May 19, Burl W. Haar Executive Secretary Minnesota Public Utilities Commission th Place E., Suite 350 St. Paul, MN

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1 Minneapolis, Minnesota May 19, 2008 Burl W. Haar Executive Secretary Minnesota Public Utilities Commission th Place E., Suite 350 St. Paul, MN RE: ORDER GRANTING CERTIFICATE OF NEED, GRANTING ROUTE PERMIT, AND DEFERRING ACTION ON PORTION OF ROUTE PERMIT APPLICATION PENDING NEGOTIATIONS AND FURTHER FINDINGS FOR A 115 KV AND 161 KV TRANSMISSION LINE FROM CHISAGO SUBSTATION TO APPLE RIVER SUBSTATION REQUEST FOR EXTENSION OF TIME TO FILE COMPLIANCE REPORT DOCKET NO. E-002/TL ROUTING Dear Dr. Haar: In the above-captioned Order dated February 20, 2008, the Commission directed Northern States Power Company, a Minnesota corporation ("" or "the Company"), the Office of Energy Security ("OES") and the City of Lindstrom ("City") to work together to prepare additional information to clarify the impacts of alternative overhead and underground options for the line through Lindstrom and provide the Commission a report by May 20, We respectfully request an extension of ten (10) days, to Friday May 30th, to file our report. The Company, representatives from the City, and Mr. Birkholz of the OES Energy Facility Permitting section have been working together to clarify the impacts of overhead and underground options and have completed their analysis. In the course of our discussions, several potential modifications to the overhead alternative were identified that reduce its impacts. In addition, the parties have explored how we might improve the aesthetics of the overhead line at the east and west ends of Lindstrom. We also have explored the Newell Avenue underground transmission alternative in more detail. Cost estimates have been revised accordingly and options to allocate costs of the alternatives have been explored. The City Administrator, Mr. John Olinger, made a presentation to the Lindstrom City Council on Thursday May 15 th to share the results of our collaborative effort

2 Dr. Burl Haar May 19, 2008 Page 2 and determine whether there is consensus on a recommendation to the Commission. The City Council voted 5-0 to approve a consensus recommendation to the Commission. and the City met on Monday, May 19th, to finalize the proposal. thus requests a brief extension of the May 20, 2008 reporting date to allow the results of the City Council vote and the follow-up meeting to be reflected in the report to the Commission. Order Point 5, of the Commission s February 20, 2008 Order authorizes the Executive Secretary to alter deadlines if warranted. Order Point 5 states: The Commission hereby delegates to the Executive Secretary the authority to require additional filings, set and alter deadlines, including the 90-day deadline set in paragraph 4 [referring to the requirement to file a report with the Commission], and otherwise manage the procedural aspects of this case. Therefore we respectfully request the Executive Secretary extend the deadline for our report by 10 days to May 30, If possible, the compliance report will be filed before the end of the extension period. We have conferred with Mr. Olinger and the OES and are authorized to state that the City concurs with an extension request and the OES does not oppose the requested extension. will serve a copy of this letter on all parties to this proceeding. A certificate of service and service list are attached. Respectfully Submitted, /s/ James P. Johnson James P. Johnson Assistant General Counsel Services Inc., on behalf of Northern States Power Company, A Minnesota corporation cc: Service List 2

3 CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE AND FILING In the Matter of the Petition of Northern States Power Company d/b/a and Dairyland Cooperative for a Route Permit for a 115 kv and 161 kv Transmission Line from Taylors Falls to Chisago County Substation Docket No. E-002/TL Theresa Senart certifies that on the 19th day of May, 2008, she filed a true and correct copy of the attached Request for Extension of Time to File Compliance Report by posting the same at in the above-referenced docket. The attached letter has also been served via (where addresses are provided) or U.S. Mail upon the parties on the attached Service List. /s/ Theresa Senart Theresa Senart v1

4 Service List In the Matter of the Petition of Northern States Power Company d/b/a and Dairyland Cooperative for a Route Permit for a 115 kv and 161 kv Transmission Line from Taylors Falls to Chisago County Substation Docket No. E-002/TL Burl W. Haar (E-Filing) MN Public Utilities Commission Suite East Seventh Place St. Paul, MN Julia Anderson MN Office of the Attorney General 1400 BRM Tower 445 Minnesota Street St. Paul, MN Julia.Anderson@state.mn.us Thomas Erik Bailey Briggs and Morgan, P.A IDS Center 80 South Eighth Street Minneapolis, MN tbailey@briggs.com Joshua Gildea Wheeler, VanSickle & Anderson, S.C. Suite West Main Street Madison, WI jgildea@wheelerlaw.com George Johnson SEH, Inc Vadnais Center Drive St. Paul, MN Sharon Ferguson (E-Filing) MN Department of Commerce Suite th Place East St. Paul, MN John Lindell OAG-RUD 900 BRM Tower 445 Minnesota Street St. Paul, MN Niles Berman Wheeler, VanSickle & Anderson, S.C. Suite West Main Street Madison, WI Todd J. Guerrero Lindquist & Vennum P.L.L.P IDS Center 80 South 8th Street Minneapolis, MN James P. Johnson 5th Floor Minneapolis, MN James.P.Johnson@xcelenergy.com David Birkholz MN Department of Commerce Suite th Place East St. Paul, MN Valerie M. Means Office of the Attorney General 1400 BRM Tower 445 Minnesota Street St. Paul, MN Valerie.Means@state.mn.us Catherine Biestek Briggs and Morgan, P.A IDS Center 80 South Eighth Street Minneapolis, MN cbiestek@briggs.com Tom Hillstrom 7th Floor Minneapolis, MN Shellene Johnson Concerned River Valley Citizens Osceola Road

5 Michael C. Krikava Briggs and Morgan, P.A IDS Center 80 South Eighth Street Minneapolis, MN Bill Neuman Osceola Road John C. Reinhardt Laura A. Reinhart th Avenue South Minneapolis, MN Tod Sherman MN/DOT Metropolitan Division Waters Edge 1500 West County Road B2 Roseville, MN Scott Vergin Energy Product Sales 351 Commerce Court Vadnais Heights, MN Nordell Anderson th Street Brad Bakke North Meadow Curve Michael Buchite 352 Briar Lane Taylor Falls, MN Cal Dufault 3409 Glynwater Trail NW Prior Lake, MN Jeffrey L. Landsman Wheeler, VanSickle & Anderson, S.C. Suite West Main Street Madison, WI John Olinger City of Lindstrom Sylvan Avenue Mam-Marie Sallah Energy Information Administration c/o Department of Energy 1000 Independence Avenue SW EI-53 Washington, DC Chuck Thompson Dairyland Power Cooperative 3200 East Avenue South P.O. Box 817 LaCrosse, WI Charles and Gloria Wilberg Trout Brook Farm th Avenue Osceola, WI Jamie Anderson nd Street P.O. Box 53 Lisa Biernert Furuby Road Vicki Canfield rd Street Susan Folsom Shady Avenue Eric L. Lipman Office of Administrative Hearings P.O. Box Saint Paul, MN Carol Overland Overland Law Office PO Box 176 Red Wing, MN Janet Shaddix Elling Shaddix and Associates Suite West Bloomington Freeway Bloomington, MN SaGonna Thompson 7th Floor Minneapolis, MN Christopher Greenman Excelsior Energy Suite Wayzata Boulevard Minnetonka, MN Charles Anderson 730 Jefferson Street Red Wing, MN James Brown Pheasant Valley Road Center City, MN Keith Carlson P.O. Box 43 Ryan Fuhr Shoreview Circle

6 Larry Gauthier 318 Pleasant Knoll Sharon Helgestad P.O. Box 36 Scott D. Johnson Minneapolis, MN Mike Klun Chisago Lakes Schools North Meadow Curve Don Lynch North Meadow Curve Joe Mattson Shafer Township Unity Avenue Taylors Falls, MN Kelly Morin North Meadow Curve Delores Krisa Nelson 4205 Pilot Knob Eagan, MN John Pechman Chisago City Railroad Avenue P.O. Box L Chisago City, MN Pamela Jo Rasmussen Permitting Analyst 1414 West Hamilton Avenue P.O. Box 8 Eau Claire, WI Darrell Gerber Clean Water Action Alliance 308 East Hennepin Avenue Minneapolis, MN Patrick C. Hollister 313 North Main Street Jeremy Kalin Minnesota House of Representatives 579 State Office Building 100 Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Drive Minneapolis, MN Don Kurth Olinda Trail Bill Mack Wyoming Avenue Chisago City, MN Jolie McShane AIR2 LLC Suite York Road Timonium, MD Pete Nelson rd Avenue North Box 217 John Olinger North Meadow Curve Deborah Pile Minnesota Department of Commerce Energy Facility Permitting Suite th Place East St. Paul, MN Angelo Rew Lakeside Trail Gary Gerke th Street Shellena Johnson P.O. Box 146 Taylor Falls, MN Carlyle Klink Shafer Township St. Croix Trail Chad Lindgren th Street Denise Martin Chisago County Press P.O. Box 748 Heide Miller Chisago Lakes Schools Lake Boulevard Carmelita Nelson Andrews Avenue Stacy Pearson th Street Angela Piner HDR, Inc. Suite Xenia Avenue South Minneapolis, MN T.J. Rolfing Holmes Murphy 600 South Cliff Avenue Sioux Falls, SD 57104

7 Jim Singer City of Lindstrom Neal Avenue Marie Stroha Lake Avenue Todd Tadych American Transmission Company LLC 2 Fen Oak Court Madison, WI Bob Voss East Central RDC 100 Park Street South Mora, MN Joe Wishy Neal Avenue P.O. Box 354 Sue Skow Chisago City Council 9865 Deer Garden Lane Chisago City, MN Garold Swanson Redwing Avenue Scott Thompson Irish Avenue Forest Lake, MN John Wertish 1700 East County Road E White Bear Lake, MN Mark Wolcott Box Maple Street Jamie Smith P.O. Box 155 Mark Swirtz P.O. Box 155 Lloyd Vetter Oasis Road John and Deborah Whitacre Elm Street Brian Zelenak 7th Floor Minneapolis, MN City of Taylors Falls 637 First Street Taylors Falls, MN 55084