Apparently Great River Energy and Xcel Energy are outlooking for money. Gee, I wonder why? I remember the snorts and hoots that broke out in the room way back during the CapX Certificate of Need hearing when they admitted to … Continue reading →
CapX 2020 delivers false statements (false hope?) on status of the Brookings CapX 2020 transmission line — and the paper repeats them. And the STrib picks it up and republishes the same false information. Others too: All Business Midwest Energy … Continue reading →
A little catching up to do. I got a new camera out in Washington, and started filling it up, but then when I got back I couldn’t find the USB cord, and once I did, I didn’t hide it and … Continue reading →
October 18th is a big day. Fargo DEIS Comments are due and Brookings routing comments are due. Send Brookings Routing Comments by 4:30 p.m. on October 18 to: capx.oah@state.mn.us or directly to Judge Luis at: Judge Richard Luis Brookings Docket … Continue reading →
Update in the CapX 2020 Fargo-St. Cloud transmission line routing proceeding. Comments on the DEIS are due on October 18, 2010. CLICK HERE FOR DEIS PAGE Send DEIS Comments by US mail or email to: State Permit Manager       david.birkholz@state.mn.us David … Continue reading →
There was a very strange report from North Dakota – somewhere on the CapX 2020 Fargo-St. Cloud road show last week, they were asked about the permitting status of that line in North Dakota, and we got some blather that … Continue reading →
Long day – it was the CapX 2020 public hearings in LeSueur and Arlington. Here’s rough notes, lots of errors, names are wrong, and several times I missed a lot: October 4 – LeSueur and Arlington The highlight of the … Continue reading →
It’s on us already — NEXT WEEK — the Hearing for the Brookings Route remand. Did I really not post this? AAAAAARGH! Here’s the Notice: MOES Notice of Public Hearings Public Hearings are scheduled for: MONDAY October 4, 2010 (Monday) … Continue reading →
Update on the Subpoena Requests filed by NoCapX 2020 and United Citizens Action Network in the Brookings-Hampton remand docket (08-1474). There’s been a flurry of activity. First, yesterday morning I had a chat with Dave Seykora, who noted that he … Continue reading →
Just now I’ve filed five Subpoena Requests with Judge Luis on the Brookings-Hampton remand. Who? Those agency folks who have been on the job providing Comments that need some hearing time, so that we know their position, so that we … Continue reading →