{"id":26,"date":"2013-04-16T13:57:16","date_gmt":"2013-04-16T13:57:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/not-so-great-northern-transmission-line.org\/?p=26"},"modified":"2013-09-10T02:53:59","modified_gmt":"2013-09-10T02:53:59","slug":"not-so-great-northern-xmsn-line-ramping-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/not-so-great-northern-transmission-line.org\/?p=26","title":{"rendered":"Not-so-Great Northern Xmsn Line ramping up"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/legalectric.org\/f\/2013\/04\/GNTL_XmsnCorridors.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" alt=\"GNTL_XmsnCorridors\" src=\"https:\/\/legalectric.org\/f\/2013\/04\/GNTL_XmsnCorridors.jpg\" width=\"388\" height=\"282\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>There are meetings happening this week and next on the <a href=\"http:\/\/greatnortherntransmissionline.com\/\"><strong>Great Northern Transmission Line<\/strong><\/a>, stretching from Manitoba south easterly toward Duluth.<\/p>\n<p>Meeting schedule (or <a href=\"http:\/\/greatnortherntransmissionline.com\/get-involved\/\"><strong>CLICK HERE<\/strong><\/a>):<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/legalectric.org\/f\/2013\/04\/Meetingsched.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Meetingsched\" src=\"https:\/\/legalectric.org\/f\/2013\/04\/Meetingsched.jpg\" width=\"308\" height=\"418\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Where is this project at?\u00a0 It&#8217;s just at the beginning.\u00a0 To see what&#8217;s in the PUC&#8217;s docket thus far, go <a href=\"https:\/\/www.edockets.state.mn.us\/EFiling\/edockets\/searchDocuments.do?method=showeDocketsSearch&amp;searchType=new\"><strong>HERE<\/strong><\/a> and search for docket number 12-1163.\u00a0 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.<\/p>\n<p>What is Minnesota Power saying about the <a href=\"http:\/\/greatnortherntransmissionline.com\/\"><strong>Great Northern Transmission Project<\/strong><\/a>?\u00a0 That&#8217;s their site, highlighted, and here&#8217;s handouts from prior meetings:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><a href=\"http:\/\/greatnortherntransmissionline.com\/files\/8013\/5586\/0831\/MP-GNTL_Handout_for_web.pdf\"><strong>MN-GNTL Handout<\/strong><\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Think we need it?\u00a0 Think we don&#8217;t?\u00a0 I need to do some digging this week, and I&#8217;ll post what I find.\u00a0 But to be clear, I&#8217;ve never seen a transmission that was wanted for the reasons they say it&#8217;s needed.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s the Certificate of Need process, roughly, and ignore the comments typed in about when Notice Plan comments are due, that&#8217;s history.\u00a0 Remember that to have a seat at the table and the opportunity to influence what happens, it&#8217;s time to INTERVENE!!!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/legalectric.org\/f\/2013\/04\/PUC-Process-Edited.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" alt=\"PUC Process-Edited\" src=\"https:\/\/legalectric.org\/f\/2013\/04\/PUC-Process-Edited-791x1024.jpg\" width=\"410\" height=\"531\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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?\u00a0 It&#8217;s just at the beginning.\u00a0 To see what&#8217;s in &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/not-so-great-northern-transmission-line.org\/?p=26\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[7,8],"class_list":["post-26","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-puc-filings","tag-not-so-great-northern-transmission-line","tag-not-so-great-northern-transmission-line-org"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/not-so-great-northern-transmission-line.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/not-so-great-northern-transmission-line.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/not-so-great-northern-transmission-line.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/not-so-great-northern-transmission-line.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/not-so-great-northern-transmission-line.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=26"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/not-so-great-northern-transmission-line.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27,"href":"https:\/\/not-so-great-northern-transmission-line.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26\/revisions\/27"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/not-so-great-northern-transmission-line.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=26"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/not-so-great-northern-transmission-line.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=26"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/not-so-great-northern-transmission-line.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=26"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}