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                               November 29, 2022

       Bethany M. 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
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      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.
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