A week after the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission unanimously approved transmission lines needed to build the 500 megawatt coal-fired Big Stone II power plant near the South Dakota border, the Environmental Protection Agency has opposed issuing…
A years-long battle over a proposed coal plant in South Dakota could come to a close during a Minnesota Public Utility Commission hearing in St. Paul this Thursday. The commission will decide on whether to issue a Certificate of Need for transmission line upgrades in Minnesota required to construct the Big Stone II coal-fired power plant.
If the certificate is denied the project will likely be scrapped entirely. If approved, environmental groups will be left with little recourse against the plant’s construction.
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