The whole world is watching… Order Granting Extension & Extending Briefing Schedule In short: Public Comments due November 1, 2010 @ 4:30 Initial Briefs of Parties – November 8, 2010 Reply Briefs of Parties – November 18, 2010 Once more … Continue reading →
Warm off the press – it came out in the Grand Forks paper last week (sorry, the format is a tadbit off): Switch to underground cable benefits whooping cranes From the article: FEMA consulted with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife … Continue reading →
Catching up from a week “off” — Thursday and Friday, we exchanged Witness and Exhibit Lists for the upcoming hearings on the Brookings remand in early October. Here they are: CapX Applicants’ Witness & Exhibit List NoCapX & U-CAN Witness … Continue reading →
After all these years of CapX 2020, it seems some are waking up from their Rip Van Winkle slumber to find transmission in their jurisdiction, for example, Eden Township and Brown County. And to be fair — I know that … Continue reading →
Oh, my, the sleep-deprived life of a new mom… of a pup that is… can’t keep up… Here’s the Scheduling Order that came out on the CapX 2020 Brookings-Hampton remand to the ALJ: Prehearing Order I Note the intervention deadline … Continue reading →
Bill Glahn, of the Minnesota Office of Energy Security, has denied the NoCapX 2020 and United Citizen Action Network appeal of his scoping decision for the CapX 2020 Hampton-LaCrosse (Alma) transmission project. No surprise, but the agency’s steadfast refusal to … Continue reading →
Judge Luis has sent ’round notice of Today’s Prehearing Conference regarding the remand for route segment CH (including Minnesota River crossing): Notice of 8/16/10 Prehearing Conference Docket No: 08-1474 In the Matter of the Route Permit Application for a 345kV … Continue reading →
Today NoCapX 2020 and United Citizen Action Network have filed a Motion to Intervene in the CapX Bemidji-Grand Rapids case. Why? Because the comments of the EPA show that there are serious problems with the EIS and that issues raised … Continue reading →
Here’s the Dept. of Commerce scoping decision, read it and barf: CapX Hampton-LaCrosse (Alma) Scoping Decision There are just a few short days to appeal this to the Commissioner. Here’s NoCapX 2020 and United Citizen Action Network appeal to the … Continue reading →
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) reviewed the Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) prepared by MOES as a joint MOES/Rural Utilities Service Environmental Impact Statement. To see the DEIS, go to www.puc.state.mn.us, then “Search eDockets” and then to docket 07-1327. The … Continue reading →