{"id":6690,"date":"2024-02-04T14:46:48","date_gmt":"2024-02-04T20:46:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nocapx2020.info\/?p=6690"},"modified":"2024-03-30T14:47:53","modified_gmt":"2024-03-30T19:47:53","slug":"xcels-mn-energy-con","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nocapx2020.info\/?p=6690","title":{"rendered":"Xcel’s MN Energy CON"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Over the last two weeks, we\u2019ve had a bit of a road show for Xcel Energy<\/a><\/strong>\u2018s MN Energy CON<\/a><\/strong>(nection). We went from \u201cKilowatt Community Center\u201d<\/a><\/strong> (really) in Granite Falls, to Marshall, and Olivia (Max\u2019s Grill and Sheep Shed<\/a><\/strong> with the best ever salmon salad with feta dressing) and Redwood Falls the first week, and then Litchfield to Monticello and ending in Kimball, MN the following week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The turnout was intense \u2014 and so many who commented were there because of CapX 2020, either on their land or in their community, and they were disgusted and angry. Rightly so! I encouraged them to weigh in, in writing, before the comment period is up on February 21 @ 4:30 p.m.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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20235-195956-02_Revised-Application-1<\/a>Download<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

I\u2019m hoping that folks will send in comments IN TECHNICOLOR about what needs to be in the Environmental Impact Statement \u2014 their knowledge of the local environmental issues such as DNR protected areas, field lines and road right-of-way, and their homes and barns and outbuildings. There\u2019s also the magnetic fields modeled to be so much higher than upper bounds set by World Health Organization<\/a><\/strong> (though it seems stuck in 2018!<\/a><\/strong>) and NIEHS\u2019s EMF Rapid Report (1999)<\/a><\/strong> , and there\u2019s also the federal Environmental \u201cProtection\u201d Agency<\/a><\/strong>. True there\u2019s no causation proven yet, but there IS association, which is how epidemiology works\u2026 not that the Public Utilities Commission or the Minnesota Appellate Court<\/a><\/strong> care (\u201cBecause we find merit in the commission\u2019s conclusion that, given the lack of \u201cresources at hand and the current state of scientific knowledge,\u201d neither the present record nor any record that could feasibly be developed at this time would justify shutting down the line, we affirm.<\/a><\/strong>\u201c).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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What\u2019s wrong with this chart? It\u2019s based on 1,100 and 660 MVA. The application states:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Knowing 3,000 amps is more than a tad over 660-1,100 MVA, I asked about that to get it on the record. The first meeting, nada\u2026 I wanted to clarify if the twisted pairs in each circuit were also bundled, and couldn\u2019t get that info. The following day, Jason Standing, their engineer on the job, had the answer, and yes, the twisted pairs are also bundled and it\u2019s double-circuited. Sooooo, that\u2019s a lot of power, well, a lot of capacity. So on to 3,000 amps \u2014 what\u2019s the MVA associated with this conductor configuration at 3,000 amps? Tried a couple times over a couple days, and couldn\u2019t get at it, and I requested that they, likely Jason, take the time to figure it out. And YES, the next day, he had the number. The twisted pair, bundled, and then double circuited, is\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

3,584 MVA Rating<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

MVA is essentially MW, so think about that when they also say in the application that the line \u201cwill enable 4,000 MW of capacity.\u201d Oh really? Now, convert that Table 6.1.12-2 in either row to the 3,584 MVA of 3,000 amps. Jason says, rightly, that it won\u2019t always be running at that level, that it will go up and down, and they\u2019ve no clue of an \u201caverage\u201d or how often it\u2019ll bump up that high, or \u2026 but let\u2019s be clear, the capacity is there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As always, their depiction of the magnetic fields multiplied to a max of 3,584 will be a lot higher. Even double of 1,200 and 2,200 MVA is a lot more. And what\u2019s in that table is bad enough. At the edge of the right-of-way, 75 feet from center, at just 1,100 (less than 1\/3 of capacity it\u2019s 45 mG! That\u2019s over TEN (10) times the recommendation of World Health Organization<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

That said, let\u2019s take a look at need. The purpose of the project is clearly stated on page 1 of the REVISED Certificate of Need (CoN) application:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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And on page 3 of the CoN application:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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How valuable? I\u2019ve not found a clear answer, but I\u2019m looking!!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Over the last two weeks, we\u2019ve had a bit of a road show for Xcel Energy\u2018s MN Energy CON(nection). We went from \u201cKilowatt Community Center\u201d (really) in Granite Falls, to Marshall, and Olivia (Max\u2019s Grill and Sheep Shed with the …<\/span> Continue reading →<\/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":[1043],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6690","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-lyoncounty-sherco"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nocapx2020.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6690","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=6690"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/nocapx2020.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6690\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6691,"href":"https:\/\/nocapx2020.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6690\/revisions\/6691"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nocapx2020.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6690"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nocapx2020.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6690"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nocapx2020.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6690"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}