Bob Cupit, Energy Facilities Supervisor, is retiring from the Public Utilities Commission today… leaving me to wonder how… rephrase…Â he CAN’T be replaced…Â so what will happen now at the PUC? Bob Cupit and Mike Casper are tied for “Most … Continue reading →
Thursday, December 29, 2011 at 1:00 p.m. PUC – 3rd Floor Large Hearing Room 121 – 7th Place East St. Paul, MN Got that? Now QUICK! QUICK – put together your comments and let the PUC know just what you … Continue reading →
Transmission going up in SW Minnesota (Fair Use – from mpr.org) As Xcel tries to build its CapX 2020 wonderland, and as people are being served with Petitions for condemnation of their land for easements for this transmission buildout, people … Continue reading →
OH MY DOG! THIS DOES NOT BODE WELL FOR TRANSMISSION PERMITTING! Bill Grant headed the Midwest Izaak Walton League, the “environmental” organization that through the years has given the utilities everything they want, and has received foundation grants (it is … Continue reading →
The “CapX 2020 toilet-on-a-stick” seen in New Trier, near Hampton… You’da thunk they’da learned a thing or two about Labovitz… Just out from the CapX 2020 Transmission Lines ‘R’ Us crew: Labovitz Study – CapX 2020 Truth be told, I … Continue reading →
Hot off the press – MOES (Minnesota Office of Energy Security) files its Right of Way and Easement Fact Sheet. ROW & Easement Fact Sheet Any thoughts about this?
Continue reading →Hot off the press, more responses to my Data Practices Act request about Citizen Advisory Task Forces. So, starting from the beginning, here are the requests I’d sent: Task Force Data Practices Act – 1 Task Force Data Practices Act … Continue reading →
Remember all the hype about Rochester, home of the Mayo Clinic, freezing in the dark on a respirator without a job? A little birdie sent me this: Rochester Public Utilities 2009 Electric System Engineering & Operations Report On p. 18 … Continue reading →
Just now, I’ve filed a Motion to Strike the Applicant’s “Comment” filed at the close of business February 8, 2010, the deadline. Why? Because they’re filing 3/4″ of stuff at the very end of everything, there’s no way to do … Continue reading →
The final EIS for the Brookings-Hampton CapX 2020 route has been released: FEIS Notice – CapX 2020 Brookings-Hampton We have until February 8 to file Public Comments. Send comments on the FEIS and anything else to the judge: Judge Richard … Continue reading →