Hudson Kingston, staff attorney for PEER (Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility) said the PUC’s decisions in the application will set a precedent for how Minnesota will regulate carbon pipelines for carbon storage in the future.
“It certainly is the beginning of a process and not the end,” Kingston said. “But, beginnings matter quite a lot. The fact that this is the only application before the commission right now indicates that it is a test case.” He said what the PUC decides “is going to send a big signal about how much environmental review and how seriously we’re going to look at these projects moving forward.”