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Minneapolis Star Tribune: Utilities Want Power Line Delayed

Here’s the lede:
A controversial high-voltage power line across southern Minnesota to the metro area now faces a two-year delay as regulators decide who will pay for the $700 million-plus price tag.  The utilities developing the 240-mile power line have asked state utility regulators to move the date for the Brookings transmission line to become operational [...]

CapX2020 Utilities Request Delay; CETF Asking MPUC to Cease Project

The Brookings CapX2020 Project (high voltage power lines from South Dakota to the Twin Cities) is floundering due to controversy at the federal level as to how it will be funded. On May 17, 2010, eleven CapX2020 utilities, including Xcel Energy, filed a request to the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission to push back the in-service [...]

Eminent Domain Changes Signed into Law!

Yesterday Gov. Pawlenty signed House File #1182 into law.  Here is the link to full details on Rep. David Bly’s blog:  http://davidbly.com/.
Thanks to Rep. David Bly and Senator Kevin Dahle for their dedicated efforts to create a more level playing field for property owners all over Minnesota; removing the exemptions for utilities from Minnesota’s protective [...]

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  • About

    The Citizens Energy Task Force (CETF) is a coalition of neighbors and citizens concerned about the proposed CapX2020 high voltage transmission lines in Minnesota and Wisconsin. As a legally registered "intervening party" in the CapX2020 permitting process, we represent the concerns of citizens who question the need for these particular high voltage power lines, and who support clean, sustainable, locally-generated power sources.

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    YOU BELIEVE citizens should have an influence on what type of energy is produced for Minnesota's and Wisconsin's energy needs and how far it travels.

    ADD YOUR VOICE to the CapX public hearing in your community. Speak up and write - your opinions matter.

    ADD YOUR VOICE to change the unfair eminent domain law, which exempts utilities from laws helping landowners to get a fair price in eminent domain.

    WE NEED YOUR HELP to raise money, inform citizens and get the word out.

    THIS IS YOUR OPPORTUNITY to have a voice in our energy future and to impact whether or not these lines will be built.