Modernizing Minnesota

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Line 3 Needs Upgrade

CEA Midwest Executive Director, Chris Ventura, looks at how anti-energy groups threatening lawsuits and mass protests over modernizing critical energy infrastructure hurts families across...
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State Regulators Issue Final Approval for Line 3 Oil Pipeline Project

The Minnesota Public Utilities Commission again voiced their approval of modernizing Minnesota's infrastructure, with Commissioner Sieben criticizing the Department of Commerce for continuing their...
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Local Business Owner Backs New Oil Pipeline

Modernizing Minnesota's infrastructure not only helps small businesses, but it also keeps energy costs affordable for families and farmers across the state. Running a small...
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Good Sense, Not Good Intentions, Will Evolve Our Energy Mix the Right Way

You've seen it written in headlines and out of the mouths of anti-energy activists. Stop Line 3 - without any sense or understanding of...
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Why Do Gasoline Prices Give Us So Much Angst?

There’s something about rising gasoline prices that fuel a fire in our belly. Behavior experts have studied this particular consumer purchasing habit for years...
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If Time Is Money, Can Minnesota Afford to Be Stuck?

A lot goes into our transportation system, some we see – but there is a whole lot more that we don’t see or understand....
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CEA Testifies before Minnesota PUC in St. Paul on the Line 3 Replacement Project

Testimony before the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission Public and Evidentiary Hearing – St. Paul, Minnesota Line 3 Replacement Project September 28, 2017 Judge O’Reilly, my name is...
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CEA Applauds Finding That Line 3 Replacement Will Add No Risk to Lake Superior

Revised Environmental Study Reinforces the Clear Need to Support Minnesota’s Energy Future with Line 3 Replacement Minneapolis, MN - Minnesota regulators today issued a revised...
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Consumer Group Responds as Washington Governor Hits Again at Critical Energy Infrastructure in Minnesota

MINNEAPOLIS – Today, Washington Governor Jay Inslee expressed his opposition to the modernization of the Line 3 pipeline, which follows an attack against critical...
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Largest Energy Consumer Group Applauds U.S. Army Corps Granting Final Federal Permit for Line...

St. Paul, MN – Consumer Energy Alliance (CEA) released the following statement after the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers granted the final federal permit for...