Joe Swedberg (left), vice president of legislative affairs at Hormel Foods Corporation in Austin, visits with Dr. Zigang Dong, executive director of The Hormel Institute, during a tour by Leadership Minnesota. Bob Anderson (left), who recently retired from Boise Paper at International Falls, receives the Spirit of Minnesota Award from Jon Campbell, chair of the Minnesota Chamber Board. Current Minnesota Chamber board members Jan Kruchoski and Sanjay Kuba, and former member Russ Nelson, had a personal audience with Governor Mark Dayton at Session Priorities. Jay Timmons, president and chief executive officer of the National Association of Manufacturers, addresses the Minnesota Manufacturers Summit. Legislative leaders shared their views at Session Priorities: (from left) Senate Majority Leader David Senjem, House Speaker Kurt Zellers, moderator Tom Hauser of KSTP-TV, House Minority Leader Paul Thissen, Senate Minority Leader Tom Bakk. Involta broke ground in September for a $10.5 million data center in Duluth:(from left) Lonnie Bloomquist of Involta; Nancy Norr of Minnesota Power; Senator Roger Reinert; Involta CEO Bruce Lehrman; DEED Commissioner Mark Phillips; County Commissioner Steve O'Neil; David Ross of the Duluth Area Chamber of Commerce; Mayor Don Ness.


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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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