SC5558-6 Last night in Rochester
January 16th, 2020
Last night, Sen. Osmek held a Senate Energy Committee meeting in Rochester. It was standing room only, at least 100 showed up (I had 100 flyers, and had 4 left and I know I missed a few).
Here’s the bill DRAFT, SC5558-6:
Here’s the powerpoint explaining the bill:
Who all showed up and testified? All a bunch of paid suits, with just three exceptions, pushed to the very end. Check the list of lobbyists here:
Alan Muller got on the list to testify, he’ll be writing to the Committee soon:
And here’s my comment sent to the committee:
Where were Senators Dibble and Marty? I must confess, I was so disgusted by Sen. Marty’s handling of the e21 debacle back in 2015 that I’ve not been back to the Senate Energy Committee since then (Marty tried to introduce Xcel’s e21 bill, and tried to shut down testimony opposing that bill…
(report from that meeting) though the room was packed with those who had rolled over supporting it, only three of us there opposed it, myself, Alan Muller, and Office of Attorney General’s RUD James Canneday. Sen. Marty pulled the bill as he “introduced” it and then substituted an e21 light and wouldn’t allow testimony on anything else! Well, we did what we could, and it wasn’t until the very end in conference committee or just before that he put the awful Xcel-desired language back in. SF 1735 – SHAME on each Senator who voted for it). Back into the fray, I guess!
My take is that Sen. Senjem, or the Republican caucus, or ???, are concerned about Sen. Senjem’s seat, why else would they put Mikey Bull up there beside him, emitting puffery about the bill? Seems there’s just one other Senate hearing scheduled, info below.
Next up, next week, Mound, Minnesota, in Sen. Ozmek’s district:
Wednesday, January 22, 2020, 4:00 PM
Mound Westonka High School’s Performing Arts Center
905 Sunnyfield Road East
Minnetrista, MN 55364
Now, Mikey, about “carbon capture and storage,” good grief. Did you learn nothing from all those years of Excelsior Energy’s Mesaba Project? Here’s why it’s good the Mesaba Project was not built!
Today – Senate Energy Comm. in Rochester
January 15th, 2020
Minnesota Senator Osmek is convening a Senate Energy Committee meeting in Rochester this evening to discuss a DRAFT bill SC5558-6:
6 p.m. on January 15, 2020
Rochester Community and Technical College
Heintz Center Commons
1926 College View Rd E
Rochester, MN 55904
Here’s the letter I just fired off to Committee members:
Be there or be square!
PJM’s 3Q State of the Market
November 14th, 2019
Here ’tis:
And dig this, from Introduction, p. 3, seems PJM is attempting to manipulate the market, and that’s not flying with Market Analytics, the entity that does the State of the Market reports:
… and this, also p. 3, decreasing revenues is putting it mildly:
This report bears reading, I know, in spare time, but this is REAL NEWS!
11/19 – PPSA Annual Hearing
October 18th, 2019
It’s that time of year again, the Power Plant Siting Act Annual Hearing.
And here’s the…
Here’s the Power Plant Siting Act — Minn. Stat. Ch. 216E!
Why an Annual Hearing? Because the statute says so:
| 216E.07 | ANNUAL HEARING. |
Here are the reports from prior PPSA Annual Hearings:
2006 Report to PUC – Docket 06-1733
2007 Report to PUC – Docket 07-1579
2008 Report to PUC – Docket 08-1426
2009 Report to PUC – Docket 09-1351
2010 Report to PUC – Docket 10-222
2011 Report to PUC – Docket 11-324
2012 Report to PUC – Docket 12-360
2013 Report to PUC – Docket 13-965
2014 Summary Report– Docket 14-887
2015 Summary Report – Docket 15-785
2016 Summary Report – Docket 16-18
Coal ash? Comment now!
September 22nd, 2019
Remember the huge coal ash impoundment ruptures/breeches dumping coal ash all over? THIS is why treatment and use of coal ash matters:
TVA coal ash slide – UPDATES
And even in Minnesota: TVA coal ash — we had our own ash slide here in MN
There was a rule update and comments in 2018, and it was remanded, and so here we go around again…
FEDERAL REGISTER ANNOUNCEMENT: Disposal of Coal Combustion Residuals from Electric Utilities
Comments must be received on or before October 15, 2019!
From the EPA’s announcement (CLICK HERE):
Public Hearing on the Proposed Changes to the Regulations for Coal Combustion Residuals: Enhancing Public Access to Information and Reconsideration of Beneficial Use Criteria and Piles
Wed, October 2, 2019
9:00 AM – 8:00 PM EDT
DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel
300 Army Navy Drive
Arlington, VA 22202
The public hearing will consist of three sessions:
- A morning session starting at 9:00 am and ending at noon.
- An early afternoon session starting at 1:00 pm and ending at 4:00 pm.
- An evening session beginning at 5:00 pm and ending at 8:00 pm.
CLICK HERE FOR THE PROPOSED RULE!
Just do it, comment away!!! Comments must be received on or before October 15, 2019.