Geoff Simon's Top North Dakota Energy Stories -- Quick Connects -- November 20, 2021

 From November 19, 2021:

• High winds shut down some wind turbines across North Dakota -- KFYR-TV

• ND leaders to make plan for $150M pipeline grant fund -- Bismarck Tribune

• Williams County finalizes loan agreement with Cerilon GTL -- Williston Herald

• State's producing oil wells reaches top 17,000 mark -- Minot Daily News

• EIA forecasts crude oil prices will decline during 2022, closer to $70/bbl -- EIA

• Burgum: Special session funding will help North Dakota realize its potential -- Dickinson Press

• REGROW, CARES Act funding will help state get to legacy brine ponds more quickly -- Williston Herald

• ND tax commissioner to resign after alcohol incident; will leave office Jan. 3 -- Bismarck Tribune

• North Dakota landowners electronically post 4 million acres in first year of program -- AgWeek

• Bill expands ND Legacy Fund board, addresses in-state investment mandates -- Bismarck Tribune

• Cost of diapers takes a toll on some North Dakota families -- KX News

• A district divided, McLean County will be part of four legislative districts -- McLean County Independent

• Shawn Travis wins special city commission election in Tioga -- Tioga Tribune

• COVID cases on the rise in Divide County, new cases every day -- Crosby Journal

• New playground equipment installed at Writing Rock Park -- Crosby Journal

• Williams County Parks present master plan schematics -- KFYR TV

• Tioga planning and zoning board changes meeting dates, times -- Tioga Tribune

• Minot City Council supports CTE program at Dakota College in Bottineau -- Minot Daily News

• Hess offering $50,000 in scholarships, grants in North Dakota -- Williston Herald

• EDC considers encouraging apprenticeships to promote skilled trades -- Tioga Tribune

• Programs support ND students from kindergarten to grad school -- News Dakota

• Grant committee approves funding, but stops short for Minot State preschool -- Dickinson Press

• Letter: Appreciate North Dakota educators this week -- Grand Forks Herald

• TerraPower picks Kemmerer for nuclear reactor, site of former coal plant -- Casper Star-Tribune

• Biden asks FTC to examine oil, gas companies' role in high gasoline prices -- Wall Street Journal

• Biden's 'old school' politics to deflect blame: Blame Big Oil for gas price surge -- Inside Sources

• U.S. asks Japan, China and others to consider tapping their oil reserves -- Reuters

• Biden "build back better" methane fee means higher energy costs for consumers -- Inside Sources

• Biden administration pushes to reinstate illegal drilling ban on public lands -- Energy in Depth

• The Biden administration sold oil and gas leases days after the climate summit -- NPR