http://www.windaction.org/ facts, analysis, exposure of wind energy's real impacts en-us Windaction hourly 1 http://backend.userland.com/rss http://www.windaction.org/articles/32854 Mon, 22 Aug 2011 19:34:55 GMT Opponents of proposals to build a multistate line from Iowa east of the Mississippi River to bring wind-generated electricity to large urban markets have asked the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to reconsider its decision last month to allow the cost of such lines - estimated to be as high as $20 billion, to be spread to end users rather than borne entirely by the builders of the line. http://www.windaction.org/articles/32854 http://www.windaction.org/articles/30142 Mon, 29 Nov 2010 19:26:17 GMT A non-public meeting with local government and development leaders in Webster County will be held Dec. 8 in Fort Dodge as the first stage in determining if a new electric transmission system can be routed through or near this county. Clean Line Energy Partners is planning to construct 500 miles of new high voltage direct current transmission line across Iowa. http://www.windaction.org/articles/30142 http://www.windaction.org/articles/29714 Sun, 31 Oct 2010 11:09:32 GMT "Resistance from some Eastern states, Massachusetts in particular, has become stronger and stronger," said Stanley, part of a working group of 39 state energy and utility regulators. Easterners have made it clear that Iowa and the Midwest can build all the transmission it wants, so long as it pays all the costs. Midwesterners beg to differ. http://www.windaction.org/articles/29714 http://www.windaction.org/articles/29559 Mon, 18 Oct 2010 19:52:00 GMT The MidAmerican/AEP proposal is the only wind transmission plan. ITC Holdings of Michigan, which owns and operates Alliant Energy's transmission sysstem in Iowa, already as preliminary approval from federal regulators to approach investors about a similar line from the Dakotas through Iowa across the Mississippi River to serve urban markets to the east. http://www.windaction.org/articles/29559 http://www.windaction.org/articles/29351 Fri, 01 Oct 2010 23:59:04 GMT The transmission corridors would be built over a number of years, the report said and would provide a way to move 15,000 megawatts of new power from wind farms to the markets where the power would be consumed. It would serve as a backbone for future wind energy developments. http://www.windaction.org/articles/29351 http://www.windaction.org/articles/26986 Tue, 27 Apr 2010 16:52:16 GMT If you're interested in wind energy and its implications for Iowa and the Midwest, best to keep an eye this week on a decision by the federal government about a wind project off the Atlantic coast opposite Massachusetts and Rhode Island. http://www.windaction.org/articles/26986 http://www.windaction.org/articles/26899 Fri, 23 Apr 2010 10:40:05 GMT Aller, the top executive of Alliant subsidiary Interstate Power, also has to explain why his customers will pay as much as 50 percent more for power than fellow Iowans who are MidAmerican customers if the latest rate increase is approved by the Iowa Utilities Board. http://www.windaction.org/articles/26899 http://www.windaction.org/articles/24787 Thu, 24 Dec 2009 13:12:59 GMT The city of Ames plans to reapply next month to the Iowa Utilities Board for approval to build a high-voltage transmission line to an electrical substation in northeast Ankeny. http://www.windaction.org/articles/24787