From the Minnesota Star Tribune,
North Dakota wants to block Minnesota power lines in fight over clean energy.
The fight is in front of a national energy regulator,
North Dakota, Montana, Mississippi, Louisiana and Arkansas lodged their complaint in July with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC). The states argued MISO’s calculations of benefits from the projects are overblown, and as a result, the cost paid by local utility customers would be unreasonable.
The argument is simple: why should other states have to pay for infrastructure needed to fulfill Minnesota’s green energy dreams?
North Dakota, Montana and three Southern states want to block a $22 billion plan for power lines across the Midwest that Minnesota says it needs to transition to carbon-free energy.
The states argue that the federal government should stop the grid upgrade because otherwise their customers will be paying higher rates to subsidize clean energy projects in other states.
That’s “billion” with a “b.” Minnesota regulators are hopping mad,
“I don’t get involved in how they regulate in their states,” said Joe Sullivan, a Democrat who is vice chair of the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission. “Because it doesn’t affect me. Why are they messing around with our economic future?”
Why? Because you want them to pay for it. What’s in it for them? These lines aren’t needed for regional reliability, but rather, to fulfill suicidal climate mandates.