Who plugs their toaster into an electrical outlet 800 miles away using an extension cord? And who does that because they need toasted bread that congratulates them for being "green?" Plug in your toaster in your own kitchen, Invenergy!
Apparently the propaganda hasn't gotten any smarter with the impending change of ownership for the GBE project. In fact, it appears to have regressed, insulting the intelligence of a public who has been engaged on this project for more than 7 years. Toaster. Plug in your toaster 800 miles away using Invenergy's very expensive extension cord.
Michael Skelly tells us that GBE has made no progress in Kansas in his recent status report to the Kansas Corporation Commission. Michael Skelly? What's he doing still speaking for the project? Turns out that Invenergy has not even officially purchased the project yet. They "expect" it to happen before the end of the year. And, if it does, Invenergy stands poised to swoop in on landowners, like a drooling fox hiding next to the hen house.
What a surprise it's going to be when Invenergy gets every door in Kansas and Missouri slammed in its face. I hope they don't get their fee-fees hurt (okay... yes I do!)
Blah, blah, blah, Invenergy has done nothing with the project except make the scheduled easement payments to the handful of landowners who signed early easements with Clean Line. It's just treading water.
But, hey, wait a tick... Invenergy has been very busy schmoozing state and county elected officials.
Apparently the propaganda hasn't gotten any smarter with the impending change of ownership for the GBE project. In fact, it appears to have regressed, insulting the intelligence of a public who has been engaged on this project for more than 7 years. Toaster. Plug in your toaster 800 miles away using Invenergy's very expensive extension cord.
Michael Skelly tells us that GBE has made no progress in Kansas in his recent status report to the Kansas Corporation Commission. Michael Skelly? What's he doing still speaking for the project? Turns out that Invenergy has not even officially purchased the project yet. They "expect" it to happen before the end of the year. And, if it does, Invenergy stands poised to swoop in on landowners, like a drooling fox hiding next to the hen house.
What a surprise it's going to be when Invenergy gets every door in Kansas and Missouri slammed in its face. I hope they don't get their fee-fees hurt (okay... yes I do!)
Blah, blah, blah, Invenergy has done nothing with the project except make the scheduled easement payments to the handful of landowners who signed early easements with Clean Line. It's just treading water.
But, hey, wait a tick... Invenergy has been very busy schmoozing state and county elected officials.
Significant outreach events in Kansas in the third quarter of 2019 included representatives of Invenergy, on behalf of Grain Belt Express, meeting with various state legislators and county officials to discuss the Project; additional, similar meetings are planned for the fourth quarter of 2019. Further, a representative of Invenergy presented at the Kansas Renewable Energy Conference, hosted by the Kansas Department of Commerce, on October 4, 2019 to discuss the Project.
It's also been schmoozing "local business and community leaders." Who are these people? They're not landowners. They have no stake in the project. It's nothing more than a carrot on a stick to sell out their neighbors for personal profit. Doesn't look like it was a public meeting... more like an invitation only ham dinner.
Skelly's report to the KCC was filed by his counsel, Cafer Law, formerly Cafer and Pemberton. Hmm... what happened to Pemberton? Terri Pemberton seems to have flown the firm. Wonder where she landed? At the Kansas Corporation Commission. Isn't that cozy?
Skelly's report to the KCC was filed by his counsel, Cafer Law, formerly Cafer and Pemberton. Hmm... what happened to Pemberton? Terri Pemberton seems to have flown the firm. Wonder where she landed? At the Kansas Corporation Commission. Isn't that cozy?
Isn't that where she came from before forming Cafer Pemberton? Seems she was Litigation Counsel for the KCC back in 2010 as well. Maybe it's a continuing legal education session before she jumps back into private practice as counsel for the entities she has been regulating? Just a little value added...
Invenergy is behaving as if Grain Belt Express is just another one of its invasive wind farm projects. If it schmoozes local governments enough and buys off the right people, sometimes it is successful in building wind farms on voluntarily leased private land. That's a whole world away from fly-over transmission using eminent domain, especially on communities where opposition is firmly entrenched. What a lesson Invenergy has coming to them!
Not everything is for sale!
Go away, Invenergy. Nobody is fooled by this nonsense.
Invenergy is behaving as if Grain Belt Express is just another one of its invasive wind farm projects. If it schmoozes local governments enough and buys off the right people, sometimes it is successful in building wind farms on voluntarily leased private land. That's a whole world away from fly-over transmission using eminent domain, especially on communities where opposition is firmly entrenched. What a lesson Invenergy has coming to them!
Not everything is for sale!
Go away, Invenergy. Nobody is fooled by this nonsense.
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