Cardinal-Hickory Creek is the $492-543 million southern part of MPV5, running SW-NE, the line from near Dubuque to Middleton, near Madison, connecting into the 345kV overlay. The Wisconsin EIS scoping period is happening now. Scoping is the determination of the … Continue reading →
Slow evening at Rural Utilities Service’s (RUS) scoping meeting for the Environmental Impact Statement for the Cardinal – Hickory Creek transmission project. RUS is involved because Dairyland Power Cooperative (DPC) plans to hold a 9% undivided interest in the project, … Continue reading →
Dairyland’s Q-1D South Environmental Assessment Comments are due July 1, 2016 — send to: USDA’s Dennis Rankin: dennis.rankin@wdc.usda.gov (I’d also cc DPC’s Chuck Thompson: cat@dairynet.com) By U.S. Mail: Dennis Rankin Environmental Protection Specialist USDA Rural Utilities Service 1400 Independence Avenue … Continue reading →
Dairyland Power Cooperative’s transmission through Onalaska and La Crosse is something to see… Dairyland Power Cooperative and USDA’s Rural Utilities Service has released the “Q-1D South” Environmental Assessment, open for Comment until July 1, 2016: Q1-South_Environmental Assessment (BIG FILE) And … 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 →
wow… ohh my.. that’s the complete public notice. And what they provided for information, some new maps and a “fact sheet.” Briggs Road to La Crosse Tap (Q-1D South) 161 kV Rebuild Project – Fact Sheet Briggs Road to La … Continue reading →
Today’s big news in the La Crosse Tribune, hot on the heels of tapping Oktoberfest’s Golden Keg, is a pretty extensive piece on Dairyland’s upgrade of its Q-1D South transmission line through Onalaska to La Crosse. Note the “amp up … Continue reading →
SENT! On behalf of No CapX 2020 I sent the following Comments: No CapX 2020_Q-1D South_Comment_9-25-2015 I’ve asked how many times for more information, nada, still nothing. N-O-T-H-I-N-G! Of particular note is this handy-dandy chart that Bruce McKay had put … Continue reading →
Who knows? The public sure has no idea, and Dairyland isn’t telling! The Comment deadline is FRIDAY (deadline is really Sunday, but Friday on the conservative side), and we still have only Dairyland Q-1D South Sheetmaps, no other information. Please … Continue reading →
What’s the scoop??!!?? Deadline for comments is Sunday, September 27, so technically I’d say it’s Monday, September 28, but to be safe, send your comments in by Friday, September 25. The notice says to send your comments to Dairyland’s Chuck … Continue reading →