{"id":6688,"date":"2024-01-17T14:43:16","date_gmt":"2024-01-17T20:43:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nocapx2020.info\/?p=6688"},"modified":"2024-03-30T14:45:30","modified_gmt":"2024-03-30T19:45:30","slug":"atc-objects-to-wolf-intervention","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nocapx2020.info\/?p=6688","title":{"rendered":"ATC Objects to WOLF Intervention"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/legalectric.org\/f\/2024\/01\/image-37.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/legalectric.org\/f\/2024\/01\/image-37.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-25969\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Got a pissive from <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.atcllc.com\/\">American Transmission Company (ATC)<\/a><\/strong> \u2014 apparently it objects to World Organization for Landowner Freedom\u2019s (<a href=\"https:\/\/legalectric.org\/f\/2024\/01\/WOLF_Petition-for-Intervention.pdf\"><strong>WOLF)_Petition-for-Intervention<\/strong><\/a> in the <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mnpower.com\/\">Minnesota Powe<\/a><\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mnpower.com\/\">r<\/a> \u201c<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/minnesotapower.blob.core.windows.net\/content\/Content\/Documents\/Company\/Transmission\/22218_HVDC_LINE_TERMINAL_1101_2.pdf\">HVDC Modernization\u201d<\/a> <\/strong>docket (Public Utilities Commission dockets E015\/CN-22-607 and E015\/TL-22-611).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Here\u2019s <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.atcllc.com\/\">ATC<\/a><\/strong>\u2018s Objection:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><object data=\"https:\/\/legalectric.org\/f\/2024\/01\/0240116_docketnos.22-607_22-611_atc_objection_petitiontointervene.pdf\" type=\"application\/pdf\"><\/object><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/legalectric.org\/f\/2024\/01\/0240116_docketnos.22-607_22-611_atc_objection_petitiontointervene.pdf\">0240116_Docket Nos.22-607_22-611_ATC_Objection_Petition to Intervene <\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/legalectric.org\/f\/2024\/01\/0240116_docketnos.22-607_22-611_atc_objection_petitiontointervene.pdf\">Download<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And here\u2019s World Organization of Landowner Freedom\u2019s response, filed this afternoon:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><object data=\"https:\/\/legalectric.org\/f\/2024\/01\/WOLF_Response-to-ATC-Objection-to-Intervention.pdf\" type=\"application\/pdf\"><\/object><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/legalectric.org\/f\/2024\/01\/WOLF_Response-to-ATC-Objection-to-Intervention.pdf\">WOLF_Response-to-ATC-Objection-to-Intervention<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/legalectric.org\/f\/2024\/01\/WOLF_Response-to-ATC-Objection-to-Intervention.pdf\">Download<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Take that, <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.atcllc.com\/\"><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.atcllc.com\/\">American Transmission Company<\/a><\/strong>! I clearly remember how nasty they were during the Arrowhead-Weston projects, years of hearing their arguments that were so twisted. I wish I still had the 12 or more boxes from that project, Minnesota and Wisconsin dockets, stretching from 1999 to 2005.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In Minnesota, the issue was whether the project should be exempt from the <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.revisor.mn.gov\/statutes\/cite\/216E\">Power Plant Siting Act.<\/a><\/strong> W.O.L.F. was the only intervenor to take it to the MN Court of Appeals, and we lost, went down in flames.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><object data=\"https:\/\/legalectric.org\/f\/2024\/01\/INTHEM1.pdf\" type=\"application\/pdf\"><\/object><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/legalectric.org\/f\/2024\/01\/INTHEM1.pdf\">IN THE MATTER OF THE EXEMPTION\u2026<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/legalectric.org\/f\/2024\/01\/INTHEM1.pdf\">Download<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Wisconsin hearing (05-CE-113) starting in January 2000, or was it 2001\u2026 anyway, learning the technical aspects of transmission was intense, so much so that my brain hurt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But back to <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/legalectric.org\/f\/2024\/01\/0240116_docketnos.22-607_22-611_atc_objection_petitiontointervene.pdf\">ATC\u2019s Objection to W.O.L.F.\u2019s Intervention<\/a><\/strong>\u2026 Later this afternoon, <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mnpower.com\/\">Minnesota Powe<\/a><\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mnpower.com\/\">r<\/a> filed stating it had no objection to W.O.L.F.\u2019s Intervention, and no objection to LIUNA\u2019s (union group) late-filed Petition for Intervention, noting they\u2019d been participating all along:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><object data=\"https:\/\/legalectric.org\/f\/2024\/01\/MP-Response-regarding-W.O.L.F.-and-Labor-Unions-Intervention-Petitions.docx-130657330-v4-20241-202284-01.pdf\" type=\"application\/pdf\"><\/object><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/legalectric.org\/f\/2024\/01\/MP-Response-regarding-W.O.L.F.-and-Labor-Unions-Intervention-Petitions.docx-130657330-v4-20241-202284-01.pdf\">MP-Response-regarding-W.O.L.F.-and-Labor-Unions-Intervention-Petitions.docx-130657330-v4-20241-202284-01<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/legalectric.org\/f\/2024\/01\/MP-Response-regarding-W.O.L.F.-and-Labor-Unions-Intervention-Petitions.docx-130657330-v4-20241-202284-01.pdf\">Download<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Well, that\u2019s good! Now, onward! Any time now, the <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/mn.gov\/oah\/about-us\/judge-profiles\/administrative-law-judges\/james-mortenson-detail.jsp\">Administrative Law Judge Mortenson<\/a><\/strong> can decide on Intervention.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Here\u2019s the schedule from the Prehearing Order:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/legalectric.org\/f\/2024\/01\/image-35.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/legalectric.org\/f\/2024\/01\/image-35.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-25965\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/legalectric.org\/f\/2024\/01\/image-36.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/legalectric.org\/f\/2024\/01\/image-36.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-25967\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Time to get some Information Requests ready to file!<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/legalectric.org\/f\/2011\/03\/pilesofiles.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/legalectric.org\/f\/2011\/03\/pilesofiles.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6364\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Got a pissive from American Transmission Company (ATC) \u2014 apparently it objects to World Organization for Landowner Freedom\u2019s (WOLF)_Petition-for-Intervention in the Minnesota Power \u201cHVDC Modernization\u201d docket (Public Utilities Commission dockets E015\/CN-22-607 and E015\/TL-22-611). Here\u2019s ATC\u2018s Objection: 0240116_Docket Nos.22-607_22-611_ATC_Objection_Petition to Intervene <span class=\"excerpt-dots\">&hellip;<\/span> <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/nocapx2020.info\/?p=6688\"><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":[1046],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6688","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-hvdcmoernizationproject"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nocapx2020.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6688","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=6688"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/nocapx2020.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6688\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6689,"href":"https:\/\/nocapx2020.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6688\/revisions\/6689"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nocapx2020.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6688"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nocapx2020.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6688"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nocapx2020.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6688"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}