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Announcements
Great River Energy plans to rebuild the transmission line that presently runs along the west side of Zachary Lane between Elm Creek Blvd. and the Hennepin Substation located north of County Road 81.For more information, download this Elm Creek to Hennepin and Zachary Lane to Elm Creek Section fact sheet. (PDF)
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Great River Energy has begun construction activities on the transmission line project along I-494 between the Plymouth Substation, located north of Schmidt Lake Road, and the Parkers Lake Substation, located south of County Road 6. For more information, download this Plymouth to Parkers Lake update. (PDF)
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The Minnesota Environmental Quality Board (MEQB) approved the route application for the Plymouth-Maple Grove 115-kV transmission line project at its May 20, 2004 meeting. Great River Energy’s staff will begin working with land owners to secure easements along the route.
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The proposed Plymouth-Maple Grove 115-kV transmission line project is one of the items on the agenda for the Minnesota Environmental Quality Board’s May meeting.
The meeting is scheduled for:
Date: Thursday, May 20, 2004
Time: 9:00 a.m. – Noon
Location: Minnesota Pollution Control Agency-Board Room*
520 Lafayette Road
St. Paul, Minnesota
For more information about this meeting, visit www.eqb.state.mn.us.
*Note: The location of this meeting could change.
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The Minnesota Environmental Quality Board will hold public hearing about the proposed Plymouth-Maple Grove transmission project.
Date: Thursday, March 18, 2004
Time: convene at 11 a.m. and an evening session from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m.
Location: Plymouth Creek Center
14800 34th Avenue North
Plymouth, Minnesota
The purpose of the public hearing is to compile the record for the EQB Board to consider in making a final decision on the permit request. The EQB staff will be present at the hearing and make a brief presentation about the project and introduce into the record a number of documents. Representatives of Great River Energy will be present to offer evidence and to answer questions. Members of the public will have an opportunity to ask questions of EQB staff and Great River Energy representatives, to make statements, and to offer written comments and material into the record at both the afternoon and evening sessions. Administrative Law Judge Kathleen Sheehy will preside at the hearing.
For more information about this project, visit www.eqb.state.mn.us.
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The Minnesota Environmental Quality Board held public meetings about the proposed Plymouth-Maple Grove transmission project.
Date: Tuesday, October 28, 2003
Time: 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. and 7 p.m. to 9 p.m.
Location: Hennepin County Library
in Plymouth - 15700 36th Ave.
Plymouth, Minnesota
Each meeting will include a presentation about the project and a question-and-answer session. The purpose of the meetings is for the Minnesota Environmental Quality Board to gather public input about Great River Energy’s preferred route for the Plymouth-Maple Grove transmission project. In September, the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission granted a certificate of need for the project.
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The Minnesota Public Utilities Commission held public hearings on Great River Energy's plans to upgrade and expand its transmission system in the Plymouth and Maple Grove area.
Date: Thursday, May 29, 2003
Time: 2:00 p.m. and 7:00 p.m.
Radisson Hotel and Conference Center
3131 Campus Drive, Plymouth, MN
Date: Wednesday, June 4, 2003
Time: 9:30 a.m.
Small Hearing Room Public Utilities Commission
121 Seventh Place East, Suite 350 St. Paul, MN
More details on the Public Utilities Commission's public hearings.
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Great River Energy held two open houses about the proposed transmission line upgrade project on April 2 and December 3, 2002. If you were unable to attend the December 3, 2002 open house, you may view a pdf file of the presentation. (Please note: Slide 14 of the presentation was changed on 02.03.)
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Great River Energy filed an application for a Certificate of Need with the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission on November 14, 2002, to upgrade and expand its existing transmission system in central Plymouth and Maple Grove.
A Certificate of Need is a state permit confirming that construction of an energy facility is in the public interest. The specific location for the facility is not at issue as part of this process; only whether the need exists for it. If the application is accepted, the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission will convene public hearings and public meetings as part of its Certificate of Need process. Certification of the line would enable Great River Energy to acquire easements for construction and operation of the line. Great River Energy is also required to apply for and receive a site permit for the project from the Minnesota Environmental Quality Board (MEQB). Only routes for the line, not the line's need, are considered during the MEQB siting process.
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