8-K

UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): December 16, 2009

GRANITE FALLS ENERGY, LLC
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Minnesota	000-51277	41-1997390
(State or other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)	(Commission File Number)	(IRS Employer Identification No.)

15045 Highway 23 SE, Granite Falls, MN	56241-0216
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)	(Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (320) 564-3100

(Former name or former address if changed since last report.)

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

o Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

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Item 2.02 Results of Operations and Financial Condition.

On December 16, 2009, Granite Falls Energy, LLC (the “Company”) sent a letter to its members announcing the Company’s estimate of the members’ tax liability for the Company’s tax reporting year ending December 31, 2009. The Company’s estimate of tax liability is based on its preliminary financial results. A copy of this letter is furnished as Exhibit 99.1 to this report.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits

(a) None.

(b) None.

(c) None.

Exhibit No.	Exhibit No.
99.1	Letter to the Members of the Company dated December 16, 2009.

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

	GRANITE FALLS ENERGY, LLC
Date: December 16, 2009	/s/ Stacie Schuler
	Stacie Schuler, Chief Financial Officer

EX-99.1

Exhibit 99.1

Dear Member,

Granite Falls Energy, LLC (GFE) is a Limited Liability Company (LLC) taxed as a partnership, which means the income or loss of the company flows through to the individual owners of membership interests in proportion to their ownership interest. These amounts are reported to members on K-1 & KPI tax forms, which will be mailed the first half of February. The portion of company income or loss reflected on your K-1 & KPI forms must be reported on your personal individual income tax returns. Please remember that although our fiscal year ends October 31^st, our tax reporting year ends December 31^st.

Since we are aware that the income or loss reported to you could impact your tax planning and other financial decisions prior to year end, we are providing this ESTIMATE of company taxable income or loss for the calendar year ending December 31, 2009. This ESTIMATE is not a guarantee of future results; it is only our prediction and involves numerous assumptions, risks and uncertainties*. Our actual results may differ. 

TAXABLE INCOME:
Based on our preliminary financial results, we anticipate you may have approximately $165 income per membership unit (full year owners) of taxable income reported to you on your K-1 & KPI forms for the 12-months ending December 31, 2009. If you owned your membership units, or a portion of them, for less than this entire calendar year, your share of company income or loss will be pro-rated to show the amount for the portion of the year that you owned the units. Your K-1 & KPI forms will reflect any pro-ration based on a change in your unit ownership. Please note: If you were unable to use the taxable loss that was passed through from GFE for the tax year 2008, you may be able to use it in 2009 to offset a portion of the current year income.  Please consult your individual tax advisor.

*The taxable income allocated to members via the K-1/KPI forms is not the same as any cash distributions that may be paid.

TAX CREDITS:
Your K-1 form will allocate to you your share of federal tax credits. We estimate this to be approximately $48 per membership unit for the 12-months ending December 31, 2009.

We recommend you consult your tax advisor regarding this tax memo and any implications it may have on your individual tax and financial situation.

This ESTIMATE of taxable income/loss allocation does NOT represent the amount of the cash distribution you can expect. We have capital requirements, operational expenses and loan covenants that limit the amount of cash that will be available for distribution to members.

Sincerely,

Stacie Schuler
Chief Financial Officer

* This memo contains forward-looking statements that involve future events, our future performance and our expected future operations and actions.  In some cases you can identify forward-looking statements by the use of words such as “may,” “should,” “anticipate,” “believe,” “expect,” “will,” “plan,” “future,” “intend,” “could,” “estimate,” “predict,” “hope,” “potential,” “continue,” or the negative of these terms or other similar expressions.  These forward-looking statements are only our predictions and involve numerous assumptions, risks and uncertainties. Our actual results or actions may differ materially from these forward-looking statements for many reasons, including the following factors identified in our quarterly reports.

We are not under any duty to update the forward-looking statements contained in this memo.  We cannot guarantee future results, levels of activity, performance or achievements.  We caution you not to put undue reliance on any forward looking statements, which speak only as of the date of this memo. We qualify all of our forward-looking statements by these cautionary statements.