Final Order, and Brown County’s “wake-up” missive: It’s out – AND IT WAS ISSUED OVER A WEEK AGO, Sept. 14! It’s the Notice of Final Order and, of course, the FINAL ORDER. This is the “Final Order the route permit, … Continue reading →
Catching up from a week “off” — Thursday and Friday, we exchanged Witness and Exhibit Lists for the upcoming hearings on the Brookings remand in early October. Here they are: CapX Applicants’ Witness & Exhibit List NoCapX & U-CAN Witness … Continue reading →
It’s been a busy couple of weeks, vacation where time was not my own and now the scramble to get caught up. Just before leaving, I signed on with North Route Citizens Alliance, and North Route Citizens Alliance signed on … Continue reading →
After all these years of CapX 2020, it seems some are waking up from their Rip Van Winkle slumber to find transmission in their jurisdiction, for example, Eden Township and Brown County. And to be fair — I know that … Continue reading →
DEIS IS OUT AND DEIS COMMENT MEETINGS ARE SCHEDULED MOES has released the Draft Environmental Impact Statement for the CapX 2020 Fargo-St. Cloud line (09-1056): Notice of DEIS Release and Public Meetings Fargo-St. Cloud DEIS page – VIEW AND DOWNLOAD … Continue reading →
Seems that on August 20th, Mike Krikava filed the Compliance Filing for the Certificate of Need Order Point 4 for the Fargo “Phase I” Route, otherwise known as St. Cloud-Monticello (09-246). I’ve not been following that docket much, so I … Continue reading →
Here it is, note that the action starts way out in 2011. Mark the important days on your calendar: First Prehearing Order – CapX Hampton-LaX(Alma) What’s most disturbing is that in this, there is no connection of the USDA’s Rural … Continue reading →
Oh, my, the sleep-deprived life of a new mom… of a pup that is… can’t keep up… Here’s the Scheduling Order that came out on the CapX 2020 Brookings-Hampton remand to the ALJ: Prehearing Order I Note the intervention deadline … Continue reading →
Bill Glahn, of the Minnesota Office of Energy Security, has denied the NoCapX 2020 and United Citizen Action Network appeal of his scoping decision for the CapX 2020 Hampton-LaCrosse (Alma) transmission project. No surprise, but the agency’s steadfast refusal to … Continue reading →
Seems the ALJ doesn’t think it’s a problem to have the Final EIS come in and that the public not be able to comment on it. Seems the ALJ doesn’t acknowledge that in the Brookings case the record was expressly … Continue reading →