What Minnesota is paying this month to make up for 2003 subsidy cuts.
Company City Amount
Agra-Resources Co-op Albert Lea $186,981.50
Agri-Energy Luverne 186,981.50
Al-Corn Clean Fuels Claremont 156,541.40
Central Minn. Ethanol Co-op Little Falls 186,981.50
Chippewa Valley Ethanol Benson 145,905.71
CornPlus Winnebago 98,174.73
Diversified Energy Co. Morris 120,155.93
Ethanol 2000 Bingham Lake 186,981.50
Gopher State Ethanol St. Paul 73,489.87
Heartland Corn Products Winthrop 124,430.64
Melrose Dairy Proteins Melrose 12,142.82
Minnesota Energy Buffalo Lake 183,939.12
Pro-Corn Preston 186,981.50
Total $1,849,687.72
Just as Lawrence Kazmerski, a top official at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory, was about to give the keynote address at the University of Minnesota's annual E3 conference at the RiverCentre in St. Paul, the lights went out, bathing the audience in darkness and a deep sense of irony.
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