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    February 23, 2018
    Benson supports power plant closing, says biomass never fulfilled promise
    BENSON — The city of Benson has offered its voice in support of closing the Benson Power biomass plant operating in the community. The...
    news/government-and-politicsFebruary 23, 2018 - 6:39am
    January 30, 2018
    Co-op to purchase Kandiyohi municipal power system
    KANDIYOHI — Starting Feb.1, Kandiyohi Mayor Gordy Woltjer won't be fielding telephone calls when the power goes out in town and he won't...
    business/energy-and-miningJanuary 30, 2018 - 6:53am
    January 3, 2018
    Kentucky Utilities’ coal-fired generating plant in Ghent, Ky., April 18, 2014. Corporate demand for electricity from renewable sources to meet clean-energy goals is leading utilities to cut the use of coal, even in coal country. (Luke Sharrett/Copyright 2018 The New York Times)
    America's power grid shows signs of strain amid deep freeze
    America's power grid is starting to show signs of fatigue as the nation grapples with a record-breaking cold snap. In the Midwest, some natural...
    newsJanuary 3, 2018 - 3:45pm
    November 24, 2017
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    What your Christmas lights will do to your electricity bill
    Starting around Black Friday every year, the light intensity in American suburbs increases by 30 to 50 percent, and it doesn't return to normal...
    lifestyleNovember 24, 2017 - 2:53pm
    Neighbors share power from a generator using extension cords in Guaynabo, Puerto Rico, Oct. 5, 2017. Weeks after Hurricane Maria, packing winds of up to 155 miles an hour, knocked out power to the entire island, 80 percent of Puerto Rico still does not have power. (Dennis M. Rivera Pichardo/Copyright 2017 The New York Times)
    Small Montana firm lands Puerto Rico's biggest contract to get the power back on
    For the sprawling effort to restore Puerto Rico's crippled electrical grid, the territory's state-owned utility has turned to a two-year-old...
    newsOctober 24, 2017 - 11:01am
    September 13, 2017
    Tribune file / The Palmer Creek's Wind Farm will likely be erected in Chippewa County in 2018. It will include 18 turbines with a capacity to produce 44.6 megawatts of electricity, or enough to power approximately 13,000 homes.
    Chippewa County wind farm likely to go up in early 2018
    MONTEVIDEO — Equipment began arriving this week for the construction of an 18-turbine wind farm in Chippewa County, but work is not likely...
    newsSeptember 13, 2017 - 7:02am
    May 30, 2017
    Willmar Municipal Utilities photo
    Willmar Municipal Utilities recognized
    WILLMAR — Willmar Municipal Utilities has earned a Reliable Public Power Provider designation from the American Public Power Association...
    businessMay 30, 2017 - 5:34am
    April 29, 2017
    Tom Larson / Tribune Xcel Energy is seeking to acquire the Benson Power plant and close it.
    Benson could lose biomass power plant: Xcel seeks to purchase, close plant
    BENSON — One of Benson's largest employers, and one of Swift County's largest tax-paying entities, is expected to be closed. Xcel Energy...
    newsApril 29, 2017 - 5:58am
    April 5, 2017
    The Robert W Scherer Power Plant, a coal-fired electricity plant operated by Georgia Power, a subsidiary of the Southern Company, in Juliette, Georgia, U.S. April 1, 2017. REUTERS/Chris Aluka Berry
    President Trump declares end to 'war on coal,' but utilities aren't listening
    WASHINGTON/LOS ANGELES/NEW YORK - When President Donald Trump signed an executive order last week to sweep away Obama-era climate change regulations,...
    newsApril 5, 2017 - 2:59pm
    February 22, 2017
    Brandi Jewett / Forum News Service file Drone pilot Andrew Schill flies a newly unveiled airframe during the UAS Summit and Expo on Aug. 24, 2016, in Grand Forks, North Dakota. Minneapolis-based Xcel Energy will partner with the Federal Aviation Administration to research inspecting electric grids using unmanned aircraft.
    Xcel, FAA research using drones to inspect electric lines
    GRAND FORKS, N.D. — A regional electricity provider will work with the Federal Aviation Administration to help form policies for inspecting...
    newsFebruary 22, 2017 - 12:04am
    February 21, 2017
    An airplane flies over a drone during the Polar Bear Plunge on Coney Island in the Brooklyn borough of New York January 1, 2015. REUTERS file photo
    Xcel, FAA research using drones to inspect electric lines
    GRAND FORKS — A regional electricity provider will work with the Federal Aviation Administration to help form policies for inspecting...
    newsFebruary 21, 2017 - 2:32pm
    December 14, 2016
    Renewable energy sources, which include wind, solar and hydroelectric, account for 22 percent of Willmar’s power load. Wind turbines produce just a small portion of that. Briana Sanchez / Tribune file photo
    Nearly a quarter of Willmar's power is renewable
    WILLMAR — While the Willmar Municipal Utilities wind turbines are the most visible example of renewable energy in town, in fact nearly...
    newsDecember 14, 2016 - 7:00am
    November 18, 2016
    City of Willmar Public Works employees cut branches off a tree that fell around 10 a.m. Friday on the northeast corner of the intersection of Trott Avenue and Ninth Avenue Southwest. Thousands in the region are without power this morning. Winds have whipped power lines together causing outages, and downed tree branches also have caused outages. Briana Sanchez / Tribune
    Thousands without power in west central Minn.
    WILLMAR — An estimated 4,000 to 5,000 customers with the Kandiyohi Power Cooperative are without power this morning due to the winter storm....
    newsNovember 18, 2016 - 12:16pm
    April 19, 2016
    New energy park to be constructed in Shakopee
    SHAKOPEE — The Minnesota Municipal Power Agency has begun construction on a new 46-megawatt distributed generation power facility near Canterbury Park in Shakopee. The natural gas-fueled facility will add electric generation capacity to the 12 communities and utilities, including...
    businessApril 19, 2016 - 8:13am
    December 16, 2015
    The 2016 budget approved by the Willmar Municipal Utilities Commission has no increases in electric, water and district heating rates. (METRO CREATIVE GRAPHICS)
    No increases in electric, heat or water for Willmar utility customers
    WILLMAR — No increases in electric, water and district heating rates are expected in the 2016 budget approved by the Willmar Municipal Utilities...
    newsDecember 16, 2015 - 10:16pm
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