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1 BRIGGS 2200 IDS Center mwthmsma Minnea~olii MN February 15,2008 Michael C. Krikava VIA ELECTRONIC FILING Burl W. Haar Executive Secretary Minnesota Public Utilities Commission 350 Metro Square Building 121 Seventh Place East Saint Paul, MN Re: In the Matter of a Petition by Excelsior Energy, Inc. and MEP-I LLC for an Order Concerning Transmission Infrastructure Under Minn. Stat. 216B.1694 Docket No.: E-6472lCN Dear Dr. Haar: It has come to my attention that the Certificate of Service was inadvertently missing &om the Reply Comments of Xcel Energy we filed yesterday. Therefore, I'm attaching a complete copy of the materials that were served by U.S. Mail upon the Service List. If you have any questions or concerns, please do not hesitate to contact me. Very truly yours, BRIGGS AND MORGAN, P.&. MCKIrlh Cc: C. Clark Briggs and Morgan, Professional Association Mlnneapolii i StPaul I wwwbrtggi.com Member Lex Mundi, a Global Ariociarian of Independent Law Firms

2 BRIGGS 2200 IDSCenter 8osmbwstm Minneapolis MN tel fax February 14,2008 Michael C. Krikava VIA ELECTRONIC FILING Burl W. Haar Executive Secretary Minnesota Public Utilities Commission 350 Metro Square Building 121 Seventh Place East Saint Paul, MN Re: In the Matter of a Petition by Excelsior Energy, Inc. and MEP-I LLC for an Order Concerning Transmission Infrastructure Under Minn. Stat. 216B.1694 MPUC Docket No.: E-6472lCN Dear Dr. Haar: Enclosed please find for filing, please find Northern States Power Company's, a Minnesota corporation ("Xcel Energy"), Reply Comments in the above-entitled matter. All parties on the attached service list have been served by U.S. Mail with same. If you have any questions or concerns, please do not hesitate to contact me. Thank you. Very truly yours, MCWrlh Enclosure cc: Service List Briggr and Morgan, Proferrionai Arraciatian Minneapolis I S~Paul l Member - LenMundi,a Global Ariariationof independenrbw Firmi

3 I, Jan Mansell, hereby certify that I have served copies of Xcel Energy's Reply Comments to the persons listed on the attached Cpage Distribution List by causing it to be placed in the U.S. Mad in Mtnneapolis, Mtnnesota on this 14th day of February, DOCKET NO. E-6472/CN

4 DISTRIBUTION LIST BURL W. HAAR CHRISTOPHER ANDERSON MN PUBLIC UTILITIES MINNESOTA POWER COMMISSION 30 WEST SUPERIOR STREET SUlTE 350 DULUTH MN EAST SEVENTH PLACE ST. PAUL MN SHARON FERGUSON JANET ANDERSON MN DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE MN WITNESS FOR ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE SUITE SARGENT 85 7TH PLACE EAST ST. PAUL MN ST. PAUL MN JULIA ANDERSON MICHAEL BEARD MN OFFICE FO THE ATTORNEY REGULATED INDUSTRIES CMTE GENERAL 100 REV DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING JR BLVD 1400 BRM TOWER ROOM MINNESOTA STREET ST. PAUL MN ST. PAUL MN SHERYL CORRIGAN VALERIE M. MEANS MINNESOTA POLLUTION CONTROL OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL AGENCY 1400 BRM TOWER 520 LAFAYETTE ROAD NORTH 445 MINNESOTA STREET ST. PAUL MN ST. PAUL MN CURT NELSON INGRID BJORKLUND OAG-RUD OUTLAND RENEWABLE ENERGY 900 BRM TOWER SUITE MINNESOTA STREET 207 N. CHESTNUT ST. ST. PAUL MN CHASKA MN WILLIAM A. BLAZAR MICHAEL J. BRADLEY MINNESOTA CHAMBER OF MOSS & BARNETT COMMERCE 4800 WELLS FARGO CENTER SUITE SOUTH SEVENTH STREET 400 ROBERT STREET NORTH MINNEAPOLIS MN ST. PAUL MN JEFF BURGESS CHRISTOPHER CLARK LIGNITE ENERGY COUNCIL XCEL ENERGY 1016 E. OWENS AVE. 5TH FLOOR BISMARCK ND NICOLLET MALL MINNEAPOLIS MN

5 STEVEN CLEMMER UNION OF CONCERNED SCIENTISTS 2 BRATTLE SQ., 6mFLOOR CAMBRIDGE MA JOHN E. DRAWZ FREDRIKSON & BRYON, P.A. SUITE SOUTH SIXTH STREET MINNEAPOLIS MN MIKE FRANKLIN MINNESOTA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE SUITE ROBERT STREET NORTH ST. PAULMN ELIZABETH GOODPASTER MINNESOTA CENTR FOR ENVIRONMENTAL ADVOCACY 16 E. EXCHANGE STREET, #206 ST. PAUL MN SCOTT G. HARRIS LEONARD, STREET & DEINARD SUITE SOUTH FIFTH STREET MINNEAPOLIS MN BRUCE JOHNSON OFFICE OF ADMINISTRATIVE HEARINGS P.O. BOX ST. PAUL MN MICHAEL C. KRIKAVA BRIGGS AND MORGAN, P.A IDS CENTER 80 SOUTH STREET MINNEAPOLIS, MN LISA A. CRUM LWDQUIST & VENNUM 4200 IDS CENTER 80 SOUTH EIGHTH STREET MINNEAPOLIS MN JASON FLOHRS TWINWEST CHAMBER OF COMMERCE SUITE OLD COUNTY ROAD 15 PLYMOUTH MN BRUCE GERHARDSON OTTER TAIL CORPORATION P.O. BOX SOUTH CASCADE STREET FERGUS FALLS MN TODD J. GUERRERO LWDQUIST & VENNUM, PLLP 4200 IDS CENTER 80 SOUTH EIGHTH STREET MINNEAPOLIS MN ANNETIF HENKEL MINNESOTA UTILITY INVESTORS SUlTE ROBERT ST. N. ST. PAULMN CHUCK KERR GREAT NORTHERN POWER DEVELOPMENT, L.P. SUITE JEFFERSON STREET HOUSTON TX JERRY LARSEN HPC-LLC IDS CENTER 80 S. xth STREET MINNEAPOLIS, MN 55402

6 ROBERT S. LEE MACKALL CROUNSE & MOORE LAW OFFICES 1400 AT&T TOWER 901 MARQUETIT AVENUE MINNEAPOLIS, MN STEVE M. MIHALCHICK OFFICE OF ADMINISTRATIVE HEARINGS PO BOX ST. PAUL, MN THOMAS L. OSTERAAS EXCELSIOR ENERGY SUITE WAYZATA BOULEVARD MINNETONKA, MN JUDY POFERL XCEL ENERGY SERVICES, INC. 7TH FLOOR 414 NICOLLET MALL MINNEAPOLIS, MN KEVIN REUTHER MN CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL ADVOCACY SUITE EAST EXCHANGE STREET ST. PAUL, MN TOM SAMPSON CITY OF KEEWATIN BOX 190 KEEWATIN, MN RICHARD J. SAVELKOUL FELHABER, LARSON, FENLON & VOGT, P.A. SUITE CEDAR STREET ST. PAUL, MN ALAN C. LUKES GREAT NORTHERN POWER DEVELOPMENT, L.P PINTO PLACE BISMARCK. ND DAVID R. MOELLER MINNESOTA POWER 30 WEST SUPERIOR STREET DULUTH, MN CAROL OVERLAND OVERLAND LAW OFFICE PO BOX 176 RED WING, MN STEVEN J. QUAM, ESQ. FREDRICKSON & BYRON, PA SUITE SOUTH SIXTH STREET MINNEAPOLIS, MN ANTONE RUDE GREAT NORTHERN POWER DEVELOPMENT, L.P RD STREET NE MONTICELLO, MN DAVID SASSEVILLE LINDQUIST & VENNUM 4200 IDS CENTER 80 SOUTH 8TH STREET MINNEAPOLIS, MN ROBERT H. SCHULTE SCHULTE ASSOCIATES LLC BOULDER POINTE ROAD EDEN PRAIRIE, MN 55347

7 TORE SIMONSEN CLEAN WATER ACTION ALLIANCE OF MINNESOTA 308 EAST HENNEPIN AVENUE? MINNEAPOLIS, MN BYRON E. STARNS LEONARD STREET AND DEINARD 150 SOUTH 5TH STREET SUITE 2300 MWNEAPOLIS, MN MOLLIE M. SMITH, ESQ. FREDRIKSON & BYRON, PA SUlTE SOUTH SIXTH STREET MINNEAPOLIS, MN ERIC F. SWANSON WINTHROP & WEINSTEVE SUITE SOUTH SIXTH STREET MINNEAPOLIS, MN SAGONNA THOMPSON XCEL ENERGY 7TH FLOOR 414 NICOLLET MALL MINNEAPOLIS, MN

8 STATE OF MINNESOTA BEFORE THE MINNESOTA PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION LeRoy ICoppendrayer Chair David C. Boyd Commissioner J. Dennis O'Brien Commissioner Thomas Pugh Commissioner Phylhs A. Reha Commissioner IN THE MAlTER OF A PETITION BY EXCELSIOR ENERGY, INC. AND MEP-I LLC FOR AN ORDER CONCERNING TRANSMISSION INFRASTRUCTURE UNDER MLNN. STAT. $216B.1694 DOCIBT NO. E-6472/CN REPLY COMMENTS OF XCEL ENERGY Northern States Power Company, a Minnesota corporation, ("Xcel Energy") provides the following reply comments regarding the Petition of Excelsior Energy, Inc. ("Excelsior") in the above referenced Docket. Xcel Energy has reviewed the Petition and party comments and concurs with Wnnesota Power's observation that Excelsior Energy's Petition is not yet ripe for determination by the Commission. Whether the Commission needs to reach the issue of whether all the transmission infrastiucime necessary to interconnect the Mesaba Energy Project to the bulk power system is exempt from the Minnesota's Certificate of Need requirements will not be clear untd both phases of the Mesaba Energy Project proceedings in Docket No. E6472/M are complete. In the event that no power purchase agreement for the Mesaba Energy Project is approved in those proceedings, the certificate of need issue may be moot. The issue could also become moot if the Mesaba Energy Project does not obtain the necessary plant site and transmission interconnection route permits it is seeking in Docket No. E6472/GS As Mnnesota Power points out in its comments, delaying a determination of the issue until these multiple proceedngs are complete is consistent with the Commission's prior decision not to determine the issue when Excelsior first raised it in its petition for reconsideration of the Commission's order in Phase I of the Mesaba Energy Project proceedngs. Xcel Energy also agrees that it is unclear from whether the exemption provided by the Innovative Energy Project statute is as broad as Excelsior argues. For instance it is unclear whether a certificate of need exemption extends beyond the transmission "associated" with interconnecting the Project to the grid and extends to other

9 transmission upgrades or improvements. A M factual record would have to be developed on the transmission for which Excelsior claims no certificate of need is required for the Commission to properly consider the issue. Lkewise, issues of landowner notice have been increasingly prominent and may need to be incorporated into the record. Proceeding to build such a record now when the issue may become moot would be an inefficient use of both public and private resources. Xcel Energy respectfully requests that the Commission delay malung a determination on the certificate of need issue raised in Excelsior Energy's Petition until all Mesaba Energy Project proceedings (on its proposed PPA, and its site and route permits) are complete. Dated: February 14,2008 Respectfully submitted by: Northern States Power Company, a Mnnesota Corporation Christo~her B. Clark L Managing Attorney Xcel Energy Services Inc. 414 Nicollet Mall - Fifth Floor Mnneapolis, MN (612)

Docket No. E,G001/D Correction to 2013 Depreciation Petition in Lieu of Repy Comments

Docket No. E,G001/D Correction to 2013 Depreciation Petition in Lieu of Repy Comments Alliant Energy Corporate Service Legal Department 319.786.7765 Phone 319.786.4533 Fax Kent M. Ragsdale Managing Attorney Regulatory September 6, 2013 Dr. Burl Haar, Executive Secretary Minnesota Public