Two days inside MGS's BECI open houses.
On day two in Baraboo (UW-Platteville's Lange Center, Aug 25), Michael talks with Jim, whose family and neighbors sit in the path near Lodi, and with Kris Brewer, one of the Sauk County organizers who had volunteers, clipboards, and sign-ups running before the doors opened.
Then board member Emile Smith sits down at the Gays Mills open house (Aug 24) with Donna Bell, town of Scott clerk and landowner, whose century farm on Bell Center Ridge lies under two of the proposed route segments - and whose township was told by Dairyland Power, the developer of "MariBell," the other 765 kV project, "don't worry, you're notinvolved."
MGS is taking comments on its BECI study segments through September 7, 2026.
We've made it simple: no765line.org -> Take Action -> Comment to MGS.
This podcast is for general information only and is not legal advice. For decisions about your land, consult your own attorney.
Sources for figures cited in this episode:
- FERC order on MGS Wisconsin's BECI transmission incentives (ER26-2376, 195 FERC ¶ 61,251, June 26, 2026) background: https://no765line.org/news-beci-ferc-incentives/
- Commissioner-to-utility moves since 1996: WPR, "Wisconsin lawmakers propose bill to slow the 'revolving door' between regulators and utilities" (https://www.wpr.org/news/wisconsin-bill-slow-revolving-door-between-regulators-utilities); Urban Milwaukee, Dec 22, 2025 (Valcq/Alliant) and Feb 10, 2026 (revolving-door bill)
- Local government actions (23): https://no765line.org/take-action/resolution-tracker/
Cold open - did anybody from Wisconsin ask for this line?
|| 0:13 | Back in Baraboo - day two of the open houses
|| 1:18 | Arrival at the Lange Center
|| 1:57 | Jim - who asked for this line?
|| 5:35 | Kris Brewer - organizing in Sauk County
|| 9:48 | Emile & Donna Bell - a legacy farm near Bell Center (Gays Mills)
|| 17:56 | Before September 7 - what you can do |
