- Allete (NYSE:ALE) says it will team with MDU Resources' (MDU) Montana-Dakota Utilities unit to expand the Thunder Spirit wind farm in North Dakota, reaching the 150 MW permitted capacity of the facility Allete Clean Energy developed in 2014-15.
- ALE also secures a 25-year power purchase agreement with MDU to purchase energy from the expansion near Hettinger, N.D.; MDU will have the option to purchase the expansion upon completion, as it did with the first phase of Thunder Spirit.