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Distributed Generation Workgroup Webinar #3: Design, construct and inspections with DLI, NREL, EPRI & PG&E

2017-08-25T14:00:03Z

Disclaimer: Webinar content reflects the opinions of the speakers only (not their organizations). The inclusion of content in the webinar is not an endorsement on the part of the Commission.

Special Planning Meeting

2017-07-11T14:30:02Z

Webcast Version

At its July 11, 2017 special planning meeting, the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission will hear a presentation from Ellen Anderson, Executive Director of the University of Minnesota’s Energy Transition Lab, Institute on the Environment, and other presenters, on a soon-to-be released report on an economic analysis of energy storage options in Minnesota. This is a courtesy notice to those on the service lists for the above dockets, who may have an interest in energy storage.

Distributed Generation Workgroup Webinar # 1 Overview of Interconnection Standards, Rules, and Procedures with NRRI, NREL, and EPRI SLIDES

2017-05-24T17:57:15Z

Webinar Version

Disclaimer: Webinar content reflects the opinions of the speakers only (not their organizations). The inclusion of content in the webinar is not an endorsement on the part of the Commission.

Utility Data Book

Minnesota Department of Commerce114254 — 2016-01-14T15:40:04Z

A Reference Guide to Minnesota Electric and Natural-Gas Utilities 1965-2012

FERC State of the Market Report 2010

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission12038 — 2011-04-21T21:35:28Z

The State of the Markets is staff’s annual opportunity to share observations about natural gas, electric and other energy markets.

Report to Legislature: Electric Transmission Line Routing

2011-01-14T15:08:41Z

Electric Transmission Line Routing Along Existing Transmission Line Routes and Highway Rights-of-way

Report to Legislature - Utility Rates Study

2010-06-01T16:58:17Z

Laws of Minnesota 2009, Chapter 110 (S.F. No. 550) require the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission (MPUC) to prepare a Utility Rates Study. Specifically, the MPUC is to assess special mechanisms that allow cost recovery outside a general rate‐case proceeding for specific kinds of expenditures.

The Two Sides of Cost Trackers: Why Regulators Must Consider Both

National Regulatory Research Institute12042 — 2009-10-07T16:16:56Z

A cost tracker allows a utility to recover its actual costs from customers for a specified function on a periodical basis outside of a rate case. This presentation discusses the major issues that state public utility regulators face in evaluating the costs and benefits of these devices.

FERC State of the Markets Report 2009

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission12038 — 2009-04-15T21:38:44Z

Each year, the Division of Energy Market Oversight in the Office of Enforcement presents a State of the Market report reviewing how the significant events of the past year better inform our understanding of the current and future energy markets.

Report to Legislature - Wind Curtailment Payments

2008-07-01T17:03:03Z

In this report, the specific analysis of possible discrimination is limited to wind energy projects subject to curtailment in purchase power agreements (PPAs) with Northern State Power Company d/b/a Xcel Energy (Xcel).