Today’s big news in the La Crosse Tribune, hot on the heels of tapping Oktoberfest’s Golden Keg, is a pretty extensive piece on Dairyland’s upgrade of its Q-1D South transmission line through Onalaska to La Crosse. Note the “amp up … Continue reading →
SENT! On behalf of No CapX 2020 I sent the following Comments: No CapX 2020_Q-1D South_Comment_9-25-2015 I’ve asked how many times for more information, nada, still nothing. N-O-T-H-I-N-G! Of particular note is this handy-dandy chart that Bruce McKay had put … Continue reading →
Rochester Post Bulletin’s CapX 2020 Forum — 11/7/2010 Oh, Tim Carlsbad really did it today! SNORT!!! He’s doing a great job, though I do think he’s really needed back in sex trafficking at the UN. This was a long, long, … Continue reading →
What’s the scoop??!!?? Deadline for comments is Sunday, September 27, so technically I’d say it’s Monday, September 28, but to be safe, send your comments in by Friday, September 25. The notice says to send your comments to Dairyland’s Chuck … Continue reading →
“Upgrade” through Holmen, Onalaska, La Crosse, from Briggs Road to some substation south of 90. This is a “notice” found in the La Crosse Tribune on Friday. Take a close look, yes, it’s hard to read, but multiple searches of … Continue reading →
When the Applicants added the Myrick route, oh-so-improperly at the very end of a long proceeding when they saw they couldn’t get their way due to DOT easements, it was excruciating. Successfully defeated, but excruciating because it was so wrong, … Continue reading →
This is an article you MUST read! Here is the story of GRE and MNVEC trying to string transmission over an area that was demonstrated not suitable for CapX 2020 transmission and getting schooled in history, public process, and ecology: … Continue reading →
Bill Howley died yesterday. Bill Howley is known by anyone working in opposition to transmission projects. Due to a transmission line proposed in his community, he learned pretty much everything there is to know about transmission, wrote about it faithfully … 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 →
Yes, I’ve filed this under “Energy” “Disaster” because it’s a train wreck of a proposal, and I cannot believe people would buy into this… or sell out into this. What, you say? e21! 102115_e21_Initiative_Phase_I_Report_2014 In December, Xcel filed this, and … Continue reading →