Citizens Energy Task Force

… for a sustainable energy future

ATC’s Badger-Coulee line is unnecessary

The American Transmission Company (ATC) can’t prove a 345 kilovolt line is needed in the near future between Madison and La Crosse.
It can commission studies, it can hold meetings, it can provide suggested corridors… ATC can do a lot of things, but it can’t empirically prove that adding a 345 kV line, as is proposed [...]

CapX2020 project will be discussed Wed July 27 Rochester

Rochester Post Bulletin July 23, 2011
The last major upgrade of the region’s electric transmission infrastructure took place 30 years ago, according to the developers of the CapX2020 power line project.
They aim to correct that with a project that includes three 345 kilovolt power lines, one 239 kV line and various substations and lines. One of [...]

CapX2020 project working through environmental impacts

Power Line Truth–Speaks Out!
This week the Wisconsin PSC held meetings about environmental impact of CapX2020 in two remote small towns and failed to involve the largest area that would be impacted: Holmen, WI and Onalaska, WI.
Local residents are getting fired up—and holding the utilities accountable for a costly project that has many unanswered questions. Joe [...]

Wisconsin CAPX2020 EIS Scoping Meetings - July 14th & 20th - Please Attend

July 14 in Cochrane, WI
and July 20 in Centerville, WI
Scoping meetings are designed to get public comments regarding what we all think should be covered in the Environmental Impact Statement:
PLEASE ATTEND Details Here:

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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.

    The permitting process is going on now and we need you
  • Support Clean Renewable Energy

    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.