Tag: Public Service Commission

Bold Alliance, Sierra Club Object to TransCanada Attempt to Limit Keystone XL Evidence

Bold Alliance and Sierra Club have filed a response with the Nebraska Public Service Commission (PSC) responding to motions filed by TransCanada that attempt to further limit the testimony and evidence that we’ll be able to present during the Keystone XL intervenor hearings Aug. 7-11 in Lincoln. From the response filed by Bold Alliance and […]
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SOLAR XL: Resisting Keystone XL by Building Clean Energy in the Pipeline’s Path

Thanks for your contribution to the SOLAR XL project! You’ll be receiving an email receipt for your records. Now, help spread the word: Click to tweet: “Donate to #SolarXL and help build #solar in the path of #KeystoneXL: bit.ly/solarxl #NoKXL #ActOnClimate via @BoldNebraska” Click here to share the image below on Facebook: TransCanada’s proposed Keystone […]
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SOLAR XL: Resisting Keystone XL by Building Clean Energy in the Pipeline’s Path

Donate $25 to build solar in the path of Keystone XL (UPDATE: June 12, 2018) NEW SOLAR XL FUNDRAISING GOAL: $60,000 We are deeply grateful to everyone who contributed to reach our first fundraising goal of $50,000 to build three Solar XL installations in the path of the pipeline! With the prospect of Keystone XL […]
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ACTION: Submit a Comment on Keystone XL to the Public Service Commission

TransCanada has submitted a new application for a permit to build the Keystone XL pipeline with the Nebraska Public Service Commission (PSC). The permit application process at the Public Service Commission typically takes from eight months to a year, and includes public hearings, and opportunities for public comment and for citizens to apply as official […]
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Experts Submit Testimony Confirming That Keystone XL Pipeline Would Be a Disaster for Nebraska

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Friday, June 8, 2017 Contact: Gabby Brown, gabby.brown@sierraclub.org Mark Hefflinger, mark@boldnebraska.org Experts Submit Testimony Confirming That Keystone XL Pipeline Would Be a Disaster for Nebraska Testimony Highlights Threats to Water Resources, Endangered Species O’Neill, NE — Expert witnesses filed testimony Wednesday with the Nebraska Public Service Commission detailing the threats the Keystone […]
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Landowners, Pipeline Fighters to Testify Keystone XL is Not in Public Interest at Hearing in O’Neill on June 7

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: June 5, 2017 Contact: Jane Kleeb, Bold Alliance, 402-705-3622, jane@boldnebraska.org Landowners, Pipeline Fighters to Testify Keystone XL is Not in Public Interest at Hearing in O’Neill on June 7 Press conference to precede Public Service Commission public meeting scheduled for 12:00 – 8:00 p.m. at O’Neill Community Center O’Neill, NE — Landowners […]
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Bold Alliance, Sierra Club, Ponca & Yankton Sioux Petition PSC for Keystone XL Deadline Extension

Bold Alliance has filed a motion seeking an extension of time to submit evidence to Nebraska Public Service Commission for its review of TransCanada’s permit application for the proposed Keystone XL pipeline — joined by fellow intervenors Nebraska Sierra Club, the Ponca Tribe of Nebraska, the Yankton Sioux Tribe, and the nearly 100 landowner-intervenors challenging the […]
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Farmer: TransCanada Failed to Compensate for Keystone Pipeline Spill on My Land

Thirteen months ago, a welding issue led to a leak in TransCanada’s Keystone 1 pipeline in South Dakota. Nearly 17,000 gallons of oil spilled on a family farm between Menno and Freeman. KSFY: “Do you think the $12,000 (easement payment from TransCanada) was worth it?” “No. I’d never do it again,” said South Dakota farmer Galen […]
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Bold Alliance Argues Keystone XL is All Risk, No Reward in Filings with Public Service Commission

Bold Alliance has filed its Requests for Admission, Interrogatories and Requests for Production with the Nebraska Public Service Commission, as an official intervenor in the PSC’s review of TransCanada’s application for a permit to build the proposed Keystone XL pipeline through Nebraska. The main arguments in Bold Alliance’s filings with the PSC (embedded below): Keystone XL isn’t […]
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Landowners, Pipeline Fighters Testify Against Keystone XL at Public Service Commission Hearing in York

On Wednesday, May 3rd, several hundred Pipeline Fighters and landowners showed up in force to testify at the Nebraska Public Service Commission’s 10-hour public meeting on TransCanada’s proposed Keystone XL pipeline. Pipeline opponents “steeply outnumbered” those who spoke in favor of KXL, the Omaha World-Herald reported, and 135 people in total stood to testify during […]
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