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Service List

Agendas:
May 8, 2024, Agenda of Commission Meeting
June 17, 2024, Agenda of Commission Meeting
September 24, 2024, Agenda of Commission Meeting

Minutes:
Minutes of the May 8, 2024, Commission Meeting
Minutes of the June 17, 2024, Commission Meeting
Minutes of the September 24, 2024, Commission Meeting

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Public Input Meeting
A public input meeting on the application and project will be held Wednesday, May 29, 2024, at 5:30 p.m. CDT at the Big Stone American Legion, 14521 485th Ave., Big Stone City, South Dakota.

• 04/16/24 - Notice of Application; Order for and Notice of Public Input Meeting; Notice of Opportunity to Apply for Party Status
• Energy Conversion & Electric Transmission Facilities Siting Guide
• Presentation
• Sign In Sheets
• Recording
  • Part 1
  • Part 2

Party Status Application, due by 5:00 p.m. CDT, June 14, 2024
Party Status Application

• 05/13/24 - Daniel Jurgens' Party Status Application
  

Orders:

• 04/16/24 - Notice of Application; Order for and Notice of Public Input Meeting; Notice of Opportunity to Apply for Party Status
• 05/10/24 - Order Assessing Filing Fee
• 06/18/24 - Order Granting Party Status (Jurgens)
• 09/25/24 - Order Granting Motion for Procedural Schedule

Pre-filed Testimony and Exhibits

Filed Documents:

• 04/15/24 - Otter Tail Power Company and Western Minnesota Municipal Power Agency’s Letter regarding Application For a Facility Permit for a 345-kV Transmission Facility and Associated Facilities in Grant County, South Dakota
  • Application
    • Appendix A - Figures
      • Figure A1 - Project Location
        
      • Figure A2 - BSSA Project Location
        
      • Figure A3 - Public Outreach Study Area
        
      • Figure A4a - Detailed Project Layout
        
      • Figure A4b - Detailed Project Layout
        
      • Figure A4c - Detailed Project Layout
        
      • Figure A4d - Detailed Project Layout
        
      • Figure A4e - Detailed Project Layout
        
      • Figure A4f - Detailed Project Layout
        
      • Figure A5 - Big Stone South Substation Layout and Example 345 kV Double Circuit Steel Monopole Tangent Structure Configuration
        
      • Figure A6 - Parcels within 0.5-mile of the Flexibility Area
        
      • Figure A7 - Topography
        
      • Figure A8 - Bedrock Geology
        
      • Figure A9 - Surficial Geology
        
      • Figure A10 - Bedrock Geology Cross Section
        
      • Figure A11 - Surficial Geology Cross Section
        
      • Figure A12 - Land Use
        
      • Figure A13 - Soil Types
        
      • Figure A14 - Surface Water and Wetland Resources
        
      • Figure A15 - Land Cover
        
      • Figure A16 - Public Lands and Facilities
    • Appendix B - Completeness Checklist Table
    • Appendix C - Agency and Stakeholder Correspondence
    • Appendix D - Aquatic Resource Delineation Report
    • Appendix E - Level III Cultural Survey
      • Appendix E - Level III Cultural Survey Confidential (not available to the public)
  • Direct Testimony of Jason Weiers
    • Exhibit A - Resume
      
  • Direct Testimony of Kevin Scheidecker
    • Exhibit A - Resume
• 04/16/24 - Commission Counsel's Certificate of Service
• 04/18/24 - Newspaper Notice
• 05/07/24 - Proof of Mailing
• 05/10/24 - Otter Tail Power Company and Western Minnesota Municipal Power Agency’s Letter regarding Landowner Notification
  • Proof of Mailing
  • Attachment A - Landowner Letter
  • Attachment B - Mailing List
    • Attachment B - Mailing List Confidential (not available to the public)
  • Revised Figure A6 - Parcels within 0.5-mile of the Flexibility Area
  • Certificate of Service
• 05/28/24 - Otter Tail Power Company and Western Minnesota Municipal Power Agency's Letter regarding Public Input Meeting Presentation
  • Public Input Meeting Presentation
  • Certificate of Service
• 06/03/24 - Notice of Public Meeting, Newspaper Affidavits of Publication
  • Grant County Review  (April 24; May 8 and 22, 2024)
  • Watertown Public Opinion (April 24; May 8 and 22, 2024)
• 08/02/24 - Staff’s First Set of Data Requests Certificate of Service
• 09/04/24 - Otter Tail Power Company and Western Minnesota Municipal Power Agency Response to Staff’s First Set of Data Requests Certificate of Service
• 09/06/24 - Otter Tail Power Company and Western Minnesota Municipal Power Agency Response to Daniel Jurgens and Tamra Jurgens' First Set of Data Requests Certificate of Service
• 09/06/24 - Otter Tail Power Company and Western Minnesota Municipal Power Agency Response to Staff’s First Set of Data Requests Certificate of Service
• 09/16/24 - Staff’s Motion for Procedural Schedule
  
  • Certificate of Service
• 09/20/24 - Otter Tail Power Company and Western Minnesota Municipal Power Agency's Response to Motion for Adoption of Procedural Schedule
  • Certificate of Service
• 10/11/24 - Staff’s Second Set of Data Requests Certificate of Service
• 10/25/24 - Otter Tail Power Company and Western Minnesota Municipal Power Agency Responses to Staff’s Second Set of Data Requests Certificate of Service
• 10/25/24 - Applicant – Otter Tail Power Company and Western Minnesota Municipal Power Agency Pre-filed Testimony