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STATE OF MINNESOTA IN COURT OF APPEALS A11-352 In the Matter of the Application of Minnesota Power for Authority to Increase Rates for Electric Service in Minnesota. Filed December 5, 2011 Affirmed Collins, Judge* Minnesota Public Utilities Commission File No. E-015-GR-09-1151 Christopher D. Anderson, Allete, Inc. d/b/a Minnesota Power, Duluth, Minnesota; and Sam Hanson, Thomas E. Bailey, Elizabeth M. Brama, Briggs and Morgan, P.A., Minneapolis, Minnesota (for relator Allete, Inc.) Jeanne M. Cochran, Assistant Attorney General, St. Paul, Minnesota (for respondent Minnesota Public Utilities Commisison) Lori Swanson, Attorney General, Karen D. Olson, Deputy Attorney General, Ronald M. Giteck and Ian Marc Dobson, Assistant Attorneys General, St. Paul, Minnesota (for respondent Residential and Small Business Utilities Division of the Office of the Attorney General) Andrew P. Moratzka, Robert S. Lee, Mackall, Crounse & Moore, PLC, Minneapolis, Minnesota (for respondent ArcelorMittal USA, Inc.) Considered and decided by Peterson, Presiding Judge; Larkin, Judge; and Collins, Judge. SYLLABUS The Minnesota Public Utilities Commission is required to set interim rates whenever it suspends the effective date of new rates noticed by a utility. The calculation
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Retired judge of the district court, serving as judge of the Minnesota Court of Appeals by appointment pursuant to Minn. Const. art. VI,

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