Update – Minnesota Rules for Certificate of Need! This applies to power plants and transmission lines. Yeah, I’m a little slow on the uptake here, but the minutes from the last Public Utilities Commission Rulemaking Committee and the latest rule … Continue reading →
Oronoco Township had petitioned the Minnesota Supreme Court for review of the Appellate affirmation of the Public Utilities Commission to route the CapX 2020 Hampton- La Crosse transmission line through Oronoco Township near Co. Rd. 12. Supreme Court – DENIAL … Continue reading →
As Xcel said in a billboard near the capital, beware, powerlines kill. That was a safety reminder for people climbing on their roofs, but now it’s a terrible fact for a construction worker on the CapX 2020 transmission project. KARE … Continue reading →
DOH! This is NOT rocket science. This came out last month, posted on the CapX 2020 site, and around the same time, there was a PR push about the tax payments, “benefits,” that local governments were receiving for the CapX … Continue reading →
Here it is – sorry it took so long to get it posted! I’d scanned it in, and then lost it. AAAARGH! Xcel Response to Oronoco Petition to MN Supreme Court And here are the others already posted: Public Utilities … Continue reading →
It’s filed, the Public Utilities Commission’s Answer to Oronoco Township’s Petition to the Supreme Court for review of the routing decision over the White Bridge Road in Oronoco. Public Utilities Commission Response to Oronoco Petition to Supreme Court I expect … Continue reading →
Thanks to Block RICL for sending this around, this is such good news I can hardly stand it! The issues the court looked at: (1) At what point in a Wis. Stat. § 32.06 condemnation proceeding must a property owner … Continue reading →
Another little birdie reminded me of the CapX push about all the great gobs of dough that this project brings to communities. OK, fine, we know what we are, and let’s discuss the price. From the CapX 2020 website, here’s … Continue reading →
Oronoco has Petitioned the Supreme Court to review the Appellate Court’s affirmation of the decision of the Public Utilities Commission to route CapX 2020 transmission through Oronoco Township. I don’t have a copy of the Petition yet, they send mail … Continue reading →
George Nygaard sent these photos of the Briggs Road substation near La Crosse … at the count of three, let’s all get depressed… One… Two… Three…
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