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Put on your waders — CapX 2020 Report!

NO Grid North Partners - transmission f/k/a CapX 2020 Posted on April 28, 2016 by adminApril 28, 2016

It’s out, the report from U of M Humphrey School of Public Affairs about CapX 2020, headlining it as a “Model for addressing climate change.“ Transmission Planning and CapX 2020: Building Trust to Build Regional Transmission Systems Oh, please, this … Continue reading →

Posted in BadgerCoulee - Wisconsin, Bemidji-Grand Rapids, Brookings Routing Docket, Buy the Farm, Cost Recovery, Fargo-St Cloud, Hampton-Alma-LaCrosse, Rate Case - Transmission, Reports - Documents, St.Cloud-Monticello, Wisconsin | Tagged CapX 2020, Minnesota Public Utilities Commission, No CapX 2020, Phyllis Reha, PUC, Tim Carlsbad, Transmission Planning and CapX 2020: Building Trust to Build Regional Transmission Systems, Xcel Energy | Leave a reply

Beautiful day, but CapX transmission has sprung up

NO Grid North Partners - transmission f/k/a CapX 2020 Posted on April 3, 2016 by adminApril 3, 2016

It was such a beautiful day today.  Got a good share of garden work in, pulled and raked out the back 40″, well, half of it anyway, and cut down all the big milkweed stalks.  We grabbed a sub and … Continue reading →

Posted in Buy the Farm, Hampton-Alma-LaCrosse | Tagged CapX 2020, Carol A. Overland, Legalectric, No CapX, NoCapX, powerline, Rochester Public Utilities, RPU, Rural Utilities Service, transmission, transmission line, USDA, Xcel Energy | 1 Reply

Oh, how depressing…

NO Grid North Partners - transmission f/k/a CapX 2020 Posted on January 19, 2016 by adminJanuary 19, 2016

On the way to Stephanie Henriksen’s Memorial Service today, along Hwy. 19 on the west side of Cannon Falls, I saw the CapX 2020 foundations in the ground, and Cor-Ten steel poles lined up, poised for installation.  Dog, how depressing…  … Continue reading →

Posted in Buy the Farm, Hampton-Alma-LaCrosse | Tagged CapX 2020, Carol A. Overland, Langdon, Legalectric, No CapX 2020, Sandstrom | Leave a reply

Another Buy the Farm win in MN Supreme Court!

NO Grid North Partners - transmission f/k/a CapX 2020 Posted on March 4, 2015 by adminMarch 5, 2015

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 →

Posted in Appeal, Buy the Farm, Laws & Rules, News coverage | Tagged Buy the Farm, Carol A. Overland, condemnation for transmisison line, easement, eminent domain, Minn. Stat. 216E.12, No CapX 2020, No CapX2020, powerline, transmission line, Xcel Energy | Leave a reply

House Bill 2047 — Washington State does Buy the Farm!!!

NO Grid North Partners - transmission f/k/a CapX 2020 Posted on February 16, 2015 by adminFebruary 16, 2015

OH HAPPY DAY!!!! Washington State is working on “Buy the Farm” and a bill was introduced last Monday: House Bill 2047 It’s been referred to House Judiciary — here’s the page for status of bills: CHECK STATUS OF HOUSE BILL … Continue reading →

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PUC Rulemaking — send Comments on Drafts

NO Grid North Partners - transmission f/k/a CapX 2020 Posted on September 1, 2014 by adminSeptember 1, 2014

The Minnesota Public Utilities Commission is winding up its rulemaking on the Certificate of Need (Minn. R. Ch. 7849) and Siting/Routing (Minn. R. Ch. 7850) chapters.  My clients Goodhue Wind Truth and North Route Group have been participating all along, … Continue reading →

Posted in Buy the Farm, Laws & Rules, Nuts & Bolts, Upcoming Events | Tagged Carol A. Overland, Goodhue Wind Truth, Minn. R. Ch. 7849, Minn. R. Ch. 7850, Minnesota Public Utilities Commission, North Route Group, PUC Rulemaking | Leave a reply

Some Buy the Farm background

NO Grid North Partners - transmission f/k/a CapX 2020 Posted on August 18, 2014 by adminAugust 18, 2014

Here are some photos I took yesterday of the CapX 2020 transmission project being constructed at White Bridge Rd. over the Zumbro River — UGLY UGLY UGLY, it’s ugly wherever it goes. From KAAL-TV, filmed yesterday near Pine Island and … Continue reading →

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Flo & David Minar & Cedar Summit WIN!!!

NO Grid North Partners - transmission f/k/a CapX 2020 Posted on August 15, 2014 by adminAugust 17, 2014

That says it all! Here’s the full decision: Minar Order_Buy the Farm This is a big day, a victory for landowners who have a utility condemning their land for transmission.  Over and over, the utilities are losing, and landowners’ rights … Continue reading →

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Eminent Domain in WSJ

NO Grid North Partners - transmission f/k/a CapX 2020 Posted on May 18, 2014 by adminMay 19, 2014

I’ve just spent the last week dealing with transmission need and routing, both primary issues in eminent domain and condemnation for transmission lines (well, two days, but prep before, and the aftermath likgers…).  Here’s what the Wall Street Journal has … Continue reading →

Posted in Buy the Farm, ITC MN & IA 345 kV | Tagged eminent domain, ITC, ITC Midwest, powerline, private purpose, transmission line | Leave a reply

Peter Valberg, Xcel’s EMF witness, is at it again…

NO Grid North Partners - transmission f/k/a CapX 2020 Posted on April 26, 2014 by adminApril 26, 2014

A version of the old “joke,” how do you know Peter Valberg, Ph.D., is lying?  His lips are moving… Xcel Energy is challenging Florence & Dave Minar and their Cedar Summit Farm’s election of Minnesota’s Buy the Farm law, which … Continue reading →

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