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ITC’s MVP 3 Line is energized

NO Grid North Partners - transmission f/k/a CapX 2020 Posted on November 2, 2018 by adminNovember 2, 2018

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 →

Posted in ITC MN & IA 345 kV, News coverage | Tagged $5.24 billion, Carol A. Overland, ITC, ITC Midwest, Legalectric, MidAmerican Energy, MISO, MVP Portfolio, MVP3, No CapX 2020, transmission, Warren Buffet | Leave a reply

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

LTE in Dodgeville Chronicle

NO Grid North Partners - transmission f/k/a CapX 2020 Posted on December 8, 2016 by adminDecember 8, 2016

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 →

Posted in Cardinal-Hickory Creek, ITC MN & IA 345 kV, News coverage, RUS EIS, Wisconsin | 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

Southern part of MVP 5 through Dubuque, to Madison

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

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 →

Posted in BadgerCoulee - Wisconsin, Cardinal-Hickory Creek, ITC MN & IA 345 kV, Wisconsin | Tagged Art Hughes, Cardinal-Hickory Creek, Carol A. Overland, Center for Rural Affairs, Iowa Utilities Board, ITC, ITC Midwest, Legalectric, MVP 4, MVP 5, Peosta., RE-AMP, toadie, Wisconsin Public Service Comission | Leave a reply

Brusven is lobbyist for ITC!

NO Grid North Partners - transmission f/k/a CapX 2020 Posted on April 20, 2015 by adminMay 5, 2015

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 →

Posted in ITC MN & IA 345 kV, Laws & Rules | Tagged ALJ La Fave, Christie Brusven, ITC Holdings, ITC Midwest, Judge La Fave, MISO, MISO MVP 3, MVP 3, No CapX 2020, No CapX2020, Odell Wind Project | 1 Reply

Found MidAmerican’s MVP 3 & 4 Substation

NO Grid North Partners - transmission f/k/a CapX 2020 Posted on April 14, 2015 by adminApril 15, 2015

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 →

Posted in ITC MN & IA 345 kV, Nuts & Bolts | Tagged Iowa Office of Consumer Advocate, Iowa Utilities Board, ITC Midwest, IUB, MidAmerican Energy, MISO, MISO MVP, MVP 3, MVP 4, transmission line | Leave a reply

ITC Midwest at PUC 1/29

NO Grid North Partners - transmission f/k/a CapX 2020 Posted on January 22, 2015 by adminJanuary 22, 2015

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 →

Posted in ITC MN & IA 345 kV, Upcoming Events | Tagged Certificate of Need, ITC Midwest, No CapX 2020, Public Utilities Commission | Leave a reply

Responses to Motions for Reconsideration of ITC Midwest MN/IA Xmsn

NO Grid North Partners - transmission f/k/a CapX 2020 Posted on December 31, 2014 by adminDecember 31, 2014

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 →

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