The Minnesota PUC meeting for the CapX 2020 Brookings – Hampton oral argument has been scheduled for February 3, 2011, beginning at 9:30 a.m. Notice of PUC meeting – CapX Brookings-Hampton PUC Oral Argument and Deliberation 9:30 a.m. on Thursday, … Continue reading →
??? DID YOU KNOW??? I just stumbled on the October release of the USDA’s RUS Macro Corridor Modification Maps. HUH??? It looks to me that they’ve added the Minnesota DEIS scoping alternative routes. Good thing I was looking at the … Continue reading →
Today NoCapX 2020 and United Citizens Action Network filed Exceptions to ALJ Richard Luis’ Recommendation/Non-Recommendation filed on December 22, 2010. Exceptions to Recommendation – Brookings Remand
Continue reading →Catching up here. In November, CapX 2020 utilities filed their South Dakota permit application for the Brookings – Hampton transmission line: CapX 2020 South Dakota application for Brookings-Hampton line Does anyone remember the SDEIA study where they noted that there’s … Continue reading →
And the fun spreads to another state — CapX 2020 has made its first Wisconsin application, for the WI part of the Hampton to LaCrosse transmission line. After that comes the “Badger-Coulee” line… CapX 2020 Wisconsin Application – Hampton-LaCrosse Note … Continue reading →
Wednesday, January 5, is the Comment deadline for the Fargo-St. Cloud routing proceeding. Comments should include the docket numbers, OAH Docket 15-2500-20995-2 and PUC Docket 09-1056, and be sent to Judge Heydinger by 4:30 p.m., January 5, 2010. Judge Beverly … Continue reading →
Write this one down for the record book – on the short version of the Brookings “Recommendation” from Judge Luis, yup, I would agree with CapX Applicant GRE’s Randy Fordice: Randy Fordice of Great River Energy said he was still … Continue reading →
The CapX 2020 ALJ’s Recommendation was just filed, here it is, haven’t read it yet. ALJ Recommendation for Brookings CapX Transmission ALJ Amendments to Findings of Fact Call it what it is, another NON-DECISION! “LeSueur, and if not LeSueur, then … Continue reading →
We’ve been spending time in the CapX 2020 Fargo-St. Cloud transmission line hearing watching “flyovers” that the Applicants made using Google Earth. And in looking for a way to get them spread around, well, they don’t work on email, too … Continue reading →
We got the CDs of the Fargo route flyovers, but they’re really big: as-4-quarry-to-sauk-centre as-5-quarry-to-sauk-centre option-8-quarry-to-sauk-centre option-10-quarry-to-sauk-centre option-11-quarry-to-sauk-centre option-12-quarry-to-sauk-centre And all the rest are TOO BIG!!!
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