{"id":1181,"date":"2018-01-09T18:32:24","date_gmt":"2018-01-10T00:32:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/not-so-great-northern-transmission-line.org\/?p=1181"},"modified":"2018-01-09T20:35:42","modified_gmt":"2018-01-10T02:35:42","slug":"january-17-canada-will-announce-public-hearings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/not-so-great-northern-transmission-line.org\/?p=1181","title":{"rendered":"January 17 – Canada will announce public hearings"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Public participation, getting the lay of the land — it’s messy, it’s time consuming, and it’s where it’s at in transmission siting proceeding, it is the essential guts of transmission line siting.\u00a0 Get ready for another round of meetings some time after January 17, 2018 up in Canada!<\/p>\n

Last report was that Canada;s National Energy Board had suddenly decided that there was a need for a public hearing process that had somehow been left out of the mix! WHAT? More pubic process is always better, but a series of public hearings for this huge transmission project, both in length and capacity, isn’t too much to ask of Canada.\u00a0 It’s expected!<\/p>\n

Well, Manitoba Hydro is now agreeing to the public hearings… mighty nice of them.\u00a0 Something tells me they had no choice.\u00a0 It’s still up in the air how soon that will happen, but mark you calendars, because on January 17, Manitoba Hydor will make the announcement of the hearing dates and locations!<\/p>\n

Published in CBC news:<\/p>\n

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Manitoba Hydro line to Minnesota to go through public hearing process<\/a><\/h2>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n
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Despite delay, Crown corporation hopes $453M line will be complete by 2020<\/a><\/h3>\n

Manitoba Hydro accepts a decision by the federal government to put a\u00a0transmission line to the U.S. through the public hearing process, officials at the Crown corporation say.<\/a><\/p>\n

The province-owned utility\u00a0was told in December that Ottawa officials had accepted a National Energy Board recommendation that the $453-million Manitoba-Minnesota Transmission Project go through a certificate\u00a0process, which means it will be subject to more public hearings.<\/a><\/p>\n

Hydro had instead sought a process in which the energy board\u00a0would do a technical assessment and issue a permit to build the 213-kilometre transmission line without more public hearings. Hydro officials said a public hearing process involving all stakeholders, including Indigenous groups,\u00a0had already been done by the Manitoba Clean Environment Commission.<\/a><\/p>\n

“We respect Ottawa’s decision to adopt the National Energy Board’s recommendation regarding a certificate process for the Manitoba-Minnesota\u00a0Transmission Project,” said Manitoba Hydro spokesperson Bruce Owen.<\/a><\/p>\n

The public hearing process and final decision to approve the line\u00a0by Ottawa must be completed within 15 months, the energy board said.<\/a><\/p>\n

Owen also said Hydro officials are happy the energy board has “expeditiously issued a directive regarding commencement of the federal proceedings” and committed to a Hydro request to try to avoid duplication of other measures that were completed by the province and the Manitoba Clean Environment Commission.<\/a><\/p>\n

Last year, the Crown corporation expressed concern that the National Energy Board certificate process would delay the project, but Manitoba Hydro still hopes to complete the project by 2020, said Owen.<\/a><\/p>\n

In late December, Hydro asked the NEB for a Jan. 17 advertising deadline to let people know when and where the hearings will take place. Those dates and places have yet to be made public.<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

And an earlier article:<\/p>\n

$453M Manitoba Hydro line to Minnesota could face delay after energy board recommendation<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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