Andy, renewables activists seem singularly determined to repeat the same mistakes again and again.

\"As Xcel Energy sought permission to store radioactive waste in above-ground dry cask storage at its Prairie Island plant, those who opposed nuclear saw an opportunity to boost renewable energy in the state. The deal struck at the Legislature included a requirement that Xcel generate or buy 125 megawatts of biomass energy.
For the past decade, about 50 megawatts of that mandate has come from a plant in western Minnesota that burns turkey litter and other biomass, such as wood chips. But this week, the plant's 45 employees were told the plant could close, said Reed Anfinson, owner and publisher of the Swift County Monitor-News.
Xcel has about 10 years left on a contract to buy the power at a premium, but the utility wants out.
\"The costs to rate payers are near $100 million a year, the environmental benefits are minimal, and it just hasn't worked,\" said Rep. Pat Garofalo, R-Farmington and chairman of the House energy committee.\"

Though turkey-poop power is long gone from Minnesota, Prairie Island Nuclear Generating Station continues to churn out the same clean, reliable electricity it has for 46 years.

\"Prairie Island is among Xcel Energy’s lowest-cost sources of generation on a per megawatt-hour basis, and it does not produce any greenhouse gas emissions.\"

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