REMINDER – PUBLIC HEARINGS SOON!
October 29th, 2026
PowerOn Midwest Public hearings start on Monday, November 9th. Do mark you calendars, go over what’s in the docket (CN-25-117), and come on down!!
UPDATE: County & Township filings – PowerOn Midwest
October 29th, 2026
UPDATED October 20, 21, 23, 29, and November 6, 2026! Keep those resolutions coming!
Here are the Resolutions filed thus far by Counties and Townships affected by PowerOn Midwest 765kV transmission (PUC Docket CN-25-117) through their communities. Some are forms, fill in the blank even, and I’m hoping that there will be more individual ones filed — individually drafted filings have greater weight, greater impact.
Cities:
Counties:
Townships:
Motion to Compel MISO to show up!
October 24th, 2026
MISO thinks they can propose something like PowerOn Midwest, this obscenity, 765 kV transmission roaring border to border across Minnesota, part of Tranche 2.1 transmission (MTEP24.zip), and then not show up to the public hearings and face the people, the cities, the townships, and the counties it wants to steamroll? I don’t think so.
Just filed on behalf of North Route Group and NO765MN:
KIMT reports on Gopher-Badger
October 22nd, 2026
Environmental Report Released?!?!
October 19th, 2026
The NOTICE of hearings and release of Environmental Report for the “PowerOn Midwest” 765 kV transmission project (PUC Docket CN-25-117), has landed… See map above. Attached to the Notice is proof they sent out 31,353 notices in the mail! That’s good, but…
WHERE’S THE
ENVIRONMENTAL REPORT?
Environmental Report has arrived, it’s posted down below.
The PowerOn Midwest project is a part of that HUGE MISO 765 kV transmission project from Big Stone, in South Dakota, across Minnesota to Columbia Wisconsin — MISO LRTP numbers 22, 23, 24, 25 and 26. The PowerOn Midwest part is MISO LRTP numbers 22, 23, 24, 25, and Gopher to Badger is part of MISO LRTP #26.
Here’s the Public Hearing schedule, and there’s a virtual public hearing at 6p on the 16th:
Here’s the full Notice:
Environmental Report!
| Name | Additional Info | Document Date |
| POM_ER.pdf (27MB) | PowerOn Midwest Environmental Report | 10/19/2026 |
| AppendixA_ProjectMaps – Part 1 of 4.pdf (23MB) | PowerOn Midwest Environmental Report – Appendix A: Maps – Part 1 of 4 | 10/19/2026 |
| AppendixA_ProjectMaps – Part 2 of 4.pdf (22MB) | PowerOn Midwest Environmental Report – Appendix A: Maps – Part 2 of 4 | 10/19/2026 |
| AppendixA_ProjectMaps – Part 3 of 4.pdf (22MB) | PowerOn Midwest Environmental Report – Appendix A: Maps – Part 3 of 4 | 10/19/2026 |
| AppendixA_ProjectMaps – Part 4 of 4.pdf (15MB) | PowerOn Midwest Environmental Report – Appendix A: Maps – Part 4 of 4 | 10/19/2026 |
| AppendixB_ScopingDecision.pdf (618KB) | PowerOn Midwest Environmental Report – Appendix B: Scoping Decision | 10/19/2026 |
| AppendixC_SampleHVTLPermit.pdf (720KB) | PowerOn Midwest Environmental Report – Appendix C: Sample HVTL Permit | 10/19/2026 |
| AppendixD-1_ApplicantsScopingComments.pdf (563KB) | PowerOn Midwest Environmental Report – Appendix D-1: Applicants Scoping Comments | 10/19/2026 |
| AppendixD-2_ApplicantsVisualSimulations.pdf (23MB) | PowerOn Midwest Environmental Report – Appendix D-2: Visual Simulations | 10/19/2026 |
| AppendixD-3_ApplicantsDirectTestimony.pdf (5MB) | PowerOn Midwest Environmental Report – Appendix D-3: Highway Co-Location Direct Testimony | 10/19/2026 |
| AppendixE_EMFReview.pdf (418KB) | PowerOn Midwest Environmental Report – Appendix E: EMF Review | 10/19/2026 |