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1 State of Minnesota Public Utilities Commission April 7, 2009 To: Service List From: Burl Haar Executive Secretary Re: In the Matter of a Commission Investigation into a Multi-State Tracking and Trading System for Renewable Energy Credits Docket No. E-999/CI In the Matter of a Renewable Energy Certificate Retirement Report for Compliance Year 2008 Docket No. E-999/PR NOTICE OF RENEWABLE ENERGY CERTIFICATE (REC) RETIREMENT PROCESS AND COMPLIANCE REPORT FOR 2008 On December 3, 2008, the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission (the Commission) issued its Third Order Detailing Criteria and Standards for Determining Compliance Under Minn. Stat. 216B and Setting Procedures For Retiring Renewable Energy Credits, in Docket No. E- 999/CI , This Order includes instructions for REC retirement and reporting. Utilities subject to Minn. Stat. 216B.1691 should refer to this Order prior to beginning the transfer of RECs to retirement sub-accounts or the filing of a 2008 compliance report. Take note that in accordance with the above-cited Order, by May 1, 2009, all covered entities are required to retire RECs representing one percent of annual retail sales for calendar year 2008 using the Midwest Renewable Energy Tracking System (M-RETS). Utilities are to follow procedures for REC retirement set out in the above-cited Order, including the establishment of M-RETS retirement sub-accounts that are clearly identified by purpose (e.g. Minnesota REO/RES compliance) and compliance year (e.g. 2008). The retirement sub-accounts should also identify the retail load serving entity for which the RECs are being retired. In setting up sub-accounts, utilities should select the first retirement option under Retirement Type i.e. ;Used by Account Holder for a State-Regulated Utility Renewable Portfolio Standard/Provincial Utility Portfolio Standard.' Also, take note that no later than June I, 2009, covered entities are required to file with the Commission and serve on the Minnesota Office of Energy Security (OES) an annual REC compliance report. For the 2008 compliance year, these reports should be filed under Docket PHONE (fi5"l) FAX (651) TDD (651) 297-I2OO 123 Ji\\ PLACE EAST Su]TE 350 SAINT PAUL, MINNESOTA 55IOI-2147 i opooriunitj '-' n» Bye

2 No. E-999/PR-09-2S7 and contain information as requested by the Commission in its December 3 Order, including: total Minnesota retail kwh sales in the compliance year and a translation of those sales into the applicable Minnesota renewable energy objective or renewable energy standard for that compliance year a demonstration that the corresponding number of eligible RECs have been transferred to the retirement sub-account(s) an accounting of the number of M-RETS RECs bought and sold during the compliance year, regardless of whether these RECs were used to comply with the Minnesota renewable energy objective or renewable energy standard To demonstrate that RECs have been transferred to retirement sub-accounts, utilities should print out and include in their June 1 compliance report a copy of the M-RETS report entitled 4My Sub-Accounts Certificates Disposition.' Questions regarding the online retirement process or the generation of M-RETS reports can be directed to Bryan Gower, M-RETS Administrator, APX, Inc., at (408) , Bgowengiapx.com. Compliance or state-related questions can be directed to Susan Mackenzie, Commission staff, at (651) , susan.mackenziefsistate.mn.us.

3 STATE OF MINNESOTA) )SS COUNTY OF RAMSEY ) AFFIDAVIT OF SERVICE I, Margie DeLaHunt, being first duly sworn, deposes and says: That on the 7th day of April, 2009 she served the attached NOTICE OF RENEWABLE ENERGY CERTIFICATE (REC) RETIREMENT PROCESS AND COMPLIANCE REPORT FOR MNPUC Docket Number: E-999/CI & E-999/PR XX By depositing in the United States Mail at the City of St. Paul, a true and correct copy thereof, properly enveloped with postage prepaid XX XX By personal service By inter-office mail to all persons at the addresses indicated below or on the attached list: Commissioners Carol Casebolt Peter Brown Marcia Johnson Kate Kahlert Michelle Rebholz Susan Mackenzie Janet Gonzalez DOC Docketing AG - PUC Julia Anderson - OAG John Lindell - OAG l i/vi j Subscribed and sworn to before me, a notary public, this ^7 day of Notary Public,2009 ROBIN J.BENSON NOTARY PUBLIC-MINNESOTA MY COMMISSION EXPIRES JANUARY

4 E999/CI , ListlD# 1 All Electric Utilities: In the Matter of a Commission Investigation into a Multi-State Tracking and Trading 10: MNPUC 40: Regular Postal Mail Christopher Clark Xcel Energy 5th Floor 414 Nicollet Mall Minneapolis MN Burl W. Haar MN Public Utilities Commission Suite th Place East St. Paul MN Christopher Anderson Duluth MN Kenneth A. Colburn Symbiotic Strategies, LLC 26 Winton Road Meredith NH : Dept. of Commerce David L. Blair East River Electric Power Cooperative 121 SE First Street PO Box 227 Madison SD George Crocker North American Water Office P. O. Box 174 Lake Elmo MN Sharon Ferguson MN Department Of Commerce Suite th Place East St. Paul MN William A. Blazar Minnesota Chamber Of Commerce Suite Robert Street North St. Paul MN Mark F. Dahlberg Northwestern Wisconsin Electric Company P.O. Box South Pine Street Grantsburg Wl Stacy A. Miller MN Dept. of Commerce State Energy Office 85 7th Place East. Suite 500 St. Paul MN Michael J. Bradley Moss & Barnett 4800 Wells Fargo Center 90 South Seventh Street Minneapolis MN Curt D. Dieren L&O Power Cooperative 1302 South Union Street PO Box 511 Rock Rapids IA : Inter-Office Mail Jon Brekke Great River Energy Elm Creek Boulevard Maple Grove MN Mike Eggl Basin Electric Power Cooperative 1717 East Intertate Avenue Bismarck ND Julia Anderson MN Office Of The Attorney General 1400 BRM Tower 445 Minnesota Street St. Paul MN Mark B. Bring Otter Tail Corporation 215 South Cascade Street PO Box 496 Fergus Falls MN Kristen Eide-Tollefson R-CURE PO Box 130 Frontenac MN Ronald M. Giteck Office Of Attorney General Residential Utilities Division 445 Minnesota Street, 900 BRM Tower St. Paul MN Christy Brusven Fredrikson & Byron, P.A. Suite 4000 Minneapolis MN Pam Fergen Henepin County Government Center CAO A S. Sixth Street Minneapolis MN Anne Jackson Minnesota Pollution Control Agency 520 Lafayette Road North St. Paul MN Douglas M. Carnival McGrann Shea Anderson Carnival Straugn & Lamb 800 Nicollet Mall, Suite 2600 Minneapolis MN Henry Fischer East Central Energy 412 North Main Braham MN John Lindell OAG-RUD 900 BRM Tower 445 Minnesota Street St. Paul MN Dale Christensen LD Exchange.Com, Inc. Suite North Redhill Avenue Santa Ana CA Lori Frisk-Thompson Central Minnesota Municipal Power Agency 459 South Grove Street Blue Earth MN printed 10:53:16 AM

5 E999/CI , ListlD# 1 All Electric Utilities: In the Matter of a Commission Investigation into a Multi-State Tracking and Trading Edward Garvey 32 Lawton Street St. Paul MN Annette Henkel Minnesota Utility Investors Suite Robert St. N. St.Paul MN Mark Lindquist The Minnesota Project 1026 North Washington Street NewUlm MN Darrell Gerber Clean Water Action Alliance of Minnesota 308 Hennepin Ave. E. Minneapolis MN Ashley Houston 120 Fairway Rd Chestnut Hill MA Mary A. Martinka Xcel Energy 7th Floor 414 Nicollet Mall Minneapolis MN Elizabeth Goodpaster MN Center for Environmental Advocacy Suite East Exchange Street St.Paul MN Lori Hoyum Duluth MN Patrick J. Mastel Missouri River Energy Services 3724 W. Avera Drive P.O. Box Sioux Falls SD William Grant Izaak Walton League, Midwest Office 1619 Dayton Avenue Suite 202 St.Paul MN Arshia Javaherian Alliant Energy Corporate Services, Inc. 200 First Street SE PO Box 351 Cedar Rapids IA Mike McDowell Heartland Consumers Power District PO Box 248 Madison SD Michael R. Gravelle Avant Energy Services Suite 300 Minneapolis MN Lawrence W. Johnston Southern Minnesota Municipal Power Agency 500 First Avenue Southwest Rochester MN Dave McNary Hennepin County DES 417 N. Fifth Street Minneapolis MN Pete Grills 5414 Ashhurst Street Indianapolis IN Nancy Kelley The Green Institute # st Avenue Minneapolis MN John McWilliams Dairyland Power Cooperative 3200 East Avenue S. LaCrosse Wl J. Drake Hamilton Fresh Energy Hamm Bldg., Suite St. Peter Street St. Paul MN Julie Ketchum Waste Management 1901 Ames Drive Burnsville MN Carl Michaud Hennepin County DES 417 N. Fifth Street #200 Minneapolis MN Ronald Harper Basin Electric Power Cooperative 1717 East Interstate Avenue Bismarck ND Kelly Knauer Great River Energy Elm Creek Boulevard Maple Grove MN David R. Moeller Duluth MN Bill Heaney IBEW Minnesota State Council P. O. Box St. Paul MN Heidi Konynenbelt Otter Tail Power Company 215 S. Cascade Street PO Box 496 Fergus Falls MN Bryan Moriock Otter Tail Power Company 215 South Cascade Street Box 496 Fergus Falls MN John Helmers Olmsted County Waste to Energy 2122 Campus Drive SE Rochester MN Deborah Fohr Levchak Basin Electric Power Cooperative 1717 East Interstate Avenue Bismarck ND David W. Niles Avant Energy Services Suite 300 Minneapolis MN printed 10:53:16 AM

6 E999/CI , ListlD# 1 All Electric Utilities: In the Matter of a Commission Investigation into a Multi-State Tracking and Trading Greg Oxley MMUA Suite Harbor Lane North Plymouth MN Robert K. Sahr East River Electric Power Cooperative P.O. Box 227 Madison SD Steve Thompson Central Minnesota Municipal Power Agency 459 South Grove Street Blue Earth MN Jeffrey C. Paulson Jeffrey C. Paulson & Associates, Ltd. Suite Ohms Lane Edina MN Ray Sand Dairyland Power Cooperative P.O. Box East Avenue South LaCrosse Wl Darryl Tveitbakk Northern Municipal Power Agency 123 Second Street West Thief River Falls MN Mary Beth Peranteau Wheeler Van Sickle & Anderson SC Suite West Main Street Madison Wl Richard J. Savelkoul Felhaber, Larson, Fenlon & Vogt, P.A. Suite Cedar Street St. Paul MN Devon Walton APX, Inc. Suite Great America Parkway Santa Clar CA Jeff M. Peters Missouri River Energy Services P.O. Box W. Avera Drive Sioux Falls SD Matthew J. Schuerger P.E. Energy Systems Consulting Services, LLC P.O. Box St. Paul MN Roger Warehime Owatonna Public Utilities 208 South Walnut PO Box 800 Owatonna MN William Pickrell North American Hydro PO Box State Street Neshkoro Wl Dean Sedgwick Itasca Power Company PO Box 457 Spring Lake MN Paul White Project Resources Corp th Ave. SE Minneapolis MN Julie Pierce Duluth MN Mrg Simon Missouri River Energy Services 3724 W. Avera Drive P.O. Box Sioux Falls SD Robyn Woeste Interstate Power and Light Company P.O. Box First Street S.E. Cedar Rapids IA Randall Porter Avant Energy Services Suite 300 Minneapolis MN Jake Smith Hennepin County DES 417 N. Fifth Street Minneapolis MN Thomas J. Zaremba WHEELER, VAN SICKLE & ANDERSON Suite West Main Street Madison Wl John C. Reinhardt Laura A. Reinhardt Th Avenue South Minneapolis MN Beth H. Soholt Wind on the Wires Suite Dayton Avenue St. Paul MN Kevin Reuther MN Center for Environmental Advocacy Suite East Exchange Street St. Paul MN Dale Sollom Minnkota Power Cooperative, Inc. PO Box Grand Forks ND Trudy Richter Minnesota Resource Recovery Assn. 477 Selby Avenue St. Paul MN SaGonna Thompson Xcel Energy 414 Nicollet Mall 7th Floor Minneapolis MN printed 10:53:16 AM

December 20, Burl W. Haar Executive Secretary Minnesota Public Utilities Commission 121 7th Place East, Suite 350 St. Paul, Minnesota

December 20, Burl W. Haar Executive Secretary Minnesota Public Utilities Commission 121 7th Place East, Suite 350 St. Paul, Minnesota December 20, 2012 Burl W. Haar Executive Secretary Minnesota Public Utilities Commission 121 7th Place East, Suite 350 St. Paul, Minnesota 55101-2147 RE: Comments of the Minnesota Department of Commerce,