http://cetf.us ... for a sustainable energy future Mon, 21 May 2012 18:39:58 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Holmen village administrator Scott Heinig was disappointed with the Public Service Commission’s decision to approve a high-voltage power line from Rochester, Minn., to Holmen but was relieved commissioners agreed to route it around the village’s land targeted for future growth. The 345-kv line will follow Hwy. 35 for about three miles ... http://cetf.us/2012/05/21/capx-route-still-an-atrocity%e2%80%99-holmen-administrator-says/ Ken and Tess Koltes know the power line is coming, and they can’t stop it. They know it’s not going to matter much whether they agree to the amount of money offered by the utility companies for the right to run the CapX 2020 line across their century dairy farm in ... http://cetf.us/2012/05/21/landowners-seek-fair-compensation-for-impact-of-capx-power-line/ MADISON, Wis. — State regulators have approved plans to build a $202 million, high-voltage transmission line in western Wisconsin that will serve as the last leg of the CapX2020 transmission line, a 700-mile series of lines bringing lower-cost power from the Dakotas. It also virtually assures that a similar high-voltage line, ... http://cetf.us/2012/05/11/capx2020-approved/ MADISON — State regulators approved plans Thursday for a $202 million power line that will run for dozens of miles through western Wisconsin's bluff and river country, despite concerns the line is unnecessary, too costly and would mar the pristine scenery. Northern States Power Company, Dairyland Power Cooperative and WPPI Energy ... http://cetf.us/2012/05/11/state-approves-capx2020-power-line/ American Transmission Co. held another open house on Tuesday in Onalaska for landowners who might be future hosts to the Badger-Coulee 345kV power line. There are some important facts that were not reported. ATC’s Badger-Coulee Line will only be built if the CAPX2020 power line from Alma to Holmen is built ... http://cetf.us/2012/04/24/region-doesn%e2%80%99t-need-power-line-project/ (UNDATED) Opponents of major energy transmission line projects in the La Crosse area say if they can stop one project, they can stop both. American Transmission Company recently narrowed down the prospective routes for the Badger-Coulee line, which would run 150 foot high power lines from La Crosse to Madison. Opponents are ... http://cetf.us/2012/04/24/opponents-optimistic-about-stopping-capx2020-project/ Disputes occurring as residents pay higher rates Some strange battle lines are being drawn in the quest by power companies to build new high-voltage lines. The typical players in power-line fights are grass-roots groups clamoring, often in vain, to stop power companies from building the big projects. The new disputes come at a ... http://cetf.us/2012/04/22/utilities-fight-to-build-more-power-lines/ ONALASKA, Wisconsin (WXOW) – It would cost $425-million, paid for by Wisconsinites through a roughly one percent increase in their electricity rates. American Transmission Company wants to build 345 kilovolt transmission line through Western Wisconsin, saying there is need for more energy here. "Right now the power is running on smaller ... http://cetf.us/2012/04/18/opinions-divided-on-badger-coulee-power-line/ For the Citizens Energy Task Force legal response to the Public Service Commission of Wisconsin on the CapX2020 application requesting a Certificate to construct the CapX2020 powerline: 3/30/12 - See documents page or or click here http://cetf.us/2012/04/02/see-documents-page-for-latest-legal-response-to-the-psc-of-wi/ The Kickapoo Valley --one of the state’s most scenic regions -- is no longer under consideration for a high-voltage transmission line through the Coulee Region. American Transmission Co. on Tuesday unveiled preliminary route alternatives for the proposed 345-kilovolt Badger Coulee line that would connect the Madison area with CapX2020, another proposed ... http://cetf.us/2012/03/30/atc-eliminates-options-of-power-line-route/