Inquiring mines are wanting to know… WTF is the MISO queue? It’s a long long list of generators that are wanting to interconnect, and have put their money down to get on the list and go through the many gyrations … Continue reading →
Randy Fordice accepting the Edgar F. Chestnutt Award for Best Total Communication Program in May. And now Great River Energy’s Randy Fordice gets another award, the announcement just came into the inbox: A Silver Quill Award from Pacific Plains IABC … Continue reading →
The CapX 2020 transmission project, a web of transmission lines across Minnesota, has a PUC docket chugging forward. Initial Briefs for Intervenors are due Friday. Today John Bailey sent the ILSR/NAWO filing in support of NoCapX Motion to dig into … Continue reading →
Thanks to Xcel’s CEO, Dick Kelly, who opened the door to definitive proof that CapX 2020 is not needed. Use of electricity is plunging, not unlike the financial markets, and if this admitted 4-5% decrease this fall is an indication … Continue reading →
SNORT! We’ve just eliminated the need for Capx 2020. We’ve just demonstrated the power of conservation. Conservation is doable, now, in a serious way. Conservation is CHEAP. Conservation is the most cost-effective way to generate, because “if we don’t use … Continue reading →
We had a good time last night at the Clean Energy Coalition (CEC) forum/debate about CapX 2020 down in LaCrosse. It was moi for the good guys, Tim Carlsgaard for CapX and Grant Stevenson for Xcel (both FOR CapX). Two … Continue reading →
As I’ve been saying forever, there’s a lot of generation planned, and if even a small portion of this generation comes on line, there’s no need for new transmission that they want: CLICK HERE: PJM’S RTEP (Regional Transmission Expansion Plan) … Continue reading →
… and has been for a while — here it is. The direct uploading isn’t working so here’re the links: Applicant’s Initial Brief Applicants Proposed Findings of Fact If WordPress starts working for uploads these will be replaced with the … Continue reading →
Public Comments on the CapX 2020 Transmission Project are on the Office of Administrative Hearings web page for CapX — click and then scroll way down: OAH CapX 2020 page Dig these… sigh… what a guy… Muller 1 – Public … Continue reading →
I checked with OAH yesterday, and there’s no official briefing schedule yet. Informally, we’d talked about it, with deadlines way off in the future. The schedule proposed by Xcel, without significant objections: Applicants brief and proposed findings 10/24 Friday Intervenors … Continue reading →