| 1.0 Executive Summary |
1 |
| 2.0 Biennial Report Requirements |
5 |
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2.1 Generally |
5 |
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2.2 Reporting Utilities |
7 |
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2.3 Certification Requests |
8 |
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2.4 General Impacts |
8 |
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2.5 Renewable Energy Standards |
10 |
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2.6. Distribution Report/Grid Modernization |
10 |
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2.7. Non-Wire Alternatives |
11 |
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2.8. FERC, MISO and Commission Actions Related to Distributed Energy Resources and Distribution Planning |
15 |
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2.9 MISO and Minnesota's Transmission Needs |
19 |
| 3.0 Transmission Studies |
22 |
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3.1 Introduction |
22 |
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3.2 Completed Studies |
22 |
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3.3 Regional Studies |
23 |
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3.4 Load Serving Studies |
25 |
| 4.0 Public Participation |
27 |
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4.1 Public Involvement in Transmission Planning |
27 |
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4.2 MISO Transmission Planning |
27 |
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4.3 MTO Website |
28 |
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4.4 Efforts to Involve the General Public and Local Officials on Specific Projects |
28 |
| 5.0 Transmission Planning Zones |
30 |
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5.1 Introduction |
30 |
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5.2 Northwest Zone |
31 |
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5.3 Northeast Zone |
32 |
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5.4 West Central Zone |
33 |
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5.5 Twin Cities Zone |
34 |
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5.6 Southwest Zone |
35 |
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5.7 Southeast Zone |
36 |
| 6.0 Needs |
38 |
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6.1 Introduction |
38 |
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6.2 The MISO Planning Process |
40 |
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6.3 Northwest Zone |
44 |
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6.4 Northeast Zone |
56 |
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6.5 West Central Zone |
107 |
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6.6 Twin Cities Zone |
134 |
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6.7 Southwest Zone |
172 |
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6.8 Southeast Zone |
188 |
| 7.0 Transmission-Owning Utilities |
203 |
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7.1 Introduction |
203 |
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7.2 American Transmission Company, LLC |
205 |
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7.3 Central Minnesota Municipal Power Agency |
206 |
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7.4 Dairyland Power Cooperative |
207 |
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7.5 East River Electric Power Cooperative |
208 |
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7.6 Great River Energy |
209 |
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7.7 ITC Midwest LLC |
210 |
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7.8 L&O Power Cooperative |
211 |
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7.9 Minnesota Power |
212 |
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7.10 Minnkota Power Cooperative |
213 |
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7.11 Missouri River Energy Services |
214 |
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7.12 Northern States Power Company |
215 |
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7.13 Otter Tail Power Company |
216 |
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7.14 Rochester Public Utilities |
217 |
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7.15 Southern Minnesota Municipal Power Agency |
218 |
| 8.0 Renewable Energy Standards |
219 |
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8.1 Introduction |
219 |
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8.2 Reporting Utilities |
220 |
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8.3 Compliance Summary |
220 |
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8.4 Gap Analysis |
221 |
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8.5 Base Capacity and RES/REO Forecast |
221 |
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8.6 Solar Energy Standard |
224 |
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8.7 Gap Analysis Summary |
225 |
| 9.0 Outages & Congestion |
226 |
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9.1 Introduction |
226 |
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9.2 System Changes and Upcoming Projects Addressing Congestion Relief |
226 |
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9.3 Planned Outages |
228 |
| 9.4 Potential Congestion Based on Future Facility Additions |
228 |
| Appendix A: NERC 2022 Long-Term Reliability Assessment-December 2020 (excerpt) |
| Appendix B: Congestion Study |
