Citizens Energy Task Force

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Groups appealing CapX decision

More than a dozen individuals and organizations are asking state regulators to reverse their May 30 approval of plans to build a high-voltage transmission line from Minnesota into western Wisconsin. By midday Tuesday — the last day for filing — 14 petitions had been submitted requesting a rehearing in the case of the $211 million, [...]

Wisconsin urged to rethink major energy transmission line

A group of citizens and a state agency will request the Public Service Commission of Wisconsin rethink its decision approving the CapX2020 energy transmission project. The PSC recently approved the controversial CapX2020 project, which will bring power lines from the Dakotas into the state. The 150 foot lines enter Wisconsin at Alma and travel south [...]

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    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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