Minnesota Powerline Oral History Project: Interview with Wallace Hayenga

Titles: Minnesota Powerline Oral History Project: Interview with Wallace Hayenga (Supplied title)

Description: BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION: Hayenga was the staff assistant at the Blue Earth-Nicollet-Faribault Cooperative Electric Association in Mankato, Blue Earth County. SUBJECTS DISCUSSED: His background. Background of BENCO. Structure of CPA and UPA. MAPP. How a project is implemented. Reasons for rate of growth for electricity. Conservation of energy. Structure of CU line. Determining need for electricity. Concerns over opposition of line. Health and safety concerns. Siting process - routing of line; public hearings. Alternative sources of power - coal; underground line. Eminent domain laws. Government regulations on utilities - impact of; reason for increased interference. Reason for controversy. Impact of controversy on future powerlines and plants. Research for different technologies. Role of electricity in Minnesota.

Dates

• 03/14/1978 (Creation)

Creation

• interviewee: Hayenga, Wallace
• interviewer: Nelson, Edward P.

Identifiers

• Library Call Number: OH 25
• Accession Number: AV1988.180.16

Holding Type: Oral History - Interview

Project

• Oral History - Project, MHS Collection, project: 'Minnesota Powerline Oral History Project' <OH 25>

Quantity: 1 hour sound cassette 15 pages transcript

Format

• Content Category: sound recordings
• Content Category: text

Measurements

• 60 minutes length

Subjects

Locations

• Name: Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minnesota, United States

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