Proposals to eliminate or phase out line extension allowances were deferred back to rate cases.

BlackRock-owned Global Infrastructure Partners and a Canadian pension giant want to buy a Minnesota-based utility. Gov. Tim Walz’s agencies have been in on pushing the deal.

CURE petition for Minnesota Power acquisition to be reconsidered denied by MPUC

Upper Sioux Community has asked to stay its request for Xcel Energy to serve the area after learning it would be too costly, and take too much time, to develop the new line that would be needed.

A judge ruled in early June the Minnesota Valley Cooperative Light and Power Association cannot cut power to the Upper Sioux Community’s casino over a large solar project. State regulators expect to take up the case this fall.

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Minnesota Power is in a position now where it could skip the gas leg of the transition, moving directly from coal to renewables+storage. But it doesn’t seem interested in making that leap.

The pivot reveals a company adapting to Trump’s “drill, baby, drill” agenda and looking to cash in on recently boosted tax incentives for enhanced oil recovery.

Environmental groups have urged the Duluth-based utility not to replace one fossil fuel with another amid human-caused climate change.

Environmental organization CURE is asking the Public Utilities Commission to investigate the Minnesota Power sale further, given new information about data centers in the region.

Revelations about undisclosed data center project in utility’s territory raises community concerns  On December 30, 2025, CURE formally petitioned the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission (PUC) to reassess its approval of the sale of ALLETE, the parent company of Minnesota Power, to two private equity investors—the Canadian Pension Plan Investment Board (CPP) and Global Infrastructure Partners (GIP/BackRock), a subsidiary of BlackRock, the world’s […]

Minnesota utility regulators unanimously approved the controversial sale of Duluth-based Minnesota Power to a pair of private investment firms, one of which is owned by BlackRock, the world’s largest asset holder.

Private investment firms that are helping finance America’s artificial intelligence race and the huge buildout of energy-hungry data centers are getting interested in the local utilities that deliver electricity to regular customers — and the servers that power AI.

Sale of the Duluth-based public utilities provider could mean higher rates for customers.

Minnesota regulators are considering testimony they heard Thursday on a proposed acquisition which could set a new tone in the world of public utilities.A decision is expected soon on whether

Indigenous communities have seen the damage of BlackRock’s fossil-fuel agenda