Minnesota Appeals Court Holds Natural Gas Power Plan More Environmentally-Friendly Than Solar and Wind
August 24, 2021
By Joseph A. Morris
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Minnesota appellate decision is a triumph for common sense and for science over politics-masquerading-as science.
The Minnesota Court of Appeals yesterday decided a utilities-regulation case arising on administrative review involving a natural gas resource—a 525 MW natural-gas combined-cycle power plant in Superior, Wisconsin (at the far west end of Lake Superior, across the St. Louis River from Duluth, Minnesota), known as the Nemadji Trail Energy Center (NTEC).
Minnesota Power and a Wisconsin firm, South Shore Energy, LLC, propose to build the plant and to buy (for re-sale) half its power output. Minnesota law requires a permit from the State's Public Utility Commission under a process governed by a "public interest" standard.
https://www.heartland.org/news-opinion/news/minnesota-appeals-court-holds-natural-gas-power-plan-more-environmentally-friendly-than-solar-and-wind
