{"id":5230,"date":"2014-04-21T13:16:06","date_gmt":"2014-04-21T20:16:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nocapx2020.info\/?p=5230"},"modified":"2014-04-21T13:23:26","modified_gmt":"2014-04-21T20:23:26","slug":"deis-meetings-for-itc-midwests-mnia-line","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nocapx2020.info\/?p=5230","title":{"rendered":"DEIS Meetings for ITC Midwest’s MN\/IA line"},"content":{"rendered":"

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This week we have three days of DEIS meetings, that’s Draft Environmental Impact Statement for the uninitiated.\u00c2\u00a0 The schedule:<\/p>\n

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Fairmont <\/strong><\/address>\n
Tuesday, April 22, 2014<\/address>\n
1:00 p.m. and 6:00 p.m.<\/address>\n
Knights of Columbus Hall<\/address>\n
920 East 10th Street<\/address>\n
Fairmont, MN 56031<\/address>\n
\u00c2\u00a0<\/address>\n
Jackson <\/strong><\/address>\n
Wednesday, April 23, 2014<\/address>\n
1:00 p.m. and 6:00 p.m.<\/address>\n
National Guard Armory<\/address>\n
108 County Road 51<\/address>\n
Jackson, MN 56143<\/address>\n
\u00c2\u00a0<\/address>\n
Blue Earth <\/strong><\/address>\n
Thursday, April 24, 2014<\/address>\n
1:00 p.m. and 6:00 p.m.<\/address>\n
Hamilton Hall<\/address>\n
209 South Main Street<\/address>\n
Blue Earth, MN 56013<\/address>\n<\/blockquote>\n

This project is important because, well, look at the red line in the map above that represents this project.\u00c2\u00a0 It connects on the west to the Split Rock-Lakefield Jct. line from a decade ago, and then goes east, and drops down into Iowa, to become part of a web headed toward Chicago.\u00c2\u00a0 The red and green on that map constitute MISO designated MVP3, and to the east, the orange and blue are MVP 4, and further to the east, 1\/2 of which is Badger Coulee, is MVP 5.\u00c2\u00a0 Important to note that there are 17 MVP projects, and all 17 must be built to offer the benefits touted, the modeling included all 17.\u00c2\u00a0 Not only that, but cost apportionment also included costs to states beyond just the percentage of the one project under review, i.e., there are claims of benefits of MVP 3, but those benefits require MVP 4 and MVP 5, and in fact, ALL the 17 MVP projects.\u00c2\u00a0 Costs to Minnesota ratepayers are “just” a portion of MVP 3, but there are also costs to Minnesota of MVP 4, MVP 5, and I think ALL of the 17 MVP projects.\u00c2\u00a0 So the benefits that are reliant on all the 17 projects being built must be balanced against the costs attributable to Minnesota for all 17 projects!\u00c2\u00a0 See, that wasn’t so hard, was it!<\/p>\n

Here’s the DEIS from the Commerce ITC MN\/IA DEIS page<\/strong><\/a>, it’s easier to cut and paste, though it’s a good idea to download because you never know when links will be changed or disappear:<\/p>\n

Draft Environmental Impact Statement Text<\/span><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n