Now, before we get to the Brookings line, don’t forget that July 8th is the CapX 2020 St. Cloud-Monticello routing docket before the PUC. Tricia DeBleeckere is out until July 21 (how did she manage that?!?!?!) and so if you … Continue reading →
Wondering how to celebrate Bastille Day this year? Come on, let’s storm the PUC! Now’s the time to start figuring out your Public Comments for the PUC on the Brookings routing docket. CAPX 2020 BROOKINGS ROUTING DOCKET COMMENTS AND ARGUMENTS … Continue reading →
Today’s PUC meeting was about the narrow issue of whether the PUC should issue a variance from typical deadlines to give parties more time to address the “CapX 2020” applicants’ request for delay of the in-service date for the Brookings … Continue reading →
It’s in the STrib, St.PPP and many others too. Click the story to get to the STrib site and leave a comment or two: Appeals court lets big power-line project move ahead By JENNIFER BJORHUS, Star Tribune The state Court … Continue reading →
Well this sucks — we lose on every count… Here it is, read it for yourself: Appellate Decision NoCapX 2020 and United Citizen Action Network are weighing appeal on the narrow issue of the standard of review for an Offer … Continue reading →
A little birdie… well… a BIG birdie, told me that the Appellate Court was due to release the CapX 2020 Certificate of Need opinion tomorrow. Oh, OK, drop te other appeal I’m working on today and hoof it over to … Continue reading →
Death threats to an Advisory Task Force member? Well, that’s different! I’ve just come back from the Cannon Falls Citizen Advisory Task Force for the CapX 2020 Hampton-Alma/LaCrosse transmission line route. Got there just a tad-bit late, and learned I … Continue reading →
TOO CLOSE!!! Slapped together a Comment and Request for Hearing just now, whew, in under the wire, and just barely, in the CapX 2020 transmission Certificate of Need docket: NoCapX & U-CAN Comment and Request for Hearing MOES had filed … Continue reading →
You all know how disgusted I’ve been watching Citizen Advisory Task Forces devolve over the last decade, from a group that could meaningfully participate in a routing/siting proceeding to a neutered exercise in choreographed futility. In these proceedings, we’ve had … Continue reading →
In the Marshall Independent today: CapX Economically Driven And hot off the press, i.e., 22 minutes ago, in the STrib — a report on the delay of the Brookings line. GOOD, that’s a start, but once again, they only report … Continue reading →