The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) reviewed the Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) prepared by MOES as a joint MOES/Rural Utilities Service Environmental Impact Statement. To see the DEIS, go to www.puc.state.mn.us, then “Search eDockets” and then to docket 07-1327. The … Continue reading →
NoCapX 2020 and United Citizen Action Network have requested that public comments on the CapX 2020 Bemidji-Grand Rapids transmission line be open until at least September 7, 2010, which is one week after the FEIS is due to be released. … Continue reading →
It’s out — in record time! The Minnesota Public Utilities Commission has issued its Order remanding to ALJ Luis the section of the CapX2020 Brookings transmission line from the Cedar Mountain substation to the Helena Twp. substation (hey PUC — … Continue reading →
Deja vu all over again… Remember this map? The Dakotas to Wisconsin big picture of CapX 2020 goes way back… CapX Interim Report December13, 2004 May 11, 2005 Capx 2020 Technical Update CapX 2020 Update June 14, 2006 And the … Continue reading →
Here we go again… Administrative Law Judge Kathleen Sheehy has file notice of a Scheduling Conference for the CapX 2020 Hampton-Alma/LaX transmission line routing permit docket — it’s the Monday after next. Monday, August 9 @ 1:30 p.m. Scheduling Conference … Continue reading →
The “Citizen Advisory Task Force Reports” for the CapX 2020 Hampton-Alma/LaX transmission line are out: Final Hampton-Northern Hills 345kV Transmission Line ATF Report Final North Rochester-Mississippi River 345kV Transmission Line ATF Report Early on in the Hampton-Alma/LaX Citizen Advisory Task … Continue reading →
Today the PUC approved all but one part of the CapX 2020 Brookings-Hampton route. The blue part labeled “CH” on the above map, and which is referred to as “Segment 4” in the EIS, which includes the river crossings at … Continue reading →
CapX 2020 Brookings-Hampton transmission line is before the Public Utilities Commission on July 13, 2010. This is our chance to storm the Bastille – but you have to sign up ahead of time to speak — they’re altering their process, … Continue reading →
The Staff Briefing Papers are out for the Brookings CapX 2020 transmission line. And then they filed REVISED Staff Briefing Papers, and I’m trying to figure out what’s different: REVISED Staff Briefing Papers – Narrative Staff Briefing Papers – Narrative … Continue reading →
Today the official notice went out — the Public Utilities Commission will indeed be taking public comment and hearing oral arguments regarding the CapX 2020 Brookings transmission line route on Tuesday, July 13, 2010, and will be deliberating and making … Continue reading →