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South Dakota Public Utilities Commission Meeting
June 25, 2019, at 9:30 A.M. CDT
Room 413, Capitol Building
Pierre, South Dakota

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ADDENDUM TO THE AGENDA OF COMMISSION MEETING

Electric

1.     EL18-059     In the Matter of Lookout Solar Park I, LLC for a Permit of a Solar Energy Facility in Oglala Lakota County (Staff Analysts: Jon Thurber, Darren Kearney; Staff Attorney: Amanda Reiss)

On December 17, 2018, Lookout Solar Park I, LLC (Applicant) filed an application to construct an approximately 110 megawatt (MW) solar energy conversion facility with up to 500,000 solar panels and a 230-kV Substation (Project). In addition, Applicant will construct access roads, a generator step-up transformer an operation and maintenance facility, buried transmission lines, parking areas, and laydown areas for construction. The Project area is on approximately 810 acres of privately owned land on the Pine Ridge Reservation in Oglala Lakota County, South Dakota. The Project area is located approximately 22 miles east of Buffalo Gap, South Dakota, in Township 41 North (T41N), Range 48 West (R48W), Section 36 and the southern portion of Section 35. The Project is located on individually-owned Indian trust land on the Pine Ridge Reservation. The 230 kV Substation will be located on 10 acres of private land located near Cottonwood Cutoff on Section 14 (parcel 003478) in T6S, R8E or in Section 11 (parcel 0034688) in T6S, R8E. On June 18, 2019, the local review committee filed a letter requesting $13,500 to hire a consultant.

     TODAY, shall the Commission grant the local review committee’s request for $13,500 in order to hire a consultant?

/s/Cindy Kemnitz        .
Cindy Kemnitz
Finance Manager
PUC Email
June 19, 2019