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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

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

ATC’s Construction Meeting and “Economic Planning”

NO Grid North Partners - transmission f/k/a CapX 2020 Posted on April 7, 2016 by adminApril 7, 2016

American Transmission Company (ATC) is holding a “Construction Meeting” about the Badger Coulee transmission project on April 14, an open house from 3 to 6 p.m. at the Town of Springfield Town Hall, 6157 County Highway P, Dane County, Wisconsin. … Continue reading →

Posted in BadgerCoulee - Wisconsin, Upcoming Events, Wisconsin | Tagged 10-year Assessment, 10-year Plan, American Transmission Company, ATC, ATC Annual Report, Badger-Coulee, Carol A. Overland, ICF transmission benefits, Legalectric, No CapX 2020, Town of Springfield, Wisconsin Public Service Commission | 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

Michael Kauper and Town of Holland Circuit Court Decision

NO Grid North Partners - transmission f/k/a CapX 2020 Posted on March 1, 2016 by adminMarch 1, 2016

There’s an editorial by Deb Severson in today’s La Crosse Tribune about the Badger Coulee Transmission Line Circuit Court Decision regarding the PSC’s grant of the permit, and here’s the Decision and Order  — check it out: 2-23-2016 Circuit Court … Continue reading →

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Xcel’s bogus demand forecast basis for CapX

NO Grid North Partners - transmission f/k/a CapX 2020 Posted on February 21, 2016 by adminFebruary 21, 2016

Remember Xcel’s CapX 2020 peak demand projections of 2.49% annual increase?  How wrong can they be?  And how unjustified was their basis for a Certificate of Need for CapX 2020?  And how are they held accountable for those gross misrepresentations?  … Continue reading →

Posted in BadgerCoulee - Wisconsin, Bemidji-Grand Rapids, Brookings Routing Docket, Cardinal-Hickory Creek, Cost Recovery, Fargo-St Cloud, Hampton-Alma-LaCrosse, Laws & Rules, News coverage, Rate Case - Transmission, Reports - Documents, St.Cloud-Monticello | Tagged Carol A. Overland, decreased demand, e21, e21 Initiative, Legalectric, peak demand, Rate Case, Xcel Energy | Leave a reply

Huebsch should resign from WI PSC

NO Grid North Partners - transmission f/k/a CapX 2020 Posted on December 18, 2015 by adminDecember 18, 2015

Well, we all knew that… but in the LaX Tribune: Former cabinet members: Top Walker aide [Mike Huebsch, now on PSC] ordered them to avoid state email, phones. And this guy now sits as one of three Commissioners on the … Continue reading →

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