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 →
Big CapX 2020 day today, what with oral arguments at the Appellate Court on Segment 1 and Segment 3 of the Minnesota routing docket, and LOTS of Answers and Comments due today on the FERC Complaint filed by CETF and … Continue reading →
Xcel Energy has been spreading more than their share in their “acquisition” of land for their CapX 2020 transmission project. They’ve been lowballing landowners, and worse, when landowners elect “Buy the Farm” under Minn. Stat. 216B.12, Subd. 4, Xcel Energy … Continue reading →
Does it ever end? Not when they’ve got legislative fiat to run over Minnesota and landowners in their path. Here’s the next round, an “Elko New Market Cleary Lake” 115kV transmission project.  Seems like two separate projects, but??? Do … 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 →
Catching up here. In November, CapX 2020 utilities filed their South Dakota permit application for the Brookings – Hampton transmission line: CapX 2020 South Dakota application for Brookings-Hampton line Does anyone remember the SDEIA study where they noted that there’s … Continue reading →
Write this one down for the record book – on the short version of the Brookings “Recommendation” from Judge Luis, yup, I would agree with CapX Applicant GRE’s Randy Fordice: Randy Fordice of Great River Energy said he was still … Continue reading →
Enough of holidays and time off, it’s back to the CapX 2020 road show. If you can’t make it to the hearings, you can send comments, identified as “Comments – 09-1056” to: routecomments.oah@state.mn.us or Judge Beverly Heydinger Office of Administrative … Continue reading →
Today in Finance & Commerce: A 35-acre site containing a 1,950-square-foot building at 11126 245th St E. in New Market Township might make way for power lines. The site was sold to Great River Energy in Maple Grove for $1.15 … Continue reading →
Here are notes from yesterday’s Brookings CapX 2020 evidentiary hearing in St. Paul. Two interesting things revealed – one, defensive as they are, expansion of the Lake Marion substation could instead be plopped down at the southern most part of … Continue reading →