CapX 2020 is now “Grid North Partners.” Do we really need to go through this AGAIN? Contact them at info@gridnorthpartners.com to be added to their mailing list. WHAT ABOUT DISTRIBUTED GENERATION DO YOU NOT UNDERSTAND? 2020 CapX2050 Vision Report: CapX2050_TransmissionVisionReport_FINAL.pdf … Continue reading →
It’s early, so now’s the time to get agitated, get activated! As if CapX 2020 wasn’t enough, and during the CapX 2020 Certificate of Need proceeding, word of the “JCSP” overlay came out. And we know that Xcel, in its … Continue reading →
With all these highly volatile oil tankers whizzing by, we need secure rail communication networks. But what did we just learn? CapX 2020 transmission is affecting rail communication, along Hwy. 35 in Wisconsin, and that’s not OK. “…the combination of … Continue reading →
The Town of Holland has challenged the Wisconsin Public Service Commission’s Badger-Coulee transmission project decision, where they issued a Final Order 05-ce-142 and permit for this transmission line. 1:45 p.m. on Monday, October 10, 2016 Town of Holland — Circuit … Continue reading →
CapX 2020 at Highway 61 south of Wabasha Monday, they had their CapX 2020 Love Fest at the Hampton substation, and I didn’t even get an engraved invitation. It’s a depressing point in time — 12 years on this project … Continue reading →
CapX 2020/Xcel Energy is holding a PR shindig, firing up the Hampton – La Crosse leg of its transmission build-out. Their scheme, their scam, is nothing to celebrate. But yes, there’s an event coming up… and it should be appropriately … Continue reading →
Next week, the Xcel Energy rate case public hearings are in St. Cloud and Red Wing, both in areas hard hit by CapX 2020. Southern Minnesota was also hit with the ITC MN/IA project, which is the northern part of … Continue reading →
It’s out, the report from U of M Humphrey School of Public Affairs about CapX 2020, headlining it as a “Model for addressing climate change.“ Transmission Planning and CapX 2020: Building Trust to Build Regional Transmission Systems Oh, please, this … Continue reading →
A little birdie just sent this graphic photo. How’s this for a scenic view overlooking the Mississippi, at the Onalaska scenic overlook, no less?!?!?! Onalaska, what are you thinking? Did you consider the impact of this transmission line on the … Continue reading →
It was such a beautiful day today. Got a good share of garden work in, pulled and raked out the back 40″, well, half of it anyway, and cut down all the big milkweed stalks. We grabbed a sub and … Continue reading →