Yesterday at the Xcel Energy rate case prehearing conference, Xcel’s attorney, Eric Swanson, stated that they’d be objecting to the No CapX 2020/Overland intervention. Just after that prehearing conference ended, their objection was filed: 20161-116957-02_Objection Intervention Good idea, Xcel…. What … Continue reading →
wow… ohh my.. that’s the complete public notice. And what they provided for information, some new maps and a “fact sheet.” Briggs Road to La Crosse Tap (Q-1D South) 161 kV Rebuild Project – Fact Sheet Briggs Road to La … Continue reading →
Today’s big news in the La Crosse Tribune, hot on the heels of tapping Oktoberfest’s Golden Keg, is a pretty extensive piece on Dairyland’s upgrade of its Q-1D South transmission line through Onalaska to La Crosse. Note the “amp up … Continue reading →
SENT! On behalf of No CapX 2020 I sent the following Comments: No CapX 2020_Q-1D South_Comment_9-25-2015 I’ve asked how many times for more information, nada, still nothing. N-O-T-H-I-N-G! Of particular note is this handy-dandy chart that Bruce McKay had put … Continue reading →
Who knows? The public sure has no idea, and Dairyland isn’t telling! The Comment deadline is FRIDAY (deadline is really Sunday, but Friday on the conservative side), and we still have only Dairyland Q-1D South Sheetmaps, no other information. Please … Continue reading →
There’s a lot to learn about this 9 mile short little project, and it’s been hard to find information. VERY difficult to find anything on it. Yet some progress! Here are a few tidbits, but there’s still … Continue reading →
What’s the scoop??!!?? Deadline for comments is Sunday, September 27, so technically I’d say it’s Monday, September 28, but to be safe, send your comments in by Friday, September 25. The notice says to send your comments to Dairyland’s Chuck … Continue reading →
“Upgrade” through Holmen, Onalaska, La Crosse, from Briggs Road to some substation south of 90. This is a “notice” found in the La Crosse Tribune on Friday. Take a close look, yes, it’s hard to read, but multiple searches of … Continue reading →
When the Applicants added the Myrick route, oh-so-improperly at the very end of a long proceeding when they saw they couldn’t get their way due to DOT easements, it was excruciating. Successfully defeated, but excruciating because it was so wrong, … Continue reading →
This is an article you MUST read! Here is the story of GRE and MNVEC trying to string transmission over an area that was demonstrated not suitable for CapX 2020 transmission and getting schooled in history, public process, and ecology: … Continue reading →