EVELETH — Minnesota Power is in the process of getting a new integrated resource plan approved by the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission.
The documents set out the utility’s plan to meet customer demand for electricity through 2039.
Plans to convert Cohasset’s Boswell Energy Center from coal to natural gas and possibly biomass are part of the proposal, as well as the addition of wind, solar and energy storage resources. It also includes a $30 million fund to advance carbon-free technology.
The integrated resource plan analyzes "how to best utilize energy conservation, fuel purchases, power generation, and infrastructure to deliver energy to customers’ homes or businesses, and meet their energy needs," the Public Utilities Commission website states.
"In other words, it is a whole system view. "
Comments on the plan can also be submitted online, by mail and by email.
Public hearings for the plan are set for later this month, including:
- Noon to 2 p.m. Tuesday, July 22, at the Range Recreation Civic Center in Eveleth
- 6-8 p.m. Tuesday at the Inn on Lake Superior in Duluth
- 6-8 p.m. Wednesday, July 23, virtually
- 10 a.m. to noon July 28 at the Morrison County Government Center in Little Falls
- 5-7 p.m. July 28 at the Cohasset Community Center
