More than 100 pages of testimony submitted in challenge to plans by Enbridge to overhaul a crude oil pipeline in Minnesota. An agency charged with part of the vetting process for a crude oil pipeline through Minnesota pressed its case that plans by Enbridge are no longer necessary. The state Public Utilities Commission continued hearings in St. Paul on plans by Enbridge to spend more than $7 billion to overhaul sections of its Line 3 pipeline system that runs from Canada through Minnesota. Enbridge said replacements and upgrades to the 50-year-old system are the most efficient way to ensure the infrastructure is reliable. Enbridge added that state environmental reviews found the overhaul would be better than keeping the existing network in service. In more than 125 pages of testimony , Kate O’Connell, an energy regulation manager at the Minnesota Department […]