Minnesota Administrative Rules
Agency 138 - Public Utilities Commission
Chapter 7848 - BIENNIAL TRANSMISSION PROJECTS REPORTS
Part 7848.1800 - PROCEDURAL TREATMENT OF BIENNIAL TRANSMISSION PROJECTS REPORTS NOT SEEKING CERTIFICATION OF HIGH-VOLTAGE TRANSMISSION LINE

Subpart 1. Service requirements.

Utilities shall serve their biennial transmission projects reports on the following persons:

Subp. 2. Web site posting.

Each utility shall post its biennial transmission projects report on its Web site within five days of filing.

Subp. 3. Challenges to compliance with filing requirements.

Any person or party wishing to challenge the compliance of a biennial transmission projects report with filing requirements set by rule or statute shall do so within 20 days of the date of filing. The commission shall set an expedited procedural schedule for resolving the challenge, taking into consideration the number and complexity of the issues on which noncompliance is claimed. The commission shall require utilities to promptly amend or supplement biennial transmission projects reports that it finds do not comply with filing requirements.

Subp. 4. Petition to intervene.

A person who desires to become a party to a biennial transmission projects report proceeding and is not a party as of right shall file an intervention petition under part 7829.0800 by January 15. The person may combine the intervention petition with initial comments.

Subp. 5. Initial comments.

Initial comments must be filed by January 15, unless the commission has found the report incomplete. If the commission has found the report incomplete, the commission shall set an initial comment deadline, taking into consideration the degree to which the filing was incomplete, the complexity of the issues, and the statutory deadline for commission action on the filing.

Subp. 6. Comments to include procedural recommendation.

Initial comments must include a recommendation on what procedural framework the commission should use to examine and act on the filing. Commenting persons shall specifically identify any issues which they believe require a contested case proceeding.

Subp. 7. Reply comments.

Reply comments must be filed by March 1, unless the commission has found the report incomplete. If the commission has found the report incomplete, the commission shall set a reply comment deadline, taking into consideration the number and complexity of the issues and the statutory deadline for commission action on the filing.

Subp. 8. Additional comments.

If additional information is required to make a fully informed decision, the commission shall require or permit additional comments.

Subp. 9. Discovery procedures.

Parties shall respond to information requests served upon them by other parties within ten days of receipt.

Subp. 10. Commission action.

The commission shall accept, reject, modify, or require further action in regard to biennial transmission projects reports. Further action may include, but is not limited to, requiring additional filings, requiring periodic reporting on specific issues, requiring collaboration between specific utilities, and ordering infrastructure investments or preventative maintenance under Minnesota Statutes, section 216B.79.