Privacy Policy, Terms of Use and Legal Notices Summary
Who we are
Welcome to the website for Grid North Partners™, a joint initiative of 11 transmission-owning utilities in the Upper Midwest to expand the electricity transmission grid. Utilities include: Central Minnesota Municipal Power Agency, Dairyland Power Cooperative, Great River Energy, Minnesota Power, Minnkota Power Cooperative, Missouri River Energy Services, Otter Tail Power Company, Rochester Public Utilities, Southern Minnesota Municipal Power Agency, WPPI Energy and Xcel Energy (the Grid North Partners utilities).
Please review the following terms and conditions that govern the use of this website, which constitutes website users’ (hereinafter “user” or “users”) agreement to follow and be bound by this Privacy Policy, Terms of Use and Legal Notices (collectively, the “agreement”).
To reflect changes in our initiative, the Grid North Partners utilities may occasionally modify this agreement in its sole discretion and without notice to users. Modifications will become effective when posted on this website. Please review this agreement periodically to ensure familiarity with its then-current terms and conditions. Continued use of the website constitutes acceptance of this agreement; following any modification of this agreement shall constitute acceptance of such modifications.
Users may also be subject to additional terms and conditions that may apply when using services provided by entities other than the Grid North Partners utilities on this website, or when accessing any services provided by the Grid North Partners utilities from a website other than this one.
Privacy policy
Collection of User Information
Providing personal information is not necessary to visit this website. To evaluate and improve this website, our web server automatically collects information used to measure the:
- number of user visits to the website
- average time spent by users at the website
- number of pages viewed by users, and the
- methods by which users found the website
To the extent users specifically and knowingly provide information to us through the Grid North Partners website, the Grid North Partners utilities will collect that information as well.
Sharing Information with Third Parties
The Grid North Partners utilities will not sell, rent or transmit your personal information to other companies for use in selling their products or services without users’ consent. Circumstances under which the Grid North Partners utilities would share users’ personal information with third parties include:
- as required by any laws, or regulations or with customer authorization appropriate to the situation
- with users’ written consent; and
- pursuant to a valid warrant, subpoena or court order.
This privacy policy applies only to the Grid North Partners utilities website.
Terms of use
How You May Use the Content on This Website
Website content may be used only for limited, internal, noncommercial, informational purposes. Users may print out a single copy of the content solely for these purposes, if the copy bears all copyrights, trademarks, service marks and other intellectual property as well as all proprietary notices displayed on the webpage. Users may not distribute, publish, transmit, modify or create derivative works from, or in any way exploit, any of the content, in whole or in part, for any purpose. Except as authorized in this paragraph, users are not granted a license under any copyright, trademark, service mark, patent or other intellectual property or proprietary right in the content. Under no circumstances will users obtain any rights in the products, services, processes or technology described in the content. All these rights are retained by the Grid North Partners utilities, their parent companies and corporate affiliates and any third party owners of these rights. No other use of the material within this website or portion thereof is permitted without the express written consent of the Grid North Partners utilities.
Unless otherwise noted, all text, maps, images, graphics, photographs, video clips, designs, icons, sounds, information, data and other materials (the content) on this website are copyrights, trademarks, service marks or other intellectual property or proprietary rights owned or licensed by the Grid North Partners utilities, their parent companies or their corporate affiliates.
Links to Other Websites and References to Other Companies
References made to names, marks, products or services of third parties or hypertext links to third-party websites or information do not constitute or imply the Grid North Partners utilities’ endorsement, sponsorship or recommendation of the third party. Grid North Partners does not monitor or control the content of any websites linked to or from this website, and therefore it is not responsible for the content of any websites linked to this website or the terms of use or privacy practices employed by those other websites. Content and liability disclaimer content on this website may include technical inaccuracies or typographical errors, and the Grid North Partners utilities are not responsible for any reliance users may place on the content. The Grid North Partners utilities may make changes to the content and the products, services and programs described in the content at any time without notice.
Forward-Looking Statements
Statements on this website, other than statements of historical information, are forward-looking statements that are made pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Such forward-looking statements are subject to certain risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those projected. These forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance or that the events described on this website will occur. Users are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements which speak only as of the date first posted to this website. Such risks and uncertainties include but are not limited to: economic downturns; terrorist acts upon the United States; threat of or actual war; unfavorable weather conditions; the Grid North Partners utilities’ ability to obtain financing on terms acceptable to us to finance capital expenditures; actions of rating agencies and their impact on capital expenditures and growth strategy; the Grid North Partners utilities’ ability to grow their operations; industry competition; implications arising from new Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB)/governmental legislation, rulings or interpretations; the Grid North Partners utilities’ reliance on government permits or approvals; and adverse consequences of current or future legal claims. In most instances forward-looking statements are identified by the words “proposed,” “anticipate,” “estimate,” “expect,” “projected,” “objective,” “outlook,” “possible,” “potential” and similar expressions. Users are also directed to other risks discussed in documents filed by the respective Grid North Partners utilities with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
LEGAL NOTICES
General Disclaimers
THIS WEBSITE CONTAINS TRANSMISSION PLANNING DATA THAT MAY BE CONCEPTUAL IN NATURE AND IS SUBJECT TO CHANGE. THE TRANSMISSION PROJECTS LISTED MAY CHANGE SCOPE OR NOT BE CONSTRUCTED. PLANS AND INFORMATION PRESENTED HERE ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE AND REFINEMENT BY THE Grid North Partners UTILITIES WITHOUT NOTICE. ALL PLANS REMAIN SUBJECT TO GOVERNMENTAL REGULATIONS AND APPROVALS, WHICH APPROVALS MAY NOT BE OBTAINED.
THIS WEBSITE IS PROVIDED FOR MARKETING PURPOSES ONLY. ALL ARTWORK, MAPS AND DEPICTIONS OF ANY NATURE ARE ARTISTS’ RENDERINGS, CONCEPTUAL ONLY AND MAY NOT FULLY OR ACCURATELY REPRESENT THE SUBJECT AND ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE WITHOUT NOTICE. MAPS ARE NOT TO SCALE. POTENTIAL ROUTES AS DEPICTED ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE WITHOUT NOTICE. ANY REPRESENTATION OF A PROPOSED ROUTE IS NOT INTENDED TO REFLECT A TAKING ON THE PART OF THE Grid North Partners UTILITIES. ESTIMATED COSTS AND IN-SERVICE DATES ARE PROJECTED FIGURES ONLY AND SHOULD NOT BE RELIED ON FOR ANY PURPOSES.
THIS WEBSITE AND ALL CONTENT ARE PROVIDED “AS IS,” AND ALL REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, RELATING TO THIS WEBSITE OR THE CONTENT OF THE WEBSITE ARE DISCLAIMED, INCLUDING ANY IMPLIED WARRANTY OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE OR NON-INFRINGEMENT, AS WELL AS ANY WARRANTY OF QUALITY, FUNCTIONALITY, ACCURACY, CURRENCY, COMPLETENESS, RELIABILITY, OPERABILITY, USE, PERFORMANCE OR ABSENCE OF VIRUSES. USERS ASSUME ALL RESPONSIBILITY AND RISK OF LOSS RESULTING FROM THE USE OF THIS WEBSITE AND THE INFORMATION CONTAINED ON THIS WEBSITE.
EXCEPT FOR USERS’ AGREEMENT TO ABIDE BY THE AGREEMENT, USE OF THIS WEBSITE DOES NOT CREATE ANY CONTRACT OR AGREEMENT BETWEEN USERS AND THE Grid North Partners UTILITIES, NOR ANY OBLIGATION OF THE Grid North Partners UTILITIES TO USERS. USERS AGREE NOT TO ACT IN RELIANCE UPON THE INFORMATION CONTAINED HEREIN AND WAIVE ANY CLAIM, DEMAND, CAUSE OF ACTION OR DAMAGES INCURRED AS A RESULT OF RELIANCE ON SUCH INFORMATION.
ADDITIONAL DISCLAIMERS MAY APPEAR FROM TIME TO TIME WITHIN THE BODY OF THIS WEBSITE AND ARE INCORPORATED HEREIN BY REFERENCE.
Limitation of Liability
NEITHER THE Grid North Partners UTILITIES NOR ANY OF THEIR INFORMATION PROVIDERS, PARENT COMPANIES, CORPORATE AFFILIATES, SERVICE PROVIDERS, LICENSORS, OFFICERS, DIRECTORS OR EMPLOYEES (THE EXCLUDED PARTY OR PARTIES) SHALL BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR RESULTING FROM THE USE OF OR THE INABILITY TO USE THE SERVICES OF THIS WEBSITE, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO DAMAGES FOR LOSS OF PROFITS, USE, DATA OR OTHER INTANGIBLE DAMAGES, EVEN IF SUCH EXCLUDED PARTY HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF, OR OTHERWISE COULD HAVE FORESEEN, SUCH DAMAGES. IF ANY APPLICABLE AUTHORITY HOLDS ANY PORTION OF THIS SECTION TO BE UNENFORCEABLE, THEN THE EXCLUDED PARTIES’ LIABILITY WILL BE LIMITED TO THE FULLEST POSSIBLE EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW.
Indemnity
USERS HEREBY AGREE TO INDEMNIFY, DEFEND AND HOLD HARMLESS THE Grid North Partners UTILITIES AND THEIR CORPORATE AFFILIATES, AND THE PARTNERS, MEMBERS, SHAREHOLDERS, OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, EMPLOYEES, CONSULTANTS, ATTORNEYS AND AGENTS OF THE Grid North Partners UTILITIES AND/OR THEIR CORPORATE AFFILIATES, FROM ANY AND ALL THIRD PARTY CLAIMS, LIABILITY, DAMAGES AND/OR COSTS (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, ATTORNEYS FEES) THEY INCUR ARISING AS A RESULT OF USING THIS WEBSITE, VIOLATION OF THE TERMS OF USE, OR INFRINGEMENT OF ANY INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY OR OTHER RIGHT OF THE Grid North Partners UTILITIES, THEIR PARENT COMPANIES AND CORPORATE AFFILIATES OR ANY PERSON OR ENTITY.
Applicable Law
This agreement shall be governed by the laws of the state of Minnesota, excluding its conflicts of law principles.
Miscellaneous
Except as set forth in the section above entitled “Privacy Policy, Terms of Use and Legal Notices,” this agreement constitutes the final and entire agreement between users and the Grid North Partners utilities regarding use of the services on the website from which this agreement was accessed. This agreement supersedes all previous and contemporaneous oral and written agreements between users and the Grid North Partners utilities regarding use of the services on this website.
If any part of this agreement is determined to be invalid or unenforceable pursuant to applicable law, then the invalid or unenforceable provision will be deemed superseded by a valid, enforceable provision that most closely matches the intent of the original provision and the remainder of the agreement shall continue in effect.
Effective Date of Policy
This policy was revised as of June 1, 2021.
How we protect your data
We protect your user data when you fill out and submit a contact or event registration form by using HTTPS encryption via an SSL certificate.
Contact and event registration forms
Our website uses the Formidable Forms plugin for contact forms and event registration forms. Information is stored for the purpose of keeping a record of our communications with you. We do not use the information submitted through these online forms for marketing purposes. We do not share form submission data with anyone.
Anti-spam service
Our contact and event registration forms use Honeypot to check entries for spam. Honeypot is a type of invisible spam protection. Normal users won’t be affected by this spam protection. Suspicious submissions will be marked as spam and Formidable Forms will prevent the entry from being submitted.
Embedded content from other websites
This website includes embedded content (e.g. YouTube videos). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website. These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.
Analytics
We use Google Analytics and Plausible Analytics to gather data on web traffic to our website. Visits are anonymous, i.e. we do not know visitor names, precise locations or IP addresses.
What rights you have over your data
You may ask for a copy of the contact info and comments you have submitted via our contact and event registration forms. If requested, we can purge your personal data from our Formidable Forms database.
Contact information
Reach out to us with questions at info@gridnorthpartners.com.
If you are a media organization seeking information, please reach out to:
Xcel Energy Media Relations mediainquiries@xcelenergy.com
612-215-5300
Jennifer Mattson jmattson@grenergy.com
Great River Energy
763-445-5722