Verrrrrry interesting. I found another “private” transmission line a la Outland, well, it found me in the Google Alerts. It’s been brewing for a long time in Montana, I’d heard of the line, but not that it was “private.” Here’s … Continue reading →
I think it’s one of those “only in California” stories… there’s a big honkin’ butt ugly transmission line proposed out west, the “Powerlink.” And it’s in the news today with this suggestion from someone who thinks it’s the most awful … Continue reading →
Here’s an example of how it’s all connected, it’s the same story everywhere… It’s another MAPP, this one a Pepco Holdings transmission line from Maryland, through Delaware, to New Jersey: Pepco Holdings is Pepco, Delmarva Power and Atlantic City Electric, … Continue reading →
Hot off the press, massive capacity ultra-high voltage transmission lines expected to have LOW line losses… and coming to a neighborhood near you? Perhaps, if you live in China (oh, no, does that mean I’m going to have to head … Continue reading →
Here’s one more reason we “need” CapX 2020 transmission. It’s been there all along in the MISO queue, there’ve been rumors about it for a long time, and now it’s formally proposed, a new 700MW coal plant, maybe even a … Continue reading →
Here’s more on the reach of CapX, from the Grand Forks Herald Review, couched in “it’s for wind” propaganda: State’s wind energy production doubles … Of course, wind energy isn’t about to replace coal or other energy sources in the … Continue reading →
… sigh… no surprise, but here we go… but for CapX 2020, this wouldn’t happen, COULDN’T happen… Selby awaits decision Announcement expected on $1.7 billion power plant soon Basin Electric Cooperative of Bismarck, N.D., might be on the verge of … Continue reading →
It’s all connected. Xcel applied for the North Dakota section of CapX 2020, though all the reports say that “they don’t know where it will be routed.” Oh, OK… right… But for anyone who wants a hint, why, there’s always … Continue reading →
(photo here sometime soon) The Rochester meeting was on a COLD Minnesota evening, though it was a little warmer inside. The site was weird, the Heritage Suites breakast room, and it was not good. Too many people, out into the … Continue reading →
Envison CapX 2020… Yup, just keep thinking those thoughts… and you thought bending spoons was an indication of great psychic energy, well, just keep thinking about CapX! Another round of CapX 2020 meetings have begun around the state, and drat, … Continue reading →