(What’s up with this letterhead — will somebody tell these folks that there is no “CapX 2020” entity?) WOW, that was fast… the Draft Environmental Impact Statement was released on November 9, 2011, and already, on November 28, less than … 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 →
There has been a flood of public comments in response to, and because a comment period opened about, Xcel’s request for permit amendments. The lion’s share of them are regarding the short stretch of E-5 and AS-1, from landowners near … 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 →
Whew, been too long since I’ve posted someting. Had a computer crash and two briefs due, and trying to get the house done before fall, eeeeeeuw, snorting way too many woodwork stripper fumes these days!!! One down, and the next … Continue reading →
Demand is down, ja, we know that, you betcha… and it seems that words is finally getting out! And we know those utilities and how badly they want to “prove” need, but hey, bullshit by any other name smells as … Continue reading →
The new “need” report is out, Xcel Energy filed it yesterday, in WISCONSIN, and it’s a doozy, reverse engineering, shifting nuts in the shell game, and pinning the tail on the moving donkey.. Xcel Supplemental Need Study – August 2011 … Continue reading →
Oh, of course, I’m snoozing and they’re working working working making up a new “need” report for the Wisconsin CPCN docket (05-CE-136) to supplement what’s already been filed in Minnesota and Wisconsin. There they go again… Xcel Supplemental Need Study … Continue reading →
The applicant and intervenors in the Fargo to St. Cloud routing docket have filed Exceptions to the Recommendation of the Administrative Law Judge, mostly just minor quibbles, and supporting the ultimate recommendation: Avon Township Exceptions to Recommendation North Route Citizens … Continue reading →
Xcel filed its Direct Testimony, and it’s really Direct Testimony Lite: Hillstrom – Direct Testimony – Part 1 Hillstrom – Direct Testimony – Part 2 King – Direct Testimony Stevenson – Direct Testimony Now it’s time to fire off a … Continue reading →