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EL25-032 - In the Matter of the Petition of Sweetman Const. Co. dba Knife River, to have Xcel Energy Assigned as its Electric Provider in the Service Area of Sioux Valley Electric
Date Filed: 09/12/25 ♦ Intervention Date: 10/03/25
Date of Notice of Filing: 09/18/25 ♦ Pending
Date of Notice of Filing: 09/18/25 ♦ Pending
Agendas:
October 23, 2025, Agenda of Commission Meeting
December 2, 2025, Agenda of Commission Meeting
Minutes:
Minutes of the October 23, 2025, Commission Meeting
Minutes of the December 2, 2025, Commission Meeting
- 10/27/25 - Order Granting Intervention (Sioux Valley-Southwestern Electric Cooperative, Inc., East River Electric Power Cooperative, Inc., Basin Electric Power Cooperative, Xcel Energy)
- 11/24/25 - Order for and Notice of Motion Hearing on Less than 10 days' Notice
- 12/04/25 - Order Granting Motion for a Procedural Schedule
- 03/05/26 - Order for and Notice of Evidentiary Hearing and Order Amending Deadline for Filing of Exhibits and Witness Lists
Pre-filed Testimony and Exhibits
Evidentiary Hearing
An evidentiary hearing will be held beginning at 10:00 a.m. CDT on Monday, April 13 in Room 414 of the Capitol Building, 500 East Capitol Avenue, Pierre, South Dakota.
Filed Documents:
- 09/12/25 - Sweetman Const. Co. dba Knife River's Letter regarding Petition
- 09/15/25 - Staff’s First Set of Data Requests Certificate of Service
- 10/01/25 - Sioux Valley-Southwestern Electric Cooperative, Inc.'s Petition to Intervene and Certificate of Service
- 10/01/25 - East River Electric Power Cooperative, Inc.'s Petition to Intervene and Certificate of Service
- 10/02/25 - Basin Electric Power Cooperative's Petition to Intervene and Certificate of Service
- 10/03/25 - Xcel Energy's Letter regarding Petition to Intervene
- Petition to Intervene
- Petition to Intervene Confidential (not available to the public)
- Attachment A - Map
- Certificate of Service
- Petition to Intervene
- 10/07/25 - Xcel Energy's Letter regarding Amended Petition to Intervene
- Amended Petition to Intervene
- Amended Petition to Intervene Confidential (not available to the public)
- Attachment A - Map
- Certificate of Service
- Amended Petition to Intervene
- 10/30/25 - Staff’s First Set of Data Requests to Xcel Energy Certificate of
- 10/30/25 - Knife River’s Responses to Staff’s First Data Requests and Certificate of Service
- 10/31/25 - Staff’s First Set of Data Requests to Basin Electric Power Cooperative Certificate of Service
- 11/03/25 - Staff’s First Set of Data Requests to Xcel Energy Certificate of Service
- 11/13/25 - Xcel Energy's Responses to Staff's First Data Request
- 11/14/25 - East River Electric Power Cooperative, Inc.'s Responses to Staff’s First Data Request
- 11/14/25 - Basin Electric Power Cooperative's Responses to Staff’s First Data Request and Certificate of Service
- 11/14/25 - Sioux Valley Electric's Responses to Staff’s First Data Request
- Sioux Valley Electric's Responses to Staff’s First Data Request Confidential (not available to the public)
- Certificate of Service
- 11/24/25 - Knife River’s Motion for a Procedural Schedule and Certificate of Service
- 12/01/25 - Staff’s Letter regarding Procedural Schedule
- 12/02/25 - Knife River’s Certificate of Service
- 12/02/25 - Knife River's First Set of Responses to Joint Data Requests of Sioux Valley Electric, East River Electric and Basin Electric
- Exhibit 1 - Map
- Exhibit 2 - Electrical Load List
- Exhibit 3 - Minnehaha County Planning & Zoning
- Exhibit 4 - Type of Improvement
- Exhibit 5 - Emails - See East River Electric’s 12/05/25 filing
- 12/04/25 - Xcel Energy's Responses to Sioux Valley Energy, East River Electric and Basic Electric's First Data Request
- Response to Data Request 1-1
- Response to Data Request 1-2
- Response to Data Request 1-3
- Response to Data Request 1-4
- Response to Data Request 1-5
- Response to Data Request 1-6
- Response to Data Request 1-7
- Response to Data Request 1-8
- Response to Data Request 1-9
- Response to Data Request 1-10
- Response to Data Request 1-11
- Response to Data Request 1-12
- 12/04/25 - Sioux Valley Electric's Responses to Knife River's First Set of Data Request
- 12/05/25 - East River Electric's Letter regarding Exhibit 5
- Exhibit 5 - Emails
- Exhibit 5 - Emails Confidential (not available to the public)
- Exhibit 5 - Emails
- 12/19/25 - Sioux Valley Electric, East River Electric and Basin Electric's Second Set of Joint Data Request to Knife River
- 12/19/25 - Sioux Valley Electric, East River Electric and Basin Electric's Second Set of Joint Data Request to Xcel Energy
- 01/06/26 - Xcel Energy's Responses to Sioux Valley Energy, East River Electric and Basic Electric's Second Data Request
- 01/06/26 - Knife River's Letter regarding Second Set of Responses to Joint Data Requests of Sioux Valley Electric, East River Electric and Basin Electric
- 01/15/26 - Sweetman Const. Co. dba Knife River Pre-filed Testimony
- 02/04/26 - Staff’s Second Set of Data Requests Certificate of Service
- 02/10/26 - Knife River's Answers to Staff's Second Set of Data Requests and Certificate of Service
- 02/17/26 - Prefiled Intervenor Testimony of Ted Smith on behalf of Sioux Valley-Southwestern Electric Cooperative, Inc.
- 02/17/26 - Prefiled Intervenor Testimony of Steve T. Kolbeck and Bradley L.Sylliaasen on behalf of Xcel Energy
- 02/17/26 - Pre-Filed Testimony of Benjamin Hertz on behalf of Basin Electric Power Cooperative
- 02/17/26 - Pre-Filed Testimony of Joseph Rezac on behalf of South Dakota Public Utilities Commission
- 02/27/26 - Pre-Filed Intervenor Exhibits of Mark Hoffman and Scott Shewey on Behalf of East River Power Cooperative, Inc.
- 03/02/26 - Rebuttal Testimony of Clark Meyer, General Manager
- 03/02/26 - Rebuttal Testimony of Ted Smith, Vice President of Engineering and Operations, on behalf of Sioux Valley-Southwestern Electric Cooperative, Inc.
- 03/02/26 - Rebuttal Testimony of Mark Hoffman, on behalf of East River Electric Power Electric, Inc.
- 03/04/26 - Staff's Letter regarding Exhibits and Witness Lists Due Date
- 03/06/26 - Sioux Valley Electric, East River Electric and Basin Electric's Third Set of Joint Data Request to Xcel Energy
- 03/10/26 - Xcel Energy's First Set of Data Requests to Sioux Valley Electric
- 03/12/26 - Knife River's Supplemental Answers to Sioux Valley Electric, East River Electric and Basin Electric and Certificate of Service
- 03/12/26 - Prefiled Intervenor Witness and Exhibit Lists of Ted Smith on behalf of Sioux Valley-Southwestern Electric Cooperative, Inc.
- 03/13/26 - Xcel Energy's Letter regarding Motion for Pro Hac Vice of Riley Conlin
- 03/17/26 - Xcel Energy's Letter regarding Motion for Admission Pro Hac Vice of Vanessa J. Szalapski
- 03/20/26 - Xcel Energy's Responses to Sioux Valley Energy, East River Electric and Basic Electric's Third Data Request
- 03/24/26 - Sioux Valley Energy-Southwestern Electric Cooperative, Inc.'s Responses to Xcel Energy's First Data Request
- 04/08/26 - Commission Counsel’s Letter regarding Prehearing Conference
