Fort Worth: Karl-Erik Stromsta london Xcel Energy and EDF Nouvelles (EDF-EN) are on a legal collision course after Northern States Power (NSP), an Xcel subsidiary, pulled the plug on a 150MW wind farm under development in North Dakota.. NSP blames its decision to abandon the Merricourt wind farm on the additional cost and time needed to mitigate potential adverse effects on the piping plover and whooping crane, two federally protected species of birds.

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