Busy day today. NoCapX 2020 filed three Motions today: NoCapX Motion to Consolidate NoCapX Motion to Recuse Commissioner Reha & Exhibit A – Reha Power Point Presentation … and the most important one given last Friday’s announcement of EVEN MORE … Continue reading →
There’s a great letter by Bev Topp in the Farmington Independent about repeal of Minn. Stat. 117.189, that horrible statute that makes “public service corporations” more special, with more power than even the state, by exempting them from many of … Continue reading →
CapX 2020 meetings are happening across southern Minnesota, last week, this week.. AND REMEMBER NEXT WEEK’S PUC MEETINGÂ – CERTIFICATE OF NEED! April 15th & 16th Oral Argument & Deliberation PUC – 121 – 7th Place East, 3rd Floor St. … Continue reading →
Methinks LeSueur County did essentially the same thing… Dakota County and Rice County — it’s your turn! Be sure to check out the United Citizen Action Network (U-CAN) site! Scott County rejects routes for power line Commissioners say the preferred … Continue reading →
They’ve encrypted their PDF so that I can’t post the map, so after I get some print cartridges I’ll post it == manana Thanks to a little birdie for this jpeg It’s here, JCSP part I or CapX Phase II … Continue reading →
The good news is that Minnesota Public Utilities Commissioner Phyllis Reha did NOT stump for transmission as a speaker at the 2009 National Electricity Delivery Forum. Who cares? Well, this is old news, but as the PUC decision on CapX … Continue reading →
Now remember, this is TENTATIVE, it can change, but we’ve been promised it won’t be any earlier. Tentatively, here’s what’s proposed for the CapX 2020 Certificate of Need: Oral Argument – April 14, 2009 at 9:30 a.m. Deliberation – April … Continue reading →
Special thanks to Ann Rasmussen, of Dorchester Citizens for Safe Energy, in Maryland, for sending this article: What’s wrong with the electric grid? It’s nearly six years old, but is the most concise and clear statement of what’s going on … Continue reading →
Xcel has been pushing “SmartGrid,” a demo project out in Boulder, and it’s been the subject of quite a bit of testimony in the CapX 2020 Certificate of Need evidentiary hearing. The PUC is holding a meeting, separate from the … Continue reading →
Obviously there’s a lot more to the story… Talks heat up on CapX 2020 power line Submitted by Mathias Baden on February 8, 2009 – 1:30am. NEW PRAGUE — Talks about the CapX 2020 electrical transmission lines are heating up. … Continue reading →