High-voltage power line through Mississippi River refuge approved by federal appeals court

7 months, 2 weeks ago

High-voltage power line through Mississippi River refuge approved by federal appeals court

Associated Press

MADISON, Wis. — A federal appeals court has cleared the way for utilities to finish building a high-voltage power line across a Mississippi River refuge. American Transmission Company, ITC Midwest and Dairyland Power Cooperative are in the final stages of constructing a 102-mile transmission line linking Iowa’s Dubuque County and Wisconsin’s Dane County. Dairyland Power and ITC Midwest officials issued a joint statement Tuesday saying they were pleased with the 7th Circuit’s decision and they’re now free to complete the land exchange. ITC Midwest spokesperson Rod Pritchard said in response to a follow-up email from The Associated Press that the closing would happen “soon” and a construction schedule hasn’t been developed yet.

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Utilities complete transmission line linking Iowa and Wisconsin

2 months, 3 weeks ago

Utilities complete transmission line linking Iowa and Wisconsin

Associated Press

MADISON, Wis. — Construction work on a high-voltage transmission linking Iowa and Wisconsin has been completed and the line is fully operational, a group of utilities announced Friday. American Transmission Company, Dairyland Power Cooperative and ITC Midwest began work on the 102-mile Cardinal-Hickory Creek line between Iowa’s Dubuque County and Wisconsin’s Dane County in April 2021. A coalition of conservation …

High-voltage power line through Mississippi River refuge approved by federal appeals court

7 months, 2 weeks ago

High-voltage power line through Mississippi River refuge approved by federal appeals court

Hindustan Times

MADISON, Wis. — A federal appeals court has cleared the way for utilities to finish building a high-voltage power line across a Mississippi River refuge. HT Image American Transmission Company, ITC Midwest and Dairyland Power Cooperative are in the final stages of constructing a 102-mile transmission line linking Iowa’s Dubuque County and Wisconsin’s Dane County. About a mile of the …

Federal judge temporarily blocks plans for a power line in Mississippi River wildlife refuge

9 months ago

Federal judge temporarily blocks plans for a power line in Mississippi River wildlife refuge

Associated Press

MADISON, Wis. — A federal judge has temporarily blocked plans to build a high-voltage power line across a Mississippi River wildlife refuge, saying he wants to see documents detailing the lead-up to the project’s approval. U.S. District Judge William Conley issued a preliminary injunction on Thursday preventing American Transmission Company, ITC Midwest and Dairyland Power Cooperative from beginning construction on …

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2 months, 3 weeks ago

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Tribe and environmental groups urge Wisconsin officials to rule against relocating pipeline

4 months, 1 week ago

Tribe and environmental groups urge Wisconsin officials to rule against relocating pipeline

Associated Press

MADISON, Wis. — A tribal leader and conservationists urged state officials Thursday to reject plans to relocate part of an aging northern Wisconsin pipeline, warning that the threat of a catastrophic spill would still exist along the new route. About 12 miles of the Enbridge Line 5 pipeline runs across the Bad River Band of Lake Superior Chippewa’s reservation. Bad …

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Eastern Wisconsin community evacuated after floodwaters breach dam

5 months, 2 weeks ago

Eastern Wisconsin community evacuated after floodwaters breach dam

Associated Press

MANAWA, Wis. — A dam in an eastern Wisconsin community has been breached, prompting people living downriver to be evacuated, the National Weather Service said Friday. “It looks like the dam is intact, but there is quite a bit of erosion on the north side,” Severson told reporters Friday afternoon. A flash flood warning was issued for Manawa and other …

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Work resumes on $10B renewable energy transmission project despite tribal objections

1 year ago

Work resumes on $10B renewable energy transmission project despite tribal objections

Associated Press

The tractors are back at work clearing land and building access roads for a $10 billion transmission line that the Biden administration describes as an important part of the nation’s transition to renewable energy. In Arizona, federal land managers briefly halted work this month along a 50-mile stretch of the line through the San Pedro Valley after the Tohono O’odham …

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Native American tribes fight US over a proposed $10B renewable energy transmission line

1 year, 1 month ago

Native American tribes fight US over a proposed $10B renewable energy transmission line

Associated Press

Work on a $10 billion project that will funnel renewable energy across the West has come to a halt in southwestern Arizona, with Native American tribes saying the federal government has ignored concerns about effects that the SunZia transmission line will have on religious and cultural sites. Federal land managers temporarily suspended work on the SunZia transmission project along a …

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Electrical grids aren't keeping up with the green energy push. That could risk climate goals

1 year, 2 months ago

Electrical grids aren't keeping up with the green energy push. That could risk climate goals

The Independent

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The clean energy super highway has hit a roadblock. Here's why

1 year, 3 months ago

The clean energy super highway has hit a roadblock. Here's why

ABC

When a power giant offered Katherine Myers a $500 gift card, she had no idea she was about to give away unrestricted access to her property for the next four years. AusNet plans to build a high-voltage transmission line, 80 metres high, through the Myers' property, as part of the proposed 190-kilometre Western Renewables Link — one of a slew …

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Indigenous tribes urge federal officials to deny loan request for Superior natural gas plant

1 year, 3 months ago

Indigenous tribes urge federal officials to deny loan request for Superior natural gas plant

Associated Press

MADISON, Wis. — Indigenous tribes in Michigan, Minnesota and Wisconsin have asked federal officials to deny a utility’s request for a loan to help build a natural gas-fired power plant on the shores of Lake Superior, calling the project unthinkable in the face of climate change. Chippewa tribes located across the northern third of the three states sent a letter …

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Maine hydropower corridor will resume construction despite big jump in cost, CEO says

1 year, 4 months ago

Maine hydropower corridor will resume construction despite big jump in cost, CEO says

Associated Press

LEWISTON, Maine — Construction in Maine will resume next week on an electricity transmission project bringing Canadian hydropower to the New England power grid despite a half-billion dollar cost increase, the head of Avangrid said Thursday. CEO Pedro Azagra Blazquez said on an earnings call that the cost of the project, originally estimated at around $1 billion, has grown to …

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NSW Inquiry hears putting power lines underground not as environmentally friendly as communities believe

1 year, 5 months ago

NSW Inquiry hears putting power lines underground not as environmentally friendly as communities believe

ABC

A NSW parliamentary inquiry has heard the bushfire risk from high-voltage power lines is "virtually zero" and putting the lines underground includes significant environmental impacts. Key points: The construction of a network of high-voltage power lines needed for the renewable energy transition is being examined The inquiry was started after landholders pushed for the lines to be built underground The …

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Hydropower transmission corridor to be renegotiated because of cost increases

1 year, 5 months ago

Hydropower transmission corridor to be renegotiated because of cost increases

Associated Press

PORTLAND, Maine — Partners on a $1 billion project aimed at bringing Canadian hydropower to the New England power grid are trying to sort out how cost increases during lengthy litigation will be shared, in hopes of getting the stalled project moving. In April, a jury in Maine ruled that developers, Central Maine Power’s corporate parent and Hydro-Quebec, completed enough …

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VicGrid says residents are 'confused' over transmission lines planned for the south-east

1 year, 7 months ago

VicGrid says residents are 'confused' over transmission lines planned for the south-east

ABC

Coastal residents and farmers say they remain in the dark about plans for transmission lines and wind farms off Victoria's eastern coast. Key points: Federal Energy Minister Chris Bowen says community consultation must improve Above-ground transmission lines are opposed by Gippsland farmers An infrastructure boss admits communities are confused by an abundance of energy organisations While some residents have been …

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Despite flooding on Mississippi River, Midwest mayors upbeat

1 year, 7 months ago

Despite flooding on Mississippi River, Midwest mayors upbeat

Associated Press

DES MOINES, Iowa — The Upper Mississippi River will rise to near record-high levels as it flows through Wisconsin and Iowa, but officials said Thursday they expected to hold back floodwaters with a combination of flood walls, temporary barriers and wetlands, especially if dry weather continues. Despite the flooding in parts of the Upper Midwest, states to the south aren’t …

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Mississippi River flooding prompts evacuations, sandbagging

1 year, 7 months ago

Mississippi River flooding prompts evacuations, sandbagging

Associated Press

DES MOINES, Iowa — Some residents along the swelling Upper Mississippi River evacuated their homes this week while others scrambled Wednesday to stack sandbags in preparation for what forecasters say could be near-record flooding caused by the rapid melting of a huge snowpack in northern Minnesota. “We’re hanging in there.” Amy Werner, who lives on the northern tip of French …

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Developers have right to finish $1B power line, jury says

1 year, 8 months ago

Developers have right to finish $1B power line, jury says

Associated Press

PORTLAND, Maine — A jury that heard complicated testimony about construction schedules and constitutional rights delivered a victory Thursday for a $1 billion transmission project, concluding developers had a constitutional right to proceed despite being rebuked by state voters in a referendum. The Natural Resources Council of Maine, which opposes the power line, said in a statement on Thursday that …

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Maine Supreme Court upholds lease for $1B power line project

2 years ago

Maine Supreme Court upholds lease for $1B power line project

Associated Press

PORTLAND, Maine — Maine’s highest court on Tuesday upheld the lease for a small section of state land for a $1 billion electric transmission corridor, a victory for developers who hope to complete the project. The Supreme Judicial Court ruled unanimously that the Maine Bureau of Parks and Lands acted within its authority in leasing a 1-mile stretch of the …

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Voters Killed A Project To Get New England Off Fossil Fuels. A Court May Have Just Saved It.

2 years, 3 months ago

Voters Killed A Project To Get New England Off Fossil Fuels. A Court May Have Just Saved It.

Huff Post

LOADING ERROR LOADING When Maine voters went to the polls last November, their ballots asked them to decide whether the state should prohibit construction on the Central Maine Power Company’s $1 billion transmission line from Canada. On Tuesday, Maine’s high court ruled that the referendum may have violated the utility company’s right to build, throwing the New England Clean Energy …

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Maine supreme court breathes new life into power project

2 years, 3 months ago

Maine supreme court breathes new life into power project

Associated Press

PORTLAND, Maine — Maine’s highest court on Tuesday breathed new life into a $1 billion transmission line to serve as conduit for Canadian hydropower, ruling there was merit in developers’ claims that a referendum rebuking the project was unconstitutional. The Supreme Judicial Court concluded that the retroactive nature of the statewide vote to stop the project would violate the developers’ …

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EXPLAINER: Hit by Ida, New Orleans faces weeks without power

3 years, 3 months ago

EXPLAINER: Hit by Ida, New Orleans faces weeks without power

Associated Press

WASHINGTON — Hurricane Ida knocked out all eight transmission lines that deliver power to New Orleans, leaving the entire city without electricity as the powerful storm pushed through on Sunday and early Monday with winds that reached 150 miles per hour. “Transmission lines are very fragile in New Orleans,’' said Logan Atkinson Burke, executive director of the Alliance for Affordable …

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Proposal to lay cables under Columbia met with skepticism

3 years, 5 months ago

Proposal to lay cables under Columbia met with skepticism

Associated Press

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Court puts halt on construction of $1B Maine power corridor

3 years, 11 months ago

Court puts halt on construction of $1B Maine power corridor

Associated Press

PORTLAND, Maine — A federal appeals court has halted construction of a $1 billion power transmission line corridor through Maine to give conservation groups time to make their case against the project. “This has been a flawed process all along and will have an enormous impact on our environment and Maine’s North Woods.” The project is called the New England …

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Minnesota regulators deny request to delay Line 3 pipeline

4 years ago

Minnesota regulators deny request to delay Line 3 pipeline

Associated Press

MINNEAPOLIS — A Minnesota regulatory panel on Friday denied a request from two tribes to prevent Enbridge Energy from moving forward with its contentious Line 3 crude oil pipeline replacement, which broke ground this week after receiving its final state permit. Commissioners said further delaying construction would hurt workers who have already arrived in northern Minnesota, and that the court …

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Minnesota ruling boosts Enbridge Energy’s Line 3 replacement

4 years, 2 months ago

Minnesota ruling boosts Enbridge Energy’s Line 3 replacement

Associated Press

ST. PAUL, Minn. — Minnesota pollution regulators properly considered the construction impacts of Enbridge Energy’s plan to replace the 337-mile segment of its aging Line 3 crude oil pipeline that crosses the state, an administrative law judge ruled Friday in a blow to environmental and tribal groups fighting the project. Judge James LaFave issued the opinion following a request by …

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