Agenda Item No. 1 on the calendar for the Thursday state Public Utilities Commission (PUC) meeting reads, In the Matter of the Petition of Minnesota Power for Acquisition of ALLETE…
A funny thing happened on the way to BlackRock’s takeover of Minnesota Power: the environmentalist movement was split. From Walker Orenstein at the Minnesota Star Tribune: Northern Minnesota power company…
An administrative law judge (ALJ) has issued her report on the proposed buyout of Duluth-based Minnesota Power by the private-equity firm BlackRock. Technically, BlackRock is buying MP’s parent company, Allete,…
Pennsylvania is the beneficiary of staggeringly large investments in new data centers and energy. Minnesota, not so much. From the Associated Press (AP): Trump and Sen. Dave McCormick team up…
American Experiment interviewed Edward Siedle, public pension warrior, for our podcast yesterday. The full 32-minute video of the interview: A former lawyer for the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC),…
The financial behemoth Blackrock has proposed taking over the Duluth-based electric utility Minnesota Power. The debate over the transaction is revealing some unexpected fault lines. The debate has a tiny…
Starting April 1, the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission (MPUC) will hold a three-day series of hearings in St. Paul on the proposed acquisition of the electric utility Minnesota Power (MP).…
I don’t know how anyone could’ve adequately followed all the energy and environmental news that happened this year without spending 40 hours a week on the subject (and even that…
Energy prices are skyrocketing at home and across the globe. In Minnesota, gas prices, home heating and electricity will be higher than in the last several years. A recent article…
The following article was written by Michael Shellenberger at Substack. Shareholder divestment campaigns caused oil and gas shortages, a return to coal, and higher emissions. Over the last decade, climate…
The following article was written by Michael Shellenberger and was published at Environmental Progress: America’s leading climate and environmental groups including Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC), Energy Foundation, and Environmental…