Not so.
They have now notified the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission that they will seek to take the land by legal force -- eminent domain -- under the Federal Power Act Section 21.
This is not the act of a Nice Guy company who just wants to bring us renewable energy. Nice Guys don't forcibly take your land to give you power you don't want or need.
Most private land owners who have had their property taken by government entities using eminent domain are none too happy about it, even when ostensibly for the public good. It's a widely abused and even more widely hated technique. It's even more insulting when a private venture can use it and moreover, is actually willing to to do so -- running roughshod over any kind of public good will in the process.
More information is available here http://www.mplsparkwatch.org/taxonomy/page/or/9 as well as other places, e.g. June 21 edition of the Skyway News.
Feel like letting Crown Hydro know what you think?
Thomas R. "Tom" Griffin President, Crown Hydro, LLC 5436 Columbus Avenue South Minneapolis, MN 55417-2433 (612) 825-1043 [he's in the phone book]
William H. Hawks Majority Partner, Crown Hydro, LLC
Mr. Hawks is not in the phone book, and is not easily found otherwise on the Internet. But he did put up $3 million, so he can't be invisible. Any ideas?
Chris Johnson, Fulton
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