Yes, it’s baaaaaaaaack! It’s the Power Plant Siting Act Annual Hearing and Potluck. It’s from 10:00 a.m. to high noon only, no evening session, so this is it! Bring your Comments, your critical thinking cap, and a dish to pass! … Continue reading →
Inquiring mines are wanting to know… WTF is the MISO queue? It’s a long long list of generators that are wanting to interconnect, and have put their money down to get on the list and go through the many gyrations … Continue reading →
Randy Fordice accepting the Edgar F. Chestnutt Award for Best Total Communication Program in May. And now Great River Energy’s Randy Fordice gets another award, the announcement just came into the inbox: A Silver Quill Award from Pacific Plains IABC … Continue reading →
Thanks to Xcel’s CEO, Dick Kelly, who opened the door to definitive proof that CapX 2020 is not needed. Use of electricity is plunging, not unlike the financial markets, and if this admitted 4-5% decrease this fall is an indication … Continue reading →
… and has been for a while — here it is. The direct uploading isn’t working so here’re the links: Applicant’s Initial Brief Applicants Proposed Findings of Fact If WordPress starts working for uploads these will be replaced with the … Continue reading →
Public Comments on the CapX 2020 Transmission Project are on the Office of Administrative Hearings web page for CapX — click and then scroll way down: OAH CapX 2020 page Dig these… sigh… what a guy… Muller 1 – Public … Continue reading →
I checked with OAH yesterday, and there’s no official briefing schedule yet. Informally, we’d talked about it, with deadlines way off in the future. The schedule proposed by Xcel, without significant objections: Applicants brief and proposed findings 10/24 Friday Intervenors … Continue reading →
The deadline for Public Comments is at 4:30 p.m. on September 26, 2008, a week after the hearing is expected to end. Comments must be RECEIVED by that time. Clearly label your Comments as a “Comment on Need for CapX … Continue reading →
… with mixed results… The St. Paul Pioneer Press has a snippet from Paula Maccabee, but it’s not in quotes, and I’ve asked her if she really said this, because it makes no sense where the Big Stone II lines … Continue reading →
The CapX 2020 transmission hearing begins again on September 11, and is estimated to continue through September 18. PUC Small Hearing Room 121 – 7th Place East, 3rd Floor St. Paul, Minnesota GOOGLE MAP HERE Witnesses left to testify: Christopher … Continue reading →