Webcast of Line 3 deliberations at PUC
June 27th, 2018
LISTEN HERE: http://minnesotapuc.granicus.com/MediaPlayer.php?event_id=1856
It’s pretty disturbing. Today started out with the Commission asking Intervenors to pick their least awful route option. WHAT?!?! That is NOT how a line is chosen. I think they’re using that to build a “record” (NOT!) for whatever decision they may make.
As the Commission was reminded, the Commission is to choose a route, only AFTER a Certificate of Need is granted, based on the criteria in the statutes and rules. Commissioner Sieben turned to a pretty manipulative attempt at burden of proof shift, looking for a statement to get them off the hook. NO!
NO? That’s correct. This is the Commission’s job, and if there’s no need, deny the application. If there’s no acceptable route, deny the application. The ALJ made a Recommendation, and the Commission has to deal with that.
Then there’s the push about System Alternative SA-04. That route would go right through my Association of Freeborn County Landowners’ community, and AFCL filed an Exception regarding that SA-04 route:
Line 3 – Exceptions to ALJ’s Report
Sieben keeps saying it’s a “difficult decision.” Yeah, it is.
Lipschultz keeps asking which alternative is least objectionable. NO. JUST STOP THAT!
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