My Sunday column described the frustration of Ted McCaslin of St. Paul, shown here in front of Xcel Energy’s Merriam Park Substation. He lives a block away, but the hum from its transformers bounces into his bedroom, interrupting his sleep. The sound in his yard doesn’t amount to enough decibels to violate the city’s noise ordinance. Still, McCaslin brought his story to Whistleblower after seeing an advertisement next to this blog from Xcel for its energy conservation web site: “Responsible by nature.”

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