Michele Engdahl with Thomson Reuters, Eagan, receives an up-close look at a hog-producing facility – Baarsch Farms-Next Generation Pork, Inc. near Austin – as part of Leadership Minnesota. The Minnesota Chamber program is an exclusive look at the state’s changing economy and the issues that will shape its future. Grow Minnesota! events help businesses prepare for the economic recovery. Sharing their perspectives on how the recession has changed the job market were (from left) Simon Foster of SpencerStuart, Minneapolis; Sue Metcalf of Ecolab, St. Paul; and Jan Erickson of Medtronic, Inc., Fridley. Dee Schutte, executive director of the Litchfield Chamber of Commerce, visits with House Minority Leader Kurt Zellers at the Session Priorities event. Governor Tim Pawlenty congratulates John M. Rivisto, president and CEO of Wells Concrete Company, on its new facility in Sartell. The plant has created 50 jobs in central Minnesota and will add another 100 jobs over the next five years. Minnesota legislative leaders share their priorities at the Minnesota Chamber’s annual Session Priorities event: (from left) House Minority Leader Kurt Zellers, House Speaker Margaret Anderson Kelliher, moderator Tom Hauser of KSTP-TV Eyewitness News; Senate Minority Leader David Senjem; Senate Majority Leader Larry Pogemiller. Governor Tim Pawlenty addresses nearly 1,600 business leaders and policy-makers at the Minnesota Chamber’s annual Session Priorities event, the largest legislative gathering of its kind.

Minnesota Public Utilities Commission

The Minnesota Chamber actively participates in utility cases before the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission. Our goal is to ensure that the increases are warranted and, if granted, the costs do not fall disproportionately on business customers.

Following are recent cases in which the Minnesota Chamber has intervened:

In the Matter of Xcel Energy’s Petition for Approval of 2010 Transmission Cost Recovery (TCR), Project Eligibility, TCR Rate Factors and 2009 True-up

» December 4, 2009
» MPUC Docket No. E-002/M-09-1048
» Click here for the full comments.

In the Matter of the Petition of Northern States Power Company, a Minnesota corporation, Regarding the 2010 Renewable Energy Standard Cost Recovery Rider and 2009 RES Tracker Report

» December 2, 2009
» MPUC Docket No. E-017/M-09-881
» Click here for the full comments.

Otter Tail Power Company’s Transmission Cost Recovery Rider Including the Proposed 2010 Transmission Factor

» October 8, 2009
» MPUC Docket No. E-002/M-09-1083
» Click here for the full comments.

Criteria and Standards for Measuring an Electric Utility’s Good Faith Efforts in Meeting the Renewable Energy Objectives

» October 2, 2009
» MPUC Docket No. E-999/CI-03-869
» Click here for the full comments.

Commission Review of Utility Performance Incentives for Energy Conservation MPUC

» September 10, 2009
» MPUC Docket No. E, G-999/CI-08-133
» Click here for the full comments.

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