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Minnesota Power Duluth Loop Reliability Project - HVTL Route Permit Application

CERTIFICATE OF NEED & HVTL ROUTE PERMIT APPLICATION

Cover Letter

Text, Tables

Maps

Appendix A Certificate of Need Completeness Checklist

Appendix B Route Permit Completeness Checklist

Appendix C Applicant’s Exemption Request

Appendix D Applicant’s Notice Plan Petition

Appendix E Commission Order on Exemption Request and Notice Plan

Appendix F 90-day Pre-Application Letter to Local Units of Government and

Affidavits of Mailing

Appendix G Notice of Intent to File a Route Permit Application under the

Alternative Route Permit Process

Appendix H Electric and Magnetic Fields Calculations and Noise Calculations

Appendix I Duluth Transmission Study

Appendix J-1 J-2 J-3 (1-8) Detailed Route Maps and figures showing the Ridgeview

Substation and Hilltop Substation expansions

Appendix J-3 Detailed Route Aerial Maps (9-23)

Appendix K Technical Drawings of Proposed Structures

Appendix L Environmental Impact Tables

Appendix M Agency Correspondence

Appendix N Public Outreach Materials

Appendix O List of Landowners Along and Adjacent to Route Options

Appendix P Project Area Substation Load Data and Minnesota Power’s July

2021 Annual Electric Utility Forecast Report

Appendix Q Applicant’s Demand-Side Management and Conservation

Appendix R PUBLIC VERSION - Natural Heritage Information System, USFWS

Species List, and Phase Ia Cultural Resources Literature Search

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    • Economic Analysis
    • Maps
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    • About the PUC
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