That was Charlie the “faciliator” shussssshing me yesterday at the “Citizen Advisory Task Force” meeting in Plainview. Again… … and I said I would not leave, he again asked me to leave, and I wrote down Alan’s phone number on … Continue reading →
Death threats to an Advisory Task Force member? Well, that’s different! I’ve just come back from the Cannon Falls Citizen Advisory Task Force for the CapX 2020 Hampton-Alma/LaCrosse transmission line route. Got there just a tad-bit late, and learned I … Continue reading →
Hot off the press, more responses to my Data Practices Act request about Citizen Advisory Task Forces. So, starting from the beginning, here are the requests I’d sent: Task Force Data Practices Act – 1 Task Force Data Practices Act … Continue reading →
Oh, great, look at this, “THE MEETINGS HAD ALREADY TAKEN PLACE AT THE TIME THE EMAIL WAS SENT.” (EMPHASIS ADDED). It’s in the Cannon Falls Beacon: Township Concerns about CapX2020 Debbie Stark, township clerk, received an email about a task … Continue reading →
NoCapX 2020 and United Citizen Action Network have filed Comments in the Xcel CapX 2020 rate recovery docket, well, really, it’s Xcel’s docket, and they’re claiming rate recovery, ENTITLEMENT to rate recovery, for the CapX projects. Meanwhile, they’ve not complied … Continue reading →
Here we are, long after the CapX 2020 Brookings transmission routing docket has been closed, and what do we see as of yesterday? Piles and piles of paper filed by CapX Applicants. The first one filed is odd pages only, … Continue reading →
For a copy of the application call Xcel at 800-238-7968 or email lacrosseinfo@capx2020.com You really need an application to deal with this. Today’s CapX 2020 EIS Scoping Meeting (not hearing) sponsored by Commerce/MOES is in Pine Island: May 5, 2010 … Continue reading →
Members have been appointed to the Citizens Advisory Task Force CapX 2020 transmission line from Hampton to Alma (f/k/a LaCrosse). Rumor has it that there are NO CITIZENS on the CITIZENS Advisory Task Force. SAY WHAT?!?!?! More to follow on … Continue reading →
WTF?? The STrib does it again. For the ~240 mile CapX 2020 transmission line from Brookings to Hampton, the story is framed as a NIMBY victory for about 2 miles of landowners who are getting their way, and nothing at … Continue reading →
Remember all the hype about Rochester, home of the Mayo Clinic, freezing in the dark on a respirator without a job? A little birdie sent me this: Rochester Public Utilities 2009 Electric System Engineering & Operations Report On p. 18 … Continue reading →