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Cardinal-Hickory Creek at yesterday’s WI PSC mtg

NO Grid North Partners - transmission f/k/a CapX 2020 Posted on July 2, 2021 by adminMarch 30, 2024

Cardinal-Hickory Creek: PSC reopens power line proceedings in wake of secret communications Oh yeah, it was a very weird meeting at the Wisconsin Public Service Commission. The Cardinal-Hickory Creek transmission was #41 (and #42 for closed session) on the agenda, … Continue reading →

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MISO bars access to planning meetings

NO Grid North Partners - transmission f/k/a CapX 2020 Posted on May 24, 2017 by adminApril 14, 2022

From the public meeting materials, here’s what they’re looking at, above.  These are significant additions to the transmission grid in Minnesota and Wisconsin.  Look at the number of double circuits they want to add, and look at the new transmission … Continue reading →

Posted in BadgerCoulee - Wisconsin, Brookings Routing Docket, Cardinal-Hickory Creek, Cost Recovery, Fargo-St Cloud, FERC, Hampton-Alma-LaCrosse, ITC MN & IA 345 kV, News coverage, Nuts & Bolts, Reports - Documents, South Dakota, St.Cloud-Monticello, Upcoming Events, Wisconsin | Tagged bulk power transfer, Carol A. Overland, CEII, Critical Energy Infrastructure Information, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, FERC, Legalectric, MISO, NDA, No CapX 2020, Non Disclosure Agreement, transmission, transmission overlay | Leave a reply

Xmsn Overlay coming soon to a backyard near you!

NO Grid North Partners - transmission f/k/a CapX 2020 Posted on February 9, 2017 by adminFebruary 10, 2017

It’s early, so now’s the time to get agitated, get activated! As if CapX 2020 wasn’t enough, and during the CapX 2020 Certificate of Need proceeding, word of the “JCSP” overlay came out.  And we know that Xcel, in its … Continue reading →

Posted in BadgerCoulee - Wisconsin, Brookings Routing Docket, Cardinal-Hickory Creek, Cost Recovery, Fargo-St Cloud, Hampton-Alma-LaCrosse, ITC MN & IA 345 kV, Q-1 Upgrade, Reports - Documents, South Dakota, St.Cloud-Monticello, Wisconsin | Tagged CapX 2020, Carol A. Overland, Legalectric, MISO, MISO MVP, MVP 17 project portfolio, powerline, Public Utilities Commission, transmission line, transmission overlay | 1 Reply

CapX impermissibly affecting rail communication

NO Grid North Partners - transmission f/k/a CapX 2020 Posted on November 5, 2016 by adminNovember 5, 2016

With all these highly volatile oil tankers whizzing by, we need secure rail communication networks.  But what did we just learn?  CapX 2020 transmission is affecting rail communication, along Hwy. 35 in Wisconsin, and that’s not OK.  “…the combination of … Continue reading →

Posted in BadgerCoulee - Wisconsin, Hampton-Alma-LaCrosse, RUS EIS, Wisconsin | Tagged Bakken BOOM! train, BNSF, bomb train, CapX 2020, Carol A. Overland, Grant Stevenson, interference, Legalectric, No CapX 2020, oil tankers | Leave a reply

CapX 2020 — It’s over, it’s done, all but the cost recovery

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

CapX 2020 at Highway 61 south of Wabasha Monday, they had their CapX 2020 Love Fest at the Hampton substation, and I didn’t even get an engraved invitation.  It’s a depressing point in time — 12 years on this project … Continue reading →

Posted in BadgerCoulee - Wisconsin, Bemidji-Grand Rapids, Brookings Routing Docket, Cost Recovery, Fargo-St Cloud, Hampton-Alma-LaCrosse, ITC MN & IA 345 kV, News coverage, Rate Case - Transmission, St.Cloud-Monticello, Wisconsin | Tagged CapX 2020, Carol A. Overland, Dairyland Power Cooperative, DPC, GRE, Great River Energy, Legalectric, No CapX 2020, powerline, Rochester Public Utility, Rural Utility Service, transmission line, Xcel, Xcel Energy | Leave a reply

CapX 2020 files going into recycling & dumpster…

NO Grid North Partners - transmission f/k/a CapX 2020 Posted on September 18, 2016 by adminSeptember 18, 2016

The CapX 2020 project has been a part of my life for over 12 years… and now it’s mostly up and running.  So I’ve spent the day digging through the dusty files.  What a mess.  Boxes and boxes and boxes. … Continue reading →

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September 26 — Mark Your Calendars!!

NO Grid North Partners - transmission f/k/a CapX 2020 Posted on September 16, 2016 by adminSeptember 16, 2016

CapX 2020/Xcel Energy is holding a PR shindig, firing up the Hampton – La Crosse leg of its transmission build-out.  Their scheme, their scam, is nothing to celebrate.  But yes, there’s an event coming up… and it should be appropriately … Continue reading →

Posted in Hampton-Alma-LaCrosse, News coverage, Upcoming Events | Tagged CapX 2020, Carol A. Overland, Grant Stevenson, Hampton Substation, Legalecric, No CapX 2020, Tim Carlsgaard, Tom Hillstrom, transmission lies, transmission line, Xcel Energy | Leave a reply

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

What is Onalaska thinking?

NO Grid North Partners - transmission f/k/a CapX 2020 Posted on April 5, 2016 by adminApril 5, 2016

A little birdie just sent this graphic photo. How’s this for a scenic view overlooking the Mississippi, at the Onalaska scenic overlook, no less?!?!?! Onalaska, what are you thinking?  Did you consider the impact of this transmission line on the … Continue reading →

Posted in BadgerCoulee - Wisconsin, Hampton-Alma-LaCrosse, Wisconsin | Tagged CapX 2020, Carol A. Overland, Legalectric, Mississippi River, No CapX 2020, Onalaska, Sunny, 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

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