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In Re Certificate of Need for Construction of an Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation

Court of Appeals of Minnesota

Decided June 8, 1993No. C1-92-2314, C3-92-2315 and C9-92-2321PublishedCited by 8 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

AMUNDSON, Judge.

Relators appeal the order of the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission (the commission) granting respondent Northern States Power Company (NSP) a certificate of need to build a radioactive waste storage facility at its Prairie Island nuclear generating plant. The commission rejected the administrative law judge’s recommendation that the petition be denied. Relators contend the commission’s order is unsupported by substantial evidence, arbitrary and capricious, and affected by other errors of law. We affirm in part, reverse in part, and remand.

FACTS

NSP operates a nuclear…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Reserve Mining Co. v. HerbstSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1977
  2. Tuma v. Commissioner of Economic SecuritySupreme Court of Minnesota · 1986
  3. London Construction Co. v. Roseville Townhomes, Inc.Court of Appeals of Minnesota · 1991

3Cited by8 opinions

  1. Northern States Power Co. v. United StatesUnited States Court of Federal Claims · 2007
  2. Wisconsin Electric Power Co. v. United StatesUnited States Court of Federal Claims · 2009
  3. Matter of University of MinnesotaCourt of Appeals of Minnesota · 1997
  4. In Re the Denial of Eller Media Company's Applications for Outdoor Advertising Device PermitsCourt of Appeals of Minnesota · 2002
  5. In re the Northern State Power Co. for Approval of its 1998 Resource PlanCourt of Appeals of Minnesota · 2000

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