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65-2500-36528 In the Matter of the Petition by Great Plains Natural Gas Co., a Division of Montana-Dakota Utilities, Co., for Authority to Increase Natural Gas Rates in Minnesota

June 30, 2020 - The Administrative Law Judge recommends that the Commission: 1. Approve a rate increase in accordance with the terms of this Report. 2. Incorporate the agreements made by the parties in the course of this proceeding into its Order. 3. Adopt the recommendations set forth in the Findings of Fact above. 4. Require GP to make further compliance filings as recommended herein. 5. Allow GP’s RDM to continue through 2021; approve the incorporation of GP’s proposed margin sharing mechanism into the RDM; require the Company to make an annual compliance filing; and require that the revenue sharing mechanism be reviewed in the Company’s next rate case or within five years from the Commission’s order, whichever occurs first. 6. Not impose a minimum savings threshold at this time. 7. Accept, as reasonable, GP’s sales forecast for the test year. 8. Use the Company’s proposed CIP expense of $566,621 as the basis for its CCRA rate and require that any changes to the CCRA factor be determined in the Company’s next annual CIP tracker and financial incentive proceeding.

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