Chisago – ALJ says “around the lake!”
November 20th, 2007
Nope, Xcel’s line is NOT Volkommen in Lindstrom! The ALJ decision in the Chisago Transmission Project came out late yesterday, and the ALJ did find that Xcel “needed” the line, and that it should NOT go through downtown Lindstrom, but instead should go to the north, around downtown Lindstrom, by going up around the lake and then rejoin the existing corridor. That answers some of the city’s concern, the major concern of the unworkable mix of that transmission line and the city’s plans for upgrade of Highway 8. The DOT’s Todd Clarkowski presented detailed information about the plans and impacts, plans that have been many years in the making. That, and his 12+ foot color plan, made the case! Amazing what a little subpoena can do.
Hot off the press, here’s the Recommendation:
The ALJ did a great job setting out the Department of Commerce’s power grab and attempted power take that did not sit well, and all we have to do now is get an engineer on Commerce staff — one would think that’d be regarded as a necessity, but we’re just not there yet.
November 20th, 2007 at 10:28 am
How does this relate to the projected CAPX routes? The northern sections of land in Bridgewater Township along Hwy 19 are in their path.
November 20th, 2007 at 10:32 am
My vision isn’t ot good enough to read my first post, which seems to be in gray. I’m trying again, to see if the resolution is better the second time.