http://nocapx2020.info CapX 2020 -- Transmission lines that they don't need and we don't want Tue, 27 Jul 2010 21:48:58 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en It's out -- in record time!  The Minnesota Public Utilities Commission has issued its Order remanding to ALJ Luis the section of the CapX2020 Brookings transmission line from the Cedar Mountain substation to the Helena Twp. substation (hey PUC -- Helena is in SCOTT County, NOT LeSueur County!): Order Remanding to ... http://nocapx2020.info/?p=2341 Deja vu all over again... Remember this map? The Dakotas to Wisconsin big picture of CapX 2020 goes way back... CapX Interim Report December13, 2004 May 11, 2005 Capx 2020 Technical Update CapX 2020 Update June 14, 2006 And the JCSP nightmare to the East Coast: But it goes back further than that, back a ... http://nocapx2020.info/?p=2336 Here we go again... Administrative Law Judge Kathleen Sheehy has file notice of a Scheduling Conference for the CapX 2020 Hampton-Alma/LaX transmission line routing permit docket -- it's the Monday after next. Monday, August 9 @ 1:30 p.m. Scheduling Conference Public Utilities Commission Small Hearing Room - 3rd Floor 121 - 7th Place East St. Paul, ... http://nocapx2020.info/?p=2328 The "Citizen Advisory Task Force Reports" for the CapX 2020 Hampton-Alma/LaX transmission line are out: Final Hampton-Northern Hills 345kV Transmission Line ATF Report Final North Rochester-Mississippi River 345kV Transmission Line ATF Report Early on in the Hampton-Alma/LaX Citizen Advisory Task Force process, I learned that the Cannon River Watershed Partnership had been left ... http://nocapx2020.info/?p=2321 Today the PUC approved all but one part of the CapX 2020 Brookings-Hampton route.  The blue part labeled "CH" on the above map, and which is referred to as "Segment 4" in the EIS, which includes the river crossings at LeSueur and Belle Plaine, has been remanded to the ALJ ... http://nocapx2020.info/?p=2307 CapX 2020 Brookings-Hampton transmission line is before the Public Utilities Commission on July 13, 2010. This is our chance to storm the Bastille - but you have to sign up ahead of time to speak -- they're altering their process, disturbing that they see fit to do this now, to add ... http://nocapx2020.info/?p=2302 The Staff Briefing Papers are out for the Brookings CapX 2020 transmission line. And then they filed REVISED Staff Briefing Papers, and I'm trying to figure out what's different: REVISED Staff Briefing Papers - Narrative Staff Briefing Papers - Narrative & Overview Maps There are just too many to post. Here's the overview ... http://nocapx2020.info/?p=2282 Today the official notice went out -- the Public Utilities Commission will indeed be taking public comment and hearing oral arguments regarding the CapX 2020 Brookings transmission line route on Tuesday, July 13, 2010, and will be deliberating and making their decision on July 15, 2010.Notice of July 13 and ... http://nocapx2020.info/?p=2276 Now, before we get to the Brookings line, don't forget that July 8th is the CapX 2020 St. Cloud-Monticello routing docket before the PUC. Tricia DeBleeckere is out until July 21 (how did she manage that?!?!?!) and so if you want to make a Public Comment, her email says to contact ... http://nocapx2020.info/?p=2267 Wondering how to celebrate Bastille Day this year?  Come on, let's storm the PUC! Now's the time to start figuring out your Public Comments for the PUC on the Brookings routing docket. CAPX 2020 BROOKINGS ROUTING DOCKET COMMENTS AND ARGUMENTS ON TUESDAY, JULY 13, 2010 DELIBERATE ON THURSDAY, JULY 15, 2010. Notice is coming out ... http://nocapx2020.info/?p=2247