Staff Briefing Papers have been released for the July 14 PUC Agenda Meeting, where we’ll be addressing our Motions for Reconsideration on the CapX 2020 Certificate of Need. Staff Briefing Papers re: CapX 2020 – July 14 Meeting Read ’em … Continue reading →
The Department of Commerce has issued the Scoping Document for the CapX 2020 Brookings line. Commerce Scoping Decision – June 30, 2009 Look at this list of what’s outside the scope: The “No Build” option is specifically excluded, and yet … Continue reading →
RUS-EIS COMMENTS OPEN UNTIL 7/25/09 The Comment deadline has been extended, no formal notice, but heard it verbally and in writing from Stephanie Strength herself! Send Comments to: Stephanie Strength Environmental Protection Specialist USDA, Rural Utilities Service Engineering and Environmental … Continue reading →
Photo by Kay Fate/Kenyon Leader Public gets the chance to comment on high voltage power lines Hey, www.nocapx2020.info got plastered across the screen!!! From WXOW 19 Deadline approaching for CapX 2020 concerns From the Cannon Falls Beacon: High voltage power … Continue reading →
Last night, Stephanie Strength of the USDA’s RUS, announced that I would not be allowed to set up my little display, above, in the same room as CapX. Must be the revolutionary stuff I’m handing out: Comment Suggestions – Scope … Continue reading →
YEAAAAAAAAAA! RUS EIS is on the way!!! So what’s the big deal that the Rural Utility Service is doing an EIS on CapX 2020? And just the LaCrosse line part of CapX 2020? Consider the piss-poor excuse of “environmental review” … Continue reading →
The Public Utilities Commission’s Order was issued Friday for CapX 2020: Order Granting Certificate of Need with Conditions The appeal clock is ticking, well, first the Motion for Reconsideration clock…
Continue reading →The Dept. of Commerce was up to their usual tricks, a private meeting with the applicants to arrange the schedule, and the result proposed by Commerce was missing major parts of the process and was decidedly counter to past practice … Continue reading →
Recently, someone asked me a question that I didn’t know the answer to, that’s rare, and I put it out there in the world and got a response. Q:Â Given line loss is heat and energy, what is impact of … Continue reading →
I’d wondered why “The Economist” had shown up in my blog stats, and now I know. But from the viewpoint of this article, it’s clear they didn’t do more than scratch the surface of transmission in the Midwest. YOUR TURN! … Continue reading →