Yesterday a filing came over the wire, and I finally got around to reading it. Odd. It’s a Compliance Filing, which means that Xcel is filing it to show that they’re in compliance with the CapX 2020 order, in this … 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 →
Oh, this gets complicated… get out your scorecards, and there will be a test later. This is about the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission’s routing decision and Order on the CapX 2020 Hampton-Rochester-La Crosse transmission line. The PUC decided on May … Continue reading →
Well, it’s not quite an appeal, it’s “Judicial Review” at the Circuit Court of Wisconsin. If you recall, the Wisconsin Public Service Commission staff has objected to the appeal and has brought a Motion to Strike and Objection to Pro … 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 →
Remember that Ex Parte Complaint I’d filed some time ago? And Oronoco’s Response? And our Stipulated Agreement about that? Laymen for Christ Ex Parte Complaint against Oronoco Twp Oronoco Township Response to Ex Parte Complaint Oronoco vigorously denied ex parte … 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 →
We’re moving toward the PUC Meeting on August 9th. August 9th at 9:30 a.m. Public Utilities Commission 121 -7th Place E, 3rd Floor St. Paul, MNÂ 55101 Just filed, what with the computer crash, it got a lot more difficult … Continue reading →
American Transmission Company just got slapped upside the head by FERC in the Order that came out Friday. ATC claimed that IT was the owner of Badger-Coulee, the extension of CapX 2020 transmission from La Crosse to Madison (dashed line): … Continue reading →
In Wisconsin, the Public Service Commission granted a Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity, and permitted a route for which they did not even have the COST! They had not determined the inputs to calculate the “Environmental Impact Fee” (bribe … Continue reading →