This week’s meetings, Zumbrota next
April 29th, 2026
PowerOn Midwest
PUC Docket CN-25-117 (western part of 765kV) — the meetings are wrapping up:
TONIGHT – ZUMBROTA VFW
5 pm – Open House
6 pm – Info & Scoping Meeting
Comments due May 20th:
So many meetings this month, all over Minnesota for FOUR transmission projects “PowerOn Midwest,” and May will start out the same, it’s “Open House” season for “Gopher to Badger” May 4-7th… Both have meetings in Zumbrota — there’s some overlap, and of course, these are connected, it’s all one project.
Zumbrota – tonight Wednesday, April 29 at 5 or 6 pm, and Tuesday, May 5, from 4-6 pm
… and written comments are due May 20 by 4:30 pm. They’re looking for comments on:
We’ve got about three weeks to get comments in.
Yesterday was Albert Lea and then Austin. This evening, Zumbrota (yes, I’ll be missing Kasson, which starts about now).
The map on display shows the overlap between PowerOn Midwest and Gopher to Badger. What do those numbers in grey represent?
These are Public Utilities Commission’s meetings, “information and scoping,” and not hearings like they used to be. Here’s the full notice:
On to Zumbrota! 5 or 6 pm, be there or be square!
