Xcel Energy pitches modified-blue route for Minnesota Energy Connection; PUC decision expected in April

Randy Fordyce, Xcel Energy project manager, and Matt Langan, Xcel Energy project lead, told the Meeker County Board of Commissioners on Feb. 18 that Xcel supports a “modified blue” route for its proposed Minnesota Energy Connection transmission line and that state reviewers have reached similar conclusions. The Administrative Law Judge issued a report on Feb. 5 recommending the modified blue route, and the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission (PUC) is expected to decide on the certificate of need and the route at its meeting in April.