Summit Lake Solar Project

Project Details

Docket Numbers
Project Name
Summit Lake Solar Project
Applicant
Summit Lake Solar, LLC
Location
Nobles County
Description

Summit Lake proposes to construct the Summit Lake Solar Facility and Battery Energy Storage System, collectively the Project, in Summit Lake and Elk Townships, Nobles County, Minnesota. The Solar Facility is proposed as a solar energy conversion facility with a 200-megawatt (MW) alternating current (AC) nameplate capacity. The associated BESS will consist of a stand-alone structure with a 200 MW / 800-megawatt hour (MWh) nameplate capacity and ancillary support infrastructure. The BESS will be constructed directly adjacent to the collector substation for the Solar Facility.
 

Status
active

Project Contact

Contact
Sam Weaver
Phone

Project Summary

Summit Lake is currently developing the Summit Lake Solar Facility, an up to 200 MW AC solar photovoltaic (PV) facility and a BESS with a 200 MW / 800 (MWh) nameplate capacity and ancillary support infrastructure. The Project is in central northeast Nobles County, Minnesota. The Point of Interconnection (POI) for the Project would interconnect intois the Nobles Substation (i.e., the Point of Interconnection [POI] for the Project), which is adjacent to the Project. Summit Lake selected this location based on a number of factors, but a key consideration in the selection process was the Project’s proximity to existing electrical and transportation infrastructure, including the Nobles Substation and existing transmission lines. Existing infrastructure in the immediate vicinity allows Summit Lake to minimize the need to construct ancillary facilities beyond the immediate footprint of the Project.

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Key Project Documents

Date
Title
Description
03/31/2026
Notice of Public Hearings and Availability of Environmental Assessment
02/21/2025
Summit Lake Solar Joint Site(s) Application
03/11/2026
Summit Lake Project Environmental Assessment

Docket Documents

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Date Document ID On Behalf Of Description
May 18, 2026 20265-231917-01 PUC EIP PUC EIP Reply Comments and Findings of Fact
May 4, 2026 20265-231446-02 Summit Lake Solar, LLC and Summit Lake Storage, LLC Filing Letter with Proposed Findings of Fact, Conclusions of Law, and Recommendations
May 4, 2026 20265-231446-01 Summit Lake Solar, LLC and Summit Lake Storage, LLC Response to Hearing Comments
May 1, 2026 20265-231406-02 Summit Lake Solar, LLC and Summit Lake Storage, LLC Summit Lake - Master Exhibit List
May 1, 2026 20265-231406-01 Summit Lake Solar, LLC and Summit Lake Storage, LLC Summit Lake Affidavit of Publication and Tear Sheet - Notice of Hearings and EA
April 24, 2026 20264-230910-01 Northern Midwest Regional Council of Carpenters
April 20, 2026 20264-230611-01 Haley Slater Summit Lake Solar and Battery Energy Storage System Public Comment Submission
April 20, 2026 20264-230619-01 PUC Batch 1 04202026 - 12 Comments
April 20, 2026 20264-230726-01 PUC Batch 1 04212026 - 14 Comments
April 20, 2026 20264-230712-01 IBEW 426-LIUNA MN-ND
April 20, 2026 20264-230710-01 Minnesota Department of Natural Resources
April 20, 2026 20264-230701-01 Minnesota Interagency Vegetation Management Plan Working Group Hearing Comments
April 20, 2026 20264-230625-01 PUC Nobles County Commissioner
April 16, 2026 20264-230529-01 PUC Rodney M Burkard
April 16, 2026 20264-230529-03 PUC Nobles County Public Works
April 16, 2026 20264-230529-02 PUC Kevin & Shelly Onken
April 16, 2026 20264-230745-01 PUC Malory Fritz
April 15, 2026 20264-230434-01 PUC Public Hearing Presentation
April 15, 2026 20264-230428-01 PUC Minnesota Pollution Control
April 15, 2026 20264-230415-01 PUC Darrel Ponto
April 13, 2026 20264-230357-01 PUC Deb Rogers
April 13, 2026 20264-230364-01 PUC Jake Cuperus
April 13, 2026 20264-230366-01 PUC Wendy and Wally Cooper
April 13, 2026 20264-230368-01 PUC Yvonne Sieve
April 9, 2026 20264-230203-01 PUC Molly Vagle
April 8, 2026 20264-230155-01 PUC Darla Agard
April 8, 2026 20264-230148-01 PUC Rod Burkard
April 8, 2026 20264-230154-01 PUC Eric Parrish
April 7, 2026 20264-230655-02 Shaddix & Associates - Stenographic Court Reporters Virtual Public Hearing held on 4-7-26
April 7, 2026 20264-230106-01 PUC Brenda Paulzine