{"id":5325,"date":"2014-04-30T16:30:50","date_gmt":"2014-04-30T23:30:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nocapx2020.info\/?p=5325"},"modified":"2014-04-30T16:33:31","modified_gmt":"2014-04-30T23:33:31","slug":"badger-coulee-application-complete","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nocapx2020.info\/?p=5325","title":{"rendered":"Badger Coulee application &#8220;complete&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/nocapx2020.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/PSCLogoCropped.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5326\" src=\"https:\/\/nocapx2020.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/PSCLogoCropped.gif\" alt=\"PSCLogoCropped\" width=\"199\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This in, earlier today:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/nocapx2020.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Norcross-Complete.pdf\">PSC Norcross-Complete Application<\/a><\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Here&#8217;s an article in the La Crosse Tribune:<\/p>\n<div class=\"title-block\">\n<blockquote>\n<h3><a href=\"http:\/\/lacrossetribune.com\/news\/local\/psc-oks-badger-coulee-application-year-long-approval-process-begins\/article_ffc1c613-022a-549f-b9b3-f9b42cd8e6c3.html\">PSC OKs Badger-Coulee application; year-long approval process begins<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<blockquote>\n<div class=\"publish-meta clearfix\">\n<blockquote>\n<div class=\"date left\"><span class=\"pubdate\">5 hours ago<\/span> \u00c2\u00a0\u00e2\u20ac\u00a2\u00c2\u00a0 <span class=\"byline\">By <a class=\"open-tooltip\" href=\"http:\/\/lacrossetribune.com\/users\/profile\/Chubbuch\">Chris Hubbuch<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<aside id=\"asset-related\" class=\"grid_3 right\">\n<div class=\"box related-pdfs\">\n<blockquote>\n<h3>Related Documents<\/h3>\n<div class=\"breakout box well\">\n<div class=\"well-caption clearfix\">\n<h4 class=\"serif\"><a title=\"Proposed transmission routes\" href=\"http:\/\/lacrossetribune.com\/proposed-transmission-routes\/pdf_b80e1808-8588-583a-ac56-c9d6d88e99a6.html\">Proposed transmission routes<\/a><\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<div class=\"breakout box well\">\n<div class=\"well-caption clearfix\">\n<blockquote>\n<h4 class=\"serif\"><a title=\"Badger coulee map\" href=\"http:\/\/lacrossetribune.com\/badger-coulee-map\/pdf_93963a42-fb9c-5954-8d52-3573a5e6327d.html\">Badger coulee map<\/a><\/h4>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/lacrossetribune.com\/news\/local\/psc-oks-badger-coulee-application-year-long-approval-process-begins\/article_ffc1c613-022a-549f-b9b3-f9b42cd8e6c3.html\">State regulators today accepted a revised application for a high-voltage power line between Holmen and Madison, triggering what\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s likely to be a year-long review of the proposed $500-plus million project.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/lacrossetribune.com\/news\/local\/psc-oks-badger-coulee-application-year-long-approval-process-begins\/article_ffc1c613-022a-549f-b9b3-f9b42cd8e6c3.html\">The move comes just over five months after the Public Service Commission rejected the initial application as incomplete, outlining 153 deficiencies. Concerns ranged from missing or broken elements in electronic mapping files to requests for additional explanation of the project need &#8212; a key issue for project opponents, who argue that local energy demand has been dropping.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/lacrossetribune.com\/news\/local\/psc-oks-badger-coulee-application-year-long-approval-process-begins\/article_ffc1c613-022a-549f-b9b3-f9b42cd8e6c3.html\">A joint venture of ATC and Xcel Energy, the proposed 345-kilovolt line would connect to CapX2020, another high-voltage line being built between the Twin Cities and Holmen.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/lacrossetribune.com\/news\/local\/psc-oks-badger-coulee-application-year-long-approval-process-begins\/article_ffc1c613-022a-549f-b9b3-f9b42cd8e6c3.html\">\u00e2\u20ac\u0153We appreciate the public\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s active involvement over the past several years in helping us evaluate possible routes,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d ATC Manager of Environmental and Local Relations Greg Levesque said in a news release. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153The PSC\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s regulatory review phase allows further opportunity for stakeholders to submit comments directly to the PSC and be part of the process.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/lacrossetribune.com\/news\/local\/psc-oks-badger-coulee-application-year-long-approval-process-begins\/article_ffc1c613-022a-549f-b9b3-f9b42cd8e6c3.html\">Rob Danielson, a spokesman for one of several citizen groups opposing the project, said he still considers the application incomplete, because it fails to answer all the PSC\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s questions and doesn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t address alternative solutions or the declining energy demand.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/lacrossetribune.com\/news\/local\/psc-oks-badger-coulee-application-year-long-approval-process-begins\/article_ffc1c613-022a-549f-b9b3-f9b42cd8e6c3.html\">\u00e2\u20ac\u0153We will continue to respond to requests for information,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d said ATC spokeswoman Kaya Freiman. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s a totally normal part of the process.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/lacrossetribune.com\/news\/local\/psc-oks-badger-coulee-application-year-long-approval-process-begins\/article_ffc1c613-022a-549f-b9b3-f9b42cd8e6c3.html\">But Danielson was encouraged by the number of questions regulators asked.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/lacrossetribune.com\/news\/local\/psc-oks-badger-coulee-application-year-long-approval-process-begins\/article_ffc1c613-022a-549f-b9b3-f9b42cd8e6c3.html\">\u00e2\u20ac\u0153PSC questioning and persistence has supplied some important new information for ratepayers, including a report showing energy use in the Midwest has declined much faster than previously known \u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 five times the recently reported national rate of decline,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d he said.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/lacrossetribune.com\/news\/local\/psc-oks-badger-coulee-application-year-long-approval-process-begins\/article_ffc1c613-022a-549f-b9b3-f9b42cd8e6c3.html\">The project includes two proposed routes out of the La Crosse area at a cost of $514 million to $552 million. One would go through Onalaska, the other between Holmen and Galesville, putting a second line of towers alongside those to be built for CapX.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/lacrossetribune.com\/news\/local\/psc-oks-badger-coulee-application-year-long-approval-process-begins\/article_ffc1c613-022a-549f-b9b3-f9b42cd8e6c3.html\">ATC says it will provide lower cost electricity and enhanced reliability for Wisconsin customers while also providing a pathway for renewable energy.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/lacrossetribune.com\/news\/local\/psc-oks-badger-coulee-application-year-long-approval-process-begins\/article_ffc1c613-022a-549f-b9b3-f9b42cd8e6c3.html\">The project has prompted opposition and calls for a comprehensive study of alternatives from dozens of municipalities and counties in western Wisconsin. Business groups &#8212; including the state\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s chamber of commerce and grocers\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 association &#8212; have come out in support.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/lacrossetribune.com\/news\/local\/psc-oks-badger-coulee-application-year-long-approval-process-begins\/article_ffc1c613-022a-549f-b9b3-f9b42cd8e6c3.html\">The PSC now has 180 days to approve or deny the application, with the possibility of a six-month extension.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/lacrossetribune.com\/news\/local\/psc-oks-badger-coulee-application-year-long-approval-process-begins\/article_ffc1c613-022a-549f-b9b3-f9b42cd8e6c3.html\">If approved, ATC anticipates construction would begin in 2016 and to have the line in service by the end of 2018.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This in, earlier today: PSC Norcross-Complete Application Here&#8217;s an article in the La Crosse Tribune: PSC OKs Badger-Coulee application; year-long approval process begins 5 hours ago \u00c2\u00a0\u00e2\u20ac\u00a2\u00c2\u00a0 By Chris Hubbuch Related Documents Proposed transmission routes Badger coulee map State regulators <span class=\"excerpt-dots\">&hellip;<\/span> <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/nocapx2020.info\/?p=5325\"><span class=\"more-msg\">Continue reading &rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[585],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5325","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-badgercoulee-wisconsin"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nocapx2020.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5325","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nocapx2020.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nocapx2020.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nocapx2020.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nocapx2020.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5325"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/nocapx2020.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5325\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5328,"href":"https:\/\/nocapx2020.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5325\/revisions\/5328"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nocapx2020.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5325"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nocapx2020.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5325"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nocapx2020.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5325"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}