Projects

Plum Creek Wind Farm, LLC proposes to construct a 414 megawatt (MW) wind farm and associated 345 kV transmission line in Cottonwood, Murray, and Redwood County, Minnesota.

Enbridge Solar (Plummer), LLC is proposing to construct an up to 130 MW solar energy generating system located in Emardville Township in Red Lake County, Minnesota.

Xcel Energy is proposing additional dry cask storage of spent nuclear fuel at the Prairie Island nuclear plant. The additional storage would allow continued operation of the plant until 2054.

Xcel Energy is proposing a change in spent fuel storage technology at the Prairie Island ISFSI.

Red Rock Solar, LLC, a subsidiary of Apex Clean Energy, LLC, has proposed to construct and operate the Red Rock Solar Project in Cottonwood County, Minnesota. The proposed Red Rock Solar Project would generate up to 60 megawatts (MWs), and the anticipated project size is 483 acres.

Regal Solar, LLC was granted a site permit to construct the 100 MW Regal Solar Project in Benton County.

BP Midwest Product Pipelines Holding, LLC (BPMW) is proposing to reroute a section of pipeline near the Rochester International Airport in Olmsted County, Minnesota.

Minnesota Energy Resources Corporation is proposing to install approximately 13.1 miles of new natural gas pipeline west and south of the city of Rochester in Olmsted County, Minnesota

The Rose Wind Project is currently operating and consists of 11 turbines that were previously permitted by Mower County, under seven separate limited liability companies. The Rose Wind Project will be repowered, renamed the Rose Creek Wind Project and operate under one company. Once repowered, the Rose Creek Wind Project will consist of six or seven wind turbines, and have a nameplate capacity of 17.4 MW.

Great River Energy proposes to replace and upgrade 3.2 miles of existing 69-kV transmission line with 115-kV transmission line in St. Joseph, MN. Two existing substations along the route will be modified to accommodate the upgrade.

Three Waters Wind Farm, LLC is proposing the 201 MW Three Waters Wind Farm in Jackson County, Minnesota. The proposed project area also extends into Osceola and Dickinson Counties, Iowa. The proposed project is primarily planned to be located within Jackson County, Minnesota, but project areas within Osceola and/or Dickinson Counties, Iowa may be utilized as alternative locations should they be necessary. Three Waters Wind Farm, LLC has also applied for a Certificate of Need (CN), which can be found under docket #IP-7002/CN-19-154.

Dairyland Power Cooperative has submitted a joint Certificate of Need and Route Permit Application to the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission to relocate approximately 13.3 miles of 161-kilovolt (kV) high voltage transmission line (HVTL) and construct a new substation in Wabasha County, Minnesota.

Northern States Power Company, doing business as Xcel Energy is proposing to construct an up to 460-megawatt solar project and two 345 kilovolt transmission lines to interconnect the Solar Project to the\r\ngrid. As proposed, the West high voltage transmission line (HVTL) is approximately 3.2 miles long and the East HVTL line is approximately 1.7 miles long; both HVTL lines connect the Solar Project to the existing\r\nSherburne County Substation. The Solar Project will partially replace energy production of the Sherco Generating Plant Unit 2, currently a coal-powered facility, which will cease operations in 2023.

Xcel Energy proposes to construct a new 250 MW solar energy project in Sherburne County, Minnesota