Good morning! I’ve just filed my Withdrawal of Counsel for Citizens Energy Task Force: CETF Withdrawal of Counsel Overland is a free agent! HUH? Well, you’ll just have to wait for the book…
Continue reading →last week the Wisconsin Public Service Commission released the Draft Environmental Impact Statement … and it’s a biggie, as ATC’s Anne Spaltholz would say, “Cuddle up with your Kindle and enjoy the read!” The Comment period is open until Friday … Continue reading →
Here are some photos I took yesterday of the CapX 2020 transmission project being constructed at White Bridge Rd. over the Zumbro River — UGLY UGLY UGLY, it’s ugly wherever it goes. From KAAL-TV, filmed yesterday near Pine Island and … Continue reading →
We’re working on the revisions of the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission rules for Certificate of Need (Minn. R. Ch. 7849) and for Routing/Siting (Minn. R. Ch. 7850), and it’s OH SO PAINFUL. Our next meeting is Wednesday, August 20 from … Continue reading →
That says it all! Here’s the full decision: Minar Order_Buy the Farm This is a big day, a victory for landowners who have a utility condemning their land for transmission. Over and over, the utilities are losing, and landowners’ rights … Continue reading →
The next phase of the project, one that Carlsgaard called an “enormous challenge,” will cross the Mississippi. He said it will likely be constructed in February, using barges and helicopters to reach the sites in the river. “We certainly haven’t … Continue reading →
The Reply Briefs are in on the ITC Midwest MN/IA 345 kV transmission project.  MECA, et al.’s is really a hoot. A couple of them say “no full party intervenors oppose/disagree” or some such but then there’s the Commerce Reply … Continue reading →
See that line up there going through North Dakota? They’ve just finished it, it’s ready to energize. And of course, it’s clear that now that Minnesota Power has bought the DC line that’s been used for coal, that now the … Continue reading →
I love it when this happens — when the truth is so obvious that they can no longer deny it: This decreased demand is the reason they want us to pay for transmission lines across the U.S. so they can … Continue reading →
We’ve had another tragedy on the construction of the CapX 2020 Brookings transmission line: Worker electrocuted on CapX 2020 power line near Fairfax, MN KMSP-TV
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