OAH 15-2500-20599-2

PUC No.  E-002/TL-09-38

 

 

 

STATE OF MINNESOTA

OFFICE OF ADMINISTRATIVE HEARINGS

 

FOR THE PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION

 

In the Matter of the Application for a High Voltage Transmission Line Route Permit for the Hiawatha Transmission Project

NOTICE AND ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE -

SEWARD NEIGHBORHOOD GROUP, INC., AND PHILLIPS WEST NEIGHBORHOOD ORGANIZATION

 

 

 

          On January 5, 2010, Seward Neighborhood Group, Inc.’s Petition to Intervene was granted.  On January 14, 2010, the Phillips West Neighborhood Organization’s Petition to Intervene was granted.  Both parties were notified that they were subject to the provisions of previously filed orders in this proceeding.

 

The Revised Scheduling Order dated December 7, 2009, directed each party to file Direct Testimony addressing its preferred route.  This requirement was discussed during a telephone conference with the parties on January 28, 2010, including both Seward Neighborhood Group, Inc., and Phillips West Neighborhood Group, Inc., and repeated in the Second Prehearing Order and Schedule Revisions issued on February 1, 2010.

 

          To date, neither Seward Neighborhood Group, Inc. nor Phillips West Neighborhood Organization has filed testimony, given notice of its preferred route, or sponsored a witness in this proceeding.  Neither of the two has requested permission to be excused from the terms of the previously issued orders, nor has either of the two notified the undersigned of its intention to withdraw as a party to this proceeding.

 

ORDER

          IT IS HEREBY ORDERED:

1.               By April 2, 2010, Seward Neighborhood Group, Inc. and Phillips West Neighborhood Organization shall each file a statement explaining why it should not be dismissed as a party, or notifying the undersigned of its intention to withdraw as a party.

2.               If either one requests leave to remain as a party, it shall specify its preferred route and its basis for it, its reasons for failing to file written testimony, and the extent to which it intends to participate in this proceeding.

3.               If either party fails to respond by the close of business on April 2, 2010, that party shall be dismissed as a party to this proceeding.

Dated:  March 29, 2010                                   s/Beverly Jones Heydinger

BEVERLY JONES HEYDINGER

Administrative Law Judge

 

Minnesota Office of Administrative Hearings

600 North Robert Street

Saint Paul, Minnesota 55101

 

Mailing Address:                                                                                                                                                                                Voice:   (651) 361-7900

P.O. Box 64620                                                                                                                                                                                     TTY:      (651) 361-7878

St. Paul, Minnesota 55164-0620                                                                                                                                                     Fax:       (651) 361-7936

 

March 29, 2010

 

 

To All Parties on the

E-Docket Service List

 

 

Re:     In the Matter of the Application for a Route Permit for the Hiawatha Transmission Project; OAH No. 15-2500-20599-2

PUC No. E-002/TL-09-38

 

Dear Parties:

 

          Attached and served upon you as listed on the E-Docket Service List attached to the Certificate of Service List is the

 

Notice and Order to Show Cause-Seward Neighborhood Group, Inc.,

and Phillips West Neighborhood Organization

 

 

                                                                      Sincerely,

 

                                                                      s/Beverly Jones Heydinger

                                                                      BEVERLY JONES HEYDINGER

                                                                      Administrative Law Judge

 

                                                                      Telephone: (651) 361-7838

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