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Trump administration reinstates $50 million grant to Minnesota Power

President Donald Trump's administration reinstated a $50 million federal grant to Minnesota Power on Friday for an HVDC transmission line upgrade, reversing a termination issued last October.
Amid broader cancellations of more than 300 grants totaling nearly $8 billion, federal officials had revoked the funding in early October, labeling it 'Green New Scam funding.'
The $50 million award offsets a more than $900 million upgrade to the 465-mile transmission line linking Hermantown and North Dakota, boosting capacity from 500 to 900 megawatts.
Following an appeal, Minnesota Power worked with congressional delegations from Minnesota and North Dakota to demonstrate the project's necessity, rates compliance administrator Lori Hoyum noted in a March letter.
Ensuring grid reliability and resiliency while mitigating customer costs remains central to the project, Minnesota Power spokesperson Amy Rutledge said Friday.

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Trump administration reinstates $50 million grant to Minnesota Power

DULUTH — The Trump administration reinstated a federal grant to Minnesota Power, just months after terminating it and hundreds of other grants to blue states that it called "Green New Scam funding." The $50 million grant, awarded by the Biden administration, is meant to help offset the cost of the Duluth-based utility company's more than $900 million upgrade of an aging high-voltage, direct-current transmission line linking Hermantown and centra…

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