Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties

White Pine Power protest rejected

By JAN TUCKER

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WHITE PINE — The Michigan Attorney General and Michigan Agency for Energy have rejected a protest by the White Pine Power Company about the elimination of the System Support Resolution for the power plant agreement.

The Midcontinent Independent System Operator has announced it will terminate the agreement on Nov. 26. The issue now moves on to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission for a final decision.

The Michigan Agency for Energy document said MISO is not required to seek White Pine’s request to terminate the agreement since there is a longstand...