Minnesota Electric Transmission Planning

1.0 Executive Summary		1
2.0 Biennial Report Requirements		5
	2.1 Generally	5
	2.2 Reporting Utilities	7
	2.3 Certification Requests	8
	2.4 General Impacts	8
	2.5 Renewable Energy Standards	9
	2.6. Distribution Report/Grid Modernization	10
	2.7. Non-Wire Alternatives	11
	2.8. FERC, MISO and Commission Actions Related to Distributed Energy Resources and Distribution Planning	15
	2.9 MISO and Minnesota's Transmission Needs	21
3.0 Transmission Studies		23
	3.1 Introduction	23
	3.2 Completed Studies	23
	3.3 Regional Studies	24
	3.4 Load Serving Studies	25
4.0 Public Participation		28
	4.1 Public Involvement in Transmission Planning	28
	4.2 MISO Transmission Planning	28
	4.3 MTO Website	29
	4.4 Efforts to Involve the General Public and Local Officials on Specific Projects	29
5.0 Transmission Planning Zones		32
	5.1 Introduction	32
	5.2 Northwest Zone	33
	5.3 Northeast Zone	34
	5.4 West Central Zone	36
	5.5 Twin Cities Zone	37
	5.6 Southwest Zone	38
	5.7 Southeast Zone	39
6.0 Needs		41
	6.1 Introduction	41
	6.2 The MISO Planning Process	43
	6.3 Northwest Zone	47
	6.4 Northeast Zone	60
	6.5 West Central Zone	120
	6.6 Twin Cities Zone	135
	6.7 Southwest Zone	145
	6.8 Southeast Zone	153
7.0 Transmission-Owning Utilities		165
	7.1 Introduction	165
	7.2 American Transmission Company, LLC	167
	7.3 Central Minnesota Municipal Power Agency	168
	7.4 Dairyland Power Cooperative	169
	7.5 East River Electric Power Cooperative	170
	7.6 Great River Energy	171
	7.7 ITC Midwest LLC	172
	7.8 L&O Power Cooperative	173
	7.9 Minnesota Power	174
	7.10 Minnkota Power Cooperative	175
	7.11 Missouri River Energy Services	176
	7.12 Northern States Power Company	177
	7.13 Otter Tail Power Company	178
	7.14 Rochester Public Utilities	179
	7.15 Southern Minnesota Municipal Power Agency	180
8.0 Renewable Energy Standards		181
	8.1 Introduction	181
	8.2 Reporting Utilities	181
	8.3 Compliance Summary	182
	8.4 Gap Analysis	182
	8.5 Base Capacity and RES/REO Forecast	182
	8.6 Solar Energy Standard	186
9.0 Clean Energy Goals		189
	9.1 Introduction	189
	9.2 Clean Energy Commitments	189
	9.3 Approved Minnesota Resource Plans and Other Statutory Goals	193
	9.4 Ongoing Studies	194
Appendix A: NERC 2020 Long-Term Reliability Assessment-December 2020 (excerpt)

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