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Owen Chair, President and Chief Executive Officer ALLETE, Inc. 30 West Superior Street Duluth, MN 55802 Re: ALLETE, Inc. Form 10-K for Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 2021 Response dated November 18, 2022 File No. 001-03548 Dear Bethany M. Owen: We have reviewed your November 18, 2022 response to our comment letter and have the following comments. In some of our comments, we may ask you to provide us with information so we may better understand your disclosure. Please respond to these comments within ten business days by providing the requested information or advise us as soon as possible when you will respond. If you do not believe our comments apply to your facts and circumstances, please tell us why in your response. After reviewing your response to these comments, we may have additional comments. Unless we note otherwise, our references to prior comments are to comments in our November 4, 2022 letter. Response dated November 18, 2022 Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations, page 36 1. We note your response to prior comment 1. Please tell us how you considered providing disclosure that identifies and quantifies capital expenditures for climate-related projects. Bethany M. Owen ALLETE, Inc. November 29, 2022 Page 2 Please contact Anuja A. Majmudar, Attorney-Adviser, at (202) 551-3844 or Ethan Horowitz, Accounting Branch Chief, at (202) 551-3311 with any questions. FirstName LastNameBethany M. Owen Sincerely, Comapany NameALLETE, Inc. Division of Corporation Finance November 29, 2022 Page 2 Office of Energy & Transportation FirstName LastName