Comment Period on Benson burner EXTENDED!
August 28th, 2017
Comments are due September 1, and Reply Comments are due September 15.
New law allows much of Minnesota’s biomass industry to be shut down
And it’s happening, and that’s a good thing — these plants that spew toxins and which have routinely violated their air permits should not have been built, permitted, and subsidized. Shut down is going to happen:
Xcel, Benson agree on plan to mitigate power plant closure – MPR News
But is what they’ve agreed to in the public interest? Who all was a party to the negotiation? Are there other ways to deal with this?
Xcel Energy has asked the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission to approve its request to terminate the Power Purchase Agreement for the Benson turkey shit burner.
To review the full docket, E-002/M-17-530, go HERE, and search for “17” (year) and “530” (docket).
What’s at issue?
I need to find the older dockets, they’re not listed here…
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