Perhaps most of that power really goes to cities back east, including Chicago.
I would keep making more power and just sell it at higher rates.
After all, didn't the Dems in Chicago vote twice for their man?
ND eyes suit against Minnesota over carbon tax
http://minnesota.publicradio.org/display/web/2009/12/29/carbon-lawsuit/
BISMARCK, N.D.—North Dakota Attorney General Wayne Stenehjem said he expects the state to file a lawsuit against Minnesota over its plan to tax carbon dioxide created by electrical generation. The Minnesota Public Utilities Commission wants to add a fee of $4 to $34 per ton of carbon dioxide to the cost of electrical generation starting in 2012. The majority of electricity in North Dakota is generated by coal-fired power plants, which emit carbon dioxide.
North Dakota officials consider it an unfair tax on electricity produced in the state and say it would discourage its use by Minnesota utilities.
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Cut the national power grid at the Minnesota state line.
Minnesota is restricted to only having power available that is produced within the state. Nuclear power generation produces ZERO carbon emissions.