Title: Site Permit for Large Wind Energy Conversion Systems (LWECS)
Alternate Title:
Description:
Minnesota Public Utilities Commission (PUC)
Subject: Energy
Utilities
Creation Date: 9/11/2008 2:17:16 PM
Modification Date: 8/19/2025 4:14:13 PM
Agency Name: Public Utilities Commission (PUC), Minnesota
Agency URL: https://mn.gov/puc/
Agency Description:
The Minnesota Public Utilities Commission (PUC) regulates three service industries in Minnesota, electricity, natural gas, and telephone. It is the commission's responsibility to ensure that vendors of these services provide safe, adequate, and reliable service at fair, reasonable rates.
Agency Phone: 651-296-0406
800-657-3782
Agency Fax: 651-297-7073
Agency URL: https://mn.gov/puc/
Agency Address:
121 7th Place East, Suite 350
St. Paul
MN 55101-2147
Unit Name: Email
Unit URL:
Unit Description:
Unit Phone: Unit Fax: Contact person(s): publicadvisor.puc@state.mn.us
Unit URL:
Audience: Hold
Application URL:
Renewal URL:
Versa URL:
Requirements:
Review:
Energy Infrastructure Permitting
Wind energy permitting
Certificate of Need
Permit amendment, revocation or transfer
Permitting guidance
Rules: 7854
Statutes: 216F
Forms:
No specific form. Contact the MN Department of Commerce for information regarding what is to be required to be included in the application. Application requirements are described in Minn. Rules 7854
Fees:
The reasonable costs of processing the permit application. 25% of the estimated costs are due before the application will be processed.
Period of Issuance:
30 years, with the possibility of renewal.
Length of Determination:
Permitting timeline: Within 180 days after acceptance of a complete application. The commission may extend this deadline for cause.
Other Info:
Activity: Energy Facilities
Large Wind Energy Conversion Systems
License Detail URL:
Wind energy permitting
Energy Infrastructure Permitting
Public Utilities Commission (PUC), Minnesota
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