Public Service Commission approves utility acquisitions of solar and wind assets with staff conditions
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Summary
The Public Service Commission approved ownership transfers for Saratoga and Ursa solar facilities and for Badger Hollow and Whitetail wind farms, excluding AFUDC and subject to conditions identified by commission staff and consistent with Table 2 in the staff memorandum.
The Public Service Commission on Nov. 25, 2025 approved multiple utility acquisition requests for generation assets, adopting commission staff conditions and excluding AFUDC (Allowance for Funds Used During Construction).
Speaker 3 moved to approve the applicant's request to acquire ownership interests in the Saratoga Solar electric generation facility and associated battery energy storage system and the Ursa Solar electric generation facility (docket 5BS280); Speaker 4 seconded and the commission recorded "All in favor" and "Aye." The approval was made consistent with Table 2 in commission staff’s memorandum and with conditions identified by staff.
Separately, Speaker 3 moved to approve the applicant's request to acquire ownership interests in the Badger Hollow and Whitetail wind energy generation facilities (docket 5BS282); Speaker 4 seconded and the commission similarly recorded unanimous "Aye" votes. The approvals exclude AFUDC consistent with the staff memorandum and list the conditions staff identified for each transaction.
The transcript records the commission's motions, seconds and unanimous affirmative votes; the meeting record does not include detailed roll-call tallies or the full text of staff conditions. The commission did not specify additional procedural deadlines in the open meeting record. The commission is scheduled to meet next on Dec. 4, 2025.