The Honorable Jeffrey Oxley Administrative Law Judge 600 North Robert Street VIA ELECTRONIC SERVICE PO Box St. Paul, MN

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1 April 15, 2016 The Honorable Jeffrey Oxley Administrative Law Judge 600 North Robert Street VIA ELECTRONIC SERVICE PO Box Re: In the Matter of the Application of Northern States Power for Authority to Increase Rates for Electric Service in the State of Minnesota PUC Docket No. E-002/GR Dear Judge Oxley, In regards to the above-mentioned docket, please find enclosed a Notice of Appearance and Motion to Intervene, filed on behalf of SunShare, LLC. Also attached is a certificate of service. Sincerely, s/ Ross Abbey Ross Abbey Regulatory Counsel ross@mysunshare.com South 10 th Street, Suite On behalf of SunShare, LLC cc:

2 STATE OF MINNESOTA BEFORE THE OFFICE OF ADMINISTRATIVE HEARINGS 600 North Robert Street FOR THE PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION 121 Seventh Place East, Suite In the Matter of the Application of Northern OAH Docket No States Power Company, dba Xcel Energy, PUC Docket No. E-002/GR for Authority to Increase Rates for Electric Service in the State of Minnesota PETITION TO INTERVENE BY SUNSHARE, LLC Pursuant to Minn. R , SunShare, LLC petitions to intervene in the abovecaptioned matter. SunShare is a community solar garden developer with a headquarters in Denver, Colorado and an office in Minnesota. SunShare is currently developing more than 15 co-located community solar garden (CSG) sites in NSP s service territory in Minnesota under NSP s Solar*Rewards Community program. To date, we have subscribed more than 20 commercial/industrial anchor tenant customers and 2500 residential customers across Xcel s Minnesota service territory. Petitioner is directly affected by and has an interest in addressing NSP s rates and rate designs. NSP s retail rates dictate the bill credit our community solar customers receive on their energy bills as CSG subscribers. Because we offer a savings product to our subscribers, the subscription rates we can charge our customers are directly tied to NSP s retail rates. The outcome of this proceeding thus directly affects the financial viability of our company. As no other CSG developers are participating in this docket, our interests will not be adequately represented by other parties to this proceeding. In NSP s Integrated Resource Plan, NSP outlined a pilot project that will directly impact our business. NSP is working with the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) to test the capacity for smart inverters to facilitate greater solar photovoltaic (PV) penetration in

3 Minnesota. NSP has attempted to curtail the size of at least 5 of our projects based on voltage flicker, a phenomenon that can be mitigated through the use of smart inverter functionality, only allowing approximately 27% of the total capacity applied for across those sites. Because this curtailment harms SunShare financially by reducing our total CSG capacity, we are directly affected by the result of NSP s request to recover the costs of its proposed smart inverter pilot in this rate case. Dated April 15, Respectfully submitted, s/ Ross Abbey Ross Abbey SunShare, LLC 609 South 10 th Street, Suite ross@mysunshare.com On behalf of SunShare, LLC

4 STATE OF MINNESOTA BEFORE THE OFFICE OF ADMINISTRATIVE HEARINGS FOR THE PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION In the Matter of the Application of Northern OAH Docket No States Power Company, dba Xcel Energy, PUC Docket No. E-002/GR for Authority to Increase Rates for Electric Service in the State of Minnesota NOTICE OF APPEARANCE Name, Address, and Telephone Number of Administrative Law Judge: The Honorable Jeffery Oxley Office of Administrative Hearings 600 N. Robert Street PO Box To the Administrative Law Judge: You are advised that the party named below will appear at the above hearing. Name and Address of Party: Ross Abbey SunShare, LLC 609 South 10 th Street, Suite Telephone Number and Address: Party s Attorney or Other Representative: Ross Abbey SunShare, LLC

5 609 South 10 th Street, Suite Telephone Number and Address: Dated April 15, Respectfully submitted, s/ Ross Abbey Ross Abbey SunShare, LLC 609 South 10 th Street, Suite On behalf of SunShare, LLC

6 CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE In the Matter of the Application of Northern OAH Docket No States Power Company, dba Xcel Energy, PUC Docket No. E-002/GR for Authority to Increase Rates for Electric Service in the State of Minnesota I, Ross Abbey, certify that I served copies of this notice of appearance and petition to intervene by electronic filing service or by U.S. Mail on the attached service list. Dated April 15, Respectfully submitted, s/ Ross Abbey Ross Abbey SunShare, LLC 609 South 10 th Street, Suite ross@mysunshare.com On behalf of SunShare, LLC

7 First Name Last Name Company Name Address Delivery Method View Trade Secret Name David Aafedt Winthrop & Weinstine, P.A. Suite 3500, 225 South Sixth Street Julia Anderson n.us General-DOC BRM Tower 445 Minnesota St 2134 Christopher Anderson Minnesota Power 30 W Superior St Gail Baranko gail.baranko@xcelenergy.c om Ryan Barlow Ryan.Barlow@ag.state.mn. us James J. Bertrand james.bertrand@stinson.co m Xcel Energy General-RUD William A. Blazar bblazar@mnchamber.com Minnesota Chamber Of Commerce James Canaday james.canaday@ag.state. mn.us Duluth, Nicollet Mall7th Floor Stinson Leonard Street LLP 150 South Fifth Street, Suite 2300 General-RUD 445 Minnesota Street Bremer Tower, Suite 1400 Minnesota Suite Robert Street North Suite Minnesota St. John Coffman john@johncoffman.net AARP 871 Tuxedo Blvd. Corey Conover corey.conover@minneapoli smn.gov Minneapolis City Attorney St, Louis, MO S. Fifth Street City Hall, Room

8 First Name Last Name Company Name Address Delivery Method View Trade Secret Name Leigh Currie Minnesota Center for Environmental Advocacy 26 E. Exchange St., Suite 206 Minnesota Joseph Dammel mn.us Jeffrey A. Daugherty ointenergy.com Ian Dobson s Rebecca Eilers gy.com General-RUD CenterPoint Energy General-RUD Xcel Energy Bremer Tower, Suite Minnesota Street LaSalle Ave Antitrust and Utilities Division 445 Minnesota Street, 1400 BRM Tower 414 Nicollet Mall, 7th Floor Emma Fazio Stoel Rives LLP 33 South Sixth Street Suite 4200 Sharon Ferguson Department of Commerce 85 7th Place E Ste 500 Saint Paul, 2198 Edward Garvey garveyed@aol.com Residence 32 Lawton St Janet Gonzalez Janet.gonzalez@state.mn. us Saint Paul, Public Utilities Commission Suite th Place East 2

9 First Name Last Name Company Name Address Delivery Method View Trade Secret Name Cynthia Harrington nergy.com Amber Hedlund gy.com Xcel Energy Northern States Power Company dba Xcel Energy- Elec 414 Nicollet Mall, GO Nicollet Mall 7th Floor Michael Hoppe Local Union 23, I.B.E.W. 932 Payne Avenue Geoffrey Inge U.S. Energy Services, Inc th St Ste 200 Boulder, CO Alan Jenkins Jenkins at Law 2265 Roswell Road Suite 100 Marietta, GA Linda Jensen n.us General-DOC 1800 BRM Tower 445 Minnesota Street 2134 Richard Johnson m Moss & Barnett 150 S. 5th Street Suite 1200 Sarah Johnson Phillips Stoel Rives LLP 33 South Sixth Street Suite 4200 Mark J. Kaufman rg IBEW Local Union Nicollet Avenue South Burnsville,

10 First Name Last Name Company Name Address Delivery Method View Trade Secret Name Hudson Kingston Center for Environmental Advocacy 26 East Exchange Street, Suite 206 Minnesota Thomas Koehler Local Union #160, IBEW 2909 Anthony Ln St Anthony Village, Michael Krikava Briggs And Morgan, P.A IDS Center 80 S 8th St Douglas Larson dlarson@dakotaelectric.co m Peder Larson plarson@larkinhoffman.co m Dakota Electric Association Larkin Hoffman Daly & Lindgren, Ltd. John Lindell agorud.ecf@ag.state.mn.us General-RUD Ryan Long ryan.j.long@xcelenergy.co m Paula Maccabee Pmaccabee@justchangela w.com Peter Madsen peter.madsen@ag.state.m n.us Xcel Energy Just Change Law Offices General-DOC th St W Farmington, Norman Center Drive Suite 1000 Bloomington, BRM Tower 445 Minnesota St Nicollet Mall 401 8th Floor Selby Ave Saint Paul, Kavita Maini kmaini@wi.rr.com KM Energy Consulting LLC 961 N Lost Woods Rd Bremer Tower, Suite Minnesota Street Minnesota Oconomowoc, WI

11 First Name Last Name Company Name Address Delivery Method View Trade Secret Name Pam Marshall Energy CENTS Coalition 823 7th St E Mary Martinka mary.a.martinka@xcelener gy.com Xcel Energy Inc Brian Meloy brian.meloy@stinson.com Stinson,Leonard, Street LLP Joseph Meyer joseph.meyer@ag.state.mn.us General-RUD Erin Mittag emittag@mncenter.org Minnesota Center for Environmental Advocacy Nicollet Mall 7th Floor S 5th St Ste 2300 Bremer Tower, Suite Minnesota Street St Paul, E Exchange Street, Suite 206 David Moeller dmoeller@allete.com Minnesota Power 30 W Superior St Duluth, Andrew Moratzka apmoratzka@stoel.com Stoel Rives LLP 33 South Sixth Street Suite 4200 David W. Niles david.niles@avantenergy.c om Minnesota Municipal Power Agency Suite South Sixth Street Will Nissen nissen@fresh-energy.org Fresh Energy 408 St. Peter Street Ste 220 Saint Paul, Carol A. Overland overland@legalectric.org Legalectric - Overland Law Office 1110 West Avenue Red Wing,

12 First Name Last Name Company Name Address Delivery Method View Trade Secret Name Jeff Oxley Office of Administrative Hearings Kevin Reuther Center for Environmental Advocacy Amanda Rome com Richard Savelkoul om 600 North Robert Street 26 E Exchange St, Ste Xcel Energy 414 Nicollet Mall FL 5 Martin & Squires, P.A. Minneapoli, Minnesota Street Ste W2750 Jacob J. Schlesinger jschlesinger@kfwlaw.com Keyes, Fox &Wiedman LLP th St. 16 Market Sq., Suite 400 Denver, CO Inga Schuchard ischuchard@larkinhoffman. com Janet Shaddix Elling jshaddix@janetshaddix.co m Ken Smith ken.smith@districtenergy.c om Joshua Smith joshua.smith@sierraclub.or g Beth H. Soholt bsoholt@windonthewires.or g Larkin Hoffman 8300 Norman Center Drive Suite Shaddix And Associates Ste W Bloomington Frwy Bloomington, District Energy St. Paul Inc. 76 W Kellogg Blvd Wind on the Wires Second St FL 2 San Francisco, California Asbury Street Suite

13 First Name Last Name Company Name Address Delivery Method View Trade Secret Name Ron Spangler, Jr. Otter Tail Power Company 215 So. Cascade St. PO Box 496 Fergus Falls, Byron E. Starns Stinson Leonard Street LLP 150 South 5th Street Suite 2300 James M. Strommen Kennedy & Graven, Chartered 470 U.S. Bank Plaza 200 South Sixth Street Eric Swanson Winthrop Weinstine 225 S 6th St Ste 3500 Capella Tower 4629 SaGonna Thompson Regulatory.records@xcele nergy.com Xcel Energy 414 Nicollet Mall FL Lisa Veith lisa.veith@ci.stpaul.mn.us City of St. Paul 400 City Hall and Courthouse 15 West Kellogg Blvd Jonathan Wallach Jwallach@resourceinsight. com Adam Wattenbarger awattenbarger@kennedygraven.com Scott M. Wilensky scott.wilensky@xcelenergy. com Resource Insight, Inc. Kennedy & Graven, Chartered Xcel Energy Samantha Williams swilliams@nrdc.org Natural Resources Defense Council 5 Water St. Arlington, MA U.S. Bank Plaza 200 South Sixth Street 7th Floor 414 Nicollet Mall N. Wacker Drive Ste 1600 Chicago, IL

14 First Name Last Name Company Name Address Delivery Method View Trade Secret Name Joseph Windler Winthrop & Weinstine 225 South Sixth Street, Suite 3500 Cam Winton Minnesota Chamber of Commerce 400 Robert Street North Suite 1500 Minnesota Daniel P Wolf dan.wolf@state.mn.us Public Utilities Commission 121 7th Place East Suite Patrick Zomer Patrick.Zomer@lawmoss.c om Moss & Barnett a Professional Association 150 S. 5th Street, #1200 8