Transmission - Related Other Resources

See also: CapX 2020 Background - Archive of Info Requests - Regulatory Filings

CapX 2020 Public Comments Due
August 22, 2008

send e-mail to Judge Beverly J. Heydinger: capx.oah@state.mn.us

CapX 2020 Evidentiary Hearings Begin
July 14, 2008 - PUC Large Hearing Room, St. Paul, MN

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Minnesota and Regional Organizations

• Midwest Treaty Network
• Minnesota Electric Transmission Owners
• North American Water Office
• Power Line Task Force - group of Twin Cities folks that fought a powerline for 4 years.
• Protect the Earth
• RENEW Wisconsin
• SOUL - Save Our Unique Lands
• 3M - developing higher efficiency transmission line materials
• Wisconsin Citizens Utility Board
• Wisconsin Stewardship Network

Other Organizations Concerned About Transmission Lines

• Castle Coalition: Citizens Fighting Eminent Domain Abuse
• American Superconductor - developing high-temperature superconducting wire
• Homeowners Opposing Power-line Encroachment (HOPE) of Georgia
• Human Radiation Effects Group - UK
• National Council on Electricity Policy
• National Wind Coordinating Collaborative has a section related to transmission and wind energy
• Powerwatch - the independent voice on EMF issues in the UK
• StrayVoltage.org
• REVOLT: Rural England Versus Overhead Line Transmission - England groups fighting power lines
• World Health Organization's section on Electromagnetic fields

Minnesota Transmission Studies and Reports

• Findings of Fact, Conclusions of Law and Recommendation - In the Matter of the Application of Otter Tail Power Company and Others for Certification of Transmission Facilities in Western Minnesota (this is Big Stone II transmission line for SD coal plant proceeding, MN PUC Docket No. 05-619), issued May 9, 2008
• The 2007 Minnesota Biennial Transmission Projects Report - from all the utilities, November 1, 2007
• Minnesota Renewable Energy Standards Report - from all the utilities, November 1, 2007

Other Transmission Studies and Reports

• Ecological Effects of Fragmentation Related to Transmission Line Rights-of-Way: A Review of the State of the Science - Energy Center of Wisconsin, August 2004
• Electricity Transmission: A Primer - National Council on Electricity Policy, August 2004
• Special Study for Screening Twenty-one Portfolios Based on Projects Submitted to Xcel Energy’s All Source Request for Proposal - prepared for the Midwest Independent Transmission System Operator, February 2003
  The purpose of this report was to develop a list of transmission upgrades required under the various portfolios, and to estimate the budgetary cost of the upgrades.
• Strengthening the Grid: Effect of High-Temperature Superconducting Power Technologies on Reliability, Power Transfer Capacity, and Energy Use - by Richard Silberglitt, Emile Ettedgui, Anders Hove, 2002
• Presentations from the Upper Midwest Transmission Workshop III - by the National Wind Coordinating Committee, December 5, 2002
• Presentations from the Upper Midwest Transmission Workshop II - by the National Wind Coordinating Committee, March 12-13, 2002
• Presentations from the Upper Midwest Transmission Workshop - by the National Wind Coordinating Committee, May 1-2, 2001
• Meeting Electric Infrastructure Constraints with Distributed Generation - American Gas Association, August 2001