Final Order 05-CE-142 Let’s see… there is NO MENTION of MVP 5. It doesn’t deal with cost apportionment of the 17 MVP projects. And how is it that Commissioner Huebsch didn’t recuse, and that’s OK? He didn’t disclose potential conflict … Continue reading →
I’m having one of those “D’OH!” moments… Remember at the tail end of the ITC case where there was suddenly a claim that the Geronimo wind project in SW Minnesota wouldn’t go on line without the ITC MVP 3 transmission … Continue reading →
Mystery solved??? I think so… deep breathe… looks like MidAmerican is OK, in compliance. I’d checked the IUB’s E-22099 docket, and it looked like MidAmerican hadn’t been granted the franchise, briefs had just been filed, but no order. So I … Continue reading →
YES, another Buy the Farm win, just released today! OPA131474-030415 Check it out, read the decision. On MPR: Supreme Court backs farmers in CapX 2020 powerline fight On KSTP: State Supreme Court Rules Against Utility Companies in Farmland Dispute For … Continue reading →
The Wisconsin PSC docket for ATC and NSP Wisconsin’s Badger Coulee line marches on. As of Friday, there are more briefs filed and waiting to be read. The WOW brief is… well… WOW, as it admits on p. 7 of … Continue reading →
Judge Newmark has just filed an Order granting the NoCapX Motion for Extension to File Non-Party Brief and here it is: Order to Enlarge Time And the Brief, filed yesterday, which is now accepted, in the record: No CapX 2020_Non-Party Brief … Continue reading →
Leave it to the PSC to say, “Hey, here’s an open door” and then make it a screen door that’s locked! In the Badger Coulee docket, the ALJ offered an opportunity to file “Non-Party” briefs and then it turned out … Continue reading →
Remember this map? The ITC Midwest MN/IA line is the ITC Midwest part of MISO’s “MVP 3” which on the above map is the red part. The other part of MISO’s “MVP 3” is to be built and owned by … Continue reading →
Starting at 9:30, CLICK HERE FOR WEBCAST of the Badger Coulee transmission project technical hearing at the Wisconsin PSC. It started Tuesday, apologies for not getting this posted earlier, had a pipeline hearing in District Court Tuesday and have been … Continue reading →
The ITC Midwest MN/IA 345 kV line is the pink one above “3” in the map above. In the Certificate of Need docket, both ITC Midwest and DoC-DER filed Responses, and in the Routing docket, ITC Midwest filed a response. … Continue reading →