Today in Senate Environment and Energy there are five bills up for consideration today, meeting resumes at 5:30 p.m. TODAY’S SCHEDULE. QUICK, let Senators on the Committee know what you think. Here are links and emails to the Committee members: … Continue reading →
Xcel Energy has been spreading more than their share in their “acquisition” of land for their CapX 2020 transmission project. They’ve been lowballing landowners, and worse, when landowners elect “Buy the Farm” under Minn. Stat. 216B.12, Subd. 4, Xcel Energy … Continue reading →
= . Finally, the South Dakota to Minnesota transmission line is announced. Transmission equals coal, the “benefits” of transmission are realized when coal displaces natural gas, when coal can be shipped anywhere: ICF – MISO Benefits Analysis Study And that … Continue reading →
Here they are… finally — the appellate briefs for the CapX 2020 Hampton-Rochester-La Crosse transmission routing permit. Yes, I scanned in the briefs. Wasn’t easy, I had to get a new printer/scanner, very daring — something other than HP — … Continue reading →
Does it ever end? Not when they’ve got legislative fiat to run over Minnesota and landowners in their path. Here’s the next round, an “Elko New Market Cleary Lake” 115kV transmission project.  Seems like two separate projects, but??? Do … Continue reading →
The Minnesota appeal of the Hampton-Rochester-La Crosse CapX 2020 transmission line is lumbering forward. Today we reached an agreement for briefing and also that no transcripts would be required because they are already a part of the record (and those … Continue reading →
(be sure to check out the Scott County Order at the bottom of the page) Northern States Power (Now it’s NSP, it’s been Xcel in the dockets at the PUC, why the difference?) objects to landowners taking the recent Appellate … Continue reading →
It really shouldn’t be this difficult to wake up the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission that there is trouble, right here in River City, with a capital “T” and that rhymes with “B” and that ‘s something we just can’t stand!!! … Continue reading →
CapX Vision Thang, Exhibit 13, from the Minnesota PUC Certificate of Need proceeding, Docket 06-1115. There’s been some good coverage, particularly TODAY in Cap Times and by Wisconsin Public Radio last week, but I can’t find a link to that. … Continue reading →
Citizens Energy Task Force and NoCapX 2020 are ready to forge on ahead with a challenge of the Wisconsin CapX 2020 Order. WE NEED MONEY! PLEASE SUPPORT OUR EFFORTS WITH A DONATION TODAY! From CETF: NOT THE END OF THE … Continue reading →