Projects urged for renewable energy mandate; critics question motives
To meet Minnesota’s goal of getting 25 percent of its electricity from clean renewable wind energy by 2025, the state’s utilities would need to build a 345-kilovolt line between Granite Falls and Shakopee at a cost of $460 million, according to a study released Friday.
The 125-mile line would replace a 260-kilovolt power line that is 60 years old and inadequate for bringing more power from the wind farms springing up in . . .

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