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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001437749-22-000264
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	3
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20220101
FILED AS OF DATE:		20220104
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20220104

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			LeBeau Michael E
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001901903

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		3
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	000-53713
		FILM NUMBER:		22505359

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		215 S CASCADE STREET
		CITY:			FERGUS FALLS
		STATE:			MN
		ZIP:			56537

ISSUER:		

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			Otter Tail Corp
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001466593
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	ELECTRIC SERVICES [4911]
		IRS NUMBER:				270383995
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			MN
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		215 S CASCADE ST
		STREET 2:		PO BOX 496
		CITY:			FERGUS FALLS
		STATE:			MN
		ZIP:			56538-0496
		BUSINESS PHONE:		866-410-8780

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		215 S CASCADE ST
		STREET 2:		PO BOX 496
		CITY:			FERGUS FALLS
		STATE:			MN
		ZIP:			56538-0496

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	Otter Tail Holding Co
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	20090618
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            <rptOwnerName>LeBeau Michael E</rptOwnerName>
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    <remarks>Michael E. LeBeau was elected to the Otter Tail Corporation Board of Directors effective January 1, 2022.</remarks>

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<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;text-align:justify;margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 2pt;text-indent:-1pt;">LIMITED POWER OF ATTORNEY FOR</p>

<p style="font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;margin:0pt;">SECTION 16 REPORTING OBLIGATIONS</p>

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<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 2pt;text-indent:34pt;">Know all by these presents, that the undersigned hereby makes, constitutes, and appoints Ella Leapaldt and Chelsey Norberg as the undersigned's true and lawful attorney-in-fact, with full power and authority as hereinafter described on behalf of and in the name, place, and stead of the undersigned to:</p>

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			<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;margin:0pt;">prepare, execute, acknowledge, deliver and file Forms 3, 4, 5 and 144 (including any amendments thereto) with respect to the securities of Otter Tail Corporation (the "Company"), with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC"), any national securities exchanges and the Company, as considered necessary or advisable under Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, as amended from time to time (the "Exchange Act");</p>
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			<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;margin:0pt;">seek or obtain, as the undersigned's representative and on the undersigned's behalf, information on transactions in the Company's securities from any third party, including brokers, employee benefit plan administrators and trustees, and the undersigned hereby authorizes any such person to release any such information to the undersigned and approves and ratifies any such release of information; and</p>
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			<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;margin:0pt;">perform any and all other acts which in the discretion of such attorney-in-fact are necessary or desirable for and on behalf of the undersigned in connection with the foregoing.</p>
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<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;text-align:justify;margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 2pt;text-indent:-1pt;">The undersigned acknowledges that:</p>

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			<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;margin:0pt;">this Power of Attorney authorizes, but does not require, such attorney-in-fact to act in their discretion on information provided to such attorney-in-fact without independent verification of such information;</p>
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			<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;margin:0pt;">any documents prepared and/or executed by such attorney-in-fact on behalf of the undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney will be in such form and will contain such information and disclosure as such attorney-in-fact, in his or her discretion, deems necessary or desirable;</p>
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			<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;margin:0pt;">neither the Company nor such attorney-in-fact assumes (i) any liability for the undersigned's responsibility to comply with the requirement of the Exchange Act,</p>
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<p style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-size: 10pt; font-variant: normal; margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 54pt;">(ii) any liability of the undersigned for any failure to comply with such requirements, or (iii) any obligation or liability of the undersigned for profit disgorgement under Section 16(b) of the Exchange Act; and</p>

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			<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;margin:0pt;">this Power of Attorney does not relieve the undersigned from responsibility for compliance with the undersigned's obligations under the Exchange Act, including without limitation the reporting requirements under Section 16 of the Exchange Act.</p>
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<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;text-align:justify;margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 1pt;text-indent:34pt;">The undersigned hereby gives and grants the foregoing attorney-in-fact full power and authority to do and perform all and every act and thing whatsoever requisite, necessary or appropriate to be done in and about the foregoing matters as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do if present, hereby ratifying all that such attorney-in-fact of, for and on behalf of the undersigned, shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of this Limited Power of Attorney.</p>

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<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;text-align:justify;margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 1pt;text-indent:34pt;">This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to such attorney-in-fact.</p>

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<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;text-align:justify;margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 1pt;text-indent:34pt;">IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be executed as of this 22 day of December 2021.</p>

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			<p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0;"><font style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 10pt">/s/&nbsp;</font>Michael E. LeBeau</p>
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			<td style="width: 35%; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);" valign="top" width="35%">Michael E. LeBeau</td>
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<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;text-align:justify;margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 2pt;text-indent:-1pt;">STATE OF <strike>MINNESOTA</strike> NORTH DAKOTA</p>

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<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;text-align:justify;margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 2pt;text-indent:-1pt;">COUNTY OF <strike>OTTER TAIL</strike> BURLEIGH</p>

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<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-variant:normal;text-align:justify;margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 1pt;text-indent:34pt;">On this 22 day of December 2021, Michael E. LeBeau personally appeared before me, and acknowledged that he executed the foregoing instrument for the purposes therein contained.</p>

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			<td style="vertical-align: top; width: 35%; border-bottom: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 10pt;">/s/ Diana M. James</td>
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			<p style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-size: 8pt; font-variant: normal; text-align: center; margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 1pt;">DIANA M JAMES</p>

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			<p style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-size: 8pt; font-variant: normal; text-align: center; margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 1pt;">State North Dakota</p>

			<p style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;; font-size: 8pt; font-variant: normal; text-align: center; margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 1pt;">My Commission Expires May 31, 2025</p>
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