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South Dakota Public Utilities Commission
WEEKLY FILINGS
For the Period of November 11, 2004 through November 17, 2004
If you need a complete copy of a filing faxed, overnight expressed, or mailed to you, please contact Delaine Kolbo within five business days of this report. Phone: 605-773-3201
ELECTRIC
On November 12, 2004, Otter Tail Power Company filed a Notice of Intent to submit an application for a permit for an energy conversion facility. The proposed electric generating facility, tentatively named Big Stone II, would be located on a brown field site adjacent to the existing Big Stone Plant unit I. The site is located in Grant County east of Milbank and northwest of Big Stone City, SD. The current plans are to construct a 600 MW electric generating station utilizing a single pulverized coal fired steam generator balanced-draft combustion and a single, reheat steam turbine.
Staff Analyst: Michele Farris/Martin Bettmann
Staff Attorney: Karen E. Cremer
Date Filed: 11/12/04
Intervention Deadline: 12/03/04
GAS AND ELECTRIC
Application by MidAmerican Energy Company to revise its customer information pamphlets given to new customers to reflect rate changes resulting from the recent rate case - Docket NG04-001, the recently approved Interruptible Gas Rate Plan approved in Docket NG04-003 and updated information regarding MidAmerican's Purchased Gas Adjustment and Energy Cost Adjustment sections of the pamphlets.
Staff Analyst: Dave Jacobson
Staff Attorney: Sara B. Harens
Date Filed: 11/15/04
Intervention Deadline: 12/03/04
TELECOMMUNICATIONS
On November 12, 2004, the Commission received a filing for the approval of an Interconnection Agreement between Midcontinent Communications and Interstate Telecommunications Cooperative, Inc. for Waubay, South Dakota. According to the parties, the Agreement "sets forth the terms, conditions and prices under which the parties agree to provide interconnection and exchange of local traffic over wireline networks within the '947' Waubay, South Dakota exchange." Any party wishing to comment on the Agreement may do so by filing written comments with the Commission and the parties to the Agreement no later than, December 2, 2004. Parties to the Agreement may file written responses to the comments no later than twenty days after the service of initial comments.
Staff Attorney: Sara B. Harens
Date Filed: 11/12/04
Initial Comments Due: 12/02/04
On November 15, 2004, VCI Company filed a petition for designation as an Eligible Telecommunications Carrier (ETC) in Qwest Corporation exchanges in South Dakota. VCI Company is a competitive local exchange carrier providing wireline services primarily through the leasing of Unbundled Network Elements.
Staff Analyst: Harlan Best
Staff Attorney: Karen E. Cremer
Date Filed: 11/15/04
Intervention Deadline: 12/03/04
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