DEIS Comments FILED on the ITC Midwest MN/IA Transmission Project!!! Please feel free to use for ideas for your comments — license to steal, borrow, copy. Remember Comments are due by 4:30 TODAY! raymond.kirsch@state.mn.us fax: 651.539.0109 Ray Kirsch, Environmental Review … Continue reading →
Comments are due on the Draft Environmental Impact Statement on May 9 — that’s TOMORROW! More on this below on this post. raymond.kirsch@state.mn.us fax: 651.539.0109 Ray Kirsch, Environmental Review Manager Minnesota Department of Commerce 85 – 7th Place East, Suite … Continue reading →
I love it when this happens. It’s just a few words, “correcting” Berry’s testimony, but oh, those words: Correction_Berry_Rebuttal Here’s the first “correction” in the testimony: And “correction” number 2: I love it when this happens… yes, folks, it IS … Continue reading →
This in, earlier today: PSC Norcross-Complete Application Here’s an article in the La Crosse Tribune: PSC OKs Badger-Coulee application; year-long approval process begins 5 hours ago  • By Chris Hubbuch Related Documents Proposed transmission routes Badger coulee map State regulators … Continue reading →
Above, that’s the “it’s all connected” map showing how some of the MVP projects fit in with existing and permitted/under construction 345 kV projects. The rebuttal testimony has been filed: ITC: Ashbacker_Rebuttal_20144-98750-04 Berry_Rebuttal_20144-98750-06 Collins_Rebuttal_20144-98750-08 Grover_Rebuttal_20144-98750-10 Schatzki_Rebuttal_20144-98750-14 Middleton_Rebuttal_20144-98750-12 MISO: Chatterjee_Rebuttal_20144-98704-01 MCEA, … Continue reading →
As we say in transmission, “It’s all connected.” This post is about the connections between what’s been proposed by ITC Midwest as the MN/IA 345 kV project, and its relation to other projects in the area and its place in … Continue reading →
A version of the old “joke,” how do you know Peter Valberg, Ph.D., is lying? His lips are moving… Xcel Energy is challenging Florence & Dave Minar and their Cedar Summit Farm’s election of Minnesota’s Buy the Farm law, which … Continue reading →
Today is the start of a three day series of transmission meetings, and we started with a good crowd here in Fairmont for this afternoon’s meeting. Fairmont Area Residents Voice Opinions Over Proposed High Voltage Transmission Lines It’s the ITC … Continue reading →
This week we have three days of DEIS meetings, that’s Draft Environmental Impact Statement for the uninitiated. The schedule: Fairmont Tuesday, April 22, 2014 1:00 p.m. and 6:00 p.m. Knights of Columbus Hall 920 East 10th Street Fairmont, MN 56031 … Continue reading →
Here’s the Order, hot off the press: Order Denying Motions Onward…
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