Great River Energy's coal-fired electricity plant near Spiritwood, N.D. was featured over the weekend in the Minneapolis StarTribune. The bulk of the article discusses Great River's plan for complying with the 2007 Minnesota Next Generation Energy Act, which bars companies from transmitting coal-generated power into Minnesota unless carbon-dioxide pollution is offset with emission reductions elsewhere.
According to the StarTribune article, Great River says it will comply with the law by using dried coal from its Coal Creek plant north of Bismarck, which the company says will reduce emissions by roughly four percent and offset the increased emissions produced by the power being transmitted to Minnesota. However, a Minnesota environmental group is challenging that plan, saying that Great River should be required to buy carbon-offset credits or make a carbon-reducing investment to satisfy the offset rule.
The North Dakota Industrial Commission wrote to Minnesota lawmakers last month requesting the repeal of Minnesota's restrictions on imported electricity, but Gov. Mark Dayton has indicated he would veto such a bill. The North Dakota attorney general's office has stated that it plans to file a suit against Minnesota if the law is not modified or overturned. Meanwhile, the Spiritwood plant sits idle with startup delayed until early 2012.
http://www.startribune.com/business/119094384.html
http://www.greatriverenergy.com/makingelectricity/spiritwood_fact_sheet.pdf
http://ndenergynotes.blogspot.com/2011/03/nd-industrial-commission-asks-for.html
According to the StarTribune article, Great River says it will comply with the law by using dried coal from its Coal Creek plant north of Bismarck, which the company says will reduce emissions by roughly four percent and offset the increased emissions produced by the power being transmitted to Minnesota. However, a Minnesota environmental group is challenging that plan, saying that Great River should be required to buy carbon-offset credits or make a carbon-reducing investment to satisfy the offset rule.
The North Dakota Industrial Commission wrote to Minnesota lawmakers last month requesting the repeal of Minnesota's restrictions on imported electricity, but Gov. Mark Dayton has indicated he would veto such a bill. The North Dakota attorney general's office has stated that it plans to file a suit against Minnesota if the law is not modified or overturned. Meanwhile, the Spiritwood plant sits idle with startup delayed until early 2012.
http://www.startribune.com/business/119094384.html
http://www.greatriverenergy.com/makingelectricity/spiritwood_fact_sheet.pdf
http://ndenergynotes.blogspot.com/2011/03/nd-industrial-commission-asks-for.html
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