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What county officials and landowners can do: intervention, dockets and the PSC record
Summary
Supervisors pressed presenters about concrete steps counties and landowners can take; presenters advised monitoring the PSC docket, filing to intervene when the CPCN application posts, proposing route alternatives, and using public comment and town meetings to influence the record.
Vernon County supervisors repeatedly asked Dairyland/NextEra how the county or individual landowners could prevent or materially alter a proposed route. Presenters said the developer proposes routes but the Public Service Commission (PSC) makes final routing and need determinations through the CPCN docket. The project team said: once the application is filed a docket number is assigned and parties can formally intervene; public comments also become part of the record and are considered by commissioners.
“File as an intervener, not just a commenter,” Michael Brown told the room during public comment, urging coordinated county action and organized intervention. Presenters offered to provide docket notification to county clerks and supervisors when the Wisconsin filing occurs and explained that interveners gain access to evidence and the ability to submit testimony and contest specific elements of the application. County supervisors discussed drafting resolutions, participating in the application development phase through public input sessions, and weighing legal options for intervening as a county government.
Why it matters: intervening in the PSC docket is the primary formal mechanism for counties and landowners to present evidence, request alternative routes, or press for mitigation measures. Presenters emphasized that route alternatives and detailed siting suggestions raised during outreach feed into the application and the CPCN record that commissioners review.
