Opponents speaking out about new proposed High Voltage Power line to La Crosse (WKBT TV)

Transcript of video from WKBT TV8 in La Crosse, WI:
Plans are on the table to build a new high-voltage power line that would link Madison to La Crosse. But like other proposed power line projects in the Midwest, this one is creating some controversy.
Wisconsin based American Transmission Company is looking to build what would [...]

High-voltage power line would link Madison, La Crosse

Thomas Content blogged at the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel:
American Transmission Co. announced Monday that it will seek to build a 345,000-volt power line linking Madison and La Crosse, with the cost of the project tentatively pegged at $425 million.
The Pewaukee-based power company says two years of study have shown that a 150-mile line would boost electric system [...]

MINNESOTA COURT OF APPEALS: JUDGES RULE IN FAVOR OF CAPX2020 POWER LINE UTILITIES

ST. PAUL, MN. June 8, 2010— The Minnesota Court of Appeals announced today a ruling in favor of the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission (MPUC) on the challenge of the MPUC by Citizens Energy Task Force (CETF) and UCAN, who argued that demand forecasts have dropped, that the CapX2020 ultra high power lines are not [...]

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 [...]

Two CapX2020 articles featured on Minneapolis Star Tribune

Read them here:
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MPR and USA Today cover appeal of CapX Certificate of Need

St. Paul, Minn. — The Minnesota Court of Appeals will hear oral arguments Wednesday over a transmission project that three citizens’ groups are trying to block.
The Citizens Energy Task Force, No CapX2020 and the United Citizens Action Network are appealing the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission’s decision last year to grant certificates of need for the [...]

MINNESOTA COURT OF APPEALS WILL HEAR CHALLENGE TO CAPX2020 HIGH VOLTAGE POWER LINES ON MARCH 17

The Minnesota Court of Appeals will hear arguments Wednesday March 17 at 9:30 a.m. in the Minnesota Judicial Center in St. Paul challenging the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission (Commission) decision last August to approve certificates of need for the CapX2020 power lines. The CapX2020 power lines certified by the Commission are 600 miles of ultra [...]

CAPX2020 UTILITIES ANNOUNCE RIVER CROSSING THROUGH WILDLIFE REFUGE; CITIZENS GROUP CHALLENGES NEED FOR HIGH VOLTAGE POWER LINE

A proposed ultra high voltage power line would cross Minnesota’s Great River Road National Scenic Byway and would run through the Upper Mississippi River National Wildlife and Fish Refuge. Even though the utilities are required by Minnesota law to have at least one alternative, they have provided no alternate route across the Mississippi River and [...]