It’s February now. It seems Administrative Law Judge Kathleen Sheehy is M-I-A. The hearing for the CapX 2020 Hampton-Rochester-LaCrosse line ended in June, public hearings were the week of June 13th, and evidentiary hearings the week of June 20th, Comments … Continue reading →
The Wisconsin meetings were great, the final one, in Centerville/Galesville was standing room only, over 150 I’d presume. I’d heard there was a hot meeting in the Town of Gale the night before, where they passed a resolution against the … Continue reading →
(Jim Thompson, Hydro One Transmission Line Technician, in Ontario, who rescued eagle that had been hit be several trucks. It recovered and was released. More HERE, scroll way down!) Big week for the Wisconsin and Minnesota CapX 2020 Hampton-Rochester-LaCrosse line! … Continue reading →
UPDATE: The eagle found seriously injured near Belle Plaine, and the Belle Plaine Minnesota River crossing for CapX 2020 transmission was NOT injured by hitting a transmission line. Diagnosis: LEAD POISONING. And the eagle has died. Original info came from … Continue reading →
Here it is, MTEP 11, the Midwest Transmission Expansion Plan for 2011 (CLICK HERE, look on lower right), and it’s in the news too. The main report and some appendices: MTEP 11 – Draft Report MTEP Appendices A B & … Continue reading →
WXOW New 19 – Holmen School Board comes out against power line project The Holmen School District’s resolution says it all (packet copy – will post signed copy as soon as it’s available): Powerline Resolution Draft – Holmen Schools BG … Continue reading →
Here are data requests sent out today: NoCapX 2020 Data Requests to American Transmission Company – Series 01 NoCapX 2020 Data Requests to Dairyland Cooperative Power – Series 01 And sent last week: NoCapX 2020 Data Requests to Xcel Energy … Continue reading →
Just got notice of the Prehearing Conference for the Wisconsin CapX 2020 Hampton-Rochester-LaCrosse transmission line: Notice – Prehearing Conference – December 5, 2011 @ 10 a.m. We’ll be addressing scheduling and “issues” and per the order, the “[p]arties will be … Continue reading →
OK, folks, especially those of you who have been through parts or all of the Minnesota process: THE WI-PSC DEIS FOR HAMPTON-LaCROSSE IS OUT!!! This is much more what I expect in environmental review. How’s this for p. XVII of … Continue reading →
Virgil Fuchs has been around this powerline concept a time or too. But it now seems that one of the Permit Amendments that Xcel is requesting for the CapX 2020 Fargo-St. Cloud route would run right over Virgil Fuchs’ land … Continue reading →