Archives for April 2008
Our Honorable Mayor
Responses to subjects on ECW
FOAI requests? Nothing.
Coal Plant? Nothing.
City Finances? Nothing.
Withholding Water Rights Documentation? Nope.
Truce? Nada.
So if the Mayor does not wish to discuss with us issues of great community interest, things that the citizens actually want her to chime in on, what will inspire our Mayor to once again participate in the conversations and debates held on these […]
Do you think the Highwood Generating Station will ever be built?
bramble: “Absolutely. The need for power is louder than the whines of the naysayers. I wonder: Do critics of the plant have electricity in their homes? Hypocrites.”
Hey, look at me, I must be a hypocrite! I do not support Highwood, and I have electricity in my home! Every time I flip the switch, the light comes on! And […]
GeeGuy asks a question.
Was this a legal decision? Or a political one?
First off, I am going to link where I can, but many of the documents I will refer to are several hundred page PDF files.
First off, the question that the Review Board was supposed to answer was, whether the DEQ acted unlawfully in relying on PM 10 […]
Think about it.
In 2004, SME started building trying to build a coal plant, to replace power they were losing in 2008. It takes about 4 years to build this coal plant. It is now, 2008.
In 2004, SME started trying to build a coal plant. It cost $470 million and would sell that power for “about $40 a […]
Regarding my last post, I believe the date SME is supposed to commence operations is December, 2011. Montgomery is looking at June, 2009. I think.
So anyway, we have this dispute, which currently involves four energy projects and NorthWestern Energy, with PPL in there too. We have fairly assured litigation regarding zoning. We have the environmental issues, which already have […]
EL07-102
The interesting things you can find on the internet.
In a Tribune piece about RUS dumping Highwood, these two things are printed.
“Litigation in the Highwood case also was a factor in RUS’s decision, Newby said. “There’s a possibility of additional litigation, too,” Newby said.
“In the letter to SME, RUS also said it was concerned that 40 […]