When it rains, it pours! Just a couple of hours ago, we got the New Jersey BPU decision on the Susquehanna-Roseland transmission line. Now the CapX 2020 Brookings-Hampton Route Recommendation comes out. eService says that it’s been filed, but for … Continue reading →
Remember all the hype about Rochester, home of the Mayo Clinic, freezing in the dark on a respirator without a job? A little birdie sent me this: Rochester Public Utilities 2009 Electric System Engineering & Operations Report On p. 18 … Continue reading →
UPDATE FROM SUZANNE ON THE CITIZEN ADVISORY TASK FORCES FOR CAPX 2020 HAMPTON-ALAM(LaX): THE DEADLINE HAS BEEN EXTENDED! PUT YOUR APPLICATIONS IN RIGHT AWAY!!! ALERT: Hampton-Alma (LaCrosse) Citizens Advisory Task Force! NOW – Do I have your attention? Today is … Continue reading →
UPDATE: Strangely biased and TWICE removed! Curiouser and curiouser — the two articles below have been pulled by the STrib, but not quick enough to prevent posting here, and tradingcharts.com and istockAnalyst: news.tradingcharts.com/futures/1/2/138012521.html www.istockanalyst.com/article/viewiStockNews/articleid/4018919 ******************************************* Today’s STrib has an article … Continue reading →
Sherburne, that triangle shaped county bordering the Mississippi River, and home of the Sherco coal plant, woke up recently to the CapX 2020 nightmare. 345kv line placement has county folk worried By Gary W. Meyer, Editor An alternative route for … Continue reading →
Well DUH, to transmit the unneeded coal-generated electricity to market to “displace natural gas.” ICF – MISO Benefits Analysis Study A storm is brewing over South Heart, North Dakota. The South Heart coal plant and mine is in the news. … Continue reading →
OK, now where were we… it’s getting way too confusing! To look at the official PUC docket for any of these listed below, go to www.puc.state.mn.us and then “Search eDockets” and then search for the docket number, i.e., 06-1115. CAPX … Continue reading →
This site with some (not all) of the CapX 2020 environmental documents and history popped up on Google Alert today, covering the 06-1115 docket: Project: CapX2020 Phase I Transmission Projects Certificate of Need Environmental Review This is not to say … Continue reading →
… sigh… How much more could be going on at once? It’s out — it’s dated FEBRUARY — how did that happen? Did any of you get notice? CLICK HERE FOR WHOLE ENCHILADA – IT’S HUGE Rural Utilities Service Scoping … Continue reading →
Here’s the old railroad bridge outside of Kenyon, if you go down Home St. to Hwy. 56 and walk south a bit, there it is, on the east side of 60. This is from the days when they really used … Continue reading →