Minnesota Signs Deal With Manitoba Hydro
WINNIPEG -- - The Minnesota Public Utilities Commission has unanimously approved a $1.7 billion power export deal with Manitoba Hydro.
It allows Minneapolis-based Xcel Energy to import power from Manitoba Hydro, despite the objections of aboriginal groups.
The 500-megawatt, 10-year deal was given the go-ahead.
It's an extension of an existing deal and will allow power to be exported until 2015.
Approval by Canada's National Energy Board is pending.
The Minnesota decision is a blow to the Pimicikamak Cree Nation of Cross Lake, Manitoba. They had asked the commission to first call a formal hearing into the social and economic impact of historic hydro development on their homeland.
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Strikes on energy infrastructure causing blackouts, service disruption, and heightened humanitarian risk in winter.
✅ Missile and drone strikes cripple plants, substations, and lines
✅ Blackouts disrupt water, heating, hospitals, and critical services
✅ Emergency repairs, generators, and aid mitigate winter shortages
Ukraine's energy infrastructure remains a primary target in Russia's ongoing invasion, with a recent wave of missile strikes…
