Citizens Energy Task Force

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It Bears Repeating: CapX 2020 Application Is Incomplete!

Yes it is.  Read this.

Power line project hits speed bump

LaCrosse Tribune, Feb 9,2011 State regulators want more information before they will further consider CapX2020’s application to route a high-voltage line through three western Wisconsin counties.

Public Service Commission says CapX2020 application incomplete

From WKBT TV, LaCrosse, February 9, 2011

Wisconsin rules CapX 2020 app incomplete

From the Winona Post, February 9, 2011: A portion of the proposed CapX2020 electric transmission lines that would connect Alma, Wis. to a substation near Holmen, Wis. hit a snag this week, after the Public Service Commission (PSC) of Wisconsin determined the lengthy application was incomplete. The PSC included dozens of detailed requirements for information [...]

Power line report to be released in March

From the Winona Daily News, February 2, 2011: A Minnesota study assessing the environmental impacts of new high-voltage power lines crossing the Mississippi River near Alma, Wis., will not be released until March, two months later than anticipated. The draft environmental impact statement will assess the Minnesota portion of a proposed $450 million transmission project [...]

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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.

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    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.

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