General Information
The CenterPoint Energy 2008 Rate Proceeding application has been referred by the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission to OAH for a contested case proceeding. This matter has been assigned to Judge Steve Mihalchick. This webpage is intended to provide useful and timely information to the public and parties to this matter. The ALJ in this matter will be making a recommendation to the Commission regarding the requested increase by CenterPoint Energy to its natural gas rates in Minnesota. The recommendation will include an assessment of the overall requested amount of the increase (approximately $60 million, or about 3.9 percent overall) and the design of the proposed rates.
Interested members of the public can e-mail, mail, or deliver public comments to the ALJ in this matter at the Office of Administrative Hearings. The deadline for public comments (by e-mail, mail, or delivered) is August 14, 2009. The deadline is a received-by deadline. For the comments to be considered, they must be received at OAH by 4:30 p.m. on August 14, 2009. Public comments should include the docket number (OAH 12-2500-20147-2 and MPUC G-008/GR-08-1075) and be addressed as follows:
Steve Mihalchick
Administrative Law Judge
600 North Robert Street
P.O. Box 64620
Saint Paul, Minnesota 55164-0620
Steve.Mihalchick@state.mn.us
Fax: 651-361-7936
Public Hearings
Administrative Law Judge Steve M. Mihalchick will conduct six public hearings. You may participate at any of the following dates, times and locations:
Coon Rapids - Tueday, July 14, 1:30 p.m. Coon Rapids Civic Center, Council Chambers 11155 Robinson Dr. NW, Coon Rapids
Coon Rapids - Tueday, July 14, 6 p.m. Coon Rapids Civic Center, Civic Room A 11155 Robinson Dr. NW, Coon Rapids
Minneapolis - Wednesday, July 15, 6 p.m. Sabathani Community Center, Conference Room J 310 E. 38th St., Minneapolis
Bloomington - Tuesday, July 21, 6 p.m. Bloomington Center for the Arts, Rehearsal Hall Bloomington Civic Plaza, North Entrance 1800 W. Old Shakopee Road, Bloomington
Mankato/North Mankato - Wednesday, July 22, 6 p.m. South Central Technical College, Room E-125 1920 Lee Blvd., N. Mankato (park in Blue lot, enter Door 15)
Alexandria - Thursday, July 23, 6 p.m. Alexandria Technical College, Auditorium 205, Main Building 1601 Jefferson St., Alexandria
Information Resources
The application and other filed documents in this docket may be reviewed through the eDocket system (www.edockets.state.mn.us/EFiling/home.jsp) of the Public Utilities Commission and Department of Commerce. To access the CenterPoint Energy Rate documents, click Search, then enter docket number 08-1075 (select 08 from the drop down "year" menu and enter 1075 in the "number" box) and click the Search button. You do not need to register to view the public docket.
ALJ Orders
The Orders issued by Judge Mihalchick in this matter are linked below. The First Prehearing Order sets out the schedule, intervention process, discovery mechanisms and otherwise directs the parties to this proceeding. Further Orders and the Judge's Recommendation to the Public Utilities Commission will be posted here when available. Where appropriate, the documents are provided through the PUC/Commerce eDocket system.
Public Exhibits
Scanned versions of the public exhibits in this matter are provided through the links below. Where appropriate, the documents are provided through the PUC/Commerce eDocket system.
Public Comments
E-mailed comments are combined into batched documents for public review [posted below]. Additional PDF-format documents will be added to the list as more emailed comments are received.
Scanned versions of the mailed or delivered public comments in this matter are also posted here. The deadline for public comments (by e-mail, mail, or delivered) is August 14, 2009. For the comments to be considered, they must be received at OAH by 4:30 p.m. on the deadline.
Late-Filed Public Comments
Public comments received after the deadline cannot be included in the hearing record.
Last Updated - August 24, 2009