The Wisconsin Public Service Commission awarded Citizens Utility Board Intervenor Compensation, and specified that part of their charge was to “address in its analysis the implications of lower voltage solutions in the LaCrosse area given American Transmission Company LLC’s testimony … Continue reading →
It’s February now. It seems Administrative Law Judge Kathleen Sheehy is M-I-A. The hearing for the CapX 2020 Hampton-Rochester-LaCrosse line ended in June, public hearings were the week of June 13th, and evidentiary hearings the week of June 20th, Comments … Continue reading →
Finally, the Public Service Commission of Wisconsin has funded, albeit partially, Citizens Energy Task Force. PSC Order – CETF Intervenor Compensation Note Walker’s appointee Ellen Nowak dissents. CETF’s work is duplicative. ??? No other party is proposing an appraiser as … Continue reading →
Remember that Patricia Conway, intervenor in the Wisconsin CapX 2020 Hampton-Rochester-LaCrosse docket, who intervened specifically because she wanted to raise as an issue that Dairyland Power Cooperative does not have authority under its Articles of Incorporation and Bylaws to enter … Continue reading →
More on eagles… 660 feet is not two miles! You all remember the “eagle” issues that sent the CapX Brookings line back to the ALJ… PUC Order Remanding Brookings to OAH July 27, 2010 And then there’s the eagle issues … Continue reading →
(Jim Thompson, Hydro One Transmission Line Technician, in Ontario, who rescued eagle that had been hit be several trucks. It recovered and was released. More HERE, scroll way down!) Big week for the Wisconsin and Minnesota CapX 2020 Hampton-Rochester-LaCrosse line! … Continue reading →
UPDATE: The eagle found seriously injured near Belle Plaine, and the Belle Plaine Minnesota River crossing for CapX 2020 transmission was NOT injured by hitting a transmission line. Diagnosis: LEAD POISONING. And the eagle has died. Original info came from … Continue reading →
And what a great bunch of articles… About the Wisconsin side, in the LaCrosse Tribune: Wisconsin regulators question CapX 2020 powerline proposal In the Winona Daily News: CapX 2020 officials and Wisconsin’s Public Service Commission differ on data In the … Continue reading →
Just got notice of the Prehearing Conference for the Wisconsin CapX 2020 Hampton-Rochester-LaCrosse transmission line: Notice – Prehearing Conference – December 5, 2011 @ 10 a.m. We’ll be addressing scheduling and “issues” and per the order, the “[p]arties will be … Continue reading →
OK, folks, especially those of you who have been through parts or all of the Minnesota process: THE WI-PSC DEIS FOR HAMPTON-LaCROSSE IS OUT!!! This is much more what I expect in environmental review. How’s this for p. XVII of … Continue reading →