IN RE NORTHERN STATES POWER CO.

No. A03-836.

676 N.W.2d 326 (2004)

In the Matter of the Petition of NORTHERN STATES POWER COMPANY for Review of its 1999 All source Request for Proposals.

Court of Appeals of Minnesota.

March 30, 2004.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Peter H. Grills, O'Neill, Grills, & O'Neill, P.L.P.P., St. Paul, MN, for relator Pimicikamak Cree Nation.

Mike Hatch, Attorney General, Cassandra Opperman O'Hern, Assistant Attorney General, Steve H. Alpert, Assistant Attorney General, St. Paul, MN, for respondent Minnesota Public Utilities Commission.

Allison F. Eklund, Jacobson, Buffalo, Schoessler, & Magnuson, Ltd., St. Paul, MN, for respondent Nisichawayasiht Cree Nation.

Eric F. Swanson, Winthrop & Weinstine, P.A., Minneapolis, MN, for respondent Manitoba Hydro.

Timothy R. Thornton and Michael C. Krikava, Briggs and Morgan, P.A., Minneapolis, MN, for respondent Northern States Power Company d/b/a Xcel Energy.

Mark A. Hallberg, Hallberg & McClain, St. Paul, MN; and Douglas J. MacKenzie (pro hac vice), Campbell & Marr, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, for respondent Split Lake Cree Nation.

Considered and decided by KLAPHAKE, Presiding Judge, RANDALL, Judge, and FORSBERG, Judge.


OPINION

RANDALL, Judge.

This certiorari appeal arises out of decisions made by the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission to approve Manitoba Hydro as a future electricity resource and to approve a power-purchase agreement between Xcel Energy and Manitoba Hydro. Relator argues that the commission erred in (1) denying its request for a contested case hearing, and (2) failing to adequately consider the environmental and socioeconomic costs associated with the...

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