Lemon Hill Solar Project

Project Details

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Project Name
Lemon Hill Solar Project
Applicant
Lemon Hill Solar, LLC
Location
Olmsted County
Description

Lemon Hill Solar, LLC is proposing to construct an up to 180-megawatt solar energy generating facility in Olmsted County, Minnesota.

Status
active

Project Contact

Contact
Lauren Agnew
Phone

Project Summary

Lemon Hill Solar, LLC (Lemon Hill Solar) seeks a permit to construct and operate an up to 180-megawatt (MW) alternating current photovoltaic solar energy generating facility and associated infrastructure in Olmsted County, Minnesota. Lemon Hill Solar proposes to develop the project on approximately 966 acres within a site of 1,945 acres in Haverhill and Viola Townships. As part of the project, Lemon Hill Solar proposes to construct a new project substation and a 161 kilovolt (kV) generation tie line (<1,500 feet) to connect the new substation to the Dairyland substation owned by Dairyland Power Cooperative.

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Key Project Dates and Information

Key Project Documents

Date
Title
Description
05/26/2026
Notice of Public Hearings and Availability of Environmental Assessment
05/27/2026
Lemon Hill Solar Project Environmental Assessment
01/06/2026
Environmental Assessment Scoping Decision
07/03/2025
Lemon Hill site permit application and associated appendices.

Docket Documents

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Date Document ID On Behalf Of Description
July 9, 2026 20267-233981-01 Lemon Hill Solar, LLC Proposed Findings and Response to Public Hearing Comments Filing Letter
July 9, 2026 20267-233981-03 Lemon Hill Solar, LLC Response to Public Hearing Comments with Attachment A
July 9, 2026 20267-233981-02 Lemon Hill Solar, LLC Proposed Findings of Fact, Conclusions of Law, and Recommendations
July 9, 2026 20267-233984-01 PUC Owen Ziemer - Attachment
July 9, 2026 20267-233976-01 PUC Comment Received Outside of the Hearing Comment Period - Mindy Shea
July 8, 2026 20267-233912-01 PUC Comment Received Outside of the Hearing Comment Period - Joshua Pries
June 25, 2026 20266-233477-01 PUC Joni Mulholland
June 25, 2026 20266-233323-01 Dan Klavetter
June 25, 2026 20266-233326-01 Minnesota Interagency Vegetation Management Planning Working Group VMPWG Hearing Comments
June 25, 2026 20266-233322-01 Lemon Hill Solar, LLC Response to the EA with Attachment A - Karst Assessment Addendum
June 25, 2026 20266-233340-01 Minnesota Department of Natural Resources
June 25, 2026 20266-233342-01 IBEW 343 & LIUNA Minnesota and North Dakota
June 25, 2026 20266-233456-01 PUC Tracy Huffman-Krizo
June 25, 2026 20266-233476-01 PUC Jim Klavetter
June 25, 2026 20266-233478-01 PUC David and Robin Lowe
June 25, 2026 20266-233479-01 PUC Erin ONeill
June 25, 2026 20266-233513-01 PUC Ken Everson
June 25, 2026 20267-233977-01 PUC Owen Ziemer
June 24, 2026 20266-233558-01 PUC Deborah Klavetter
June 24, 2026 20266-233257-01 PUC EIP Lemon Hill Solar Hearing Comments
June 24, 2026 20267-233982-05 PUC Mary Doucette
June 24, 2026 20267-233982-07 PUC Mara Shabestari
June 24, 2026 20267-233982-04 PUC Susan Dreher
June 24, 2026 20267-233982-06 PUC Terry Lambert
June 24, 2026 20267-233982-02 PUC Charles Wilson
June 24, 2026 20267-233982-01 PUC Mary Petersson
June 24, 2026 20267-233982-03 PUC Shane Tracy
June 24, 2026 20267-233923-01 PUC Eliese Klennert
June 23, 2026 20266-233475-01 PUC Joe Adams
June 23, 2026 20266-233517-01 PUC Wendy Jensen