments of
Kristi Mogen Confidential (not available to the public)
- Attachment Confidential (not available to the public)
- Contact Glacial Lakes Court Reporting to order a written transcript
- 05/10/19 - Order For and Notice of Evidentiary Hearing
- 05/30/19 - Order For and Notice of Motion for Exception to Procedural Schedule on Less Than 10 Days' Notice (Staff witness David Hessler will present testimony via telephone on June 6, 2019)
- Recording
- June 6, 2019 - Staff witness David Hessler presented testimony via telephone
- June 11, 2019
- June 12, 2019
- Sign In Sheets
- Evidentiary Hearing Exhibits
- Contact Precision Reporting to order a written transcript
Click For Comments and Responses
Orders:- 02/06/19 - Notice of Application; Order for and Notice of Public Input Hearing; Notice of Opportunity to Apply for Party Status
- 02/22/19 - Order Assessing Filing Fee; Order Authorizing Executive Director to Enter Into Consulting Contacts; Order Granting Party Status (Amber Christenson, Allen Robish, and Kristi Mogen)
- 03/21/19 - Order Granting Party Status (Melissa Lynch)
- 04/05/19 - Order Granting Party Status; Order Establishing Procedural Schedule (Patrick Lynch)
- 04/30/19 - Order For and Notice of Motion Hearing on Less Than 10 Days' Notice
- 05/10/19 - Order Denying Motion to Deny and Dismiss; Order to Amend Application
- 05/10/19 - Order For and Notice of Evidentiary Hearing
- 05/22/19 - Order For and Notice of Motion Hearing
- 05/30/19 - Order For and Notice of Motion for Exception to Procedural Schedule on Less Than 10 Days' Notice
- 06/12/19 - Order Granting Request for Exception to Procedural Schedule; Order Denying Motion to Take Judicial Notice; Order Denying Motion to Strike
- 06/18/19 - Order Setting Post-Hearing Briefing Schedule and Decision Date
- 06/26/19 - Order Denying Late-Filed Application for Party Status
- 07/26/19 - Final Decision and Order Granting Permit to Construct Facility; Notice of Entry with Permit Conditions
- 07/31/19 - Order Granting Request to Approve Public Liaison Officer
- 10/23/19 - Order Granting 60-Day Extention to Certain Requirements of Permit Condition 45
- 11/14/19 - Order Approving Third-Party's Credentials and Lek Survey Methodology
- 12/20/19 - Order Approving Escrow Agreement
- 01/09/20 - Order Approving Temporary Waiver
- 02/19/20 - Order Approving Post Construction Noise Compliance Test Protocol
- 02/27/20 - Order For and Notice of Motion Hearing
- 03/23/20 - Order Denying Motion to Revoke
- 07/09/20 - Order Affirming Plan to End Curtailment
- 10/02/20 - Order Approving Sound Level Measurement Program Protocol
- 04/09/21 - Order Approving Mitigation Plan
- 08/26/21 - Order Denying Motion to Amend Sound Study Mitigation Plan
- 09/20/21 - Order Granting Petition for Reconsideration and Order Granting Motion to Amend Sound Study Mitigation Plan in Part on Reconsideration
- 09/07/22 - Order Denying Motion to Require a Sound Study of Crowned Ridge Wind, LLC for Fall 2022 and Closing the Docket
Filed Documents:
- 01/30/19 - Crowned
Ridge Wind Farm’s Application
- Appendix A -
Figures
- Figure 1 - Project Area
- Figure 2 - Public Land and Facilities
- Figure 3 - Project Map
- 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
- Figure 14 - Common Sound Levels in the Environment
- Appendix B - Agency Coordination Dates and Correspondence
- Appendix C - Dakota
Skipper and Powesheik Skipperling Survey Report
- Appendix D - 2017-2018
Raptor Nest Survey Report
- Appendix E - Avian Use
Survey Report
- Appendix F - Bat Habitat
Assessment Report
- Appendix G - Bat
Acoustic Survey Report
- Appendix H - Sound Level
Modeling Report (See Updated Appendices Filed on 2/27/19)
- Appendix I - Shadow
Flicker Modeling Report (See Updated Appendices
Filed on 2/27/19)
- Appendix J - County
Conditional Use Permits
- Appendix K - Property
Value Effect Studies
- Appendix L -
Decommissioning Plan
- Appendix M -
Telecommunication Studies
- Pre-filed Testimony of Jay
Haley
- Pre-filed Testimony of
Kimberly Wells, PH.D.
- Pre-filed Testimony of
Mark Thompson
- Pre-filed Testimony and Exhibits of Tyler Wilhelm and Sam Massey
- Appendix A -
Figures
- 02/05/19 - PUC Staff's First Set of Data Requests to Applicant Certificate of Service
- 02/07/19 - Crowned Ridge Wind, LLC's Letter regarding Supplemental Figure 3a
- 02/19/19 - PUC's Letter to SDNA regarding Notice
- 02/19/19 - Crown Ridge Wind, LLC's Responses to PUC Staff's First Set of Data Requests Certificate of Service
- 02/26/19 - PUC Staff's Letter, Paige Olson's Subpoena and Admission of Service
- 02/26/19 - PUC Staff's Letter, Tom Kirschenmann's Subpoena and Admission of Service
- 02/27/19 - Crowned Ridge Wind, LLC's Letter regarding Updated Appendices for Appendix H and I
- 02/28/19 - Crowned Ridge Wind, LLC's Letter regarding Additional Updated Supplements to Appendices H and I
- 03/01/19 - Thomas Kirschenmann's Admission of Service
- 03/01/19 - PUC Staff's Second Set of Data Requests to Applicant Certificate of Service
- 03/12/19 - Crowned Ridge
Wind, LLC's Letter regarding Supplement to Appendix B
- US Fish and Wildlife Service's Letter regarding Environmental Comments
- US Fish and Wildlife Service's Memo regarding Region 6 Guidance for Minimizing Effects from Power Line Projects Within the Whooping Crane Migration Corridor
- U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Region 6, Mountain-Prairie Region's Outline for a Bird and Bat Conservation Strategy: Wind Energy Projects
- 2013 U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service's Revised Voluntary Guidelines for
Communication Tower Design, Siting, Construction, Operation, Retrofitting, and
Decommissioning - Certificate of Service
- 03/18/19 - Crowned Ridge Wind, LLC's Responses to PUC Staff's Second Set of Data Requests Certificate of Service
- 03/22/19 - Order Admitting Brian J. Murphy Pro Hac Vice
- 03/22/19 - Crowned Ridge Wind, LLC's Supplements Appendices Attachment 1-11 and 1-12 Certificate of Service
- 03/25/19 - Crowned Ridge Wind, LLC's Responses to Amber Christenson and Kristi Mogen's First Set of Data Requests Certificate of Service
- 03/25/19 - Crowned Ridge Wind, LLC's Responses to PUC Staff's Second Set of Data Requests Certificate of Service
- 03/25/19 - Crowned Ridge Wind, LLC's Responses to Amber Christenson and Kristi Mogen's First Set of Data Requests Certificate of Service
- 03/26/19 - PUC Staff's Motion for Procedural Schedule
- 03/27/19 - Crowned Ridge Wind, LLC's Responses to the Motion for Procedural Schedule
- 03/27/19 - Crowned Ridge Wind, LLC's Presentation from Public Input Hearing
- 03/28/19 - PUC Staff's Affidavit of Publication
- 03/28/19 - Intervenors Response to Crowned Ridge Wind LLC Response to the Motion for Procedural Schedule
- 04/02/19 - Crowned Ridge
Wind, LLC's Letter regarding Affidavit of Publications
- Grant County Review (February 13 & 20)
- South Shore Gazette (February 14 & 21)
- The Watertown Public Opinion (February 13 & 20)
- Affidavit of
Landowner Mailings
- Exhibit A - Outside Boundary List Confidential (not available to the public)
- Exhibit A - Inside Boundary List Confidential (not available to the public)
- Landowner Letter with Attachments
- Certificate of Service (Confidential Exhibits A)
- Certificate of Service (Affidavit of Landowner Mailings and Affidavit of Publications)
- 04/03/19 - Crowned Ridge Wind, LLC's Letter regarding Information on the Allocation of Tax Revenues
- 04/08/19 - PUC Staff's First Set of Data Requests to Intervenor Certificate of Service
- 04/08/19 - PUC Staff's Third Set of Data Requests to Applicant, Attachment to DR3-3 Certificate of Service
- 04/09/19 - Crowned Ridge
Wind, LLC's Letter regarding Supplemental Testimony
- Supplemental Testimony of Mark Thompson
- Supplemental Testimony of Jay Haley
- Supplemental Testimony of Tyler Wilhelm and Sam Massey
- Supplemental Testimony
of Christopher Ollson
- Exhibit 1 - Christopher Ollson Curriculum Vitae
- Exhibit 2 - “Health Effects and Wind Turbines: A Review of the Literature,” Knopper & Ollson
- Exhibit 3 - “Effects of Wind Turbine Noise on Self-Reported and Objective Measures of Sleep,” Michaud et al.
- Exhibit 4 - “Impact of Wind Turbine Sound on Annoyance, Self-Reported Sleep Disturbance and Psychological Distress,” Bakker et al.
- Exhibit 5 - “Before-After Field Study of Effects of Wind Turbine Noise on Polysomnographic Sleep Parameters,” Jalai et al.
- Exhibit 6 - “Health-based Audible Noise Guidelines Account for Infrasound and Low-Frequency Noise Produced by Wind Turbines,” Berger et al.
- Exhibit 7 - “Measurement and Level of Infrasound From Wind Farms and Other Sources,” Turnbull et al.
- Exhibit 8 - “Wind Turbines and Health, A Critical Review of the Scientific Literature,” McCunney et al.
- Exhibit 9 - “Low-frequency Noise Including Infrasound From Wind Turbines and Other Sources,” Baden-Wurttenberg
- Exhibit 10 - “Wind Turbines and Human Health,” Knopper et al.
- Exhibit 11 - “Exposure to Wind Turbine Noise: Perceptual Responses and Reported Health Effects,” Michaud et al.
- Exhibit 12 - “Estimating Annoyance to Calculated Wind Turbine Shadow Flicker is Improved When Variables Associated with Wind Turbine Noise Exposure are Considered,” Voicescu et al.
- Exhibit 13 - “Notes on the Identification and Evaluation of Optical Emissions from Wind Turbines,” (in German) Landerausschuss fur Immissionsschutz
- Exhibit 14 - “Wind Turbines and Photosensitive Epilepsy,” Epilepsy Society
- Exhibit 15 - “Wind Turbines, Flicker, and Photosensitive Epilepsy: Characterizing the Flashing That May Precipitate Seizures and Optimizing Guidelines to Prevent Them,” Harding et al.
- Exhibit 16 - “Potential of Wind Turbines to Elicit Seizures Under Various Meteorological Conditions,” Smedley et al.
- Exhibit 17 - “Update of UK Shadow Flicker Evidence Base,” Department of Energy and Climate Change
- Certificate of Service
- 04/10/19 - Crowned Ridge Wind, LLC's Supplemental Testimony
- 04/16/19 - David Ganje's Letter, Notice for Appearance (David Ganje for Mr. Allen Robish, Ms. Amber Christenson, Ms. Kristi Mogen, Ms. Melissa Lynch and Mr. Patrick Lynch) and Certificate of Service
- 04/23/19 - Intervenors' Responses to PUC Staff's First Set of Data Requests Certificate of Service
- 04/25/19 - Crowned Ridge Wind, LLC's Responses to PUC Staff's Third Set of Data Requests Certificate of Service
- 04/25/19 - Applicant's Data Requests to Intervenors Certificate of Service
- 04/25/19 - Intervenors' Letter and Intervenors' Motion to Deny and Dismiss
- 04/25/19 - Intervenors' Responses to PUC Staff's First Set of Data Requests Certificate of Service
- 04/26/19 - Corrected Intervenors' Responses to PUC Staff's First Set of Data Requests Certificate of Service
- 04/26/19 - Crowned Ridge Wind, LLC's Responses to PUC Staff's Third Set of Data Requests Certificate of Service
- 04/29/19 - Intervenors' Supplemental Certificate of Service for Intervenors' Motion to Deny
- 04/30/19 - Staff's Response to Motion to Deny and Dismiss
- 04/30/19 - Crowned Ridge Wind, LLC's Response to Motion to Deny and Dismiss
- 05/02/19 - PUC Staff's Fourth Set of Data Requests to Applicant Certificate of Service
- 05/06/19 - Intervenors' Responses to Applicant's First Set of Data Requests Certificate of Service
- 05/06/19 - Reply Brief of Intervenors in Support of Motion to Deny and Dismiss
- 05/13/19 - Intervenors' Data Requests (First Set) to Applicant Certificate of Service
- 05/13/19 - PUC Staff's Fifth Set of Data Requests to Applicant Certificate of Service
- 05/14/19 - Crowned Ridge Wind, LLC's Letter regarding Allocation of Tax Revenues
- 05/15/19 - Intervenors' Data Requests (Third Set) to Applicant Certificate of Service
- 05/15/19 - Crowned Ridge Wind, LLC's Letter regarding Amendment to the Application
- 05/17/19 - Intervenors' Second Motion to Deny and Dismiss
- 05/17/19 - Crowned Ridge Wind, LLC's Letter regarding Kimberly Wells
- 05/20/19 - Crowned Ridge Wind, LLC's First Set of Data Requests to PUC Staff Certificate of Service
- 05/20/19 - Crowned Ridge Wind, LLC's Responses to PUC Staff's Fourth Set of Data Requests Certificate of Service
- 05/22/19 - Intervenors' Data Requests (Fourth Set) to Applicant Certificate of Service
- 05/22/19 - Crowned Ridge Wind, LLC's Supplemental Responses to PUC Staff's First Set of Data Requests Certificate of Service
- 05/23/19 - Intervenors' Notice of Transmittal and Certificate of Service
- 05/23/19 - PUC Staff's Responses to Applicant's First Set of Data Requests Certificate of Service
- 05/23/19 - Crowned Ridge Wind, LLC's Responses to PUC Staff's Confidential Fifth Set of Data Requests Certificate of Service
- 05/23/19 - Crowned Ridge Wind, LLC's Responses to PUC Staff's Non-Confidential Fifth Set of Data Requests Certificate of Service
- 05/23/19 - Crowned Ridge Wind, LLC's Responses to Intervenor's Second Set of Data Requests Certificate of Service
- 05/23/19 - Crowned Ridge Wind, LLC's Responses to Intervenor'sThird Set of Data Requests Certificate of Service
- 05/23/19 - Crowned Ridge
Wind, LLC's Response to Intervenors Second Motion to Deny and Dismiss
- Affidavit of Tyler Wilhelm (See Attachments to the Affidavit below)
- Certificate of Service
- 05/23/19 - PUC Staff's Request for Exception to Procedural Schedule
- 05/23/19 - Crowned Ridge
Wind, LLC's Letter regarding Revised Maps
- Revised Figure 2 - Public Land and Facilities
- Revised Figure 3 - Project Map
- Revised Figure 3a - Project Map
- Revised Figure 6 - Environmental Constraints
- Revised Figure 7 - Constraints Map
- Revised Figure 8 - Topographic Map
- Revised Figure 9a - Surficial Geology
- Revised Figure 9b - Geology Cross Sections
- Revised Figure 10 - Bedrock Geology
- Revised Figure 11 - Soil Types
- Revised Figure 12 - Water Resources
- Revised Figure 13 - Land Use
- Certificate of Service
- 05/23/19 - Attachments for Tyler Wilhelm's Affidavit filed earlier
- 05/24/19 - Attachment 4 - Email Correspondence Between John Thompson and Russell Lloyd (for Tyler Wilhelm's Affidavit filed earlier)
- 05/24/19 - Crowned Ridge Wind, LLC's Rebuttal Testimony
- 05/24/19 - Crowned Ridge Wind, LLC's Supplemental Responses to PUC Staff's Data Request 2-41 Certificate of Service
- 05/28/19 - Reply Brief of Intervenors to Second Motion and Motion to Take Judicial Notice
- 05/28/19 - Intervenors' Data Requests (Fifth Set) to Applicant Certificate of Service
- 05/2819
- Crowned Ridge Wind, LLC's for Tyler Wilhelm and Sam Massey's
Rebuttal Testimony Exhibits 1 and 2 Amended Certificate of Service - 05/28/19 - Crowned Ridge Wind, LLC's Rebuttal Testimony
- 05/30/19 - PUC Staff's Pre-filed Exhibits and Witness List
- 05/30/19 - Crowned Ridge Wind, LLC's Responses to Intervenor's Fourth Set of Data Requests Certificate of Service
- 05/31/19 - Crowned Ridge Wind, LLC's Amended Responses to Intervenor's Fourth Set of Data Requests Certificate of Service
- 06/03/19 - Crowned Ridge Wind, LLC's Letter regarding Witness and Exhibit List
- 06/04/19 - Crowned Ridge Wind, LLC's Responses to Intervenor's Fifth Set of Data Requests Certificate of Service
- 06/04/19 - Crowned Ridge Wind, LLC's Responses to PUC Staff's Sixth Set of Data Requests Certificate of Service
- 06/04/19 - Crowned Ridge Wind, LLC's Responses to PUC Staff's Sixth Set of Data Requests (redacted) Certificate of Service
- 06/05/19 - PUC Staff's Letter regarding Applicant’s Response to Staff’s Sixth Data Request
- 06/05/19 - Crowned Ridge Wind, LLC's Pre-filed Exhibits
- 06/05/19 - Intervenors' Pre-filed Exhibits and Witness List
- 06/06/19 - PUC Staff's Pre-filed Exhibit S5 Public
- 06/07/19 - PUC Staff's Pre-filed Exhibit S5 Confidential
- 06/07/19 - Crowned Ridge Wind, LLC's Supplemental Responses to PUC Staff's Sixth Set of Data Requests Certificate of Service
- 06/07/19 - Crowned Ridge Wind, LLC's Exhibits A52 & A53 - Final Land Status Map
- 06/10/19 - Crowned Ridge Wind, LLC's Exhibit A54 - Replacement Final Land Status Map
- 06/11/19 - PUC Staff's Pre-filed Exhibit S7
- 06/11/19 - Crowned Ridge Wind, LLC's Exhibits A55, A56, A57, A58, A59, A60 and A61
- 06/12/19 - Crowned Ridge Wind, LLC's Exhibits A62, A63, A64, A65, and A66
- 06/12/19 - Intervenors' Brief
- 06/13/19 - Timothy Lindgren & Linda Lindgren's Party Status Application
- 06/13/19 - PUC's Exhibit S8
- 06/14/19 - Applicant's Letter regarding Late Filed Exhibit A70
- 06/17/19 - Intervenors' Exhibit I28, I29, I30 and I31
- 06/18/19 - Staff's Response to Late Application for Party Status
- 06/18/19 - Crowned Ridge Wind, LLC's Application to Codington County Auditor and Grant County Auditor Certificate of Service
- 06/19/19 - Intervenors' Email regarding Late Application for Party Status
- 06/20/19 - Brief of Proposed Intervenors Timothy Lindgren & Linda Lindgren in Support of Their Application, Filed June 13, 2019 (not available to the public)
- 06/20/19 - Intervenors' Email and Cross-Examinations Exhibits Certificate of Service
- 06/21/19 - Proposed Intervenors Timothy Lindgren & Linda Lindgren's Letter regarding Its Brief and Confidentiality (not available to the public)
- 06/24/19 - Proposed Intervenors Timothy Lindgren & Linda Lindgren's Letter regarding Party Status Application
- 07/02/19 - Intervenors' Post-Hearing Brief
- 07/02/19 - Intervenors' Proposed Findings of Fact and Conclusions of Law
- 07/02/19 - Crowned Ridge Wind, LLC's Letter regarding Post-Hearing Brief and Proposed Findings of Fact and Conclusions of Law
- 07/02/19 - Staff's Post Hearing Brief
- 07/02/19 - Staff's Letter regarding Agency Correspondence Provided to Staff and NextEra
- 07/08/19 - Crowned Ridge Wind, LLC's Comment Letter to PUC Staff regarding Agency Correspondence from US Fish and Wildlife
- 07/08/19 - Crowned Ridge Wind, LLC's Comment Letter to PUC Staff regarding Agency Correspondence from US Fish and Wildlife Certificate of Service
- 07/08/19 - Intervenors' Objection to Late Filed Evidence and Motion to Strike
- 07/09/19 - Commissioner Nelson's Amendments
- 07/17/19 - Crowned Ridge Wind, LLC's Letter regarding Condition 34 of the Settlement Stipulation
- 07/29/19 - Crowned Ridge Wind, LLC's Letter regarding Compliance Filing and Notice of Commencement of Construction
- 08/06/19 - Crowned Ridge Wind, LLC's Letter to Landowners regarding Public Liaison
- 08/06/19 - PUC Staff's Email regarding Tom Kirschenmann, Game, Fish and Park's Email
- 08/06/19 - Commissioner Nelson's Response to Tom Kirschenmann, Game, Fish and Park's Email
- 08/07/19 - Commissioner Hanson's Response to Tom Kirschenmann, Game, Fish and Park's Email
- 08/08/19 - Crowned Ridge Wind, LLC's Letter regarding Condition 1
- 08/12/19 - Crowned Ridge Wind, LLC's Letter regarding Landowner Notification Letter
- 08/12/19 - Crowned Ridge Wind, LLC's Landowner Mailing Addresses Confidential (not available to the public)
- 08/12/19 - Crowned Ridge Wind, LLC's Letter regarding Conditions 7 and 8
- 08/20/19 - Crowned Ridge Wind, LLC's Letter regarding Condition 12
- 08/21/19 - Crowned Ridge Wind, LLC's Letter regarding Condition 14
- 08/22/19 - Crowned Ridge Wind, LLC's Letter regarding Wildlife Conservation Strategy
- 08/23/19 - Crowned Ridge Wind, LLC's Letter regarding Nationwide Self-Verification Memo for Wetlands
- 09/04/19 - Crowned Ridge Wind, LLC's Letter regarding Archaeological and Traditional Cultural Property Inventory
- 09/12/19 - Crowned Ridge Wind, LLC's Letter regarding Transmission Interconnection Status and Deferral of Constructing of 100 MWs of the Wind Facility
- 09/17/19 - Crowned Ridge Wind, LLC's Letter regarding Condition 22
- Affidavit of Tyler Wilhelm
- Exhibit A - Current and Revised Location of Turbine No. CR1-62
- Exhibit B - Set Back Requirements From Residences, Property Lines, and Roads After the Relocation of Turbine CR1-62
- Exhibit C - Sound Thresholds After the Relocation of Turbine No. CR1-62
- Exhibit D - Shadow Flicker Threshold After the Relocation of Turbine No. CR1-62
- Certificate of Service
- Affidavit of Tyler Wilhelm
- 09/18/19 - Intervenors’ Reply Letter Requesting the Commission Revoke Crowned Ridge Wind LLC’s Permit
- 09/23/19 - Crowned Ridge Wind, LLC's Letter regarding Affidavit of Tyler Wilhelm and Exhibits
- 10/03/19 - Crowned Ridge Wind, LLC's Letter regarding Condition No. 45.
- 10/07/19 - Crowned Ridge Wind, LLC's Letter regarding Paragraph 1 of the Permit Conditions
- 10/08/19 - David L. Ganje's Letter regarding Withdrawal as Counsel for the Intervenors in Docket EL19-003
- 10/11/19 - Intervenor's Response to Crowned Ridge Wind LLC's Request for Extension of Condition 45
- 10/15/19 - PUC Staff's Letter regarding Intervenor's Response to Crowned Ridge Wind LLC's Request for Extension of Condition 45
- 10/25/19 - Notice to Staff and Commissioners of Complaint of Amber Christenson letter regarding Crowned Ridge Wind LLC on October 25, 2019
- 10/29/19 - Crowned Ridge Wind, LLC's Letter regarding Condition 45
- Grouse Lek Monitoring Study Plan
- Certificate of Service
- Certificate of Service (For Allen Robish, Amber Christenson, Kristi Mogen, Melissa Lynch and Patrick Lynch)
- 10/30/19 - Crowned Ridge Wind, LLC's Letter regarding Response to Complaint
- 10/30/19 - Intervenor Amber Christenson's Withdrawal of Complaint
- 11/04/19 - Crowned Ridge Wind, LLC's Letter regarding Paragraph 13 of the Permit Conditions
- 11/27/19 - Crowned Ridge Wind, LLC's Letter regarding Condition No. 32
- 12/12/19 - Crowned Ridge Wind, LLC's Letter regarding Paragraph No. 27
- 12/13/19 - Crowned Ridge Wind, LLC's Letter regarding Request for Limited and Temporary Waiver with an Affidavit of Jay Haley and Affidavit of Joshua Tran
- 12/16/19 - Intervenors' Notice of Insufficient Notice for Action and Request to Postpone Crowned Ridge Wind, LLC's Request for a Limited and Temporary Waiver to Condition No. 2
- 12/17/19 - Crowned Ridge Wind, LLC's Letter regarding Interveners' Request to Postpone Consideration of Waiver
- 12/18/19 - Staff's Memorandum Regarding Escrow Agreement
- 12/18/19 - Crowned Ridge Wind, LLC's Letter regarding Condition No. 45
- 12/18/19 - Crowned Ridge Wind, LLC's Letter regarding Condition No. 32
- 12/18/19 - Staff Memorandum on Request for Limited and Temporary Waiver of Crowned Ridge Wind, LLC
- 12/19/19 - Crowned Ridge Wind, LLC's Letter regarding Condition No. 32
- 12/20/19 - PUC Staff's First Set of Data Requests to Kristi Mogen regarding the Request for Limited and Temporary Waiver of Certificate of Service
- 12/20/19 – Kristi Mogen’s Response to Staff’s Data Request regarding the Request for Limited and Temporary Waiver Certificate of Service
- 12/27/19 - PUC Staff's Letter regarding Staff's Memorandum for Crowned Ridge Wind, LLC’s Waiver Request
- 12/30/19 - Intervenor Kristi Mogen Complaints
- Complaint 1 - Waiver of LNTE Blade Attachments
- Complaint 2 - Change in Hub Heights
- Complaint 3 - Compliance with County Permits
- Complaint 4 - Use of 2.7 MW Turbines
- Attachment 1 - Affidavit
- Attachment 2 - Photo
- Attachment 3 - Photo
- Attachment 4 - Photo
- Attachment 5 - Article
- Complaint 5 - Turbine Location Changes for Turbines CRI-50 and CRI-ALT22
- Complaint 6 - Starting Construction Early on O&M Building
- Certificate of Service
- 12/31/19 - Intervenor Kristi Mogen's Attachment 10 regarding Complaint 6
- 01/02/20 - PUC Staff's Letter regarding December 30, 2019 Commission Meeting
- 01/03/20 - Crowned Ridge Wind, LLC's Letter regarding Response to Intervenor Complaints
- 01/03/20 - Intervenor Amber Christenson Letter regarding the Waiver Request
- 01/03/20 - Crowned Ridge Wind LLC's Letter regarding Sound Studies
- 01/06/20 - Intervenors Amber Christenson and Allen Robish's Letter regarding First Set of Data Requests regarding Waiver Request
- 1/06/20 - Intervenor Amber Christenson's Letter regarding Pre-Construction Final Sound and Flicker Studies
- 01/06/20 - Crown Ridge Wind, LLC's Responses to Intervenor's Data Requests Sets 1, 2, and 3 Certificate of Service
- 01/06/20 - Crowned Ridge Wind LLC's Letter regarding Affidavit of Tyler Wilhelm
- 01/06/20 - Crowned Ridge Wind LLC's Letter regarding Clarification of Turbines being Curtailed
- 01/06/20 - Intervenor Amber Christenson's Filings
- Codington County Building Permit Application - Set 1
- Codington County Building Permit Application - Set 2
- Codington County Building Permit Application - Set 3
- Codington County Building Permit Application - Set 4
- Codington County Building Permit Application - Set 5
- Grant County Notice of Appeal to Issue Building Permit Application
- Certificate of Service
- Exhibit WR1 - Crowned Ridge Wind, LLC's Responses to Intervenor Data Request Sets 1,2 and 3
- 01/06/20 - Intervenor Kristi Mogen's Response to Crowned Ridge Wind LLC Response to Mogen Complaints
- Certificate of Service
- Peterson Family Farm 1
- Peterson Family Farm 2
- Attorney Overland’s Letter to MN PUC Regarding Improper Ground Factors
- Robert W. Rands’s Professional Opinion filed in PUC Docket EL18-053
- Applicant’s Appendix D-Pre-Construction Wind Turbine Noise Analysis filed in PUC Docket EL18-053
- Richard R. James Testimony filed in PUC Docket EL18-026
- 01/06/20 - Staff's Second Memorandum on Request for Limited and Temporary Waiver of Crowned Ridge Wind, LLC
- 01/06/20 - Northern States Power Company dba Xcel Energy's Letter regarding Clarifying the Treatment of any Liquidated Damaged Collected under the Company's Power Purchase Agreement with Crowned Ridge Wind, LLC
- 01/07/20 - Intervenor Kristi Mogen's Letter regarding Crowned Ridge Wind, LLC's Data Response to Intervenors and Crowned Ridge Wind, LLC's Photo of LNTE Blade
- 01/08/20 - Staff's Letter regarding Crowned Ridge Wind LLC’s Aircraft Detection Lighting System
- 01/10/20 - Crowned Ridge Wind LLC's Letter regarding Response to Staff's January 8, 2020 Letter
- 01/23/20 - Crowned Ridge Wind LLC's Letter regarding Condition No. 1
- 02/03/20 - Intervenors Amber Christenson, Allen Robish, Patrick Lynch, Melissa Lynch and Kristi Mogen’s Letter regarding Motion to Revoke
- Intervenors Amber Christenson, Patrick Lynch, Melissa Lynch, Kristi Mogen and Allen Robish’s Motion to Revoke Docket EL19-003
- Exhibit 3 – Dec. 12, 2019, Ad Hoc Commission Meeting Transcript
- Exhibit 4 – Jan. 7, 2020, Commission Meeting Transcript
- Exhibit 5 Google Earth Photo 1
- Exhibit 6 Google Earth Photo 2
- Exhibit 7 Google Earth Photo 3
- Exhibit 8 Google Earth Photo 4
- Exhibit 9 – Acoustics – Attenuation of Sound During Propagation Outdoors, ISO 9613-2
- Exhibit 10 – Amber Christenson Impacts
- Certificate of Service
- Intervenors Amber Christenson, Patrick Lynch, Melissa Lynch, Kristi Mogen and Allen Robish’s Motion to Revoke Docket EL19-003
- 02/13/20 - Crowned Ridge Wind LLC's Letter regarding Proposed Protocol for Doing Post Construction Compliance Sound Monitoring
- 02/19/20 - Intervenor Amber Christenson's Letter regarding Post Construction Compliance Sound Monitoring Protocol
- 02/20/20 - Crowned Ridge Wind, LLC's Letter requesting Dismissal of Intervenors' Complaints
- 02/24/20 - Staff's Response to Motion to Revoke
- 03/10/20 - Crowned Ridge Wind, LLC's Letter regarding ADLS
- 03/27/20 - Crowned Ridge Wind LLC's Letter regarding As-Built Location of Structures
- 03/27/20 - Crowned Ridge Wind LLC's Letter regarding Confidential Shapefiles Submitted to Staff Pursuant to Condition 44(b)
- 04/01/20 - Crowned Ridge Wind LLC's Letter regarding Monthly LNTE Report
- 04/17/20 - Crowned Ridge Wind LLC's Letter regarding Sound Level Compliance Evaluation
- 04/20/20 - Intervenor Amber Christenson's Email to Commission and Staff
- 04/22/20 - PUC Staff's Response to Amber Christenson
- 05/01/20 - Crowned Ridge Wind LLC's Letter regarding ADLS and LNTE Blade Attachments
- 5/15/20 – Crowned Ridge Wind LLC's Letter regarding Compliance per LNTE Waiver Order
- 05/22/20 - Intervenor Amber Christenson's Letter regarding Letter of Complaint to Crowned Ridge Wind Public Liaison Brian Riniker
- 05/26/20 - Crowned Ridge Wind LLC's Letter
- 05/27/20 - Intervenor Amber Christenson's Immediate Opposition to Crowned Ridge Wind LLC’s Response and Its Unsupported Request to Dismiss
- 05/28/20 – PUC Staff’s Letter regarding Sound Monitoring Report
- 05/29/20 - Crowned Ridge Wind LLC's Letter regarding Monthly LNTE Report
- 06/01/20 - Intervenor Amber Christenson's Letter regarding ADLS Lighting
- 06/02/20 - Crowned Ridge Wind LLC's Letter regarding Weekly ADLS Report
- 06/09/20 - Crowned Ridge Wind LLC's Letter regarding Aircraft Detection Lighting System
- 06/12/20 - Crowned Ridge Wind LLC's Letter regarding Aircraft Detection Lighting System
- 06/16/20 - Crowned Ridge Wind LLC's Letter regarding Weekly ADLS Report
- 06/23/20 - Crowned Ridge Wind LLC's Letter regarding Weekly ADLS Report
- 06/24/20 - Crowned Ridge Wind LLC's Letter regarding Status Update of the LNTE
- 06/29/20 - Crowned Ridge Wind LLC's Letter regarding Status Update of the LNTE
- 06/30/20 - Intervenor Amber Christenson's Response Letter to Crowned Ridge Wind LLC's LNTE Status Update
- 07/01/20 - Crowned Ridge Wind LLC's Letter regarding Weekly ADLS Report
- 07/01/20 - PUC Staff’s Letter regarding Clarification of Temporary LNTE Waiver Order
- 07/06/20 - Crowned Ridge Wind LLC's Letter regarding Response to Opposition
- 07/07/20 - Crowned Ridge Wind LLC's Letter regarding Weekly ADLS Report
- 07/14/20 - Crowned Ridge Wind LLC's Letter regarding Weekly ADLS Report
- 07/21/20 - Crowned Ridge Wind LLC's Letter regarding Weekly ADLS Report
- 07/28/20 - Crowned Ridge Wind LLC's Letter regarding Weekly ADLS Report
- 07/30/20 - Crowned Ridge Wind LLC's Letter regarding Status Update of the LNTE
- 08/04/20 - Crowned Ridge Wind LLC's Letter regarding Weekly ADLS Report
- 08/11/20 - Crowned Ridge Wind LLC's Letter regarding Weekly ADLS Report
- 08/18/20 - Crowned Ridge Wind LLC's Letter regarding Weekly ADLS Report
- 08/25/20 - Crowned Ridge Wind LLC's Letter regarding Weekly ADLS Report
- 09/01/20 - Crowned Ridge Wind LLC's Letter regarding Weekly ADLS Report
- 09/21/20 - Crowned Ridge Wind LLC's Letter regarding 2020 Sound Level Measurement Program Protocol
- 09/30/20 - Intervenor Amber Christenson's Letter regarding Road Conditions and Weed Issues
- 10/05/20 - PUC Staff's Letter regarding Amber Christianson's Concerns
- 10/09/20 - Intervenor Amber Christenson's Response to PUC Staff and Public Liaison Officer's Letters of Oct. 5, 2020
- 10/26/20 - Codington County Highway Superintendent's Letter
- 11/02/20 - Intervenor Amber Christenson's Letter regarding ADLS Lighting
- 11/12/20 -Crowned Ridge Wind LLC's Letter regarding ADLS Report
- 11/12/20 - Intervenor Amber Christenson's Letter regarding Public Comments on ADLS
- 11/18/20 - PUC Staff’s Letter regarding Crowned Ridge’s Aircraft Detection Lighting System
- 12/18/20 - Crowned Ridge Wind LLC's Letter regarding Sound Study
- 01/15/21 – Crowned Ridge Wind LLC’s Letter regarding Sound Level Compliance Evaluation Report
- 01/27/21 – Crowned Ridge Wind LLC’s Letter regarding Postconstruction Grouse Lek Report
- 02/16/21 - PUC Staff’s Letter regarding Sound Report
- 03/02/21 - PUC Staff’s Letter Regarding Sound Report Discussion
- 03/03/21 – Crowned Ridge Wind LLC’s Letter regarding Responses to Staff's February 16, 2021 Letter and David Hessler's Sound Study Report
- 03/08/21 - Crowned Ridge Wind LLC’s Letter regarding Distances from the Study Locations to Amber Christenson's Address
- 03/18/21 - Crowned Ridge Wind LLC’s Letter regarding Motion for Approval of Mitigation Plan
- 03/23/21 - Crowned Ridge Wind LLC’s Letter regarding Motion For Approval of Mitigation Plan filed March 18, 2021
- 03/26/21 - Response of Amber Christenson
- 03/29/21 - Staff’s Letter regarding Crowned Ridge Wind’s Mitigation Plan
- 03/30/21 - Crowned Ridge Wind LLC’s Letter regarding Sound Figures for Locations 4, 5 and 6
- 06/17/21 - Crowned Ridge Wind LLC’s Letter regarding Condition 45
- 07/29/21 - Intervenor Amber Christenson's Motion to Amend the Mitigation Plan of the Sound Study Protocol of Crowned Ridge Wind, LLC, Fall 2021
- 08/03/21 - Crowned Ridge Wind LLC’s Letter regarding Answer to Intervenor Amber Christenson
- 08/09/21 - Staff’s Response to Intervenor Amber Christenson’s Motion to Amend Mitigation Plan of the Sound Study Protocol of Crowned Ridge Wind, LLC, Fall 2021
- 08/16/21 - Notice of Appearance of Counsel and Certificate of Service (R. Shawn Tornow)
- 08/30/21 - Intervenors Amber Christenson and Allen Robish's Petition for Reconsideration
- 09/02/21 - Crowned Ridge Wind LLC’s Letter regarding Answer to the August 30, 2021, Petition for Reconsideration
- 09/22/21 - Crowned Ridge Wind LLC's Letter regarding Notice of Appearance
- Notice of Appearance (Michael F. Nadolski)
- Certificate of Service
- 10/21/21 - Intervenor Amber Christenson’s Email regarding Sound Testing Permission
- 10/22/21 - Crowned Ridge Wind LLC’s Letter in Response to Intervenor Amber Christenson’s Oct. 21, 2021, Email
- 01/19/22 - Crowned Ridge Wind LLC’s Letter regarding Sound Study
- 01/21/22 - Crowned Ridge Wind LLC’s Amended Certificate of Service
- 01/26/22 - Crowned Ridge Wind LLC’s Letter regarding Condition 45
- 02/14/22 - Crowned Ridge Wind LLC’s Letter regarding Sound Study
- 03/16/22 - Crowned Ridge Wind LLC’s Letter regarding ADLS
- 04/11/22 - PUC Staff’s Letter regarding November 2021 Sound Test
- 04/19/22 - Intervenor Amber Christenson's Letter regarding Change of Contact Information
- 04/21/22 - Intervenor Amber Christenson's Data Requests to Crowned Ridge Wind, LLC
- 04/22/22 - Intervenor Amber Christenson's Data Requests to PUC Staff
- 04/27/22 - Intervenor Allen Robish's Data Requests to Crowned Ridge Wind, LLC
- 05/04/22 - PUC Staff’s Letter Responding to Intervenor Amber Christenson’s Data Request
- 05/11/22 - Crowned Ridge Wind LLC’s Letter and Responses to Intervenors' Data Requests
- 05/11/22 - Intervenor Amber Christenson's Clarification of Data Request Response to Crowned Ridge Wind, LLC
- 05/12/22 - Crowned Ridge Wind LLC’s Letter regarding Attachment 4 Replacement
- 05/17/22 - Intervenor Amber Christenson's Second Data Request to Crowned Ridge Wind, LLC
- 06/14/22 - Intervenor Amber Christenson’s Letter regarding Status of May 17th's Second Data Request to Crowned Ridge Wind, LLC
- 06/15/22 - Crowned Ridge Wind, LLC’s Letter regarding Response to Intervenor Amber Christenson
- 06/27/22 - Intervenor Amber Christenson's Letter regarding Request to be Added to the Agenda
- 07/06/22 - Crowned Ridge Wind LLC’s Letter regarding Condition 45
- 08/10/22 - Intervenor Amber Christenson's Motion to Require a Sound Study of Crowned Ridge Wind, LLC, Fall 2022
- 08/15/22 - Crowned Ridge Wind LLC’s Letter regarding Response to Intervenor Amber Christenson's Motion
- 08/26/22 - PUC Staff’s Response to Amber Christenson’s Motion to Require a Sound Study of Crowned Ridge Wind, LLC, Fall 2022
- 09/07/22 - Docket Closed
- 04/13/23 - Crowned Ridge Wind LLC’s Letter regarding the Crown Ridge Wind, LLC ADLS
- 05/01/23 - Crowned Ridge Wind LLC’s Letter regarding the ADLS Fiber Cable
- 06/01/23 - Crowned Ridge Wind LLC’s Letter regarding Condition 45