In settling tax case, Minnesota agrees to pay Enbridge more than $45 million for overvaluing pipeline property | MinnPost

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

50% : "Once the replaced Line 3 comes online Enbridge will pay an additional $35 million in taxes in the first year of operation."
47% : The state agreed to drop its appeal of the 2012 case as part of the agreement, and Kellner said the company made concessions on taxes in 2017 and 2018 and forgave interest in those two years.
45% : In 2018, Enbridge won its first major judgment against the state in Minnesota Tax Court, leading to a reduction in taxes on a corridor of pipelines in northern Minnesota from 2012 through 2014.
43% : Counties will instead collect taxes in the future as usual but hang onto enough of the cash to make them whole instead of remitting the state's full share of money, Weber said.
38% : Hilgart said counties will still collect less in taxes going forward if Enbridge's property is valued lower, which means local governments may still have to raise taxes.

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