North Dakota Supreme Court Chief Justice Lisa Fair McEvers, left, asks a question during oral arguments at the North Dakota State Capitol on April 2, 2026. At right is Justice Doug Bahr. The court has been asked to hear arguments in a case over a proposed powerline. (Pool photo by Tanner Ecker/Bismarck Tribune)BISMARCK, N.D. (North Dakota Monitor) — With a…
Minnkota Power executive Brendan Kennelly speaks with an attendee of a Public Service Commission hearing in Fargo, North Dakota on a powerline project north of the city. (Photo by Jeff Beach/North Dakota Monitor)FARGO (North Dakota Monitor) — The cost of the powerline and substation needed by a data center north of Fargo has risen from $75 million to $110 million,…
A residential natural gas meter from Northern State Power, now part of Xcel Energy. (Photo by Jeff Beach/North Dakota Monitor)FARGO (North Dakota Monitor) — Natural gas customers of Xcel Energy in North Dakota will see their rates go up more than 10% on April 1. The North Dakota Public Service Commission on Wednesday approved an interim rate increase while a…
MINOT, N.D. (KVRR) — The Democrat who lost to Julie Fedorchak for North Dakota’s lone U.S. House seat in 2024 is running against her again. In his campaign release, Trygve Hammer said, “Right now we have no voice in Congress”. Hammer is a retired Marine, former educator and oil field roughneck and current political columnist. He says the issues they…
Jason Weiers, right, of Otter Tail Power, testifies Jan. 8, 2025, before the North Dakota Public Service Commission on a powerline siting permit. At left is PSC chair Randy Christmann. (Photo by Mary Steurer/North Dakota Monitor)BISMARCK (North Dakota Monitor) — Two power companies are asking the North Dakota Public Service Commission to make a determination that some local zoning ordinances…
Electric transmission lines cross a field in central North Dakota. (Photo by Jeff Beach/North Dakota Monitor)BISMARCK, N.D. (North Dakota Monitor/KVRR) — Xcel Energy customers in North Dakota are facing an unusually large increase in their electric bill, which a North Dakota official attributes in large part to the company’s move away from coal. Northern States Power Co., part of Minnesota-based…
WASHINGTON, D.C. (KVRR) — Fifteen months before the election, President Donald Trump is giving an early endorsement for re-election to Rep. Julie Fedorchak of North Dakota. Writing on TRUTH Social on Tuesday, Trump said Fedorchak is doing a fantastic job representing the great people of North Dakota, a state he won big in three times: 2016, 2020 and 2024. He…
BISMARCK, N.D. (KVRR-Prairie Public) – Xcel Energy’s North Dakota electric customers will see higher rates on their monthly bills. Xcel is asking for a 19.3 percent rate hike, which would add another $22.34 to the bill. The North Dakota Public Service Commission granted the utility an interim increase, while the Commission considers a rate case Xcel filed late in 2024….
Randy Christmann, center, chair of the Public Service Commission, delivers remarks prior to a panel discussion on data centers next to other members of the commission, Sheri Haugen-Hoffart, left, and Julie Fedorchak, right, in the Pioneer Room at the Capitol on Aug. 1, 2024. (Michael Achterling/North Dakota Monitor)BISMARCK, N.D. (North Dakota Monitor) — The North Dakota Public Service Commission on…
Public Service Commissioners, from left, Sheri Haugen-Hoffart, Randy Christmann and Administrative Law Judge Tim Dawson meet Nov. 15, 2024, on the Summit Carbon Solutions Pipeline. (Mary Steurer/North Dakota Monitor)BISMARCK, N.D. (North Dakota Monitor) — North Dakota regulators on Friday approved a route permit for the Summit Carbon Solutions pipeline, a significant win for what the company says is the world’s…
