{"id":6321,"date":"2016-02-02T16:48:54","date_gmt":"2016-02-02T23:48:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nocapx2020.info\/?p=6321"},"modified":"2016-02-02T16:57:34","modified_gmt":"2016-02-02T23:57:34","slug":"xcel-energy-objects-again-of-course","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nocapx2020.info\/?p=6321","title":{"rendered":"Xcel Energy objects AGAIN!  Of course&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-5298\" src=\"https:\/\/nocapx2020.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/MVP-portfolio-map.jpg\" alt=\"MVP portfolio map\" width=\"420\" height=\"286\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nocapx2020.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/MVP-portfolio-map.jpg 702w, https:\/\/nocapx2020.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/MVP-portfolio-map-300x204.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The rate case trudges on&#8230; I&#8217;d filed a SECOND Petition for Intervention, and Xcel has filed a SECOND objection:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/nocapx2020.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Overland-NoCapX_Intervention2_FINAL-1.pdf\">Overland-NoCapX_Intervention2_FINAL<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/nocapx2020.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/20160201_docketno.15-826_xcel_objectiontosecondpetitiontointervene.pdf\"><strong>Xcel Energy&#8217;s SECOND Objection to Overland\/No CapX 2020 SECOND Petition to Intervene<\/strong><\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Look how they&#8217;re framing this.\u00c2\u00a0 The &#8220;Clean Energy Organization&#8221; intervenors claim essentially that because they&#8217;ve intervened before they should be granted intervention status before, and not much more.\u00c2\u00a0 Most do not state a position, much less the specific interests in this rate case:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>&#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/nocapx2020.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/CEOPetitiontoIntervene-1.pdf\">Clean Energy Organizations&#8221; &#8211; Petition to Intervene<\/a><\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Does Xcel Energy hold the &#8220;Clean Energy Organizations&#8221; to the standards that they think Overland\/No CapX must meet?\u00c2\u00a0 Of cousre not.\u00c2\u00a0 No objection to the &#8220;CEO&#8221; intervention.\u00c2\u00a0 Different intervenors, different standards.<\/p>\n<p>Check this objection:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-6332\" src=\"https:\/\/nocapx2020.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/objection1.jpg\" alt=\"objection1\" width=\"450\" height=\"387\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nocapx2020.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/objection1.jpg 872w, https:\/\/nocapx2020.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/objection1-300x258.jpg 300w, https:\/\/nocapx2020.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/objection1-768x661.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Not relevant or appropriate?\u00c2\u00a0 It&#8217;s Xcel that wants to switch Construction Work in Progress payments into the general rate case, it&#8217;s Xcel that brought up the CapX 2020 and MVP projects and Schedule 26A in its testimony.\u00c2\u00a0 Benson Direct: CapX p. 8, 14, 17, 28, 39, 56-57 and Schedule 2 p. 3-4 of 11; MVP and Schedule 26A: p. 17, 58, 76-77, 87, 125-126.\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 Burdick: CapX 2020 p. 28-29; and transmission generally throughout:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-6333\" src=\"https:\/\/nocapx2020.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Burdick1.jpg\" alt=\"Burdick1\" width=\"450\" height=\"291\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nocapx2020.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Burdick1.jpg 702w, https:\/\/nocapx2020.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Burdick1-300x194.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-6334\" src=\"https:\/\/nocapx2020.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Burdick2.jpg\" alt=\"Burdick2\" width=\"450\" height=\"75\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nocapx2020.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Burdick2.jpg 660w, https:\/\/nocapx2020.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Burdick2-300x50.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>From Burdick&#8217;s testimony, it&#8217;s a basis for their theory of the case!<\/p>\n<p>And Xcel again trots out the claim that &#8220;Petitioners fail to demonstrate that any alleged relevant interest they may have in this proceeding is not already represented by the other parties.&#8221;\u00c2\u00a0 Xcel, please, demonstrate how they ARE represented by other parties?\u00c2\u00a0 Commerce?\u00c2\u00a0 The A.G.&#8217;s Office?\u00c2\u00a0 Noooooo&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>And what&#8217;s Xcel&#8217;s final objection to the Overland\/No CapX 2020 Intervention?<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-6330\" src=\"https:\/\/nocapx2020.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Lastly....jpg\" alt=\"Lastly...\" width=\"450\" height=\"219\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nocapx2020.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Lastly....jpg 878w, https:\/\/nocapx2020.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Lastly...-300x146.jpg 300w, https:\/\/nocapx2020.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Lastly...-768x374.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-6331\" src=\"https:\/\/nocapx2020.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Lastly2.jpg\" alt=\"Lastly2\" width=\"450\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nocapx2020.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Lastly2.jpg 878w, https:\/\/nocapx2020.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Lastly2-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/nocapx2020.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Lastly2-768x513.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>There&#8217;s no mention of the many No CapX 2020 interventions granted, including the CapX 2020 Certificate of Need (06-1115); CapX Brookings-Hampton Routing Permit with U-CAN (08-1474); the CapX 2020 Fargo to St. Cloud Routing Permit together with NoRCA (09-1056); the Hampton-La Crosse Routing Permit with North Route Group (09-1448); and the ITC MISO MVP 3 Minnesota\/Iowa 345 kV (12-1053).\u00c2\u00a0 Xcel seems to have a difficult time with use of the word &#8220;with&#8221; in addressing those groups that have joined No CapX in these dockets which have interests represented by No CapX 2020.\u00c2\u00a0 No CapX 2020 has been granted many more Petitions for Intervention than have been denied.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The rate case trudges on&#8230; I&#8217;d filed a SECOND Petition for Intervention, and Xcel has filed a SECOND objection: Overland-NoCapX_Intervention2_FINAL Xcel Energy&#8217;s SECOND Objection to Overland\/No CapX 2020 SECOND Petition to Intervene Look how they&#8217;re framing this.\u00c2\u00a0 The &#8220;Clean Energy <span class=\"excerpt-dots\">&hellip;<\/span> <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/nocapx2020.info\/?p=6321\"><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":[976],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6321","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-rate-case-transmission"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nocapx2020.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6321","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=6321"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/nocapx2020.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6321\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6337,"href":"https:\/\/nocapx2020.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6321\/revisions\/6337"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nocapx2020.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6321"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nocapx2020.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6321"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nocapx2020.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6321"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}