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Published January 16, 2009, 12:00 AM

Big Stone approval has strings attached

An electric transmission project in western Minnesota can go forward – with conditions aimed at protecting ratepayers and the environment -- state regulators decided Thursday. The Minnesota Public Utilities Commission voted unanimously to approve a large-scale power line project that would distribute electricity from the proposed Big Stone II coal-fired power plant in eastern South Dakota.

By: Scott Wente, E/P State Capitol Bureau

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