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
Pre-filed Testimony and Exhibits
- Sweetman Const. Co. dba Knife River
- Intervenors
- 02/17/26 - Prefiled Intervenor Testimony of Ted Smith on behalf of Sioux Valley-Southwestern Electric Cooperative, Inc.
- Prefiled Intervenor Testimony of Ted Smith on behalf of Sioux Valley-Southwestern Electric Cooperative, Inc. Confidential (not available to the public)
- Exhibit_TS-1 - Resume
- Exhibit_TS-2 - Sioux Valley Energy Distribution Map
- Exhibit_TS-3 - Exhibits A and B of Clark Meyer’s Pre-Filed Testimony
- Exhibit_TS-4 - Conditional Use Application dated June 26, 2025 (Extract)
- Exhibit_TS-5 - Knife River CAD File Overlaid on Sioux Valley Energy Distribution Map
- 02/17/26 - Filing Letter regarding Prefiled Intervenor Testimony of Steve T. Kolbeck and Bradley L. Sylliaasen on behalf of Xcel Energy
- Intervenor Testimony of Steve T. Kolbeck, Xcel Energy, Exhibit___(STK-1) - Testimony
- Intervenor Testimony of Steve T. Kolbeck, Xcel Energy, Exhibit___(STK-1) - Testimony Confidential (not available to the public)
- Intervenor Testimony of Bradley L. Sylliaasen, Xcel Energy, Exhibit___(BLS-1) - Testimony
- Certificate of Service
- Intervenor Testimony of Steve T. Kolbeck, Xcel Energy, Exhibit___(STK-1) - Testimony
- 02/17/26 - Pre-Filed Testimony of Benjamin Hertz on behalf of Basin Electric Power Cooperative
- 02/17/26 - Pre-Filed Testimony of Mark Hoffman on behalf of East River Electric Power Cooperative, Inc.
- 02/27/26 - Filing Letter regarding Pre-Filed Exhibits of Mark Hoffman and Scott Shewey on behalf of East River Power Cooperative, Inc.
- Mark Hoffman Pre-Filed Testimony:
- Scott Shewey Pre-Filed Testimony:
- Scott Shewey Resume Exhibit SS-1
- Exhibit SS-2
- Exhibit SS-2 Confidential (not available to the public)
- 02/17/26 - Prefiled Intervenor Testimony of Ted Smith on behalf of Sioux Valley-Southwestern Electric Cooperative, Inc.
- Staff
- Sweetman Const. Co. dba Knife River
- Intervenors
- Intervenors
- 03/12/26 - Pre-filed Witness and Exhibits of Ted Smith, Vice President of Engineering and Operations, on behalf of Sioux Valley-Southwestern Electric Cooperative, Inc.
- Exhibit TS-1 - Resume
- Exhibit TS-2 - Sioux Valley Energy Distribution Map
- Exhibit TS-3 - Exhibits A and B of Clark Meyer’s Pre-Filed Testimony
- Exhibit TS-4 - Conditional Use Application dated June 26, 2025 (Extract)
- Exhibit TS-5 - Knife River CAD File Overlaid on Sioux Valley Energy Distribution Map
- Exhibit TS-1 - Resume
- 04/01/26 - Amended Pre-filed Witness and Exhibits of Ted Smith, Vice President of Engineering and Operations, on behalf of Sioux Valley-Southwestern Electric Cooperative, Inc.
- Exhibit TS-1 - Resume
- Exhibit TS-2 - Sioux Valley Energy Distribution Map
- Exhibit TS-3 - Exhibits A and B of Clark Meyer’s Pre-Filed Testimony
- Exhibit TS-4 -Extract of Knife River Conditional Use Application dated June 26, 2025
- Exhibit TS-5 - Knife River CAD File Overlaid on Sioux Valley Energy Distribution Map
- Exhibit TS-6 - Testimony of Ted Smith, on behalf of Sioux Valley-Southwestern Electric Cooperative, Inc., February 17, 2026 Confidential (not available to the public)
- Exhibit TS-7 - Testimony of Ted Smith, on behalf of Sioux Valley-Southwestern Electric Cooperative, Inc., February 17, 2026
- Exhibit TS-8 - Rebuttal Testimony of Ted Smith, on behalf of Sioux Valley-Southwestern Electric Cooperative, Inc., March 2, 2026
- Exhibit TS-9 - Sioux Valley Energy Responses 1-1 through 1-9 to Xcel Data Requests, March 24, 2026
- Exhibit TS-10 - Testimony of Bradley L. Sylliaasen on behalf of Northern States Power Company dba Xcel Energy, February 17, 2026
- Exhibit TS-11 - Testimony of Steve T. Kolbeck, on behalf of Northern States Power Company dba Xcel Energy, February 17, 2026
TS-12 - Testimony of Clark Meyer on behalf of Sweetman Construction Co., dba Knife River, January 15, 2026
- Exhibit TS-13 - Knife River’s First Set of Responses to Joint Data Requests of Sioux Valley
Electric, East River Electric and Basin Electric, dated December 2, 2025
- Exhibit TS-14 - Sweetman Const. Co. dba Knife River’s Answers to Sioux Valley-Southwestern Electric Cooperative, Inc., East River Electric Power Cooperative, Inc., and Basin Electric Power Cooperative’s Joint Data Requests to Sweetman Const. Co. dba Knife River (Second Set), January 6, 2026
- Exhibit TS-15 - Sweetman Const. Co. dba Knife River’s Supplemental Answers to Sioux Valley-Southwestern Electric Cooperative, Inc., East River Electric Power Cooperative, Inc., and Basin Electric Power Cooperative’s Joint Data Requests to Sweetman Const. Co. dba Knife River (Second Set), March 12, 2026
- Certificate of Service
- Exhibit TS-1 - Resume
- 04/01/26 - East River Power Cooperative, Inc.'s Pre-Filed Exhibits of Mark Hoffman and Scott Shewey
- Exhibit MH-1 - Mark Hoffman Resume
- Exhibit MH-2 - Load Location and ER Infrastructure
- Exhibit MH-3 - Conditional Use Permit Application
- Exhibit MH-4 - Conditional Use Permit Approval
- Exhibit MH-5 - Map
- Exhibit MH-6 - Knife River Water Permit Application
- Exhibit MH-7 - Knife River Notice of Intent
- Exhibit MH-8 - Pre-Filed Testimony of Mark Hoffman
- Exhibit MH-9 - Rebuttal Testimony of Mark Hoffman
- Exhibit MH-10 - Conditional Use Permit Application pages 23-139 and 176-483 removed
- Exhibit SS-1 - Scott Shewey Resume
- Exhibit SS-2 - Email Confidential (not available to the public)
- Exhibit SS-2 - Email
- Exhibit SS-3 - Xcel Answers to Sioux Valley Energy, East River, and Basin Electric Data Request
3-1 through 3-5
- Exhibit SS-4 - Pre-Filed Testimony of Scott Shewey Confidential (not available to the public)
- Exhibit SS-4 - Pre-Filed Testimony of Scott Shewey
- Exhibit SS-5 - Xcel Data Request Answer 2-9 to Sioux Valley Energy, East River, and Basin Electric
- Exhibit SS-6 - Xcel Rate Table of Contents
- Exhibit SS-7 - Xcel Peak Controlled Service Rate Code E20
- Exhibit SS-8 - Rules for Application of Peak Controlled Service
- Exhibit SS-9 - Rate Riders in Rate E20
- Exhibit SS-10 - Fuel Rates used in Fuel Rate Rider Calculation
- Exhibit SS-11 - Service Agreement for Rate E20
- Certificate of Service
- 04/02/26 - Basin Electric Power Cooperative's Witness and Exhibits List and Certificate of Service
- 04/02/26 - Sweetman Const. Co. dba Knife River's Witness and Exhibits List
- Exhibit CM-1 - Pre-filed Direct Testimony of Clark Meyer
- Exhibit CM-2 - Prefiled Direct Testimony of Clark Meyer Exhibit A
- Exhibit CM-3 - Prefiled Direct Testimony of Clark Meyer Exhibit B
- Exhibit CM-4 - Prefiled Rebuttal Testimony of Clark Meyer
- Exhibit CM-5 - Exhibit 1 First Responses to Joint Data Requests of Sioux Valley etal, dated 12/2/25
- Exhibit CM-6 - Exhibit 2 First Responses to Joint Data Requests of Sioux Valley etal, dated 12/2/25
- Certificate of Service
- 04/02/26 - Xcel Energy's Letter regarding Witness and Exhibits List
Staff
- 03/18/26 - Staff’s Witness List and Exhibit List of Joseph Rezac on behalf of South Dakota Public Utilities Commission
- 03/19/26 - Staff’s Amended Witness List and Exhibit List of Joseph Rezac on behalf of South Dakota Public Utilities Commission
- Exhibit _JR-1 - Map
- Exhibit _JR-2 - Prefiled Testimony
- Exhibit _JR-3 - Prefiled Testimony Confidential (not available to the public)
- Certificate of Service
- 03/31/26 - Staff’s Letter regarding Supplemental Prefiled Exhibits
- Exhibit JR-4 - East River's Exhibit 1 Response to Staff's Data Request 1-1
- Exhibit JR-5 - Knife River's Responses to Staff's First Data Request
- Exhibit JR-6 - Sioux Valley's Public Responses to Staff's First Data Request
- Exhibit JR7 - Xcel's Response to Staff's Data Request 1-2
- Exhibit JR-8 - Xcel's Public Response to Staff's Data Request 1-4
- Exhibit JR-9 - Response to Staff' Date Request 1-4 Confidential (not available to the public)
- Exhibit JR-10 - Xcel's Response to Staff's Data Request 1-1
- Exhibit JR-11 - Xcel's Response to Staff's Data Request 1-3
- Exhibit JR-12 - Sioux Valley's Responses to Staff's Data Requests Confidential (not available to the public)
- Certificate of Service

