1:44 President Biden has revoked a permit for the Keystone XL crude-oil pipeline, but some people along the pipeline route want to revive it.
That sentiment is common in Philip. U.S. Rep. Dusty Johnson, R-South Dakota, gathered about 20 local residents on Monday for a roundtable discussion at the Philip Ambulance Hall.
Jeff Birkeland is CEO of West Central Electric. He said the rural cooperative stood to make $90 million in revenue providing electricity for Keystone XL pump stations during the first eight years of the pipeline’s operation.
Birkeland said his rural cooperative has a tough time keeping up its infrastructure. He said almost three-fourths of the cooperative’s power poles date to the 1950s.