That million dollars would affect a number of smaller projects. It's time to get our heads together, find solutions and lead our way out of it.

These projects demonstrate that we can efficiently reduce emissions while at the same time increasing the producing life and ultimate recovery of conventional oil reserves.

I think it's going to be problematic if we cancel those projects because we are under contract. Some of the money is sunk cost that can't be recovered in any other way than through a rate increase to all property owners.

Skills are one of the largest impediments to BI [projects].

Our process was geared for a much smaller volume of projects.

Under these agreements projects are built on time and under budget. That is why they have been used to build major public works projects like the Hiawatha Light Rail Line, the Minnesota Department of Revenue Building and the Orville L. Freeman Office Building. All contractors have the opportunity to work under a project labor agreement, union and non-union alike.