A transmission project with a pipeline driver
October 16th, 2015
It never ends, does it. Here’s the Great River Energy and Minnesota Power Menahga Project, a 115 kV transmission line doing the do-si-do around Menahga! Pipeline driver? Yup. The new pumping stations will increase capacity of the MinnCan Pipeline (MPL Line 4) from 165,000 barrels a day to 350,000 barrels a day, or something like that. It’ll double the capacity. Great, just great. And remember, the MinnCan pipeline was the one where no one cared about it, no one weighed in against it, and now, everyone everywhere is fighting pipelines. This one quietly goes through, fueling the refinery in Rosemount, the Koch refinery. Hmmmmm…
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And here’s what we filed last week and the judge’s response (DENIAL!!) and our response to that, and also today’s filing.
First, to get things moving:
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And the judge’s response:
Suffice it to say, we weren’t pleased with that, so:
And today, to get this in before the Public Hearing on Monday:
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