The MPV3 line they’re referring to below is the red line above. The MVP projects were, at the time, estimated to cost $5.24 BILLION, to be divided between states. This MVP project was one where NoCapX was a limited intervenor, … Continue reading →
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 →
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 →
See the lower 1/2 of MISO’s MVP project 5, running from near Dubuque, IA to the northeast to the “Cardinal” substation near Madison? That’s the Cardinal – Hickory Creek transmission line. The Dodgeville Chronicle ran my Letter to the Editor, … Continue reading →
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 →
Yup, the southern part of MVP 5 through Iowa and Wisconsin is in the news today: Dubuque, Cassville or Guttenberg? Transmisison line routes considered. A while back, the City of Dubuque stood up for its residents and viewshed and all … Continue reading →
I’m having one of those “D’OH!” moments… Remember at the tail end of the ITC case where there was suddenly a claim that the Geronimo wind project in SW Minnesota wouldn’t go on line without the ITC MVP 3 transmission … Continue reading →
Mystery solved??? I think so… deep breathe… looks like MidAmerican is OK, in compliance. I’d checked the IUB’s E-22099 docket, and it looked like MidAmerican hadn’t been granted the franchise, briefs had just been filed, but no order. So I … Continue reading →
Remember this map? The ITC Midwest MN/IA line is the ITC Midwest part of MISO’s “MVP 3” which on the above map is the red part. The other part of MISO’s “MVP 3” is to be built and owned by … Continue reading →
The ITC Midwest MN/IA 345 kV line is the pink one above “3” in the map above. In the Certificate of Need docket, both ITC Midwest and DoC-DER filed Responses, and in the Routing docket, ITC Midwest filed a response. … Continue reading →