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Minn. governor trumps his PUC, gives nod to Xcel gas plant bill
February 13, 2017 / E&E News By Jeff Tomich Xcel Energy Inc.’s proposal to build a natural gas plant in central Minnesota got a key endorsement last week from the state’s chief executive, Gov. Mark Dayton. No related posts.
Legislation Advances to Allow Xcel Energy to Build Natural Gas Plant that Bypasses Usual Regulatory Review
February 8, 2017 Energy and Policy Institute by Matt Kasper Xcel Energy’s Sherco Coal-Fired Power Plant On February 2, the Minnesota Senate Committee on Energy and Utilities Finance and Policy voted 7-2 in favor of giving Xcel Energy the certainty to build a 780-megawatt natural gas power plant. The new gas units will replace…
Capitol Report: Natural Gas Plant
February 3, 2017 / Capitol Report Reporter Shannon Loehrke quotes CUB’s Annie Levenson-Falk in an interview with Senator Andrew Mathews about his proposal to legislate a new power plant. No related posts.
Republican legislators take aim at Public Utilities Commission
February 1, 2017 MinnPost By Briana Bierschbach With complete control of the Minnesota Legislature, Republicans are taking early aim this session at a little-discussed state commission that has a big say on energy issues. Republicans have introduced a half-dozen bills that would change the power and makeup of the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission, a five-member…
Minnesota law would set precedent for unregulated monopolies
February 1, 2017 / Forbes Xcel Energy, an investor-owned utility based in Minneapolis, is about to make the deal of the century thanks to pork barrel politics in the Land of 10,000 Lakes. In January, the Minnesota Public Utility Commission, which regulates the state’s utility monopolies, said it would initiate a proceeding to examine the…