It’s all about “Buy the Farm,” and Xcel Energy doesn’t want anyone to tell them they have to “Buy the Farm.“Â Xcel, it’s the law! Xcel Energy is saying “NO” to many landowners’ legitimate election of “Buy the Farm” under … Continue reading →
Today we had a rulemaking Advisory Committee meeting about Public Utilities Commission rules for Certificate of Need proceedings. More on that later, because at 10:00 a.m. the Minnesota Supreme Court decision on Buy the Farm was released, and oh what … Continue reading →
It died in conference committee, where it was in the House Environment and Ag Finance bill and not in Senate, and was removed utterly in the conference committee. But surprise, thanks to Sen. Kevin Dahle it was amended into HF … Continue reading →
Today in Senate Environment and Energy there are five bills up for consideration today, meeting resumes at 5:30 p.m. TODAY’S SCHEDULE. QUICK, let Senators on the Committee know what you think. Here are links and emails to the Committee members: … Continue reading →
Xcel Energy has been spreading more than their share in their “acquisition” of land for their CapX 2020 transmission project. They’ve been lowballing landowners, and worse, when landowners elect “Buy the Farm” under Minn. Stat. 216B.12, Subd. 4, Xcel Energy … Continue reading →
Sen. Kevin Dahle has introduced SF 183, a bill that addresses the problems landowners are encountering with our good friends at Xcel Energy when they attempt to elect the “Buy the Farm” option. See Minn. Stat. 216E.12, Subd. 4. Buy … Continue reading →
(be sure to check out the Scott County Order at the bottom of the page) Northern States Power (Now it’s NSP, it’s been Xcel in the dockets at the PUC, why the difference?) objects to landowners taking the recent Appellate … Continue reading →