EL21-018 - In the Matter of the Application by North Bend Wind Project, LLC for a Permit to Construct and Operate the North Bend Wind Project in Hyde County and Hughes County, South Dakota
Pre-filed Testimonies and Exhibits
Intervenors
- 02/04/22 - Intervenors' Prefiled Testimonies and Exhibits
- Pre-filed Testimony of Michael Bollweg, Individually and on Behalf of Judi Bollweg, Tumbleweed Lodge, LLC, and Bollweg Family, LLLP
- Exhibit A - Resume/Background
- Exhibit B - Special Power of Attorney
- Exhibit D - FAA Aeronautical Study No. 2021-WTE-1926-OE
- Exhibit E - Cody Christensen's Expert Report
- Exhibit F - Cody Christensen's Expert Report Supplement dated November 3, 2021
- Exhibit G - Cody Christensen's Expert Report Supplement dated January 4, 2022
- Exhibit H - National Agricultural Aviation Association Letter
- Exhibit I - Wind Energy and Wildlife Resource Management in Iowa: Avoiding Potential Conflicts
- Exhibit J - Siting Guidelines for Wind Power Projects in South Dakota
- Exhibit K - Prairie Grouse Management Plan for South Dakota 2017-2021
- Exhibit L - Transcript of the Hughes County Commission Meeting Held on June 7, 2021
- Exhibit M - North Bend Wind Project Field Studies Summary 2016–2020
- Exhibit N - Prairie Grouse Leks and Wind Turbines: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Justification for a 5-Mile Buffer from Leks; Additional Grassland Songbird Recommendations
- Exhibit O - Direct Testimony of Tom Kirschenmann (May 10, 2019)
- Exhibit P - Effects of wind-energy facilities on breeding grassland bird distributions ( by Jill A. Shaffer and Deborah A. Buhl)
- Exhibit Q - Effect of Wind Energy Development on Breeding Duck Densities in the Prairie Pothole Region (by Charles R. Loesch et al.)
- Exhibit R - Incidental Whooping Crane Observation Map
- Exhibit S - North Bend Wind Project Map dated June 4, 2021
- Exhibit T - Whooping Cranes and Wind Development - An Issue Paper (by Regions 2 and 6, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service)
- Exhibit U - Whooping Cranes Steer Clear of Wind Turbines When Selecting Stopover Sites
- Exhibit V - Wind Turbines Deter Whooping Cranes from Stopover Sites, Study Confirms
- Exhibit W - Heterogeneity in migration strategies of Whooping Cranes (by Aaron T. Pearse et al.)
- Exhibit X - Whooping Crane and Sandhill Crane Monitoring at Five Wind Energy Facilities (by Clayton E. Derby et al.)
- Exhibit Y - Transcript of of the Hyde County Commission Meeting Held on August 10, 2021
- Exhibit Z - South Dakota Game Fish and Parks Environmental Review Report
- Pre-filed Testimony of Dr. Cody Christensen
- Pre-filed Testimony of Wally West
- Pre-filed Testimony of Corban Korzan
- Pre-filed Testimony of Dr. Adam Varenhorst
- Pre-filed Testimony of Ryan Thompson
- Pre-filed Testimony of Brandon Haag
- Pre-filed Testimony of Michael Bollweg, Individually and on Behalf of Judi Bollweg, Tumbleweed Lodge, LLC, and Bollweg Family, LLLP
- 02/09/22 - Certificate of Service of Public Filing
- 02/09/22 - Exhibit C - Tumbleweed Lodge Financials Confidential (not available to the public)
- 02/07/22 - PUC Staff's Letter regarding Prefiled Testimonies and Exhibits
- Pre-filed Direct Testimony of Jon Thurber
- Exhibit_JT-1 - North Bend’s Responses to Discovery
- Exhibit_JT-1 - North Bend’s Responses to Discovery Confidential (not available to the public)
- Exhibit_JT-2 - Intervenor’s Responses to Discovery
- Exhibit_JT-2 - Intervenor’s Responses to Discovery Confidential (not available to the public)
- Exhibit_JT-3 - SHPO Consultation Letter
- Exhibit_JT-4 - Sample Construction Report
- Exhibit_JT-1 - North Bend’s Responses to Discovery
- Pre-filed Direct Testimony of Hilary Morey, GFP
- Certificate of Service of Public Filing
- Certificate of Service of Confidential Filing
- Pre-filed Direct Testimony of Jon Thurber
- 09/30/22 - North Bend Wind Project, LLC's Letter regarding Notice of Appearance and Testimonies