Geoff Simon's Quick Connects -- August 30, 2024

• FERC rejects Basin Electric's cryptocurrency mining rate proposal -- Utility Dive

• PSC says railroad overpass needed before Cerilon can start -- North Dakota Monitor

• Surging gas output again testing Bakken's takeaway capacity -- Energy Intelligence

• $3.9M in electric vehicle infrastructure coming to North Dakota -- Dickinson Press

• Iowa Utilities Commission issues pipeline permit for Summit Carbon Solutions -- Iowa Capital Dispatch

• Bidding opportunities opened on two abandoned wells in Billings and Bottineau Counties -- KFYR - TV

• Permian and Bakken drilling rigs are producing at the most efficient rates in about 13 years -- World Oil

• Energy companies to SCOTUS: EPA rules 'put an untenable burden on Colstrip' -- Montana Free Press

• Hearing on Trenton water line in northwest ND is postponed for further testing -- Bismarck Tribune

• Sales tax revenue, full costs unclear if state's voters legalize recreational marijuana -- Minot Daily News

• Regional Workforce Impact Program grants encourage solutions to boost economic stability -- KX News

• Fedorchak and Hammer both say they can be effective members of Congress -- North Dakota Monitor

• North Dakota is still the hardest-working state in the nation according to newest ranking -- KX News

• Attorneys, police chiefs, small business owner are Ethics Commission finalists -- North Dakota Monitor

• Commissioners OK conditional use permit for Dakota Diggers Data Center -- McKenzie County Farmer

• Ongoing Minot police shortage brings new set of challenges, force has a dozen vacancies -- KX News

• International Economic Development Council awards Williston with Silver Award -- KX News

• Ray figuring out next steps for sports complex; proposed site needs to be core sampled -- The Journal

• Hearing set for reconsideration of Spotted Hawk Development in McLean, Dunn counties -- The Beacon

• Dickinson Fire Dept. "Push-In" a new era with Tower Two inauguration ceremony -- Dickinson Press

• Search for mammoth under a North Dakota garage to resume after 35 year halt -- North Dakota Monitor

• Chord Energy donates $50,000 to fund therapy dog for area classrooms -- McKenzie County Farmer

• Weather Service details damage from 4 tornadoes, straight-line winds in region -- Bismarck Tribune

• Development council benefitting McLean surpasses $1B total impact -- McLean County Independent

• Interior budget bill urges Park Service to keep wild horses in Theodore Roosevelt National Park -- AP

• Hundreds of people still get lost in Badlands; hikers should carry compass or GPS device -- KX News

• Tioga Public Schools building addition to high school; should be completed in late 2025 -- KFYR - TV

• Dickinson schools fast-tracks sale of $54M in bonds ahead of potential tax reform -- Dickinson Press

• At final meeting, task force approves recommendations to better retain teachers -- North Dakota Monitor

• North Dakota incoming kindergarten vaccination exemptions increase since COVID -- Dickinson Press

• NDHSAA approves recommendation to add penalty for fans ejected from contests -- Dickinson Press

• Biden-Harris NOAA website warns kindergartners of climate change "death spiral" -- Free Beacon

• Student enrollment for Divide, Burke, Williams counties has largely plateaued this year -- The Journal

• Female students are learning welding at Quentin N. Burdick Job Corps Center -- Minot Daily News

• 4 North Dakota Teacher of the Year finalists have been named, will hold school celebrations -- KX News

• North Dakota summer meal program shows 200% increase in 2024; feeds 7,000 children -- InForum

• Kamala Harris says she will not ban fracking as president; cites 2020 debate appearance -- Reuters

• Will Kamala Harris, who wants to ban fracking, go after Big Oil if she is elected? -- Capital & Main

• Harris-Walz are oblivious to the fact the US economy cannot exist without crude oil -- America Out Loud

• Follow the science: Biden-Harris climate policy is a fraud, no impact on emissions -- Wall Street Journal

• Kamala Harris is strategically silent on climate, but zealots know she's on their side -- NY Post

• ERCOT successfully navigates heat wave, new peak demand record, wind & solar help -- Utility Dive

• Bureau of Land Management releases proposed Western Solar Plan on public lands -- News Release

• ExxonMobil forecasts demand will continue to exceed 100M barrels per day through 2050 -- Oil Price

• N.M. emerges as dominant Permian producer on technology, infrastructure advancements -- World Oil

• Coalition of Republican-led states is asking the Supreme Court to halt EPA's methane rule -- The Hill

• Energy demand from data centers growing faster than West can supply -- Oregon Public Broadcasting

• Texas narrows projects, seeking $5.38B in government funding to advance in gas program -- Reuters

• New Zealand to push through law to reverse ban on oil and gas exploration amid shortages -- Reuters

• Leftist judges shouldn't touch climate policy, court cases circumvent the legislative process -- CFACT

• New study shows reduction in strong tornadoes, decrease in growth-normalized damage -- Heritage

Geoff Simon's Quick Connects -- August 23, 2024

• BLM proposes to limit ND coal mining, and oil and gas production -- E&E News

• Most federal coal in ND unavailable by 2040 under BLM plan -- Bismarck Tribune

• Two natural gas pipeline projects in the works for ND -- Prairie Public Newsroom

• Feds invest big in small ND towns with $15M for Mott, Amidon -- Bismarck Tribune

• Bakken operators could unlock 3,000 additional ND drilling locations with refracs -- World Oil

• SD Supreme Court reverses orders granting Summit Carbon common carrier status -- Argus Leader

• SD court ruling complicates carbon dioxide pipeline company's push for land -- North Dakota Monitor

• ND poised to become hub for AI data centers. Can the state's power grid handle it? -- Dickinson Press

• North Dakota's commercial service and regional airports see busiest July on record -- Minot Daily News

• Property tax measure would disrupt hundreds of millions in annual revenue -- North Dakota Monitor

• Ethics commission launches an investigation over 'unregistered lobbyist' of film grants -- KX News

• 29 applications received for the open seat on North Dakota Ethics Commission -- North Dakota Monitor

• Sales tax revenue, full costs unclear if North Dakota voters legalize recreational marijuana -- AP

• Corporate income tax down 10%, but state revenues still exceeding projections -- North Dakota Monitor

• Design taking shape for ND Military History Museum to be built on Capitol grounds -- Bismarck Tribune

• Invasive emerald ash borer was detected in LaMoure County; first time in North Dakota -- KFYR - TV

• Housing expansion coming to small North Dakota town as local data centers grow -- Bismarck Tribune

• Recall petition targeting mayor and city commissioners circulating for signatures -- Dickinson Press

• After two years, Stark County's $7.5 million eastern bypass project nears completion -- Dickinson Press

• Property tax vote could be blow to budgets; county, city, schools concerned about impact -- The Journal

• Apex Clean Energy, Bowman Wind award latest round of community grants -- Bowman County Pioneer

• KTGO 1090AM "The Flag" Radio is moving from Tioga to Watford City -- McKenzie County Farmer

• Williston Basin School District staff welcomes over 50 newly hired teachers for training -- KFYR - TV

• Do secretive school choice meetings break North Dakota's open meetings law? -- North Dakota Monitor

• Minot North High School passes the most recent city inspection prior to first day of class -- KX News

• McKenzie County embraces growth, challenges as new school year begins -- McKenzie County Farmer

• Divide County board mulls night meetings; proposed time change only for certain months -- The Journal

• 23 states, multiple coal companies ask Supreme Court to halt Biden rule to restrict pollution -- The Hill

• US appeals court scraps natural gas pipeline safety standards adopted by administration -- Reuters

• US gas prices fall to lowest since March, diesel hits multi-year low; down 3rd week in a row -- Oil Price

• Enbridge CEO predicts oil demand by 2050 to be "well north" of 100M barrels a day -- BNN Bloomberg

• David Blackmon: Kamala Harris' radical energy policy catalog is full of whoppers -- Daily Caller

• Kamala Harris wants Americans to eat less red meat for the "climate" -- Americans for Tax Reform

• Consol Energy, Arch Resources strike deal to create $5B North American coal mining giant -- Reuters

• JD Vance: Kamala Harris wages war on reliable, abundant, low-cost US energy -- Wall Street Journal

• Tim Walz' "net-zero" climate policies could leave the Midwest in the dark -- Wall Street Journal

• Kamala Harris stopped peddling climate doom, but insiders say she's still a hardliner -- Daily Caller

• Oil industry leaders say there are reasons for optimism over Harris' fracking flip-flop -- E&E News

• Wind turbine fire in Mechanicsville, Iowa, could cost farmer millions, debris everywhere -- KCRG-TV

• China's production of coal rose 2.8% while its share of electricity generation is declining -- Reuters

• Government documents show coal will remain the "backbone" of India's energy mix. -- BizPack Review

• Is a demonstration project needed to show a zero-emission grid is impossible? -- Manhattan Contrarian

• Tonga volcano released huge amount of water vapor, will cause unusual weather -- The Conversation

• Part of the Atlantic Ocean is cooling at record speed and nobody understands why -- New Scientist

• Bjorn Lomborg: Polar bears, dead coral and other climate fictions mislead public -- Wall Street Journal