And here we go — the Public Utilities Commission has announced the first Comment period on the just-applied-for “Mankato-Mississippi 345 kV Transmission Line” or the “Wilmarth-North Rochester-Tremval 345 kV” depending on who’s talking… At least 2 of my clients are … Continue reading →
Remember Javon Bea and his participation in the Hampton-LaX CapX 2020 line? Saw this coming back from Delaware last week. Hmmmmm… Here are a few memories tied to Javon Bea back in the daze: Oronoco Township’s Ex Parte Contact Disclosed … Continue reading →
Cardinal-Hickory Creek: PSC reopens power line proceedings in wake of secret communications Oh yeah, it was a very weird meeting at the Wisconsin Public Service Commission. The Cardinal-Hickory Creek transmission was #41 (and #42 for closed session) on the agenda, … Continue reading →
I’ve been noticing that in the transmission applications for… at least a decade now… that they don’t provide the costs estimates as they did previously. For example, for the Arrowhead Project, there was a detailed estimate of everything down to … Continue reading →
Here we go again, the Annual Hearing for the Power Plant Siting Act. The full Notice: 16-0433 Notice of the Power Plant Siting Act Annual Hearing Now’s the time to dig back into the cobwebs of memory of all the … Continue reading →
Dairyland Power Cooperative’s transmission through Onalaska and La Crosse is something to see… Dairyland Power Cooperative and USDA’s Rural Utilities Service has released the “Q-1D South” Environmental Assessment, open for Comment until July 1, 2016: Q1-South_Environmental Assessment (BIG FILE) And … Continue reading →
In an interesting twist that will take some digging to fully understand, ITC got smacked upside the head recently at FERC. Well, a little, but they should have been sent packing altogether. They’d requested a tariff adder, in addition to … Continue reading →
Why am I on this mailing list? Let’s see… they got $75k from the PSC (PSC REF#: 212767, PSC REF#: 212769), $37,500 to CETF directly attributable to the IC Request I drafted… CETF – SOUL $75,000 Intervenor Compensation Award And … Continue reading →
Monday, September 8, 2014, the ALJ’s Recommendation on the ITC Midwest MN/IA Transmission line is due — for the Certificate of Need and the Routing dockets. To see the full docket, go to the PUC SEARCH PAGE and search … Continue reading →
Yesterday we went off for a picnic at Alma’s Buena Vista Park, with the beautiful “Buena Vista” overlook, a new picnic table right near the edge of the lookout, the buena vista over… well… over the new CapX 2020 line … Continue reading →