[Eric in the Ozarks]

Minnesota Power is closing four of their coal burners because the BN can’t deliver. Too busy shipping crude.

[thackney]

Thanks for that, I had not heard of it.

http://www.duluthnewstribune.com/content/minnesota-power-idle-four-coal-fired-electrical-generation-units

It’s taking BNSF two to three times longer than usual to get shipments of coal to the Northland, Rudeck said. The utility’s coal stockpiles are less than half of where they should be.

The units affected include the two at Laskin Energy Center in Hoyt Lakes, and two of the three units at Taconite Harbor Energy Center on the North Shore. No one will be laid off, Rudeck said; workers affected by the idling will focus on maintenance projects.

Pat Mullen, Minnesota Power’s vice president of marketing and corporate communications, told Wisconsin Public Radio that this is the first time the utility has had to idle plants because of coal shipping problems.

BNSF officials have told Minnesota Power that the delays are because of weather and system congestion, Rudeck said.

[Rodamala]

Minnesota Power is closing four of their coal burners because the BN can’t deliver. Too busy shipping crude.Get real.

[jiggyboy]

He really is singlehandedly turning this into the last chapter of Atlas Shrugged.