Friday, April 12, 2024

Geoff Simon's Quick Connects -- April 12, 2024

• PSC asking you to weigh in on proposed Summit carbon dioxide pipeline -- WZFG

• Federal judge in ND dismisses lawsuit of injured DAPL protester -- Bismarck Tribune

• Energy Development and Transmission Committee gathers at Capitol -- KX News

• Xcel, UND say Midwest hydrogen hub at risk from 45V tax credit rules -- Star Tribune

• Senate passes Senator Kevin Cramer's legislation aimed at nullifying DOT auto emission rule -- WDAY

• Group to host legislators-only meeting with Summit; state money not involved -- Bismarck Tribune

• Top 5 takeaways from concluded NDGOP and Democratic-NPL conventions -- News from the States

• Armstrong, Piepkorn announce running mates; Balazs wins House endorsement -- Bismarck Tribune

• Three candidates make last-minute entrances to North Dakota's U.S. House Race -- Dickinson Press

• After drawn-out debate, Dickinson delegates keep seats at NDGOP convention -- Bismarck Tribune

• What caused a deadlock for North Dakota Republican endorsement for US House? -- Dickinson Press

• AARP survey reflects concerns older North Dakota voters will bring to elections -- Williston Herald

• Partisan fatigue among factors in lawmaker retirements; 13 not seeking re-election -- ND Monitor

• Republican incumbents to see several contested legislative races in primary -- North Dakota Monitor

• Williston's Rep. Scott Dyk resigns from Legislature, cites family health issue -- North Dakota Monitor

• North Dakota is heading into its most competitive Republican primary since 1972 -- Dickinson Press

• Seven candidates make June ballot for Minot City Council race, including 2 incumbents -- KFYR - TV

• Williams County Commissioners approve wording for upcoming 1% tax extension vote -- KFYR - TV

• Divide County Road 3 call for bids amended after state awards $2.5M grant -- Crosby Journal

• 960 gallon natural gas condensate spill in McKenzie County due to semi rollover -- Bismarck Tribune

• North Dakota official asks national park to cooperate with state to keep wild horses -- Dickinson Press

• Construction to start on MI-5 Northeast Tieback Levee of flood protection project -- Minot Daily News

• Bowman & Slope County Community Foundation to award spring grants -- Bowman County Pioneer

• Ward County needs a strong write-in candidate to avoid vacancy on commission -- Minot Daily News

• NDGOP supports homeschooling advocate over incumbent superintendent Baesler -- Dickinson Press

• Burgum announces first keynote speaker for Summit on Innovative Education -- Office of the Governor

• School Board candidates locked in for June ballot; two members forgo reelection -- Minot Daily News

• Republican states including North Dakota sue to block Biden's student loan plan -- Bismarck Tribune

• Groundbreaking online aural rehab software tested at North Dakota School for the Deaf -- KX News

• Dickinson teacher honored with Seven Seals Award for service in National Guard -- Dickinson Press

• School board approves Renaissance Zone amendments OK'd by commission -- Minot Daily News

• Williston High School CTE Director Audrey Larson named new principal beginning July 1 -- KFYR - TV

• Biden poised to finalize plan to shut down even more Alaskan crude oil production -- Daily Caller

• Big Oil believes green transition failing; Time to abandon idea of phasing out fossil fuels? -- Oil Price

• Quitting oil and gas "enormously na?ve," JP Morgan CEO says following LNG export ban -- World Oil

• Texas solar power is prepared for an eclipse, but it's a preview of a more complex problem -- The Hill

• Domestic terrorism and surge in cyber attacks posing growing risk to US power system -- E&E News

• U.S. power consumption will rise to record highs in 2024 and 2025 according to EIA outlook -- Reuters

• US natural gas will be cheaper to burn than coal in 2024 for the first time ever, EIA says -- Reuters

• US electric utilities brace for surge in demand from data centers powering generative AI -- Reuters

• Trillions in subsidies haven't made wind and solar cheaper or better for Americans -- Bjorn Lomborg

• Senate votes to overturn Biden hwy emissions rule, with support from red-state Democrats -- The Hill

• BLM publishes its final rule which overhauls methane regulations for public lands drilling -- E&E News

• Global coal power capacity hit a record last year driven by China, slowing plant retirements -- Oil Price

• Utah tells Feds to pound sand, state says it will not implement unlawful federal regulations -- Reason

• UN climate official warns only 'two years' to save world from environmental crisis -- Just the News

• China leads global coal consumption surge as capacity hits new record -- Climate Change Dispatch

• Energy prices soar as Biden administration pursues its "green" agenda -- Fox Business News

• Meet the biggest corporate welfare scam of all time: Wind and solar industries -- Patriot Post

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