Beaver Creek Transmission Line Project

Project Details

Docket Numbers
Project Name
Beaver Creek Transmission Line Project
Applicant
Dairyland Power Cooperative
Location
Description

Dairyland Power Cooperative (Dairyland) is proposing to construct an approximately 3.5 mile 161 kilovolt (kV) high voltage transmission line and associated facilities on a new right-of-way in York Township in Fillmore County, Minnesota.
 

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Project Summary

The proposed Beaver Creek Transmission Line project starts at the intersection of the existing 161 kV LQ8A Harmony to Beaver Creek transmission line and 171st Avenue in York Township in Fillmore County, Minnesota and travels south approximately 3.5 miles and crosses the Minnesota-Iowa border at the southern border of York Township. From the border, it will continue westerly and southerly through Howard County, Iowa and terminate at a new proposed 161 kV switchyard to be constructed in Howard County, Iowa.

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Key Project Documents

Date Title Description
April 11, 2025 Beaver Creek Environmental Assessment Environmental Assessment for Beaver Creek

Docket Documents

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Date Title On Behalf Of Description
June 6, 2025 20256-219661-01 DOC - EERA EERA Reply Comments and Response to Applicant's Proposed Findings of Facts
May 23, 2025 20255-219232-01 Snowshoe BESS, LLC 2025-05-23 Snowshoe BESS_Response to Public Hearing Comments
May 23, 2025 20255-219234-02 Snowshoe BESS, LLC Snowshoe BESS_ LLC Proposed FOF_ Conclusions of Law
May 23, 2025 20255-219234-03 Snowshoe BESS, LLC Snowshoe Final Master Exhibit List
May 23, 2025 20255-219234-01 Snowshoe BESS, LLC Spearmint Snowshoe BESS_FOF Filing Letter
May 8, 2025 20255-218707-01 Snowshoe BESS, LLC Snowshoe BESS_Affidavit of Publication_Notice of Public Hearings and EA.pdf
May 8, 2025 20255-218718-01 Minnesota Department of Natural Resources
May 8, 2025 20255-218709-01 Minnesota Department of Agriculture
May 8, 2025 20255-218729-01 Minnesota Interagency Vegetation Management Planning Working Group Hearing Comments
May 8, 2025 20255-218706-01 DOC - EERA EERA Hearing Comments
May 8, 2025 20255-218718-02 Minnesota Department of Natural Resources Natural Heritage Review Letter
May 5, 2025 20255-218603-01 DOC EERA Matt Grant
April 28, 2025 20254-218212-01 PUC Public Hearing Presentation
April 24, 2025 20255-219043-03 Shaddix & Associates - Stenographic Court Reporters Virtual Public Hearing - 4-24-25
April 23, 2025 20255-219043-02 Shaddix & Associates - Stenographic Court Reporters Byron Public Hearing Sign-In Sheets 4-23-25
April 23, 2025 20255-219043-01 Shaddix & Associates - Stenographic Court Reporters Public Hearing - Byron - 4-23-25
April 15, 2025 20254-217717-02 Snowshoe BESS, LLC Mary Matze Direct Testimony with Attachments
April 15, 2025 20254-217694-01 PUC EQB-Notice of Public Hearing and Availability of EA
April 15, 2025 20254-217717-01 Snowshoe BESS, LLC Cover Letter_Mary Matze Direct Testimony
April 15, 2025 20254-217690-01 DOC EERA EQB Monitor - Notice of Public Hearings and Availability of EA
April 14, 2025 20254-217569-03 DOC EERA Notification of EA Availability to Agencies
April 14, 2025 20254-217586-01 PUC EQB Monitor Submission-Scoping Meeting
April 14, 2025 20254-217569-02 DOC EERA Notification of EA Availability to Tribal Governments
April 14, 2025 20254-217569-01 DOC EERA Notification of EA Availability to Tribal Historic Preservation Officers
April 11, 2025 20254-217530-01 Snowshoe BESS, LLC 2025-04-11 Snowshoe BESS _Confirmation of SHPO Consultation
April 9, 2025 20254-217399-01 PUC NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARINGS AND AVAILABILITY OF ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT
April 9, 2025 20254-217407-01 DOC EERA Snowshoe Energy Storage EA- Text
April 9, 2025 20254-217407-05 DOC EERA Snowshoe Energy Storage - Appendix D: Responses to Data Requests
April 9, 2025 20254-217458-01 PUC NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARINGS AND AVAILABILITY OF ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT - CORRECTED FOR TYPO AND UPDATED NOTICE FILE
April 9, 2025 20254-217407-04 DOC EERA Snowshoe Energy Storage EA - Appendix C: Proposed Draft Site Permit