Sherburne, that triangle shaped county bordering the Mississippi River, and home of the Sherco coal plant, woke up recently to the CapX 2020 nightmare. 345kv line placement has county folk worried By Gary W. Meyer, Editor An alternative route for … Continue reading →
Well DUH, to transmit the unneeded coal-generated electricity to market to “displace natural gas.” ICF – MISO Benefits Analysis Study A storm is brewing over South Heart, North Dakota. The South Heart coal plant and mine is in the news. … Continue reading →
This site with some (not all) of the CapX 2020 environmental documents and history popped up on Google Alert today, covering the 06-1115 docket: Project: CapX2020 Phase I Transmission Projects Certificate of Need Environmental Review This is not to say … Continue reading →
… sigh… How much more could be going on at once? It’s out — it’s dated FEBRUARY — how did that happen? Did any of you get notice? CLICK HERE FOR WHOLE ENCHILADA – IT’S HUGE Rural Utilities Service Scoping … Continue reading →
Today is the LAST day to get your comments in to Judge Heydinger on the St. Cloud to Monticello section of CapX. These are the Comments directly to the ALJ, not the DEIS comments that were due a couple of … Continue reading →
Although the time for DEIS Comments was up the week before last, it’s important to get Comments that are relevant to routing in the routing docket. Just entering things in as DEIS Comments is NOT enough. You need to get … Continue reading →
Two letters came in yesterday, one from the proposer of the Myrick route and another from the Mayor of LeSueur. The Myrick route should be off the table now. I hope the Mayor of LeSueur has called the Mayor of … Continue reading →
Here we go again on one more link in the CapX 2020 chain, chain, chain… (btw, the common name for this is off-base, electricity goes from St. Cloud to Monticello, not the other way around, so I refuse to use … Continue reading →
There’s a change to the Brookings schedule, this afternoon ALJ Luis shifted the schedule back four days to allow for response to our NoCapX 2020 and U-CAN Motion to Compel. Here’s the email that came over the wire: Counsel and … Continue reading →
Again, this is the final day for Comments to Judge Luis on the Brookings-Hampton routing docket. Send to Judge Luis today, before 4:30, and put in subject line: Comment CapX Brookings 08-1474 Here’s what just came in: MnDOT Comment Letter … Continue reading →