Reopen the CapX2020 Hampton-LaCrosse transmission line docket.
187 Comments
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Mary Barker
12 years ago
High voltage lines are a detriment to the human and livestock population of Wisconsin. No corporate profit should outweight the good of the majority.
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Stephanie Osborne
12 years ago
We must protect our environment and natural habitats.
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Monica Kruse
12 years ago
CapX2020 is bad public policy on every conceivable level. Don't sell out citizens' rights for corporate profits!
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Anonymous
12 years ago
Regulators need to take a closer inspection of this project, the need and the benefits.
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Debra Severson
12 years ago
Support the request for the PSC to re-evaluate need before we spend $$$$ and hurt our communities and our land.
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Cathy Van Maren
12 years ago
We don't NEED it!!!!! Use the money to support idividual, local, and regional conservation and non-polluting generation.
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Debra Severson
12 years ago
Those of us challenging the need for CapX2020 and Badger Coulee support 1) financially and environmentally sustainable energy solutions and 2) investing in maintenance and projects that keep the lights on.
We, and the utilities, also know that energy efficiency contributes to grid reliability, and is the best way to save ratepayers money and reduce our carbon footprint. We also note that energy efficiency has no negative impacts, short of reducing utility profits.
We, and the utilities, understand how cost-effective it is to shave peak-demand during those very limited hours in the summer or winter where demand spikes, and that this, too, increases grid reliability. Peak demand and reliability can also be addressed by adding local renewables, which have the added benefit of creating LOCAL ONGOING JOBS.
We understand there are many solutions to address an energy need if and when it is proven to exist, and we expect utilities and the Public Service Commission (PSC) to consider them. We also expect ratepayer interest to drive decisions and not utility and Wall Street profits.
Last, we, and the electric utilities, understand that the world is changing.
Residential and commercial energy consumption is down to 2001 levels and not anticipated to go up...thanks to energy efficiency. Let's do the same for industry!!!
In the same way wireless technology changed the way we communicate and the structure of an industry (remember Ma Bell ?!), 21st century solutions exist that can enable far greater resiliency and reliability than transmitting centrally generated energy to load centers.
We hold great hopes that the PSC will do the right thing and consider the impact of the new energy world...before we invest tons of money and cause irreversible damage due to unneeded regional transmission.
High voltage lines are a detriment to the human and livestock population of Wisconsin. No corporate profit should outweight the good of the majority.
We must protect our environment and natural habitats.
CapX2020 is bad public policy on every conceivable level. Don't sell out citizens' rights for corporate profits!
Regulators need to take a closer inspection of this project, the need and the benefits.
Support the request for the PSC to re-evaluate need before we spend $$$$ and hurt our communities and our land.
We don't NEED it!!!!! Use the money to support idividual, local, and regional conservation and non-polluting generation.
Those of us challenging the need for CapX2020 and Badger Coulee support 1) financially and environmentally sustainable energy solutions and 2) investing in maintenance and projects that keep the lights on. We, and the utilities, also know that energy efficiency contributes to grid reliability, and is the best way to save ratepayers money and reduce our carbon footprint. We also note that energy efficiency has no negative impacts, short of reducing utility profits. We, and the utilities, understand how cost-effective it is to shave peak-demand during those very limited hours in the summer or winter where demand spikes, and that this, too, increases grid reliability. Peak demand and reliability can also be addressed by adding local renewables, which have the added benefit of creating LOCAL ONGOING JOBS. We understand there are many solutions to address an energy need if and when it is proven to exist, and we expect utilities and the Public Service Commission (PSC) to consider them. We also expect ratepayer interest to drive decisions and not utility and Wall Street profits. Last, we, and the electric utilities, understand that the world is changing. Residential and commercial energy consumption is down to 2001 levels and not anticipated to go up...thanks to energy efficiency. Let's do the same for industry!!! In the same way wireless technology changed the way we communicate and the structure of an industry (remember Ma Bell ?!), 21st century solutions exist that can enable far greater resiliency and reliability than transmitting centrally generated energy to load centers. We hold great hopes that the PSC will do the right thing and consider the impact of the new energy world...before we invest tons of money and cause irreversible damage due to unneeded regional transmission.