Will Seuffert

For Immediate Release: April 8, 2021 Telephone: 651-201-2217

Contact: Minnesota Public Utilities Commission
Fax: Web: www.mn.gov/p
651-297-7073 uc

MPUC Seeking Community Participation in Public Hearings Scheduled for April 13 and 14 in the
Otter Tail Power Company Rate Case

Otter Tail Power Company (Otter Tail) is currently undergoing a formal rate case review process. A
rate case proceeding is initiated when a regulated utility files a rate case with the Minnesota Public
Utilities Commission (MPUC).

On November 2, 2020, Otter Tail asked the MPUC to increase its electric rates by about 6.77 percent
or approximately $14.5 million per year. This rate increase would add about $7.77 to a typical
residential customer’s monthly bill.

The MPUC has scheduled remote public hearings, you are invited to participate in the public
hearings and provide commentary on the following days:

Join by telephone:
April 13, 2021 April 13, 2021 April 14, 2021 April 14, 2021
1:00pm 6:00pm 1:00pm 6:00pm

Phone: (866) 609-6127 Phone: (866) 609-6127 Phone: (866) 609-6127 Phone: (866) 609-6127

Conference ID: Conference ID: Conference ID: Conference ID:

8960889 4847889 8397865 6687187

Join the webcast (video only - no audio):

Navigate on your computer to: https://minnesota.webex.com
April 13, 2021 April 13, 2021 April 14, 2021 April 14, 2021
1:00pm 6:00pm 1:00pm 6:00pm

Event Number: Event Number: Event Number: Event Number:

187 361 1312 187 775 3715 187 541 2682 187 407 9248

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needed: MnPUC! needed: MnPUC! needed: MnPUC! needed: MnPUC!
To enable audio, you will have to join by phone using the phone numbers previously listed.

Please contact Charley Bruce at 651-201-2251, email: charley.bruce@state.mn.us, or Tera Dornfeld

at 651-201-2195, email: tera.dornfeld@state.mn.us if you have questions on how to participate or
have trouble accessing the public hearing using telephone or internet.

* The public comment period will remain open through June 14, 2021 *
Comments should be received by 4:30pm on the closing date.

To Comment Online: Visit mn.gov/puc, select Comment and follow the prompts.
To Comment by Email: consumer.puc@state.mn.us
To Comment by U.S. Mail: Minnesota Public Utilities Commission
121 7th Place East, Suite 350
St. Paul, MN 55101

For more information:

You can see all of the documents filed in this docket via the Commission’s website at mn.gov/puc,
select Search eDockets, enter the year (20) and the docket number (719), select Search.

About
The Minnesota Public Utilities Commission regulates three cornerstone service industries in
Minnesota's economy: electricity, natural gas, and telephone service. The Commission’s mission is
to create and maintain a regulatory environment that ensures safe, adequate, and efficient utility
services at fair, reasonable rates consistent with State telecommunications and energy policies. It
does so by providing independent, consistent, professional, and comprehensive oversight and
regulation of utility service providers. Learn more at mn.gov/puc

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