It’s the most wonderful time of the year!!! It’s the Annual Power Plant Siting Act Hearing, where we get to tell an Administrative Law Judge how we think our state’s system for Power Plant Siting works and doesn’t work. In … Continue reading →
First there was CapX 2020 transmission (following Arrowhead transmission, which was supposed to be the be-all and end-all of transmission)(and the SW MN 345kV line, precursor to CapX 2020. CapX transmission was based on a forecasted 2.49% increase in demand, … Continue reading →
Remember Xcel’s CapX 2020 peak demand projections of 2.49% annual increase? How wrong can they be? And how unjustified was their basis for a Certificate of Need for CapX 2020? And how are they held accountable for those gross misrepresentations? … Continue reading →
I guess I’m not the only one putting this project in bankers boxes and wrapping it up. 11 years on this project, and it’s up, it’s built, wires in the air, cor-ten steel soldiers marching across the hills. Yeah, it … Continue reading →
Rochester Post Bulletin’s CapX 2020 Forum — 11/7/2010 Oh, Tim Carlsbad really did it today! SNORT!!! He’s doing a great job, though I do think he’s really needed back in sex trafficking at the UN. This was a long, long, … Continue reading →
That’s “our” reactor, the Prairie Island Nuclear Generating Plant, here in Red Wing, it’s within the city limits (which were expanded to include the plant). I represented Florence Township from 1995, when Xcel, f/k/a NSP, applied to put nuclear waste … Continue reading →
I’ve been saying this for so many years, that electric demand is down, down, down, and instead, Xcel Energy (and all the others) have been saying it’s going UP, UP, UP (even though Mikey Bull said years ago that they … Continue reading →
How did this happen? Somebody’s sleeping at the switch! I forgot to post the link for the 2012 Earnings Call transcript from Seeking Alpha! And it’s a doozy. You can find the FULL TRANSCRIPT HERE. Northern States Power – Minnesota … 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 →
Will Kaul, VP of Transmission at GRE, let loose in response to David Morris’ opinion piece a few days ago. What a doozy! How dare he! Talk about out of touch with reality! Maybe he’d better ask a few of … Continue reading →