Buy a fridge, save money, energy and homeless
It’s a win-win-win. With the purchase of certain new refrigerators, dehumidifiers, or clothes washers, you can earn not only cash back and better energy efficiency, but you can help homeless people to...
View ArticleRecruitment to Hoyt Lakes
A dossier of glossy documents tossed on my desk overnight trumpets the new 220-acre Laskin Energy Park near Hoyt Lakes. A partnership between Minnesota Power, the city of Hoyt Lakes and East Range...
View ArticleAllete’s performance improves, remains off 36 percent from 2008
Allete, the parent company of Minnesota Power, registered a higher third-quarter net income compared to the second quarter, but profits are still substantially lower than 2008 levels. The Duluth-based...
View ArticleMinnesota Power gets half of requested rate increase
Minnesota Power received permission to increase its customers’ interim rates by about half of what it requested, according to a Tuesday ruling by the state Public Utilities Commission. In November, the...
View ArticleAllete sees net income drop about 25 percent
Allete, the parent company to Duluth’s Minnesota Power, reported a net income drop of $23 million from 2008 to 2009, according to its annual earnings report. Allete’s net income was $61 million from...
View ArticleMinnesota Power plans to explain itself
Say, Minnesota Power, what’s with all the rate hikes? Answers to that question and more will come at a Duluth Area Chamber of Commerce FORVM next week. The Duluth-based utility will give their view on...
View ArticleSounding off about utility rate hikes
Mad about Minnesota Power’s requested rate increase? Well, here’s your chance to speak your mind… to an administrative law judge who will actually listen to you. Public hearings — necessary before a...
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