From MPR News, “Enbridge poured $5 million into lobbying for Line 3, outspending all others“
Canadian oil pipeline company Enbridge Energy Partners spent more than $5 million lobbying state officials in 2017 — more than twice the next largest lobbying interest — and the most any interest has spent on lobbying in Minnesota since at least 2007.
That’s one of the biggest takeaways from a new report released Tuesday by the Minnesota Campaign Finance and Public Disclosure Board, which outlined about $74 million in spending on lobbying last year.
All but $260,000 was spent lobbying the Public Utilities Commission, or PUC, which is considering Enbridge’s proposal to replace it’s aging Line 3 pipeline along a new route across northern Minnesota.
In total, $9.85 million was spent to influence the PUC in cases of rate setting, the siting of power plants and other energy infrastructure, and granting of certificates of need for projects like oil and gas pipelines, according to the Board
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