Walker Orenstein
@walkerorenstein
Reporter for @StarTribune covering energy, natural resources and sustainability. From St. Paul, but a @UW Husky. Email: [email protected]
NEW: A Minnesota economic development team convened a meeting in March about a potentially colossal data center on farmland near Rochester, Minn. One tech company was invited: Google. startribune.com/state-invited-…
Xcel Energy reports this morning that Unit 1 at its Prairie Island nuclear plant is down following a reactor trip yesterday during a test. Not an emergency situation, and no impact to health and safety. Unit 2 at Prairie Island is still running.
Here's your split screen responses by the way. One from Allete which said the ALJ mischaracterizes a deal that would yield yield near-term cost savings, and one from the MN Citizens Utility Board which praised the ALJ report and argues the sale could raise electric rates.
NEW: An Administrative Law Judge has recommended that Minnesota regulators *deny* the sale of Duluth-based energy company Allete to Global Infrastructure Partners/BlackRock. The decision still rests with the Public Utilities Commission. edockets.state.mn.us/documents/%7B7…
THE HOME RUN THAT COMPLETED BYRON BUXTON'S CYCLE!!!!
The Guadalupe rose up and devoured his family's house with three generations inside: A Texas Monthly senior editors first hand account of surviving the Kerr County floods. An stunning, terrifying, unforgettable story. texasmonthly.com/news-politics/…
Minnesota utility regulators will probably ask our electric utilities to file a new plan about how they will speed up their carbon free projects because of the BBB. Here's a proposal from PUC Commissioner Audrey Partridge:
