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WHEREAS: Xcel Energy has been required by law to give
preference to renewable resources in meeting its needs for
power supply, Manitoba Hydro comprises the largest component
of Xcel Energy's renewables portfolio, and Xcel Energy regards
Manitoba Hydro as a future option and is negotiating additional
purchase agreements; and
WHEREAS: a portion of Manitoba Hydro's electricity
supply is generated from non-renewable fossil fuel, including
a coal plant without scrubbers; and
WHEREAS: the traditional lands and burial grounds
of Pimicikamak Cree Nation and other indigenous peoples have
been flooded or in other ways rendered inaccessible; means
of livelihood have been damaged and food supplies poisoned
as a result of Manitoba Hydro's power production; and
WHEREAS: concerns about the adverse environmental,
socioeconomic and human rights impacts upon Pimicikamak Cree
Nation and other indigenous peoples from Manitoba Hydro's
electricity production are being raised at the Minnesota Public
Utilities Commission; in legislation filed in the Minnesota
state legislature; and by shareholders at Xcel Energys first
annual meeting; and
WHEREAS: the nature of its power supply has major
implications for Xcel Energy in both today's regulated environment
and in a newly restructured electric industry; and
WHEREAS: it is the opinion of the proponents of this
resolution that Xcel Energy's power purchases from Manitoba
Hydro make our Company vulnerable to charges of environmental
racism;
THEREFORE be it resolved that:
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