{"id":821,"date":"2009-06-24T08:07:40","date_gmt":"2009-06-24T15:07:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nocapx2020.info\/?p=821"},"modified":"2009-07-28T06:47:31","modified_gmt":"2009-07-28T13:47:31","slug":"last-night-in-lacrosse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nocapx2020.info\/?p=821","title":{"rendered":"Last night in LaCrosse"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This is a high mileage week, yesterday, LaCrosse, today Galesville, and tomorrow Fountain City.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/nocapx2020.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/dsc00257.jpg\" mce_href=\"https:\/\/nocapx2020.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/dsc00257.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-824\" title=\"dsc00257\" src=\"https:\/\/nocapx2020.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/dsc00257-300x225.jpg\" mce_src=\"https:\/\/nocapx2020.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/dsc00257-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"dsc00257\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nocapx2020.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/dsc00257-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/nocapx2020.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/dsc00257.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>It was a sparse gathering yesterday.  I&#8217;d expected a better turnout because of the proximity to LaCrosse and that it was a larger city than others, and hopefully more organized, but noooooooo&#8230;  The good news was that I got to meet people I&#8217;ve been in contact with and hear their story in person, connect a face with a voice.<\/p>\n<p>Once more with feeling, here are suggestions for the scope of the EIS &#8212; things to ask RUS to cover:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/nocapx2020.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/commentsuggestions-scopeeis.pdf\" mce_href=\"https:\/\/nocapx2020.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/commentsuggestions-scopeeis.pdf\">Comment Suggestions &#8211; Scope EIS<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h2>Comments:<br \/><\/h2>\n<p>The comment date has been extended, but I haven&#8217;t got anything official, I&#8217;ll post when it comes out, so, for now, let&#8217;s use the former deadline, June 29, 2009 &#8212; send Comments to:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<address> Stephanie Strength<\/address>\n<address>Environmental Protection Specialist<\/address>\n<address>USDA, Rural Utilities Service<\/address>\n<address>Engineering and Environmental Staff<\/address>\n<address>1400 Independence Avenue, SW., Stop 1571<br \/>\n<\/address>\n<address>Washington, DC 20250-1571<\/address>\n<address><\/address>\n<address>stephanie.strength@usda.gov<\/address>\n<address>(202) 720-0468<\/address>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">*************************<\/p>\n<p>Yesterday, I brought in the CapX 2020 flyer that I find so objectionable &#8212; they didn&#8217;t have any of them at the St. Charles meeting, but they were there again last night &#8212; so I showed it to Stephanie Strength, RUS, and gave her a copy of it and a copy of the NoCapX flyer with the 2000-2008 Xcel system peak demand showing MAJOR decrease in demand, called over Tim Carlsgaard to register my complaint, Grant Stevenson got into the act too, and Stephanie said she&#8217;ll check it out.&nbsp; Uh-huh &#8212; all the materials they have on display were supposedly approved by USDA\/RUS.&nbsp; That means that it should be true and correct, eh?&nbsp; Right&#8230;&nbsp; those flyers should be dumped in the recycling NOW!<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s that CapX 2020 flyer:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/nocapx2020.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/xcel-increasingdemand.pdf\" mce_href=\"https:\/\/nocapx2020.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/xcel-increasingdemand.pdf\">CapX-Electric Usage Continues to Climb<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>In short, it&#8217;s a bunch of crap&#8230; here&#8217;s the real poop from Xcel:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/nocapx2020.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/xcel-systemdemand.jpg\" mce_href=\"https:\/\/nocapx2020.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/xcel-systemdemand.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-826\" title=\"xcel-systemdemand\" src=\"https:\/\/nocapx2020.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/xcel-systemdemand.jpg\" mce_src=\"https:\/\/nocapx2020.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/xcel-systemdemand.jpg\" alt=\"xcel-systemdemand\" width=\"291\" height=\"210\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>And here&#8217;s my handout about it from last night showing the above drop in electricity with the citations:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/nocapx2020.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/comment-shrinkingdemand.pdf\" mce_href=\"https:\/\/nocapx2020.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/comment-shrinkingdemand.pdf\">Comment- DRAMATICALLY DECREASING DEMAND<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Xcel 2008 10-K<\/p>\n<p><a mce_href=\"http:\/\/www.secinfo.com\/d11MXs.vbn4.htm\" href=\"http:\/\/www.secinfo.com\/d11MXs.vbn4.htm\">Xcel 2005 10-K<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a mce_href=\"http:\/\/www.secinfo.com\/dsvrp.24u6.htm#_008\" href=\"http:\/\/www.secinfo.com\/dsvrp.24u6.htm#_008\">Xcel 2002 10-K<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/nocapx2020.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/dsc00259.jpg\" mce_href=\"https:\/\/nocapx2020.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/dsc00259.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-822 alignleft\" title=\"dsc00259\" src=\"https:\/\/nocapx2020.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/dsc00259-300x225.jpg\" mce_src=\"https:\/\/nocapx2020.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/dsc00259-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"dsc00259\" width=\"150\" height=\"112\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nocapx2020.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/dsc00259-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/nocapx2020.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/dsc00259.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>Alan had some good chats, he enjoys talking with these guys, particularly engineers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is a high mileage week, yesterday, LaCrosse, today Galesville, and tomorrow Fountain City. It was a sparse gathering yesterday. I&#8217;d expected a better turnout because of the proximity to LaCrosse and that it was a larger city than others, <span class=\"excerpt-dots\">&hellip;<\/span> <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/nocapx2020.info\/?p=821\"><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":[192,195],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-821","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-rus-eis","category-wisconsin"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nocapx2020.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/821","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=821"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/nocapx2020.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/821\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":963,"href":"https:\/\/nocapx2020.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/821\/revisions\/963"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nocapx2020.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=821"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nocapx2020.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=821"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nocapx2020.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=821"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}