Friday, August 30, 2024

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

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