Michigan AG Commented on Report Projecting Minimal Economic Impacts of Line 5 Shutdown

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel issued a statement regarding a recent report prepared by PLG Consulting that projected minimal economic impacts of a potential shut down of Enbridge’s Line 5 pipeline, which passes beneath the Straits of Mackinac and poses a serious spill risk to the Great Lakes region. AG Nessel has been involved in several efforts to shut the pipeline down. According to the report, “energy markets will adapt – as they have always done and continue to do – in the event that Line 5 is shut down. With advance notice, the markets can be expected to do so without supply shortages or price spikes.” AG Nessel commented: “This report is a game-changer, and it confirms what I and others have said for years. Enbridge has tried to justify its operation of a dangerous pipeline in the Great Lakes by arguing that Line 5 is too important to the economy to shut down. Those claims have never been true – Enbridge is concerned with its own profits, not Michigan’s economy. As this new report shows, Michigan does not need Line 5.”