Legalectric

Whew, third Comment filed this week, this was Supplement Completeness Comment on the Maple River to Cuyuna transmission line, a 345kV headed from Fargo area to a substation near Baxter. The application is linked here:

Maple River – Cuyuna 345kV line

As for Supplemental Comments, here we go:

And the Applicants, the Supplemental Comments draw on the new info, different info, in the Reply Comments. They’ve changed their tune and now are wanting this “informal process” that does not exist in statute or rule, a simple round of written comments:

And this one from LIUNA is a hoot — seems to be a problem with a real review process, and seems to be toadying for the utilities. Why? How would a serious review of a Certificate of Need application harm LIUNA? Makes no sense.