There are meetings happening this week and next on the Great Northern Transmission Line, stretching from Manitoba south easterly toward Duluth.
Meeting schedule (or CLICK HERE):
Where is this project at? It’s just at the beginning. To see what’s in the PUC’s docket thus far, go HERE and search for docket number 12-1163. The Notice Plan and Exemptions from filing requirements have been approved by the Commission, so the Application is probably going to be filed any day now.
What is Minnesota Power saying about the Great Northern Transmission Project? That’s their site, highlighted, and here’s handouts from prior meetings:
Think we need it? Think we don’t? I need to do some digging this week, and I’ll post what I find. But to be clear, I’ve never seen a transmission that was wanted for the reasons they say it’s needed.
Here’s the Certificate of Need process, roughly, and ignore the comments typed in about when Notice Plan comments are due, that’s history. Remember that to have a seat at the table and the opportunity to influence what happens, it’s time to INTERVENE!!!
