DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-93,655

MINNESOTA POWER
GENERATION DIVISION - RAPIDS ENERGY CENTER
A SUBSIDIARY OF ALLETE, INCORPORATED
GRAND RAPIDS, MINNESOTA

TA-W-93,655A

ALLETE, INCORPORATED
30 W. SUPERIOR STREET
DULUTH, MINNESOTA

TA-W-93,655B

ALLETE, INCORPORATED
3215 W. ARROWHEAD ROAD
DULUTH, MINNESOTA

TA-W-93,655C

MINNESOTA POWER
BOSWELL ENERGY CENTER
A SUBSIDIARY OF ALLETE, INCORPORATED
COHASSET, MINNESOTA

Certification Regarding Eligibility
To Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance

In accordance with Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974, as
amended ("Act"), 19 U.S.C. § 2273, the Department of Labor
herein presents the results of an investigation regarding
certification of eligibility to apply for worker adjustment
assistance.
The group eligibility requirements for workers of a firm
under Section 222(b) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(b), can be
satisfied if the following criteria are met:
(1) a significant number or proportion of the workers in
the workers' firm or an appropriate subdivision of the firm
have become totally or partially separated, or are
threatened to become totally or partially separated;

(2) the workers' firm is a Supplier or Downstream Producer
to a firm that employed a group of workers who received a
certification of eligibility under Section 222(a) of the
Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(a), and such supply or production is
related to the article or service that was the basis for
such certification; and

(3) either
(A) the workers' firm is a supplier and the component
parts it supplied to the firm described in paragraph
(2) accounted for at least 20 percent of the
production or sales of the workers' firm;
or
(B) a loss of business by the workers' firm with the
firm described in paragraph (2) contributed
importantly to the workers' separation or threat of
separation.

Section 222(c) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(c), defines the
term "Supplier" as "a firm that produces and supplies directly
to another firm component parts for articles, or services used
in the production of articles or in the supply of services, as
the case may be, that were the basis for a certification of
eligibility under subsection (a) [of Section 222 of the Act] of
a group of workers employed by such other firm."
The investigation was initiated in response to a petition
filed on March 20, 2018 by a state workforce office on behalf of
workers of Minnesota Power, Generation Division - Rapids Energy
Center, a subsidiary of Allete, Incorporated, Grand Rapids,
Minnesota (TA-W-93,655); workers of Allete, Incorporated, 30 W.
Superior Street, Duluth, Minnesota (TA-W-93,655A); workers of
Allete, Incorporated, 3215 W. Arrowhead Road, Duluth, Minnesota
(TA-W-93,655B), and workers of Minnesota Power, Boswell Energy
Center, a subsidiary of Allete, Incorporated, Cohasset,
Minnesota (TA-W-93,655C) (Allete/Minnesota Power). The workers'
firm is engaged in activities related to the supply of electric
power services. The subject worker group includes workers
working at power generation plants/units and workers at
corporate and service offices, providing planning and support
services to the generation plants.
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the petitioner and the workers' firm.
Section 222(b)(1) has been met because a significant
number or proportion of the workers in such workers' firm have
become totally or partially separated, or are threatened to
become totally or partially separated.
Section 222(b)(2) has been met because Allete/Minnesota
Power is a Supplier to a firm that employed a group of workers
who received a certification of eligibility under Section 222(a)
of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(a), and such supply is related to
the finished article that was the basis for such certification.
Section 222(b)(3)(B) has been met because the loss of
business by Allete/Minnesota Power with the firm that employed
a certified worker group contributed importantly to worker
separations at Allete/Minnesota Power.



Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Minnesota Power,
Generation Division - Rapids Energy Center, a subsidiary of
Allete, Incorporated, Grand Rapids, Minnesota (TA-W-93,655);
workers of Allete, Incorporated, 30 W. Superior Street, Duluth,
Minnesota (TA-W-93,655A); workers of Allete, Incorporated, 3215
W. Arrowhead Road, Duluth, Minnesota (TA-W-93,655B), and workers
of Minnesota Power, Boswell Energy Center, a subsidiary of
Allete, Incorporated, Cohasset, Minnesota (TA-W-93,655C), who
are engaged in activities related to the supply of electric
power services meet the worker group certification criteria
under Section 222(b) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(b). In
accordance with Section 223 of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2273, I make
the following certification:



"All workers of Minnesota Power, Generation Division -
Rapids Energy Center, a subsidiary of Allete, Incorporated,
Grand Rapids, Minnesota (TA-W-93,655); workers of Allete,
Incorporated, 30 W. Superior Street, Duluth, Minnesota (TA-
W-93,655A); workers of Allete, Incorporated, 3215 W.
Arrowhead Road, Duluth, Minnesota (TA-W-93,655B), and
workers of Minnesota Power, Boswell Energy Center, a
subsidiary of Allete, Incorporated, Cohasset, Minnesota
(TA-W-93,655C), who became totally or partially separated
from employment on or after March 16, 2017, through two
years from the date of certification, and all workers in
the group threatened with total or partial separation from
employment on the date of certification through two years
from the date of certification, are eligible to apply for
adjustment assistance under Chapter 2 of Title II of the
Trade Act of 1974, as amended."
Signed in Washington, D.C. this 24th day of May 2018.

/s/Hope D. Kinglock
______________________________
HOPE D. KINGLOCK
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance