MATTER OF MINNESOTA POWER'S PETITION

A19-0688 A19-0704.

958 N.W.2d 339 (2021)

In the MATTER OF MINNESOTA POWER'S PETITION FOR APPROVAL OF the ENERGYFORWARD RESOURCE PACKAGE.

Supreme Court of Minnesota.

Filed: April 21, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Keith Ellison , Attorney General, Ian Dobson , Jeffrey K. Boman , Assistant Attorneys General, Saint Paul, Minnesota, for appellant Minnesota Public Utilities Commission.

Michael C. Krikava , Elizabeth M. Brama , Taft Stettinius & Hollister, LLP, Minneapolis, Minnesota; and David R. Moeller , Minnesota Power, Duluth, Minnesota, for appellant Minnesota Power.

Evan J. Mulholland , Joy R. Anderson , Minnesota Center for Environmental Advocacy, Saint Paul, Minnesota, for respondents Minnesota Center for Environmental Advocacy, Sierra Club, and Union of Concerned Scientists.

Paul C. Blackburn , Honor the Earth, Callaway, Minnesota; and Frank Bibeau , Deer River, Minnesota, for respondent Honor the Earth.

Thomas H. Boyd , Eric F. Swanson , Kyle R. Kroll , Winthrop & Weinstine, P.A., Minneapolis, Minnesota, for amici curiae Associated General Contractors of Wisconsin and Lignite Energy Council.

Derek Allen , Madison, Wisconsin, for amicus curiae Associated General Contractors of Wisconsin.

Barbara E. Freese , Saint Paul, Minnesota, for amicus curiae Fresh Energy.

Courtney E. Ward-Reichard , Nilan Johnson Lewis P.A., Minneapolis Minnesota, for amicus curiae The Friends of the Climate: Claire Anderson, Helen Clanaugh, Izzy Laderman, Bella Maki, and Anna Mayou.

Jerome D. Feriancek , Paige V. Orcutt , Trial Group North, Duluth, Minnesota, for amicus curiae Lakehead Constructors, Inc.

Alexandra B. Klass , Minneapolis, Minnesota; and Mehmet K. Konar-Steenberg , Saint Paul, Minnesota, for amici curiae Law Professors.

Joel E. Engel III , Woods Fuller Shultz & Smith P.C., Sioux Falls, South Dakota, for amicus curiae Missouri Basin Municipal Power Agency, d/b/a Missouri River Energy Services.

John M. Baker , Katherine M. Swenson , Aaron P. Knoll , Greene Espel PLLP, Minneapolis, Minnesota, for amici curiae National Rural Electric Cooperative Association and Minnesota Rural Electric Association.

Justin W. Chasco , Wheeler, Van Sickle & Anderson, S.C., Madison, Wisconsin, for amici curiae Dairyland Power Cooperative, Wisconsin Electric Cooperative Association, Wisconsin Manufacturers & Commerce, Wisconsin Utilities Association, and Cooperative Network.

Richard Heinemann , Boardman & Clark LLP, Madison Wisconsin, for amici curiae Upper Midwest Municipal Energy Group and Municipal Electric Utilities of Wisconsin.


OPINION

This appeal considers whether the Minnesota Environmental Policy Act, Minnesota Statutes ch. 116D (2020), requires the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission to conduct an environmental review before deciding whether to approve affiliated-interest agreements under Minnesota Statutes section 216B.48, subdivision...

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