Minnesota regulatory filings
for Hampton-Rochester-LaCrosse 345-kV transmission
line
The role
of the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission
The Minnesota Public Utilities
Commission must grant two major approvals before a
transmission line can be constructed: a
Certificate of Need and a Route
Permit specifying the line's route.
An environmental report is prepared by the Minnesota
Department of Commerce, Office of Energy Security
during the need process and an environmental impact
statement is written during routing.
Certificate of Need
For 345-kV Certificate
of Need documents, please see the
Minnesota regulatory page.
Minnesota
Route Permit
A Route Permit application for
the Hampton-Rochester-La Crosse project was filed January
19, 2010.
Federal process
Dairyland Power Cooperative, a CapX2020 partner, is seeking financing from Rural
Utilities Service (RUS) for its portion of the investment in the 345-kV line.
RUS, a federal financing agency that provides funding assistance to cooperatives
for installation and modernization of rural electric systems, conducts a federal
environmental review of the project. The agency hosted public meetings along
the project study corridor in summer 2009 to gather information to be included
in the project's federal
environmental impact statement.
Wisconsin regulatory filings
for Hampton-Rochester-LaCrosse 345-kV transmission
line
Wisconsin regulatory
filings are expected in 2010. For more information,
click
here.
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