The Epoch Times A recently published analysis by a consumer advocacy nonprofit maintains that shutting a 4.5-mile section of a nearly 70-year-old pipeline that spans theĀ Great LakesĀ fromĀ WisconsinĀ toĀ OntarioĀ would impose $23.7 billion in higher fuel costs on families and businesses inĀ Indiana,Ā Michigan,Ā Ohio, and Pennsylvania.
Consumer Energy Allianceās (CEA)Ā 14-page reportĀ estimates that closing Canada-based Enbridgeās Line 5 pipeline in the Straits of Mackinac, which connect Lake Michigan to Lake Huron, would spur regional fuel price spikes of 9.47 to 11.66 percent āindependent of any other market conditions, such as the surge in fuel prices observed over the past 12 months that are tied to international oil markets and logistical challenges caused by the pandemic.ā
Enbridge and the state of Michigan have been engaged in litigation for more than a year over the pipeline after Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, a Democrat, in November 2020 revoked the pipelineās original 1953 lakebed easement and ordered the pipeline to be shut by May 2021, citing the risk of a spill in the ecologically sensitive straits…
