Legalectric

Talon Mine has been brewing for a LONG time, and now we’re moving into a time in the Department of Natural Resources’ process when we can weigh in:

DNR NOTICE OF COMMENT PERIOD AND SCOPING DECISION

Comments must be made to the Responsible Governmental Unit (RGU) and received by 4:30 p.m., Monday, Sept. 14, 2026.

There are two formal in-person comment opportunities (why Blaine?):

And the documents – plenty of homework to do:

There’s a 60-day Public Comment and Consultation Period which closes on September 7, 2026.

DOE webinar:

Please ensure that all feedback on the Needs Study is submitted to NeedsStudy.Comments@hq.doe.gov.

It’s due every three years, and here’s the one from 2023:

DOE’s National Transmission Needs Study released

February 27th, 2023

Transmission — it’s all connected, and it never ends.

I’d received a pile of documents from the Minnesota Department of Transportation in response to a Data Practices Act Request from a while ago related to PowerOn Midwest, but the email disappeared — I’d had a HUGE chunk of my inbox vanish recently (thankfully I file or delete most of everything, not too much disappeared). Got it back a couple days ago and am going through it, THANK YOU, DOT!

Here’s the request:

Since CapX 2020, even before, the DOT’s Policy of Accommodation has been a factor in the routing of transmission.

I’ll be posting the documents little by little here. The internet is forever, so they’ll never vanish!

Solar comes to the rescue. Our Xcel bill this month: