GRE, Great River Energy, has pulled out of Big Stone II, the 600MW coal plant just on the SD side of the border. GRE out!!! BS II down in flames?!?!? Given the Big Stone II plant’s role in CapX 2020 … Continue reading →
Your new neighbor? Pehaps — If you’re one of the 70,000+ landowners who received a notice regarding the CapX 2020 transmission lines roaring through Minnesota! And there are even more lines planned. How do you find out about transmission lines … Continue reading →
Color me confused. The PUC’s June 4, 2007, Order needs to be challenged, no doubt about it, and CapX 2020 as a whole needs to be fought with everything we’ve got, but I’m not getting the point here. NAWO and … Continue reading →
So who all got notices of CapX 2020? I’d first heard that there were 200,000 landowners affected, that was just prior to the Notice Plan approval, and when Notice finally goes out, I hear it’s 70,000 or so. Hmmmm… so … Continue reading →
Minn. Stat. 216E.12, Subd. 4 KNOW YOUR RIGHTS!!! There’s something the utilities don’t want you to know about the CapX 2020 project. In Minnesota, after the powerline struggles decades ago, the legislature recognized that people needed an out, they needed … Continue reading →
To get on the PUC’s service list for CapX 2020, email: Robin.Benson@state.mn.us Ask to be put on the service list for the CapX 2020 Certificate of Need docket, PUC docket 06-1115. To find the docket on the PUC’s site: 1) … Continue reading →
I got myCapX 2020 Certificate of Need application in the mail Friday, as I was serving out our testimony on the Chisago Transmission Project — what timing! It’s a big box, which gives you an idea how big this project … Continue reading →
Notice letters went out recently to over 70,000 Minnesota landowners for a transmission project with over 1,000 miles of transmission that is expected to cost from $1.3-1.6 billion. The Application just arrived in my mailbox late last week. What is … Continue reading →
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