Don’t let Great River Energy evade Environmental Review — Natural Gas ≠ Diesel
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Petition for Environmental Review of Great River Energy’s proposed permit change for the Cambridge Station power plant
Great River Energy (GRE) is asking the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission (PUC) to amend their existing permit for the Cambridge Station power plant located in Cambridge, MN. That plant currently is permitted to burn only natural gas. GRE is asking the PUC to make a “minor modification” to their permit that would allow GRE to burn both natural gas and diesel WITHOUT Environmental Review.
This is problematic for a couple of reasons –
- Adding diesel fuel to the plant will significantly increase the plant’s emissions of greenhouse gases, arsenic, mercury, sulfur dioxide, and other hazardous air pollutants. This is not a “minor modification”; it is a huge step backward for Minnesota’s climate efforts.
- The diesel fuel will be transported to the plant by semi-trucks emitting even more dangerous fumes while adding to congestion on local roadways.
- This plant is proximal to a school, an outdoor sports complex, and residential areas will greatly amplify the impact on human health.
By signing this petition, you are asking the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission not to approve the request by Great River Energy to add diesel as a fuel option for their Cambridge Plant without Environmental Review.
Click here if you would like to review the entire petition asking the PUC for Environmental Review.
By completing this form, you are officially signing your name to this petition. You acknowledge by signing this petition that you are attesting that you live or own property in Minnesota and that the Public Utilities Commission may contact you to verify your signature.
Dear Minnesota Public Utilities Commission,
I am submitting my signature in support of PEER’s (Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility), CURE’s (Clean Up the River Environment), Sierra Club’s, joint petition to the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission (PUC) and Environmental Quality Board (EQB) for environmental review of Great River Energy’s proposed permit change for its Cambridge, Minnesota plant (PUC docket 22-122) from its current permit for a gas-fired plant to an oil-and-gas-burning “dual fuel” plant under the Minnesota Environmental Policy Act (MEPA). The project proposer is Great River Energy, 12300 Elm Creek Blvd N, Maple Grove, MN 55369, (763) 445-5000.
My full name and address below constitute my electronic signature, submitted to the MN PUC and EQB as part of the petition for environmental review. By providing my full address, including zip code, I am certifying that I support the petition of PEER, CURE, and Sierra Club for an environmental review of GRE’s proposed permit change for the Cambridge Station plant (PUC docket 22-122) and that I live in or own property in Minnesota. I acknowledge that I may be contacted by the State of Minnesota to verify that my electronic signature is valid and to ask my opinion on the petition process.
