AG Ellison won a temporary restraining order requiring electrical provider Minnesota Valley Cooperative Light and Power Association (Minnesota Valley) to restore electrical service to a consumer the utility company had previously disconnected, despite the consumer’s need for electricity to power life-sustaining medical equipment. The temporary restraining order requires Minnesota Valley to restore electrical service within six hours to the consumer, C.W., who is being identified by their initials to protect their privacy. The order further requires Minnesota Valley to confirm it restored C.W.’s power within one hour of doing so. The court’s order was issued in response to a lawsuit and motion for a temporary restraining order filed by the Minnesota Attorney General’s Office on the evening of May 15 over the disconnection.

"I’m pleased to have won an emergency court order protecting a Minnesotan from a power disconnection that jeopardized their life. Minnesota Valley’s disconnection of this individual was as cruel as it was unlawful. I will not allow any business to put their profit before Minnesotans’ ability to survive.” – AG Ellison