Reports are disappearing, like the WRAO report, and the WIREs Phase II and Appendices below, so here they are for posterity! These Meta boxes are really irritating, I deleted from the upload, but they reappear. To get rid of them, click the grey thing in the upper left:

Here it is, the latest “transmission needs study” from the DOE:

The 60-day Public Comment and Consultation Period closes on September 7, 2026.

Send comments on the Needs Study to NeedsStudy.Comments@hq.doe.gov.

Remember when so many potentially affected landowners did not get notice of the Mankato-Mississippi River Transmission Project?

Public Hearings & NO NOTICE to 1,341 newly affected landowners May 11th, 2025

More on the 1,341 Landowners May 14th, 2025

Earlier today, a post came over the interwebs, TODAY, of a letter written by the Mayor of Faribault on June 3, 2026, “RECEIVED June 24, 2026” and posted in eDockets today, JULY 8, 2026:

The City of Faribault didn’t weigh in during the Hearings or Comment Periods, weren’t an Intervenor. But… NO NOTICE to 1,341 newly affected landowners. Did Faribault get notice? And if no official notice though, I do wonder how “the City” would not know of meetings and hearings in Faribault. I know I went to at least one at the American Legion, a VERY hot day, and I think it was… IT WAS! It was TWO YEARS AGO tomorrow, July 9, 2024!

And this letter filed in eDockets today? Well, the ORDER ADOPTING ADMINISTRATIVE LAW JUDGE REPORT AS MODIFIED, FINDING ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT ADEQUATE, GRANTING CERTIFICATE OF NEED, AND ISSUING ROUTE PERMIT was issued April 14, 2026:

Inquiring minds want to know. Failure of Notice, Failure to Notice, or ????

This should be interesting. Be there or be square!!!

Click to Register HERE!

A few days ago, Xcel filed an Electric Service Agreement for Google’s Echo Zone data center in Pine Island. there are TWO dockets, but the document filed in M-26-170 and labeled same is also filed in M-26-171, also with M-26-170 on the first page, so… I’ve not gone page by page to compare.

Here’s the Electric Service Agreement from the M-26-170 — I’ll post both just because:

And here’s the one from M-26-171 that is labeled M-26-170, put here until I have time to compare: