Minnesota Environmental Quality Board. Energy Facility Permitting

Energy Facilities: This program transfered from Minnesota Environmental Quality Board to Public Utilities Commission effective July 1, 2005. Article 3 of the energy bill S.F.1368 transfered power plant and wind turbine siting, transmission line and pipeline routing authority from the Minnesota Environmental Quality Board (EQB) to the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission (PUC). The same law transfers the energy facility permitting staff from the EQB to the Minnesota Department of Commerce. Energy Facilities:

The Energy Facility Permitting staff (Deborah Pile, Larry Hartman, George Johnson, Andrea Dick, Bill Storm and David Birkholz) kept their phone numbers and email addresses. The staff is now housed at the Department of Commerce, 85 7th Place East, Fifth Floor, Saint Paul, MN 55105.