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Court Orders Co-Op to Restore Power to Minnesota Man with Medical Needs
The attorney general said the man needs electrically powered medical equipment, and a judge ordered service restored after the co-op cut power over unpaid bills.
- On Friday, May 15, District Judge Bruce Wilcox issued a temporary restraining order compelling the Minnesota Valley Cooperative Light and Power Association to restore electrical service to a 69-year-old man relying on it for medically necessary equipment.
- The Minnesota Valley Cooperative disconnected the resident's electrical and propane service on May 13, despite earlier receiving medical certification from an Avera Medical Group nurse in Marshall confirming the equipment was necessary to sustain his life.
- Despite accepting an $800 energy assistance payment on the day of disconnection, the cooperative's employees allegedly characterized the resident's need for medical equipment as an 'excuse' to avoid paying balances, and the utility refused to approve a payment plan.
- Calling the disconnection 'as cruel as it was unlawful,' Attorney General Keith Ellison filed a consumer protection civil suit against the cooperative, asserting businesses must not put profit before Minnesotans' ability to survive.
- Power was restored after the judge's order, and a motion hearing in the civil suit is scheduled for May 26 in Yellow Medicine County District Court to address the ongoing dispute.
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Court orders Minnesota Valley Co-op to restore power to man with medical needs
ST. PAUL — The Minnesota Attorney General’s Office has obtained a temporary restraining order compelling the Minnesota Valley Cooperative Light and Power Association of Montevideo to restore electrical service to a 69-year-old man relying on it for medically necessary equipment. According to a news release from the office of Attorney General Keith Ellison, the man living in western Yellow Medicine County relies on electrically powered medical eq…
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