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Posts tagged as “Heartland Consumers Power District”

Heartland Offers Electric Bill Discount to Big New Customers

Jerry Heckenliable's going to hate this program. Heartland Consumers Power District is touting its Energy One incentive program to new businesses in Madison and its other customer communities. Basically, if a new company moves in and adds a megawatt or…

Benda to Help Olson Promote Crony Capitalism at Heartland CPD

The Republican revolving door spins happily around Heartland Consumers Power District in Madison. As lifelong patronage beneficiary and former state senator Russell Olson advances to CEO of Heartland, he brings in Richard Benda to take his spot as Heartland's economic…

Olson Promoted to Heartland CEO, Resigns from Senate

The bad news: academically underachieving Russell Olson has ridden his lifelong trajectory of Prostrollo-Janklow patronage to a new height of wealth and power, ascending to the CEO-ship of Heartland Consumers Power District. The good news: Russ is leaving the South…

James Howard Kunstler Speaks in Sioux Falls Friday; Heartland CPD Beware!

Heartland Consumer Power District proudly announces that its pro-oil and pro-coal general manager Mike McDowell and paid lobbyist/state senator Russell Olson will participate in the Plain Green Conference in Sioux Falls on Friday. McDowell and Olson will contribute to a…

Sharing the Wealth: Heartland Pays for Prostrollo Employee Trips

The rich get richer.... Heartland Consumer Power District transfers a little more public wealth to private pockets. Heartland has handed its friends at the Prostrollo All-American Auto Mall a $4100 hiring incentive. Madison's monopoly new car dealer just added a…

Madison Debt, Utility Rates Hamstring Economic Development

My neighbor Jerry Heckenliable spoke at the Madison City Commission meeting Monday night. Neither KJAM nor the Madison Daily Leader felt his comments warranted coverage. A conversation with Mr. Heckenliable persuades me that his comments do warrant coverage. Mr. Heckenliable…